A shot taken from the point of view or line of sight of the character; gives the character's perspective.
What is a point of view shot?
100
Camera Records from below and looks up at the subject; makes the subject appear stronger, intimidating, more powerful or superior.
What is a low angle shot?
100
The camera swivels from left to right.
What is a pan?
100
The most common type of transition in which one scene ends and a new one immediately begins
What is a cut?
100
A colour that evokes passion.
What is red?
200
Camera is located at normal eye levee.
What is an eye level shot?
200
Camera records from above and looks down on the subject; may make the subject look small, inferior, week or lonely.
What is a high angle shot?
200
This is a vertical pan.
What is a tilt?
200
Originally a children's toy, that consisted of a circular drum?with slits that when spun creates the illusion?of movement by allowing moments?of darkness.
What is a zoetrope?
200
You want a character to appear bubbly and happy. What colour could you dress that character in?
What is orange or yellow?
300
Form of long shot to describe where characters are located in the scene; establishes setting.
What is a wide or establishing shot?
300
This angle is achieved by tilting the camera to the side so the horizon is not flat; used to portray psychological tension, uneasiness or weirdness.
What is an oblique angle shot?
300
This type of shot is used most often in documentaries.
What is hand held?
300
A gradual transition in which the end of one scene is superimposed over the beginning of the a new one
What is dissolve?
300
You are dressing a king. What colour do you use?
What is purple?
400
A shot that uses the back of a character's head to frame something or someone in front of him/her.
What is an over the shoulder shot?
400
Bonus! An angle taken from an extreme height, like a airplane, helicopter or tall building. HINT: Think of what a fowl would see from the air.
What is a bird's eye view?
400
If you were following a horse down the race track, you would probably use this kind of shot, a variation of the dolly.
What is a tracking shot?
400
This early form of cinema technology was set up in parlors where you could individually watch dancing, juggling, clowning, wonders of the world, a few re-enactments. Also known as a "Nickelodeon".
What is a kinetoscope?
400
A color representative of depression.
What is blue?
500
A shot of a small object or a part of a face that fills the screen
What is an extreme close up?
500
BONUS. Now, think about an extremely low angle shot. HINT: The early bird gets...
What is a worm's eye view?
500
Not a camera movement, but a shift in the focal length of the camera lens to give the impression that the camera is getting closer to or farther from an object
What is a zoom?
500
An ancestor of the present day slide projector, where a drawing could be reproduced and projected through a lens.
What is a magic lantern?
500
You want your character to appear mysterious. But what color will they wear?