Literary Terms
What defines and builds characters
What is characterization?
What mise-en-scene means? (Not a literal translation, but the film definition)
What is "the arrangement of people, places, and objects filmed in a specific space"?
What the camera records during the shooting phrase. Composed of angles, movement, focus, and shot types
What is Cinematography?
The subject in the foreground is in focus and the background is blurred. (Portrait mode)
What is shallow focus?
The "master of suspense."
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
The 4 elements of characterization.
Appearance, Dialogue, Actions, Motivations
Costuming/Makeup, Setting, Staging, Lighting
The distance between camera and object.
What is shot scale?
Movement of the camera on a vertical axis.
What is a tilt?
The director of 1917.
Who is Sam Mendes?
A prominent theme in Do The Right Thing that Radio Raheem preaches.
What is love wins over hate?
An object used by a character to convey meaning.
What is a prop?
A shot where the actor is shown "from the shoulders up."
When the camera and/or editing moves in and out on the subject, making it bigger or smaller.
What is a zoom?
The fictional town that Moonrise Kingdom took place in.
What is New Penzance?
The most important element of characterization for Cassie's character in Promising Young Woman.
When the lighting is dark or shows a large contrast with shadows.
What is Low Key Lighting?
A shot of face, hands, feet, small objects, etc. Emphasizes facial expression or detail.
What is a close up?
When the camera travels through space and follows the action.
What is tracking?
The saying on Radio Raheem's shirt.
What is "Bed-Stuy, do or die?"
The literary term for a symbol that repeats over time.
What is a motif?
When the lighting is bright and shows little contrast.
What is high key lighting?
When shot is very wide and usually used to establish background/scenery.
What is an extreme long shot?
When the camera is positioned above the subject and looking down at them; creates a sense of power over the subject.
What is a high angle?
The actress that played Cassie in Promising Young Woman.
Who is Carrie Mulligan?