CTVA 300 Language of Film UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
surface divisions dividing the surface of the frame, must divide ENTIRE frame
aspect ratio - a picture's shape, usually a rectangle
the ratio of the frame's horizontal to vertical dimension
matte used in photography and special effects filmmaking to combine two or more
image elements into a single, final image
anamorphic lens specialty tools which affect how images get projected onto the camera sensor.
They were primarily created so that a wider range of aspect ratios could fit within
a standard film frame
frame within a frame when the photographer uses something within the scene in front of them to frame
the main subject
3 Functions of Visual Design unifies a film's look
helps structure a film
gives a film its energy or dynamism
functions of surface dividersn Or a frame within a frame? can isolate or otherwise draw attention to their subjects.
can momentarily provide some variation of the images' aspect ratio.
can ask us to compare areas in the frame.
Can indicate different time periods
Dynamism the thing that makes the image feel alive
composition the arrangement of objects, shapes, people, whatever in the frame.
geometric center our feeling that we want to see an image put in the center of the frame
centered composition focus of the shot is centered
decentered composition focus of the shot is decentered
reframing moving the camera along with the subject. The sometimes unnoticeable shifting of
the frame's boundaries
difference in dynamism between a centered and a Centered images make us feel comfortable, less dynamic
decentered image? Decentering can cause strong visual tension, more dynamic
What difference would there be between a scene in Less focus on the subject, causes nervousness when a character moves away from
which a character moved significantly in front of a static our point of focus
camera versus that same movement shot with a reframing
camera?
, balanced composition when two subjects work to balance each other out around the center
No subject in the center of the frame
unbalanced composition unbalanced with respect to the center
No weight across the center
implied balance when there's nothing that physically balances the frame, but we are given the
impression that there is a presence doing so
Affinity Sameness, less visual intensity
Contrast Difference, more visual intensity
What, according to the unit, is a movie? Movies are MADE. And HOW they're made
What does Bresson's Au hazard Balthazar suggest about , the donkey Balthazar, is obviously not "acting
the role of acting in an audience's engagement with a YET, it is entirely possible for us to sympathize with Balthazar.
film?
Describe Lev Kuleshov's editing experiments. What do suggested that even the plot, the action, of movies was in large part "created" by
they suggest about the nature of filmmaking? the audience.
images in a movie can be unified by any number of visual space, tone, color, image size, etc
elements, what are some?
Diagonal orientation of line Most dynamic
Horizontal orientation of line Least dynamic
default orientation of line in The Outsiders? Mild diagonals
Vertical lines in Outsiders? Represent stability and strength
Horizontal lines in Outsiders? Represent times of peace
Happier times
How is quality of line used in The Outsiders? They emphasize curves or important turning points such as the murder of the Soc.
normal angle the length of the lens of the camera is parallel to level ground; make us feel
comfortable
We are the subject's equal
low angle the camera is positioned below the subject, looking up (away from the level
ground) at it or her or him
Brings us discomfort
Makes subject look ominous or imposing
high angle the camera is positioned above the subject matter, looking down (towards the
ground) at it.
makes us feel dis-ease and separates us from subject
and CORRECT Answers
surface divisions dividing the surface of the frame, must divide ENTIRE frame
aspect ratio - a picture's shape, usually a rectangle
the ratio of the frame's horizontal to vertical dimension
matte used in photography and special effects filmmaking to combine two or more
image elements into a single, final image
anamorphic lens specialty tools which affect how images get projected onto the camera sensor.
They were primarily created so that a wider range of aspect ratios could fit within
a standard film frame
frame within a frame when the photographer uses something within the scene in front of them to frame
the main subject
3 Functions of Visual Design unifies a film's look
helps structure a film
gives a film its energy or dynamism
functions of surface dividersn Or a frame within a frame? can isolate or otherwise draw attention to their subjects.
can momentarily provide some variation of the images' aspect ratio.
can ask us to compare areas in the frame.
Can indicate different time periods
Dynamism the thing that makes the image feel alive
composition the arrangement of objects, shapes, people, whatever in the frame.
geometric center our feeling that we want to see an image put in the center of the frame
centered composition focus of the shot is centered
decentered composition focus of the shot is decentered
reframing moving the camera along with the subject. The sometimes unnoticeable shifting of
the frame's boundaries
difference in dynamism between a centered and a Centered images make us feel comfortable, less dynamic
decentered image? Decentering can cause strong visual tension, more dynamic
What difference would there be between a scene in Less focus on the subject, causes nervousness when a character moves away from
which a character moved significantly in front of a static our point of focus
camera versus that same movement shot with a reframing
camera?
, balanced composition when two subjects work to balance each other out around the center
No subject in the center of the frame
unbalanced composition unbalanced with respect to the center
No weight across the center
implied balance when there's nothing that physically balances the frame, but we are given the
impression that there is a presence doing so
Affinity Sameness, less visual intensity
Contrast Difference, more visual intensity
What, according to the unit, is a movie? Movies are MADE. And HOW they're made
What does Bresson's Au hazard Balthazar suggest about , the donkey Balthazar, is obviously not "acting
the role of acting in an audience's engagement with a YET, it is entirely possible for us to sympathize with Balthazar.
film?
Describe Lev Kuleshov's editing experiments. What do suggested that even the plot, the action, of movies was in large part "created" by
they suggest about the nature of filmmaking? the audience.
images in a movie can be unified by any number of visual space, tone, color, image size, etc
elements, what are some?
Diagonal orientation of line Most dynamic
Horizontal orientation of line Least dynamic
default orientation of line in The Outsiders? Mild diagonals
Vertical lines in Outsiders? Represent stability and strength
Horizontal lines in Outsiders? Represent times of peace
Happier times
How is quality of line used in The Outsiders? They emphasize curves or important turning points such as the murder of the Soc.
normal angle the length of the lens of the camera is parallel to level ground; make us feel
comfortable
We are the subject's equal
low angle the camera is positioned below the subject, looking up (away from the level
ground) at it or her or him
Brings us discomfort
Makes subject look ominous or imposing
high angle the camera is positioned above the subject matter, looking down (towards the
ground) at it.
makes us feel dis-ease and separates us from subject
