SSM EXAM 2 CH. 6 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is meant by aspect ratio? - Answer -the relationship of frame width to height
Which aspect ratio has the widest horizontal stretch? - Answer -2.39:1
A suggestion for optimizing images shown on a small, mobile screen is to use: -
Answer -Inductive sequencing
When held vertically, the smartphone records: - Answer -A narrow image
When you want to keep a tall object fully in frame when using a wide aspect ratio, you
can frame it: - Answer -Diagonally
A good way to frame a large, horizontal image on a 16:9 aspect ratio screen is to -
Answer -Frame it horizontally
Fitting a full-sized 4x3 image in the middle of a 16x9 screen is called pillarboxing. -
Answer -True
Medium shots are the best type of shot for a mobile media display - Answer -False
When held in a horizontal position, a smartphone will display a ___ 4x3 image, with
empty areas on both sides of the screen - Answer -Pillarboxed
Which scenes (shots) fare better on the large movie screen than on the small television
screen? - Answer -Landscape scenes
According to Zettl, it would be difficult to edit a lateral action in a verticle aspect ratio -
Answer -True
The concept that we perceive people and their environment as normal-sized regardless
of their screen size is known as: - Answer -Size constancy
stretching means to fill a 16:9 screen entirely with an uncropped 4:3 image - Answer -
True
There are definite, fixed borders in a video camera's viewfinder or the screen on which
the media is projected - Answer -True
Which of the following does Zettl not list as a factor for designing media for a mobile
device? - Answer -Long shots
The wide motion picture screens may seem larger, but actually have the same aspect
ratio as a television screen - Answer -False
, Tilting up a camera can help overcome the basic restrictions of the fixed aspect ratio
just as panning sideways will. - Answer -True
Windowboxing refers to: - Answer -Placing a smaller picture in the center of the actual
display screen, with the leftover space surrounding it.
Presenting a story in a series of close-up details rather than moving from an
establishing long shot to a few eventual close-ups is an example of the inductive visual
approach - Answer -True
Director D. W. Griffith's use of artificial masking by blacking out both sides of the screen,
resulting in a secondary frame, is an example of the pillarboxing technique - Answer -
True
Windowboxing - Answer -Placing a smaller picture in the center of the actual display
screen, with the leftover space of the larger frame surrounding it
wide-screen format - Answer -The most common aspect ratio used for wide-screen
film-1.85:1.
size constancy - Answer -the perception of actual size of an object regardless of the
distance and angle of the view
Letterboxing - Answer -Technique for changing aspect ratio to show wide-screen
material on narrower screen by leaving black borders at the top and the bottom of the
image
Pillarboxing - Answer -Technique for changing the aspect ratio to show standard 4x3
video material on the 16x9 wide screen by leaving empty vertical side bars or dead
zones on the sides of the screen
Aspect Ratio - Answer -the relationship of screen width to screen height
According to Zettl, it is best to keep video designed specifically for mobile media to a
maximum of four minutes - Answer -False
The physical size of a picture can greatly alter our perceptions and feelings about
screen images - Answer -True
Which scenic element is not an example of organic masking? - Answer -Pillarboxing
When held in a horizontal position, a smartphone will display a ___ 4x3 image, with
empty areas on both sides of the screen - Answer -Pillarboxed
What is meant by aspect ratio? - Answer -the relationship of frame width to height
Which aspect ratio has the widest horizontal stretch? - Answer -2.39:1
A suggestion for optimizing images shown on a small, mobile screen is to use: -
Answer -Inductive sequencing
When held vertically, the smartphone records: - Answer -A narrow image
When you want to keep a tall object fully in frame when using a wide aspect ratio, you
can frame it: - Answer -Diagonally
A good way to frame a large, horizontal image on a 16:9 aspect ratio screen is to -
Answer -Frame it horizontally
Fitting a full-sized 4x3 image in the middle of a 16x9 screen is called pillarboxing. -
Answer -True
Medium shots are the best type of shot for a mobile media display - Answer -False
When held in a horizontal position, a smartphone will display a ___ 4x3 image, with
empty areas on both sides of the screen - Answer -Pillarboxed
Which scenes (shots) fare better on the large movie screen than on the small television
screen? - Answer -Landscape scenes
According to Zettl, it would be difficult to edit a lateral action in a verticle aspect ratio -
Answer -True
The concept that we perceive people and their environment as normal-sized regardless
of their screen size is known as: - Answer -Size constancy
stretching means to fill a 16:9 screen entirely with an uncropped 4:3 image - Answer -
True
There are definite, fixed borders in a video camera's viewfinder or the screen on which
the media is projected - Answer -True
Which of the following does Zettl not list as a factor for designing media for a mobile
device? - Answer -Long shots
The wide motion picture screens may seem larger, but actually have the same aspect
ratio as a television screen - Answer -False
, Tilting up a camera can help overcome the basic restrictions of the fixed aspect ratio
just as panning sideways will. - Answer -True
Windowboxing refers to: - Answer -Placing a smaller picture in the center of the actual
display screen, with the leftover space surrounding it.
Presenting a story in a series of close-up details rather than moving from an
establishing long shot to a few eventual close-ups is an example of the inductive visual
approach - Answer -True
Director D. W. Griffith's use of artificial masking by blacking out both sides of the screen,
resulting in a secondary frame, is an example of the pillarboxing technique - Answer -
True
Windowboxing - Answer -Placing a smaller picture in the center of the actual display
screen, with the leftover space of the larger frame surrounding it
wide-screen format - Answer -The most common aspect ratio used for wide-screen
film-1.85:1.
size constancy - Answer -the perception of actual size of an object regardless of the
distance and angle of the view
Letterboxing - Answer -Technique for changing aspect ratio to show wide-screen
material on narrower screen by leaving black borders at the top and the bottom of the
image
Pillarboxing - Answer -Technique for changing the aspect ratio to show standard 4x3
video material on the 16x9 wide screen by leaving empty vertical side bars or dead
zones on the sides of the screen
Aspect Ratio - Answer -the relationship of screen width to screen height
According to Zettl, it is best to keep video designed specifically for mobile media to a
maximum of four minutes - Answer -False
The physical size of a picture can greatly alter our perceptions and feelings about
screen images - Answer -True
Which scenic element is not an example of organic masking? - Answer -Pillarboxing
When held in a horizontal position, a smartphone will display a ___ 4x3 image, with
empty areas on both sides of the screen - Answer -Pillarboxed
