CTVA 300 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Screen - Answers - two-dimensional screens where we watch pictures
i.e. movie screens, TV, computers, phone, canvases, pages
Real/Screen World - Answers - real: environment in which we live
screen: images on any screen, sometimes may or may not follow same rules
fore/mid/back-ground - Answers - objects close to/farther away/farthest away from
camera
Picture Plane - Answers - frame lines surrounding anything on screen
Visual Progression - Answers - one thing changes into something else
Matte - Answers - prevent light from striking the top and bottom portions of the frame
Anamorphic Lens - Answers - Anamorphic lenses take extremely wide fields of view and
squeeze their information onto the 1.33 film stock.
Frame within a Frame - Answers - Neither of the lines of the window above divides the
entire frame. They are not, therefore, frame dividers. But together, they do form a frame
inside the larger frame, which, like a divider, functions to draw attention to its newly
framed subject.
What's the compositional difference between a close-up in a 1.33:1 frame and a same
sized
close-up in a widescreen frame? - Answers - Widescreen frames still leave almost half
the frame's width with which the filmmaker's must concern themselves.
What was the aspect ratio of your parents' standard non-HD television? - Answers -
1.33:1
What is the aspect ratio of the viewfinder in a 35mm motion picture camera? - Answers
- 1.33:1
What is the aspect ratio of the 35mm film negative onto which an anamorphic image is
squeezed? - Answers - 1.33:1
What are some of the functions of surface dividers? Of a frame within a frame? -
Answers - Surface Dividers can 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
Composition - Answers - arrangement of objects, shapes, people, whatever in the frame
, Geometric Center - Answers - spot most distant from frame edges
centered composition - Answers - when the subject of the image coincides with the
geometric center of the frame, organized in a symmetrical way, can appear mechanical
or contrived
decentered composition - Answers - images constructed around a visual subject or
object not positioned at frame's geometric center
reframing - Answers - is made in order to keep a subject in or near the center, or in or
near some specific part of the frame
Describe your reaction to the centered compositions found in this unit. - Answers -
Comfortable, mechanical, contrived
What are some of the functions of centered compositions in Rushmore? - Answers -
Contributes to film's tone and unifies the film
What is the difference in dynamism between a centered and a decentered image? How
about an
extremely decentered image? - Answers - Centered: organized in a symmetrical way
Decentered: most cinema images are constructed around a visual subject or object
Extremely Decentered: introduces a strong visual tension
What are some of the effects of reframing on the visual dynamics of a moving image?
What
difference would there be between a scene in which a character moved significantly in
front of
a static camera versus that same movement shot with a reframing camera? - Answers -
Keep subject centered
Static: Subject will be decentered within filming
Framing: subject will be centered within filming
Is a balanced image necessarily centered? Is a centered image necessarily balanced?
Why or why not? - Answers - No
No
Why is the image of Diane Lane looking right (below) NOT a particularly good example
of an unbalanced composition? - Answers - implied balance, looking at something
causing a present of something big balancing the image
Using five straight lines in a single horizontal rectangle (like a film frame), draw an
example of affinity of orientation of line in the shot. Now, with five lines in another
rectangle, draw contrast of orientation of line in the shot. - Answers -
Screen - Answers - two-dimensional screens where we watch pictures
i.e. movie screens, TV, computers, phone, canvases, pages
Real/Screen World - Answers - real: environment in which we live
screen: images on any screen, sometimes may or may not follow same rules
fore/mid/back-ground - Answers - objects close to/farther away/farthest away from
camera
Picture Plane - Answers - frame lines surrounding anything on screen
Visual Progression - Answers - one thing changes into something else
Matte - Answers - prevent light from striking the top and bottom portions of the frame
Anamorphic Lens - Answers - Anamorphic lenses take extremely wide fields of view and
squeeze their information onto the 1.33 film stock.
Frame within a Frame - Answers - Neither of the lines of the window above divides the
entire frame. They are not, therefore, frame dividers. But together, they do form a frame
inside the larger frame, which, like a divider, functions to draw attention to its newly
framed subject.
What's the compositional difference between a close-up in a 1.33:1 frame and a same
sized
close-up in a widescreen frame? - Answers - Widescreen frames still leave almost half
the frame's width with which the filmmaker's must concern themselves.
What was the aspect ratio of your parents' standard non-HD television? - Answers -
1.33:1
What is the aspect ratio of the viewfinder in a 35mm motion picture camera? - Answers
- 1.33:1
What is the aspect ratio of the 35mm film negative onto which an anamorphic image is
squeezed? - Answers - 1.33:1
What are some of the functions of surface dividers? Of a frame within a frame? -
Answers - Surface Dividers can 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
Composition - Answers - arrangement of objects, shapes, people, whatever in the frame
, Geometric Center - Answers - spot most distant from frame edges
centered composition - Answers - when the subject of the image coincides with the
geometric center of the frame, organized in a symmetrical way, can appear mechanical
or contrived
decentered composition - Answers - images constructed around a visual subject or
object not positioned at frame's geometric center
reframing - Answers - is made in order to keep a subject in or near the center, or in or
near some specific part of the frame
Describe your reaction to the centered compositions found in this unit. - Answers -
Comfortable, mechanical, contrived
What are some of the functions of centered compositions in Rushmore? - Answers -
Contributes to film's tone and unifies the film
What is the difference in dynamism between a centered and a decentered image? How
about an
extremely decentered image? - Answers - Centered: organized in a symmetrical way
Decentered: most cinema images are constructed around a visual subject or object
Extremely Decentered: introduces a strong visual tension
What are some of the effects of reframing on the visual dynamics of a moving image?
What
difference would there be between a scene in which a character moved significantly in
front of
a static camera versus that same movement shot with a reframing camera? - Answers -
Keep subject centered
Static: Subject will be decentered within filming
Framing: subject will be centered within filming
Is a balanced image necessarily centered? Is a centered image necessarily balanced?
Why or why not? - Answers - No
No
Why is the image of Diane Lane looking right (below) NOT a particularly good example
of an unbalanced composition? - Answers - implied balance, looking at something
causing a present of something big balancing the image
Using five straight lines in a single horizontal rectangle (like a film frame), draw an
example of affinity of orientation of line in the shot. Now, with five lines in another
rectangle, draw contrast of orientation of line in the shot. - Answers -
