Film Chapter 5
Purely lateral movement in a fixed frame shot enhances the illusion of depth.
False
Time-lapse photography achieves an extreme form of slow motion.
False
Cinematic film refers to a film that takes advantage of all the special properties and qualities that make the film medium unique.
True
Perhaps the most important consideration in creating a three-dimensional image is how to arrange the people and objects to be filmed.
True
Which one of the following is NOT a special lens designed to provide subjective distortions of objective reality? a. the wide-angle lens b. the telephoto lens c. the deep-focus lens d. the fish-eye lens
c. the deep-focus lens
How did critic Richard Corliss describe the animated film The Prince of Egypt? a. as the first truly successful—both critically and commercially—example of 3D feature animation b. as an example of sad attempts by studios to keep hand-drawn animation relevant c. as a welcome attempt to expand the narrow boundaries of feature animation d. as a failed experiment in making animation with adult themes
c. as a welcome attempt to expand the narrow boundaries of feature animation
What is achieved by soft focus in the film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington? a. a dream state b. the conveyance of a state of drunkenness c. indication of the subject's love for another character d. a state of confusion for the characters
c. indication of the subject's love for another character
With the director's interpretive point of view, a. the audience is moved into the same perspective as the character. b. the shots are made unreal through extreme affectation. c. we are consciously aware that the director wants us to view the action in some unusual way. d. the director is going for a naturalistic "invisible camera" perspective.
c. we are consciously aware that the director wants us to view the action in some unusual way.
A type of lens that keeps an image in constant focus while appearing to glide toward or away from the subject without any camera movement is called a. foreground framing. b. the Steadicam. c. fixed-frame movement. d. the zoom lens.
d. the zoom lens.
