INTRO TO FILM ARTS-CINEMATOGRAPHY EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST
UPDATE 2026
Cinematography - Answers the process of capturing moving images on film or a digital storage device.
Cinematographer - Answers Director of Photography (DP). Visualizes the movie from the
photographic view. Angles, set-up, lights and camera.
Director and D.P. relationship - Answers Cinematographer and the director transform the shapes of
the mise en scene. (story, staging, design).
DP's Responsibilities (Framing) - Answers - proximity (shot type & size)
- camera angle
- depth
- movement
DP's Responsibilities (Cinematographic Properties) - Answers - lighting
- lens
- colors
- film stock
(SPECIAL EFFECTS)
Shot Types - Answers have implied proximity, and defined by the scale of the human body within the
frame.
Extreme Long Shot - Answers taken from a great distance, human is to small to recognize. Known as
an establishing shot to show background information on the location of the scene.
Long Shot - Answers full human body and some surroundings.
Medium Long Shot - Answers Shot from the knees up, and can include one or more characters and
some background. (known as American shot or Cowboy shot)
Medium Shot - Answers usually from the waist up, and closely replicates our human experience of
proximity without intimacy. Over the shoulder shot (OTS).
Close up - Answers very close to subject, usually shows full head and shoulders up.
Extreme close up - Answers very close shot of some details. (eyes, mouth)
Insert - Answers close-up used to show details other than the face.
Camera Angles - Answers level and height of camera in relation to the subject being photographed.
Allow expression of dramatic, emotional and visual information.
Aerial or Bird's-eye - Answers photographed from directly overhead.
high angle - Answers camera placed above subject, looking down slightly.
eye-level or normal - Answers 5-6 ft off the ground, eye level of the viewer.
low angle - Answers from below eye level, tilted slightly up.
Oblique or Dutch Angle - Answers lateral tilt of the camera.
Subjective Camera - Answers uses the camera as character rather than an observer.
Decision made by:
- director
- cinematographer
- a collaborative decision
- written into the screenplay
UPDATE 2026
Cinematography - Answers the process of capturing moving images on film or a digital storage device.
Cinematographer - Answers Director of Photography (DP). Visualizes the movie from the
photographic view. Angles, set-up, lights and camera.
Director and D.P. relationship - Answers Cinematographer and the director transform the shapes of
the mise en scene. (story, staging, design).
DP's Responsibilities (Framing) - Answers - proximity (shot type & size)
- camera angle
- depth
- movement
DP's Responsibilities (Cinematographic Properties) - Answers - lighting
- lens
- colors
- film stock
(SPECIAL EFFECTS)
Shot Types - Answers have implied proximity, and defined by the scale of the human body within the
frame.
Extreme Long Shot - Answers taken from a great distance, human is to small to recognize. Known as
an establishing shot to show background information on the location of the scene.
Long Shot - Answers full human body and some surroundings.
Medium Long Shot - Answers Shot from the knees up, and can include one or more characters and
some background. (known as American shot or Cowboy shot)
Medium Shot - Answers usually from the waist up, and closely replicates our human experience of
proximity without intimacy. Over the shoulder shot (OTS).
Close up - Answers very close to subject, usually shows full head and shoulders up.
Extreme close up - Answers very close shot of some details. (eyes, mouth)
Insert - Answers close-up used to show details other than the face.
Camera Angles - Answers level and height of camera in relation to the subject being photographed.
Allow expression of dramatic, emotional and visual information.
Aerial or Bird's-eye - Answers photographed from directly overhead.
high angle - Answers camera placed above subject, looking down slightly.
eye-level or normal - Answers 5-6 ft off the ground, eye level of the viewer.
low angle - Answers from below eye level, tilted slightly up.
Oblique or Dutch Angle - Answers lateral tilt of the camera.
Subjective Camera - Answers uses the camera as character rather than an observer.
Decision made by:
- director
- cinematographer
- a collaborative decision
- written into the screenplay
