CDM 1 -Intro to film studies Midterm Terms questions and answers(latest update)

close up shot Shows a particular part of a subject with more detail, example: framing a subject from shoulders up extreme close up The image being shot is a part of a whole, such as an eye or a hand. medium shot A relatively close shot, revealing the human figure from the knees or waist up. Long Shot (LS) Subject or characters are at some distance from the camera; they are seen in full within their surrounding environment. One shot, two shot A shot where one person is in the frame / A shot where two people are in the frame camera angle (high/low/normal) -High: looks down on the scene -Low: looks up at the scene -Normal is dead on Deep focus/shallow focus All the planes of the image (fore, middle, and background) remain in sharp focus, de-emphasizing the plane of action Theres blurry parts that are not the main action (enables rack focus) Pan Scan of set tilt A stationary camera moves up or down along a vertical axis. Zoom The amount of magnification used to show content onscreen; the higher the zoom, the larger the content. Dolly A camera support with wheels, used in making tracking shots. track to follow Steadicam A camera mount, worn by the operator, that allows the camera to remain level even when the operator moves, ensuring extremely smooth hand-held traveling shots. eyeline match a cut that follows a shot of a character looking offscreen with a shot of a subject whose screen position matches the gaze of the character in the first shot graphic match two successive shots joined so as to create a strong similarity of compositional elements POV point of view establishing shot A shot, usually involving a distant framing, that shows the spatial relations among the important figures, objects, and setting in a scene. 180 degree rule maintains the illusion of spatial reality by shooting from one side of an imaginary line match cut a cut that preserves continuity between two shots shot/reverse shot cut to an object, then to a person. This technique shows what a person seems to be looking at and can reveal a character's thoughts. match on action A continuity cut that splices two different views of the same action together at the same moment in the movement, making it seem to continue uninterrupted. fade (in/out) gradually darkens the end of a shot to black dissolve to make the scene fade over the next shot wip pan fast pan wipe A transition between shots in which a line passes across the screen, eliminating one shot as it goes and replacing it with the next one. iris (in/out) Ending a scene with a closing circle that comes in from the edges of the screen. Similar to an iris of the eye contracting. jump cut An abrupt transition between shots, sometimes deliberate, which is disorienting in terms of the continuity of space and time. Eisenstein's theories of montage (metric, rhythmic, tonal, overtonal, intellectual) Intellectual: is when audience needs to connect the dots (soup, person ie hungry), Metric: shots follow the pacing of music score non-diagetic aka meter, Rhythmic: shots keep pace with diagetic sound tonal: use of putting shots together to create a tone (making the audience feel a certain way, Overtonal: the use of all above Hitchcock's theory of pure cinema how a director can express thoughts or create a dramatic mood without the need for words, purely through the choice and arrangement of images (ex: beginning sequence of Rear Window - broken foot, broken camera, then photo) Narrative Structure the content of a story and the form used to tell the story. Parallelism alternating between two or more scenes that are happening simultaneously in different locations (ie parry fighting and Phinous building) story vs plot, diegetic vs non-diegetic outline (who what where) vs script (how when why) (sound characters can hear, non- can't hear) Kuleshov Experiment Audience gives emotion to the main character based on what they see in shot Modernism vs classical Hollywood style (CK) Modernism is more minimalistic (function over form) Hollywood is more glamorous. Voyeurism desire to watch others or to spy on people (to see others and not be seen)