Mise-en-scène
Objects in a set that add to the background or the storyline
What are props?
A camera movement where a camera is mounted to a crane or jib
A sound other than speech or music made artificially for use in a variety of different media types
What are sound effects?
A transition that gradually goes from one scene to another.
What is a fade transition?
A genre that involves singing throughout a film
What is the musical genre?
Lighting that creates strong contrast between light and shadow, providing a dark or moody tone
What is low-key lighting?
A head shot that typically shows emotion
What is a close-up shot?
Sound that gives off a pleasant effect
What is harmonious sound?
A cut that happens right as an event occurs (Eg. A loud noise)
What is a cut-on-action?
A smaller genre that is within a genre (a narrower version of a genre)
What is a sub-genre?
Can reveal the wealth class(upper/middle/lower), personality, and style of a character within a film
What can costumes convey about a person or group of people?
A shot that shows everything in the view (shows action)
What is a long-shot?
What is dissonance sound?
A cut that links two shots that share similar visual elements
What is a match cut?
Where a film's setting has old/rundown building or in a confined space with little to no escape
What is the typical setting within a horror film?
The arrangement of everything in front of a camera to compose a active visual scene
What is mise-en-scène?
A angle that can create a sense of vulnerability, insignificance, or powerlessness in the subject
What meaning can be conveyed from a high-angle shot?
The original music specifically composed for a film
What is score?
Creates a more open and vague conclusion, leaving room for interpretation
What meaning is conveyed from a fade-to-white edit?
This genre type typically contains a "final girl", monster/villain, "the couple", and more.
What are some typical character types in a horror film?
The color associated with powerful or strong emotions such as love or hatred
What does the color, Red, indicate?
A camera shot that involves moving the physical camera back from the subject, while simultaneously zooming in
What is a reverse zoom (AKA, Dolly zoom)?
Sound that is not heard within a film's world (eg. Narration)
What is non-diegetic sound?
A cut that involves seeing the first scene while audio from the next scene begins to play
What is a J-cut?
Norms that are typically seen in other films within the same genre
What is a genre convention?