Film Form - Answers Elements that go into making a film, "audiovisual design of a film and the tools
and techniques you use to create that design"
Production Process - Answers Pre, Production, Post
Pre-Production - Answers Breaking down script, what is essential, what location, who to cast
Production - Answers Shooting and sound recording
Post-Production - Answers Editing and music and special effect, color timing, printing
Who is in control? - Answers The Director, but its a collaborative medium
Various heads of movie, who director talks to and then filters down - Answers Art-Production Design,
Camera-DP, Grip-Key Grip, Gaffer-Key Gaffer, Actor-Lead Act, Sound Effect
Director - Answers Organize/Coordinate artistic input, inspire crew, figurehead position, chief artistic
authority, everyone listens to you no one questions you
Running time - Answers duration of a film, how long it takes viewers to watch movie from begg to end
ex: 2 hour long movie
Story Time - Answers How much time the story takes like ex: like over multiple decades, years
Internal Time Structure - Answers Manipulation of time so that expanding upon something or
deemphasizing something
Camera Position - Answers Long Shot, Medium Shot, Close-Up
Camera Position: Def - Answers Can manipulate audience this way, convey different time of info
Camera Movement - Answers Tripod-gives audience in confident in shot, takes movement out of
camera. Hand Camera Shaky. Dolly-Camera on train, perfect movement over and over
Camera Angle - Answers changes how feel about character
Focal Lense - Answers Length of Camera lens
Wide Angled Lens - Answers Everything in focus, deep focus, short, stretch
Telephoto Lens - Answers long, shallow focus, selective, flattened
Zoom - Answers Can change focal length
Fixed(Prime) - Answers Fixed Focal Length
How do you determine what type of camera lens use? - Answers Choose lens specifically based on
what want to convey about person, emphasizes certain aspect of person
Why do movies with similar plots turn out differently? - Answers because each filmmaker brings his
own perspective to the movie and view the script a different way
Human Perception - Answers movies seem real, but everything perfectly calculated, seems like reality,
but couldn't be further from reality
What speed are movies recorded at? - Answers 24 frames per second
Cinematography - Answers study of cinema, light, use of color, and light
Requirements of Cinematographer - Answers 2nd in command, works closely with director, decides
overall design
Production Design - Answers set, location, costume, need to be filmed a different way for each scene
Animated films do lots of _____ - Answers pre-visualization (including animatics)
How do you decide what film stock to use? - Answers each films has different characteristics its going
for
Fast Film Stock - Answers doesn't need lots of light
Slow Film Stock - Answers lots of light
Different aspects of cinematography? - Answers Film Reproduction, Grain, Latitude (high can film in
low or high levels of light low can't)
Resolving Power - Answers Resolution, ability to show detail
Aspect Ratio - Answers Dimensions of screen, choose based on theme/story Example: Wide Screen,
Square Scene, Imax