Vocabulary
Vocab 2
Character or Movie
Genre
America
100

A horizontal axis camera movement. 


A vertical axis camera movement. 

Pan   (Panoramique Horizontal)


Tilt  (Panoramique Vertical)

100

What does the key light do?

Main source of light for the character

100

This character has larger feet than usual, which prove useful in his journey to dispose of a piece of jewelry. 

Frodo, Lord of the Rings

100

This genre contains a lot of CGI and car chases. 

Action

100

Who was the first president of the US?

Washington

200
The viewer sees through the point of view of the character. 

POV (PDV/caméra subjective)

200

What is the master or establishing shot?

Shot with the widest angle which takes in the entirety of the set/scenery?


Plan général/plan d’ensemble

200
Green hair, don't care. Despite this villains appearence, they would rather make you cry than laugh. 

The joker

200

This genre often uses speculative forms of technology or alternative universes/timelines to make a commentary on social or political issues of our day. 

Sci-Fi

200

Which state has the largest population?

California (40 million people)

300

Camera placed high to film the scene looking down from an angle. 

High-Angle Shot ; Plongée

300

This type of shot is used to make the scene seem as if it is one continous shot. 

300

This character is certainly not in Kansas anymore. 

Dorthy, Wizard of Oz

300

This genre generally leads the viewer to "happily ever after"

Romance 

300

What is the largest state in the USA?

Alaska

400

The medium shot captures what part of the body? In what sort of films is this shot used with great frequency and importance?

mid-thigh to head ; westerns

(In French, medium shot is simply "Plan Américain")

400

What is the difference between the jump cut and the match cut? 

Jump cut - Editing scenes so that camera angle and distance change significantly. 


Match cut - Seamless editing of scenes that keeps camera angle and distance the same

400

This character is a charismatic stowaway on a transatlantic cruise who has his trip ruined due to some bad weather. 

Jack Dawson

400

Bram Stoker, Edgar Allen Poe, Mary Shelly belong to this genre. 

Horror

400

The capital of the US is Washington D.C. What does "D.C." stand for?

District of Columbia 

500

If you are afraid of heights, this sort of shot would be particularly difficult to capture. 

Fly-over; Travelling aérien

500

There are five different types of shot that all contain a different portion of the character. 

The closest shot is the "extreme close-up". What are the other four, going from the smallest to the largest?

Close-up, Medium Close-up, Medium Shot, Full Shot

500

An opportunistic, German businessman later laments "I could've done more!"

Oscar Schindler