GCSE Film Studies Quiz
Shot - answer A single, uninterrupted piece of film
Sequence - answer Collection of shots forming a natural unit
Long shot - answer Shot taken from a distance. Shows full subject.
Establishing shot - answer Sets the scene or emphasizes setting
Close up - answer Image being shot takes up at least 80% of the screen
Medium shot - answer Subjects seen from waist up
Low key lighting - answer Darkness and shadows. Often create suspense/ suspicion
High key lighting - answer Light, bright, open looking. Creates warmth and happiness
Ambient light - answer Lighting is not intentionally manipulated.
Backlit - answerDirect lighting from front/ behind. Angelic and innocent expression
Soft focus - answerIntentional edge blur. Innocence, new life
Deep focus - answerWhen the foreground and background are in the same focus.
Low angle - answerShooting subject from below. Makes them look important and
powerful.
High angle - answerCamera is above. Makes things look small and pathetic, weak and
powerless.
Eye level - answerNatural angle.
Dutch angle - answerTilted sideways on a horizontal line. Adds tension to static frame.
Sinister/distorted view of character.
Dolly shots - answerCamera moves with action on a track. Often used in "walk and talk"
Pan - answerCamera pivots along the horizontal axis left odor right. To take in scenery
Tilt - answerCamera moves up and down vertically. Used to emphasize setting. Sex and
the city recently started using it to show fashion, and now many others are too.
Shot - answer A single, uninterrupted piece of film
Sequence - answer Collection of shots forming a natural unit
Long shot - answer Shot taken from a distance. Shows full subject.
Establishing shot - answer Sets the scene or emphasizes setting
Close up - answer Image being shot takes up at least 80% of the screen
Medium shot - answer Subjects seen from waist up
Low key lighting - answer Darkness and shadows. Often create suspense/ suspicion
High key lighting - answer Light, bright, open looking. Creates warmth and happiness
Ambient light - answer Lighting is not intentionally manipulated.
Backlit - answerDirect lighting from front/ behind. Angelic and innocent expression
Soft focus - answerIntentional edge blur. Innocence, new life
Deep focus - answerWhen the foreground and background are in the same focus.
Low angle - answerShooting subject from below. Makes them look important and
powerful.
High angle - answerCamera is above. Makes things look small and pathetic, weak and
powerless.
Eye level - answerNatural angle.
Dutch angle - answerTilted sideways on a horizontal line. Adds tension to static frame.
Sinister/distorted view of character.
Dolly shots - answerCamera moves with action on a track. Often used in "walk and talk"
Pan - answerCamera pivots along the horizontal axis left odor right. To take in scenery
Tilt - answerCamera moves up and down vertically. Used to emphasize setting. Sex and
the city recently started using it to show fashion, and now many others are too.
