CINEMATOGRAPHY - KEY CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUES, AND CAMERA SHOTS EXAM QUESTIONS
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What is cinematography? - Answers The photography of a film and how shots are visually created.
What is the basic building block of film? - Answers The shot.
What is contrast in cinematography? - Answers The range between blacks and whites in an image.
What does high contrast look like? - Answers Strong blacks and whites, dramatic image.
What is exposure? - Answers How much light enters the camera.
What is overexposure? - Answers An image that is too bright or washed out.
What is underexposure? - Answers An image that is too dark.
What is grain? - Answers A rough visual texture in an image.
What is color grading? - Answers Digital adjustment of color to create mood and style.
What is slow motion? - Answers Action shown slower than normal speed.
What is fast motion? - Answers Action shown faster than normal speed.
What is a freeze frame? - Answers A shot where the image stops moving.
What is ramping? - Answers Changing speed within a single shot.
What does a normal lens do? - Answers Matches human vision.
What does a wide-angle lens do? - Answers Exaggerates depth and space.
What does a telephoto lens do? - Answers Compresses space and depth.
What is a zoom? - Answers Changing focal length without moving the camera.
How is a zoom different from camera movement? - Answers Zoom changes image size, camera
movement moves through space.
What is a vertigo (dolly zoom) shot? - Answers Camera movement combined with an opposite zoom.
What is focus? - Answers What appears sharp in the image.
What is depth of field? - Answers The range of space that is in focus.
What is shallow depth of field? - Answers Only one plane is in focus.
What is deep focus? - Answers Everything in the shot is in focus.
What is rack focus? - Answers Shifting focus from one subject to another.
What does CGI stand for? - Answers Computer-Generated Imagery.
What is CGI? - Answers Images or effects created using computers.
What is superimposition? - Answers Layering images filmed separately.
What is rear projection? - Answers Actors filmed in front of a projected background.
What is matte painting? - Answers Live action combined with a painted background.
What is framing? - Answers What is included and excluded in the image.
What is aspect ratio? - Answers The width-to-height ratio of the frame.
What is onscreen space? - Answers What is visible in the frame.
What is offscreen space? - Answers Space outside the frame but part of the story world.
What is a low-angle shot? - Answers The camera looks up at the subject.
What is a high-angle shot? - Answers The camera looks down at the subject.
What is a canted (Dutch) angle? - Answers A tilted frame suggesting imbalance.
What is camera distance? - Answers How far the camera is from the subject.
What is a long shot? - Answers Shows the full body.
What is a medium shot? - Answers Shows the subject from the waist up.
What is a close-up? - Answers Shows the face or a small object.
What is an extreme close-up? - Answers Shows a small detail.
What is a pan? - Answers Camera moves left or right.
What is a tilt? - Answers Camera moves up or down.
What is a tracking (dolly) shot? - Answers Camera moves through space.
What is a crane shot? - Answers Camera moves vertically or overhead.
What is a long take? - Answers A shot with long duration and little or no editing.
What is a sequence shot? - Answers A whole scene filmed in one long take.
Why use a long take? - Answers To create realism, tension, and immersion.
ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
What is cinematography? - Answers The photography of a film and how shots are visually created.
What is the basic building block of film? - Answers The shot.
What is contrast in cinematography? - Answers The range between blacks and whites in an image.
What does high contrast look like? - Answers Strong blacks and whites, dramatic image.
What is exposure? - Answers How much light enters the camera.
What is overexposure? - Answers An image that is too bright or washed out.
What is underexposure? - Answers An image that is too dark.
What is grain? - Answers A rough visual texture in an image.
What is color grading? - Answers Digital adjustment of color to create mood and style.
What is slow motion? - Answers Action shown slower than normal speed.
What is fast motion? - Answers Action shown faster than normal speed.
What is a freeze frame? - Answers A shot where the image stops moving.
What is ramping? - Answers Changing speed within a single shot.
What does a normal lens do? - Answers Matches human vision.
What does a wide-angle lens do? - Answers Exaggerates depth and space.
What does a telephoto lens do? - Answers Compresses space and depth.
What is a zoom? - Answers Changing focal length without moving the camera.
How is a zoom different from camera movement? - Answers Zoom changes image size, camera
movement moves through space.
What is a vertigo (dolly zoom) shot? - Answers Camera movement combined with an opposite zoom.
What is focus? - Answers What appears sharp in the image.
What is depth of field? - Answers The range of space that is in focus.
What is shallow depth of field? - Answers Only one plane is in focus.
What is deep focus? - Answers Everything in the shot is in focus.
What is rack focus? - Answers Shifting focus from one subject to another.
What does CGI stand for? - Answers Computer-Generated Imagery.
What is CGI? - Answers Images or effects created using computers.
What is superimposition? - Answers Layering images filmed separately.
What is rear projection? - Answers Actors filmed in front of a projected background.
What is matte painting? - Answers Live action combined with a painted background.
What is framing? - Answers What is included and excluded in the image.
What is aspect ratio? - Answers The width-to-height ratio of the frame.
What is onscreen space? - Answers What is visible in the frame.
What is offscreen space? - Answers Space outside the frame but part of the story world.
What is a low-angle shot? - Answers The camera looks up at the subject.
What is a high-angle shot? - Answers The camera looks down at the subject.
What is a canted (Dutch) angle? - Answers A tilted frame suggesting imbalance.
What is camera distance? - Answers How far the camera is from the subject.
What is a long shot? - Answers Shows the full body.
What is a medium shot? - Answers Shows the subject from the waist up.
What is a close-up? - Answers Shows the face or a small object.
What is an extreme close-up? - Answers Shows a small detail.
What is a pan? - Answers Camera moves left or right.
What is a tilt? - Answers Camera moves up or down.
What is a tracking (dolly) shot? - Answers Camera moves through space.
What is a crane shot? - Answers Camera moves vertically or overhead.
What is a long take? - Answers A shot with long duration and little or no editing.
What is a sequence shot? - Answers A whole scene filmed in one long take.
Why use a long take? - Answers To create realism, tension, and immersion.
