Unit 6 - Film App

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Match the member of the camera crew to the correct description of their job. A. Gaffer; B. Camera Operator; C. Grip.

A. chief electrician; B. controls the camera during shots; C. general handyperson

A lens with a short focal length (also known as a wide-angle lens) makes subjects on-screen appear farther apart than they actually are. Which image uses a lens with a short focal length?

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. A lens with a short focal length makes subjects on screen appear farther apart than they actually are, as illustrated in this image

What methods did the earliest color films (those made in the 1890s through 1930) use to include color?

additive color systems.

The first assistant electrician on the camera crew is called the _____________.

best boy

Due to years of conditioning, audiences associate ___ film with realism.

black and white

A low-angle shot is often used to _____________.

make the subject seem powerful

If a filmmaker employs animatronic monsters and prosthetics for her actors to wear, she is using ___ effects:

mechanical

Which type of shot frames the subject from somewhere around the waist and up, making him or her large enough in the frame to reduce the background to the point of insignificance?

medium shot

What is a setup?

one camera position and everything associated with it

A digital filmmaker's camera stores the image information as ___, which are compressed into specialized formats called ___.

pixels; codecs

Which of the following is the measure of how sensitive a film stock is to light?

speed.

Watch this clip from the short film Spam-Ku (Tsuchida, 2005). How was the effect achieved?

speeding the frame rate.

A ___ is an instance of capturing a shot, and a ___ is a particular camera position that can be used to capture one or more shots.

take; setup

In this scene from The 39 Steps (Hitchcock, 1935), the actor onstage is the only figure moving; the theater and audience are from a previous shot, miniaturized and then reflected in an etched mirror. What is this effect called?

the Schufftan Process

Unlike a static painting or picture, a motion picture moves and thus shifts its point of view. Point of view is implied by _____________.

the framing of a shot

In filmmaking, what do we call the relationship between the frame's two dimensions (width and height)?

Aspect ratio

Which of the following is a specialized digital format for compressing video?

Codec

A shot that is in between a long shot and a medium shot is known as an American shot, a two-shot, or a medium long shot. Which still represents this kind of shot?

King's Speech (shot 2)

the title of the movie Tangerine (2015) was inspired by what process during postproduction?

color grading

What does a take refer to?

each time a planned shot is captured

A _____________ film stock is extremely sensitive to light and is therefore useful in low-light situations

fast

What is cinematography?

the process of capturing moving images on film or a digital storage device

The width of an image related to its height is known as the aspect ratio. What is the aspect ratio of this image?

1.33:1

Camera proximity vs. Camera movement:

CP: medium shot, bird's-eye view shot, establishing shot. CM: pan shot, tilt shot, dolly shot

Examine this still image from the short film Snapshot (Lund, 2005). Which two terms best describe it?

Correct: medium close-up, low angle. Incorrect: high angle, dolly out, extreme close-up.

Watch this clip from The Apothecary (Scheer, 2013). What is the best description of this camera movement?

Dolly out.

A camera can either change implied proximity or move, but it cannot do both at once.

False

Directors of photography (DPs) are not cinematographers.

False

Which of the following is a member of the camera crew?

Gaffer

Which member of the camera crew is responsible for putting the film stock in the camera?

Loader.

Depth of field refers to the distance in front of the camera (and its lens) in which the subjects are in apparent sharp focus. A lens with a short focal length has a complete depth of field. Which image represents a complete depth of field?

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Which image represents a high-angle shot?

North by Northwest

Which of the following are responsibilities of the cinematographer, and which are not?

Responsibilities of the Cinematographer: choosing the properties of the shot, framing shots, determining the speed and length of the shot. Not Responsibilities of the Cinematographer: editing the film, designing the mise-en-scène.

Which of the following best describes this long take at the beginning of the animated short Dreamscapes (McBride, 2002)?

Sequence shot.

Watch this clip from the short film Two Cars, One Night (Waititi, 2006). How was the effect achieved?

Slowing the frame rate achieves a fast-motion effect in this clip.

Watch this clip from Kleingeld (Bochert, 1999). What term best describes this shot?

Tilt

Depth of field refers to the distance between the camera and the subject in focus.

True

The effect of slow motion is achieved by speeding up the frame rate.

True

Which of the following are examples of mechanical special effects, and which are not?

Y: An actor wears a prosthetic nose to make him look like the subject of a biopic, A small car is made to explode on set, Rain is generated for a scene occurring in a storm. N: Spaceships are superimposed over footage of New York City, An actor wears a bodysuit with special markers; later, she is digitally replaced by a talking horse.

Which of the following types of shots involve camera movement, and which do not?

Y: dolly, tilt, pan. N: extreme close-up, dutch angle

The member of the camera crew who controls the camera during the shot is called the _____________.

camera operator

The process of capturing moving images on film or a digital storage device is called _____________

cinematography

This member of the camera crew is the chief electrician for the production.

gaffer

his member of the camera crew is the all-around handyperson who works with both the camerapersons and the electricians to get the camera and lighting ready for shooting.

grip

An actor wears a suit covered in reflective markers that are used to digitally translate the actor's movements into those of a fantastical-looking dragon. What is this special effects method called?

motion capture.

An open frame is generally employed in _____________ films, while a closed frame is generally employed in ____________ films.

realistic; formalist


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