Cinematography terms UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
aerial view shot taken from an aircraft or very high crane, this shot photographs a scene from
directly overhead
backlight when the lights for a shot derive from the rear of the set, creating highlights on
the subject and separating the subject from the background, thus increasing the
appearance of three-dimensionality
cinematography the discipline of making lighting and camera choices when recording
photographic images for the cinema
close-up shows the full head and sometimes the shoulders
crane shot a shot taken from a crane, which resembles a huge mechanical arm
deep-focus photography a technique of photography that permits all distance planes to remain clearly in
focus, from close up to far out
dolly shot a shot taken by a camera fixed to a wheeled support
extreme close-up shows only a part of a character's face
extreme long shot shows a broad view of the surroundings around the character and conveys scale,
distance, and geographic location
eye-level shot a shot that is made from the observer's eye level and usually implies that the
observer's attitude is neutral to the subject being photographed
fill light secondary lights are used to augment the key light
floodlight a lamp that produces soft (diffuse) light
focusable spotlight a lamp that produces hard, mirror-like light
frontal angles tends to flatten the three-dimensionality of facial features and environments
hand-held camera a shot taken with a moving camera that is often deliberately shaky, suggesting
documentary footage in an uncontrolled setting
high-angle shot a shot in which the subject is photographed from above
high-key lighting lighting that produces an image with very little contrast between darks and lights
key light the main source of illumination for a shot
aerial view shot taken from an aircraft or very high crane, this shot photographs a scene from
directly overhead
backlight when the lights for a shot derive from the rear of the set, creating highlights on
the subject and separating the subject from the background, thus increasing the
appearance of three-dimensionality
cinematography the discipline of making lighting and camera choices when recording
photographic images for the cinema
close-up shows the full head and sometimes the shoulders
crane shot a shot taken from a crane, which resembles a huge mechanical arm
deep-focus photography a technique of photography that permits all distance planes to remain clearly in
focus, from close up to far out
dolly shot a shot taken by a camera fixed to a wheeled support
extreme close-up shows only a part of a character's face
extreme long shot shows a broad view of the surroundings around the character and conveys scale,
distance, and geographic location
eye-level shot a shot that is made from the observer's eye level and usually implies that the
observer's attitude is neutral to the subject being photographed
fill light secondary lights are used to augment the key light
floodlight a lamp that produces soft (diffuse) light
focusable spotlight a lamp that produces hard, mirror-like light
frontal angles tends to flatten the three-dimensionality of facial features and environments
hand-held camera a shot taken with a moving camera that is often deliberately shaky, suggesting
documentary footage in an uncontrolled setting
high-angle shot a shot in which the subject is photographed from above
high-key lighting lighting that produces an image with very little contrast between darks and lights
key light the main source of illumination for a shot
