Intro To Film Final Exam
What is the director of photography for a film called? – answer Cinematographer
What does the directors vision shape in a movie? – answer Mise-en-scene
What does a cinematographer do? – answer Make decisions about how to photograph
a film
What is the basic building block of a movie? - answer A shot
When one camera position is selected, it and everything associated with it is called? –
answer A setup
What does the cinematographic properties of the shot controlled by the director of
photography include? – answer Film stock, lighting, and lenses
What does the film stock's speed refer to? – answer Sensitivity to light
What is the basic goal of most special effects? – answer To create an illusion of what is
real or "illusion of reality"
A single shot that has a duration of one - ten minutes and preserves real space and real
time is referred to as? - answer Long takes
What is the technique used to keep all three planes of the film frame in focus? -
answerDeep-focus cinematography
Who is seen as the best way to draw an audience to a movie? - answerA famous actor
or star
Who were the actors in the very first movies, during the silent era? - answerOrdinary
people playing themselves, not professional actors
Who is credited for inventing the art of screen acting? - answerLillian Gish, under the
direction of D.W. Griffith
Unlike the actors performing in the Golden Age of Hollywood what can major stars of
today do? - answerActors can choose their roles and name their salaries
What did The Stanislavsky system train students to do? - answerIt trained students to
bring their own experiences and feelings to their roles
, What does the naturalistic style of performing do? - answerMakes the behavior of the
actor believable and recognizable
What are today's actors' earnings most influenced by? - answerTheir popularity with
audiences
How does an actor become typecast? - answerWhen they are repeatedly given
particular kinds of roles based on their looks rather than their talent or experience
When are stand-ins used when shooting a film? - answerTo substitute for stars during
tedious aspects of the shoot
What is the most common ratio of unused to used footage in Hollywood productions? -
answer20 to 1
Whose vision does the film editor follow when editing a film? - answerThe director's
When is a flashback in the interruption of the chronological progression of the film's
action used? - answerTo show an important moment from the past
Who controls the rhythm of a film by varying the duration of the shots in relation to one
another? - answerThe editor
When the editor controls the rhythm of a film by varying the duration of the shots in
relation to one another this controls the? - answerSpeed and accents
What are the functional building blocks of continuity editing? - answerMaster shots and
the 180-degree system
What is parallel editing? - answerThe cutting together of two or more lines of action that
occur simultaneously at different locations
What is a dissolve? - answerTransitional device where a shot gradually superimposes
over another shot
What is a point-of-view editing shot? - answerIs a shot of a character looking off screen
and then a shot from his or her point of view of what is being looked at
What type of editing is more of a traditional film style of storytelling where images follow
a logical order? - answerContinuity editing
What type of editing uses descriptive shots that might mix locations, time periods and
angles that change the meaning of the story? - answerDiscontinuity editing
What type of editing uses conflicting angels, movement jump cuts to create new
meaning to film moments? - answerDynamic editing (Collision Principle)
What is the director of photography for a film called? – answer Cinematographer
What does the directors vision shape in a movie? – answer Mise-en-scene
What does a cinematographer do? – answer Make decisions about how to photograph
a film
What is the basic building block of a movie? - answer A shot
When one camera position is selected, it and everything associated with it is called? –
answer A setup
What does the cinematographic properties of the shot controlled by the director of
photography include? – answer Film stock, lighting, and lenses
What does the film stock's speed refer to? – answer Sensitivity to light
What is the basic goal of most special effects? – answer To create an illusion of what is
real or "illusion of reality"
A single shot that has a duration of one - ten minutes and preserves real space and real
time is referred to as? - answer Long takes
What is the technique used to keep all three planes of the film frame in focus? -
answerDeep-focus cinematography
Who is seen as the best way to draw an audience to a movie? - answerA famous actor
or star
Who were the actors in the very first movies, during the silent era? - answerOrdinary
people playing themselves, not professional actors
Who is credited for inventing the art of screen acting? - answerLillian Gish, under the
direction of D.W. Griffith
Unlike the actors performing in the Golden Age of Hollywood what can major stars of
today do? - answerActors can choose their roles and name their salaries
What did The Stanislavsky system train students to do? - answerIt trained students to
bring their own experiences and feelings to their roles
, What does the naturalistic style of performing do? - answerMakes the behavior of the
actor believable and recognizable
What are today's actors' earnings most influenced by? - answerTheir popularity with
audiences
How does an actor become typecast? - answerWhen they are repeatedly given
particular kinds of roles based on their looks rather than their talent or experience
When are stand-ins used when shooting a film? - answerTo substitute for stars during
tedious aspects of the shoot
What is the most common ratio of unused to used footage in Hollywood productions? -
answer20 to 1
Whose vision does the film editor follow when editing a film? - answerThe director's
When is a flashback in the interruption of the chronological progression of the film's
action used? - answerTo show an important moment from the past
Who controls the rhythm of a film by varying the duration of the shots in relation to one
another? - answerThe editor
When the editor controls the rhythm of a film by varying the duration of the shots in
relation to one another this controls the? - answerSpeed and accents
What are the functional building blocks of continuity editing? - answerMaster shots and
the 180-degree system
What is parallel editing? - answerThe cutting together of two or more lines of action that
occur simultaneously at different locations
What is a dissolve? - answerTransitional device where a shot gradually superimposes
over another shot
What is a point-of-view editing shot? - answerIs a shot of a character looking off screen
and then a shot from his or her point of view of what is being looked at
What type of editing is more of a traditional film style of storytelling where images follow
a logical order? - answerContinuity editing
What type of editing uses descriptive shots that might mix locations, time periods and
angles that change the meaning of the story? - answerDiscontinuity editing
What type of editing uses conflicting angels, movement jump cuts to create new
meaning to film moments? - answerDynamic editing (Collision Principle)
