CTVA 300 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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Screen World the 2D screens where we watch pictures (images on any screen)
Real World the environment in which we live
Foreground (FG) objects close to the camera
Midground (MG) objects farther away from the camera
Background (BG) objects that are farthest away from the camera
Picture Plane the 2D window that frames our pictures
Contrast difference (greater visual intensity)
Affinity similarity (less visual intensity)
Visual intensity (dynamism) the level of visual energy in a composition
Matte a technique used to combine two or more image elements into a single, final
image
Anamorphic lens take extremely wide fields of view and squeeze their information onto the 1.33 film
stock
Frame within a frame a compositional technique that uses secondary frames to highlight a subject within
a larger frame (doorway, window, etc), borders the subject
Composition the arrangement of objects, shapes, people, whatever in the frame
Geometric Center the spot most distant from the frame edges
Centered Composition main subject of the shot is perfectly centered
Decentered Composition main subject is not in the center of the shot (intentionally placed off-center)
Reframing the barely noticeable shifting of the frame's boundaries caused by a slight but
deliberate movement of the camera that's made in order to keep a subject in or
near the center or some other specific part of the frame
Balanced composition subjects balanced around a center
Unbalanced Composition no weight across the center of the shot from the decentered subject (creating
unbalance around that implied center)
, Implied Balance when subjects within a shot aren't positioned at the center of the frame but
(together) imply a center
Aspect Ratio proportions of the screen (ex: 1.5:1, 1.85:1, 2.40:1, 1.78:1)
Surface division anything that divides the frame into two or more areas
Common types of surface divisions halves (horizontal, vertical, diagonal)
thirds
grids
square on a rectangle
the golden section
3 functions of surface divisions 1. isolate or draw attention to their subjects
2. momentarily provide some variation of the image's aspect ratio
3. ask us to compare areas in the frame
Grid frame divided into fourths, fifths, sixths or more
Line appears due to tonal contrast
Edge lines around the borders of 2D objects
Contour the apparent line around the border of 3D objects
Closure primary points of interest in a picture can cause the viewer to mentally connect
them with imaginary lines, a process known as , where the brain fills in
missing visual information.
Axis many objects have an invisible line or axis that runs through them, which can be
perceived as a line
Actual Track a visible line or track created when objects move
Virtual Track an imaginary line or track created by moving objects
Linear motif the dominant line pattern in a shot (any combination of circular, straight, vertical,
horizontal or diagonal lines in a picture)
Orientation of line the static position or angle of a line (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) within the
frame or visual space
Direction of line the movement or path a line takes within the frame (whether it's going left, right,
up, down, or in any other direction)
Quality of line the characteristics of a line (thickness, curvature)
Least dynamic orientation of line horizontal
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Screen World the 2D screens where we watch pictures (images on any screen)
Real World the environment in which we live
Foreground (FG) objects close to the camera
Midground (MG) objects farther away from the camera
Background (BG) objects that are farthest away from the camera
Picture Plane the 2D window that frames our pictures
Contrast difference (greater visual intensity)
Affinity similarity (less visual intensity)
Visual intensity (dynamism) the level of visual energy in a composition
Matte a technique used to combine two or more image elements into a single, final
image
Anamorphic lens take extremely wide fields of view and squeeze their information onto the 1.33 film
stock
Frame within a frame a compositional technique that uses secondary frames to highlight a subject within
a larger frame (doorway, window, etc), borders the subject
Composition the arrangement of objects, shapes, people, whatever in the frame
Geometric Center the spot most distant from the frame edges
Centered Composition main subject of the shot is perfectly centered
Decentered Composition main subject is not in the center of the shot (intentionally placed off-center)
Reframing the barely noticeable shifting of the frame's boundaries caused by a slight but
deliberate movement of the camera that's made in order to keep a subject in or
near the center or some other specific part of the frame
Balanced composition subjects balanced around a center
Unbalanced Composition no weight across the center of the shot from the decentered subject (creating
unbalance around that implied center)
, Implied Balance when subjects within a shot aren't positioned at the center of the frame but
(together) imply a center
Aspect Ratio proportions of the screen (ex: 1.5:1, 1.85:1, 2.40:1, 1.78:1)
Surface division anything that divides the frame into two or more areas
Common types of surface divisions halves (horizontal, vertical, diagonal)
thirds
grids
square on a rectangle
the golden section
3 functions of surface divisions 1. isolate or draw attention to their subjects
2. momentarily provide some variation of the image's aspect ratio
3. ask us to compare areas in the frame
Grid frame divided into fourths, fifths, sixths or more
Line appears due to tonal contrast
Edge lines around the borders of 2D objects
Contour the apparent line around the border of 3D objects
Closure primary points of interest in a picture can cause the viewer to mentally connect
them with imaginary lines, a process known as , where the brain fills in
missing visual information.
Axis many objects have an invisible line or axis that runs through them, which can be
perceived as a line
Actual Track a visible line or track created when objects move
Virtual Track an imaginary line or track created by moving objects
Linear motif the dominant line pattern in a shot (any combination of circular, straight, vertical,
horizontal or diagonal lines in a picture)
Orientation of line the static position or angle of a line (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) within the
frame or visual space
Direction of line the movement or path a line takes within the frame (whether it's going left, right,
up, down, or in any other direction)
Quality of line the characteristics of a line (thickness, curvature)
Least dynamic orientation of line horizontal
