SSM Exam 2 Questions and Answers Already Passed Rated A+
What is SD and what is HD? - Answers SD-720
HD-1920
"Things that are shot in Full HD cannot be 4K Ultra HD but they can be AI manipulated to look better" -
Answers True
What is a wide screen aspect ratio? - Answers 16x9
What is a really widescreen aspect ratio? Panavision - Answers 2.35:1
What is a short screen aspect ratio? - Answers 4:3 ( 1.33:1)
What do different aspect ratios do? - Answers convey messages about visual language( changing the
black bars)
Benefits for short aspect ratio 4:3 ? - Answers it is presented as equal to the audience
Benefits/ Negatives for a widescreen aspect ratio 16:9 - Answers can capture more than 4:3 and convey
more meanings
cannot frame things that are very tall
Letterboxing - Answers Bars on top/bottom of the screen
pillar boxing - Answers bars on the sides of the screen(Fitting a full-sized 4x3 image in the middle of a
16x 9 screen)
Secondary Frames, Artificial Masking: - Answers By blacking out both sides of the screen creates
a secondary frame and changed the fundamentally horizontal aspect ratio to a
vertical one (concentration on a certain area on screen)
Size - Answers Your personal experience permits permits a sense of size to what you see on screen/
illusions ( lord of the rings ring example)
Scale - Answers we make continual judgments about object size by
seeing the object on-screen in relation to other ( Rae from Star Wars zooming past the crash)
Screen Size - Answers there are tangible differences between watching things on your phone versus in a
movie theater " where do movies get seen?"
- directors of arrested development the Facebook messenger sound effect because they knew people
watched on lap tops
, Screen forces - Answers Tv needs compelling structure to engage different audiences and keep the
watching"
they cannot rely on a built in audience so producers try different structures"
Horizontal direction - Answers "we view the world horizontal and see that as calming/normal"
Vertical direction - Answers "things that are tall inspire a emotional response like awe/wonder or to feel
small " (redwood trees and cathedrals)
Tilting the horizontal plane - Answers we recognize when lines are not straight because in daily life that
is what our eyes are used to (evokes an effect of discomfort/stress on screen)
Magnetism: pull of top of frame - Answers framing things close to the top of the frame/pulled into the
top (into the sider verse example)
Magnetism: Bottom of the frame - Answers the empty space above a character can feel oppressive and
the bottom is pulling them down
Magnetism: Pull of the sides - Answers :close- Visually appealing
:apart- can show actual sepration
Magnetism: Pull of the side edges - Answers our eyes are drawn to the middle so framing can have
significant impact
Magnetism: Pull of the corners - Answers magnetism analogy
the movie visually traps (English king with the stutter example) in the corners of the frame
Magnetism: Screen Center - Answers Most stable no pull from anywhere
Large expansion: you can enlarge objects to interpret significance(even small objects)
Small object Expansion: make a large person feel small in a large room
What does Head room do on screen? - Answers too much: can communicate an aesthetic purpose
too little: for example shutter island cuts off Leo's head because he is "losing his mind"
What is attraction of mass? - Answers Bigger objects will attract smaller objects in the frame (they will
"lean into" the larger ones)
What concept is known as Asymmetry of the frame? - Answers where the two sides of the screen seem
structurally unequal. " We do not pay equal attention to the left and right side"
Empahsis should be put on the right side because we pay more attention to that side
What is SD and what is HD? - Answers SD-720
HD-1920
"Things that are shot in Full HD cannot be 4K Ultra HD but they can be AI manipulated to look better" -
Answers True
What is a wide screen aspect ratio? - Answers 16x9
What is a really widescreen aspect ratio? Panavision - Answers 2.35:1
What is a short screen aspect ratio? - Answers 4:3 ( 1.33:1)
What do different aspect ratios do? - Answers convey messages about visual language( changing the
black bars)
Benefits for short aspect ratio 4:3 ? - Answers it is presented as equal to the audience
Benefits/ Negatives for a widescreen aspect ratio 16:9 - Answers can capture more than 4:3 and convey
more meanings
cannot frame things that are very tall
Letterboxing - Answers Bars on top/bottom of the screen
pillar boxing - Answers bars on the sides of the screen(Fitting a full-sized 4x3 image in the middle of a
16x 9 screen)
Secondary Frames, Artificial Masking: - Answers By blacking out both sides of the screen creates
a secondary frame and changed the fundamentally horizontal aspect ratio to a
vertical one (concentration on a certain area on screen)
Size - Answers Your personal experience permits permits a sense of size to what you see on screen/
illusions ( lord of the rings ring example)
Scale - Answers we make continual judgments about object size by
seeing the object on-screen in relation to other ( Rae from Star Wars zooming past the crash)
Screen Size - Answers there are tangible differences between watching things on your phone versus in a
movie theater " where do movies get seen?"
- directors of arrested development the Facebook messenger sound effect because they knew people
watched on lap tops
, Screen forces - Answers Tv needs compelling structure to engage different audiences and keep the
watching"
they cannot rely on a built in audience so producers try different structures"
Horizontal direction - Answers "we view the world horizontal and see that as calming/normal"
Vertical direction - Answers "things that are tall inspire a emotional response like awe/wonder or to feel
small " (redwood trees and cathedrals)
Tilting the horizontal plane - Answers we recognize when lines are not straight because in daily life that
is what our eyes are used to (evokes an effect of discomfort/stress on screen)
Magnetism: pull of top of frame - Answers framing things close to the top of the frame/pulled into the
top (into the sider verse example)
Magnetism: Bottom of the frame - Answers the empty space above a character can feel oppressive and
the bottom is pulling them down
Magnetism: Pull of the sides - Answers :close- Visually appealing
:apart- can show actual sepration
Magnetism: Pull of the side edges - Answers our eyes are drawn to the middle so framing can have
significant impact
Magnetism: Pull of the corners - Answers magnetism analogy
the movie visually traps (English king with the stutter example) in the corners of the frame
Magnetism: Screen Center - Answers Most stable no pull from anywhere
Large expansion: you can enlarge objects to interpret significance(even small objects)
Small object Expansion: make a large person feel small in a large room
What does Head room do on screen? - Answers too much: can communicate an aesthetic purpose
too little: for example shutter island cuts off Leo's head because he is "losing his mind"
What is attraction of mass? - Answers Bigger objects will attract smaller objects in the frame (they will
"lean into" the larger ones)
What concept is known as Asymmetry of the frame? - Answers where the two sides of the screen seem
structurally unequal. " We do not pay equal attention to the left and right side"
Empahsis should be put on the right side because we pay more attention to that side
