Quiz Wiz #3

Three kinds of invisible camera movements:

1) externally generated camera moves 2) Internally generated camera moves 3) Moving establishing shots

At least 80 percent of the monies of big budget films above $__ are dedicated to the "look" of the film (what is shot and how it is shot)

100 million

At least ____ percent of the money of big budget films above $100 million are dedicated to the "look" of the film (what is shot and how it is shot)

80

externally generated: ___ percent of camera moves fall in this category (according to author Gil Bettman)

95

The new trend in film making Leaders (7):

James Cameron, David Fincher, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, Sam Raimi, Peter Jackson, Michael Bay

Moving _____ is the new standard for professional directors

camera

The more money in the budget = the more the ______ moves to give "visual energy"

camera

Many crucial decisions that will govern the success offilm look cannot be made until last minute/hour on the set. ________ use most of director's time

can/should

Externally generated: Offers audience "_______" interest in the form of motion blur, natural wipes, or strobe-like images as stationary/slower objects pass in front of or behind the principle action/actor

eye candy

Externally generated: when a camera moves to follow something that is moving ___ the current frame composition

inside

Introspective shots would be considered as ________ generated

internally

Pov shots would be considered as ______ generated

internally

_______ shots: camera serves as an unnoticed selfie

introspective

Bobs rule: So....move the camera whenever possible to add visual energy but keep the movement "_____" as possible

invisible

Externally generated: spielbergs secret sauce- start a scene with the camera framed up tighter on the principle subject....then have it take off moving. The camera must now "______" or risking losing the action

keep up

Externally generated: the camera is moving to "_______" with the story's action

keep up

steps in seamlessness:

lots of eyeballs in shots, use consecutive moving masters

Many crucial decisions that will govern the success of film look cannot be made until last ______. Can/should use most of director's time

minute/hour

Externally generated: offers audience "eye candy" interest in the form of:

motion blur, natural wipes, or strobe like images as stationary/slower objects pass in front or behind the principle action/actor

Start frame in a tight environment and then pull out to reveal the rest of the environment (or the opposite) is an example of:

moving establishing shots

Breaking Bobs rule: snoopy cam- The camera seems to ______ exactly what it wants to look at

point

The majority of the money is being spent on _____ value not actor contracts

production

externally generated: creates a sense of "_________" and allows a shot to last as long as possible

seamlessness

Breaking Bobs rule: _____ cam- when a camera bounces around looking for the most important part of the scene

snoopy

can tend to elevate style above substance

snoopy cam

Externally generated: _______ secret sauce- start a scene with the camera framed up tighter on the principle subject....then have it take off moving. The camera must now "keep up" or risking losing the action

spielbergs

Bobs Rule: The "_____" is the most important component of a film so EVERYTHING else serves the narrative

story

The director may need to (3)

take temporary reigns, employ diplomacy, get somebody else

A director should have a working knowledge of just about everything happening with (3):

technical gear, practicalities on set, and the sense of what is good art

_______ design is always a joint effort between director and cinematographer (DP and/or camera operator)

visual

The more money in the budget = the more the camera moves to give "___________"

visual energy

Coverage

when balance shifts from motion to drama, the master should tighten up and swing on-axis (the actors are almost looking into camer

More Drama Steps:

when you just need to cut employ the moving, matching reverse master technique, employ the reverse master to begin (in the edit) right after the first moment of peak confrontation

_____, by comparison, are already a proven entity and tend to self-regulate/correct/improve with takes

Actors

The primary role of a film director/DP is:

To look at the finished film, not the script or even the performances

(T/F) Most directors on Hollywood sets spend more time huddled around a video monitor that chumming up with actors at craft services table.

True

Drama Steps:

When actors get confrontational make sure the camera is moving with the action, find the peak trigger point and find the cameras temporary position to catch the fire in the characters eye and use the other person as the vertical eye candy

95 percent of camera moves fall in this category (according to author Gill Bettman)

externally generated

The camera is moving to "keep up" with the story's action

externally generated

When a camera moves to follow something that is moving inside the current frame composition:

externally generated

How it is shot:

Director of photography

The "story" is the most important component of a film so ________ else serves the narrative

Everything

The 3 steps of establishing:

Geography, money, and believability

Author ________ ______: directors should spend more time working with crew than with cast.

Gill Bettman

externally generated: 95 percent of camera moves fall in this category (according to author ______)

Gill Bettman

What carries more weight...the script's story or the shooting performance?

In theory it's the script

_______ generated: When a camera moves to show audience what is being seen or felt by someone on screen

Internally

__________: When a camera moves to reveal to the audience everything they need to see to understand what happens next

Moving establishing shots

___________: Introduces a new environment in a panoramic or scalable fashion

Moving establishing shots

All the big name directors, DPs, PDs, etc...got their start with _______, just like you

Nothing

breaking bobs rule: snoopy cam- Can appear to be the ____ of an easily distracted invisible character (gives impression that YOU are a member of the cast)

POV

What is shot:

Production Designer

Action Sequence (the basics):

Put the camera in the right place, put the right lens on the camera, get the right number of pieces on the coverage

Bobs Rule name:

Robert (Bob) Zemeckis

Eye Candy steps:

The big boys, tarantinos trick, create motion blur, z axis walk and talk, tarantinos trick

Author Gil Bettman: directors should spend more time working with ____ than with cast.

crew

On low or no budget film the double role of production designer and director of photography relies on the ______

director

Visual design is always a joint effort between _____ and _____

director & cinematographer