Mise en Scene
You are using this type of light when your main source is the sun.
World changing event that typically sets the dramatic engine into motion.
What is the catalyst?
A shot size you might use to emphasize the emotional reaction of a single character.
What is a closeup?
Cuts made regardless of content, based only on length of time.
What is metric montage?
This film might be the most classic example of formulaic, commercial 3 act arch plot we have watched.
What is School of Rock?
The approximate color temperature of Tungsten light.
What is 3200Kelvin?
The whole chronological sequence of events in a narrative, not necessarily what is depicted and re-arranged on screen.
What is fabula?
A moving camera shot that follows a subject through space.
What is a tracking shot?
Continuity editing is an example of:
What is rhythmic montage?
This film's bright and highly saturated color palette might contrast with what is occurring 'beneath the surface.'
What is The Florida Project?
This shot type has only one character in the frame.
What is a single?
Unspoken meaning that is evoked by dialogue or behavior.
What is subtext?
This lens type (focal length) mimics the way we see the world.
What is a "normal" or ~50mm lens?
Cuts made based on emotive tone, carried through visual or aural element.
What is tonal montage?
This film uses a triptych structure to tell a story about coming of age and the tension between the authentic and socially presentable self.
What is Moonlight?
This shot type has two characters in the frame.
What is a two shot?
What is Act 2?
This lens type (focal length) compresses space along the Z axis and has a shallower depth of field.
What is a telephoto lens?
When the juxtaposition of two shots creates a third meaning or idea.
What is Montage?
The world of this film is conveyed to us through the lens of three characters who might be considered an id, ego, and superego.
What is La Haine?
In a typical 3 point lighting setup, this light source creates a rim of light on the subject, separating them from the background.
What is a back light?
The the universal qualities of human experience that may shift from positive to negative, or negative to positive form one moment to the next.
What is story value?
This lens type (focal length) exaggerates space along the Z axis and has a deeper depth of field.
What is a wide lens?
A gap in space or time between two shots.
What is ellipsis?
This film, inspired by director Francois Truffaut's own life experience, is associated with the French New Wave.
What is The 400 Blows?