Film 101
mise en scene - answer all of the elements placed in front of the camera to be
photographed: settings, props, lighting, costumes, makeup, and figure behavior to
create meaning
shot - answer a piece of film run through the camera, exposed, and developed;
uninterrupted run of the camera
take - answera single attempt to record a shot; may require many takes of a shot
close up - answera shot that isolates an object in the image, making it appear relatively
large
extreme close up - answer...
medium shot - answera shot taken from a medium distance from a person or object;
with a person a medium shot is from the waist up
three quarter shot - answera shot taken from a distance that reveals the human body
from the head to just below the knees
long shot - answera shot in which the camera appears to be fairly far away from the
subject being filmed, though special lenses can create the impression of great distance
where much less distance exists
medium close up - answer...
extreme long shot - answer...
low angle shot - answera shot taken from a camera that is positioned much lower than
the subject being filmed, so that the effect is that of looking up at the subject
high angle shot - answera shot taken from a camera that is positioned much higher than
the subject being filmed, so that the effect is that of looking down on the subject
birds eye view - answera shot taken from an extremely high angle
dutch tile or canted angle - answera shot that tilts, often drastically, off the standard
horizontal and/ or vertical axes
two shot - answera shot in which two people appear
, three shot - answera shot in which three people dominate the image
master shot - answera shot taken from a long distance that includes as much of the set
or location as possible and all the characters in the scene
undercrank - answerspecial effect created by slowing down the film as it moves through
the camera from its usual 24 frames per second
synchronized sound film - answerdialogue, sound effects, and diegetic music that are
heard at the same time that the source appears on screen
image tracks - answerthe portion of the cinematic medium that contains the picture, as
opposed to the soundtrack
sound tracks - answerthe portion of the cinematic medium that contains aural
information- dialogue, music, sound effects
real time - answertime in life
reel time - answertime on film
frame - answerthe individual rectangular photographs on a strip of motion picture film
also
the four borders of the projected image
composition - answerthe formal arrangements of shapes within the image, including
people, sets, props, and landscape elements
editing - answerthe process of splicing one shot to another
aspect ratio - answerthe ratio of the film image's width to its height
story - answerall the events of the narrative as they occur in chronological order from
beginning to end, including not only those that we see and hear, but those we infer
plot - answerthe ordering or structuring of story events as they are presented in the film
mobile framing - answerthe general term that describes the camera's ability to move
pan - answera camera movement achieved by pivoting the camera on its horizontal
axis, or from side to side
tilt or vertical pan - answera camera movement achieved by pivoting the camera on a
vertical axis, or up and down
mise en scene - answer all of the elements placed in front of the camera to be
photographed: settings, props, lighting, costumes, makeup, and figure behavior to
create meaning
shot - answer a piece of film run through the camera, exposed, and developed;
uninterrupted run of the camera
take - answera single attempt to record a shot; may require many takes of a shot
close up - answera shot that isolates an object in the image, making it appear relatively
large
extreme close up - answer...
medium shot - answera shot taken from a medium distance from a person or object;
with a person a medium shot is from the waist up
three quarter shot - answera shot taken from a distance that reveals the human body
from the head to just below the knees
long shot - answera shot in which the camera appears to be fairly far away from the
subject being filmed, though special lenses can create the impression of great distance
where much less distance exists
medium close up - answer...
extreme long shot - answer...
low angle shot - answera shot taken from a camera that is positioned much lower than
the subject being filmed, so that the effect is that of looking up at the subject
high angle shot - answera shot taken from a camera that is positioned much higher than
the subject being filmed, so that the effect is that of looking down on the subject
birds eye view - answera shot taken from an extremely high angle
dutch tile or canted angle - answera shot that tilts, often drastically, off the standard
horizontal and/ or vertical axes
two shot - answera shot in which two people appear
, three shot - answera shot in which three people dominate the image
master shot - answera shot taken from a long distance that includes as much of the set
or location as possible and all the characters in the scene
undercrank - answerspecial effect created by slowing down the film as it moves through
the camera from its usual 24 frames per second
synchronized sound film - answerdialogue, sound effects, and diegetic music that are
heard at the same time that the source appears on screen
image tracks - answerthe portion of the cinematic medium that contains the picture, as
opposed to the soundtrack
sound tracks - answerthe portion of the cinematic medium that contains aural
information- dialogue, music, sound effects
real time - answertime in life
reel time - answertime on film
frame - answerthe individual rectangular photographs on a strip of motion picture film
also
the four borders of the projected image
composition - answerthe formal arrangements of shapes within the image, including
people, sets, props, and landscape elements
editing - answerthe process of splicing one shot to another
aspect ratio - answerthe ratio of the film image's width to its height
story - answerall the events of the narrative as they occur in chronological order from
beginning to end, including not only those that we see and hear, but those we infer
plot - answerthe ordering or structuring of story events as they are presented in the film
mobile framing - answerthe general term that describes the camera's ability to move
pan - answera camera movement achieved by pivoting the camera on its horizontal
axis, or from side to side
tilt or vertical pan - answera camera movement achieved by pivoting the camera on a
vertical axis, or up and down
