Camera Angles & Movement
This shot is used to show the vastness of a landscape in comparison to something else; famously used in the wave scene in Interstellar.
What is a wide shot?
What is a wipe?
The opposite of harmony; used to suggest that something is wrong.
What is dissonance?
This is referred to as 'everything that is on screen.'
What is mise-en-scene?
This genre has no particular setting that is used.
What is Crime Thriller?
A low angle shot is used to show this feeling/emotion.
What is weakness/fear against a looming threat?
A smash cut makes use of these two film elements to jolt the audience.
What are high contrast visuals and audio?
A term which refers to simultaneous or consecutive musical notes which (according to convention) sound pleasant. In film and TV, this form of music may suggest that all is well in the world.
What is harmony?
The colour blue is used to signify this emotion in the audience.
What is sadness/loneliness?
The struggling/ageing star is most often a character type in this genre.
What is a Musical?
A camera support with wheels to facilitate tracking shots.
What is a dolly?
These are two ways that a dissolve can be used in film.
What is signifying a dream/memory and a long passage of time?
This man created the process in which sounds are recorded in a room with multiple props.
Who is Jack Foley?
The makeup used on Jim Carrey for his role as the Grinch in How the Grinch stole Christmas! is described as this.
What is Expressive Makeup?
This is one of the main reasons why westerns are not as popular as they used to be.
What are racist stereotypes and improvement in social progress?
This shot is used to add tension and make audiences wonder where the character is headed and what is going to happen; used in the tricycle scene in The Shining.
What is a tracking shot?
Incredibly outdated technique that used to be used to close/open a film; now used to focus on a moment or idea.
What is iris?
A term used to describe a background crowd.
What is Walla?
What are actors faces not registering well on film?
A batch of related genre films that enjoys intense popularity and influence over a fairly brief period of time that is triggered by successful films.
What is genre cycle?
Used to create a disorienting feeling. Is used most often to show a fear of heights or illness.
What is camera roll?
This form of editing is used to add power to attacks in an action scene. Often used in films such as The Matrix.
What is Cut on Action?
The usage of sound can be described as this; based off of the number of uses there are.
What is three-fold?
Jason Statham is known for this form of performance through his roles of being a rough, grizzled fighter in all of his movies.
What is Stylized Acting?
A popular character archetype created by the trope of one girl always surviving a horror film.
What is Final Girl?