Camera Work
A stationary camera moves up and down
What is a tilt?
Lighting that replicates real life
What is natural lighting?
Scene slowly goes to black or white, often implying time has passed.
What is a fade?
The image in the film takes up 80 percent of the frame
What is a close-up?
A conversation between characters
What is dialogue?
When the camera looks down upon the subject from above them
What is an extreme high-angle shot OR birds-eye-view shot?
Lighting that lights the subject up from behind, making them stand out
What is back-lighting?
A transition where one shot is instantly followed by another.
What is a cut?
A shot taken from a distance showing the full subject and surroundings.
What is a long shot?
Images that refer to previous events in characters' lives
What is a flashback?
A stationary camera moves left or right
What is a pan?
Lighting that conveys evil
What is bottom/Halloween lighting?
An image fades into another to create a connection between images.
What is dissolve?
A shot that sets the scene
What is an establishing shot?
An object used in the frame to suggest ideas in addition to, or beyond, their literal sense
What is symbolism?
The camera itself is moving with the action
What is a dolly/tracking shot?
Scene is flooded with shadows and darkness to create suspense and suspicion
What is low-key lighting?
Cut back and forth to action that is happening simultaneously
What is cross-cutting?
Sound that can be heard logically by the characters
What is diegetic sound?
Type of camera that uses counter-weights and hydraulics to provide the flexibility of movement provided by a hand-held camera, but the stability of a fixed camera
What is a Steadicam?
Scene is flooded with light creating a bright and open-looking scene.
What is high-key lighting?
A series of shots placed quickly together to show events in time.
What is a montage?
A shot that is tilted sideways to add tension and a sense of confusion/chaos
What is a Dutch-angle?
Sound that is added to film in post-production to enhance mood and meaning, but is unheard by the characters
What is non-diegetic sound?
Lighting that conveys a split personality or moral ambiguity
What is side lighting?
A shot of a person looking, then a cut to what they saw
What is an eye-line match?
Who directed 'One Night the Moon'?
Who is Rachel Perkins?
What is the difference between a dolly shot and a zoom?
A dolly shot physically moves the camera towards the subject, providing a more natural effect. A zoom maintains camera stability and uses camera lenses to focus in on a subject, creating a less realistic effect.