Film Terms
Three types of shots that communicate how much of a performer we see in the frame.
What is Wide, Medium, and Close-Up?
An indication that a scene takes place inside or outside.
What is INTERIOR and EXTERIOR?
Mastermind of the film, responsible for overseeing the creative aspects.
Who is the Director?
This director of Battleship Potemkin is thought to be instrumental in the development of montage technique.
Who is Sergei Eisenstein?
The dramatic use of this film element is most closely associated with Expressionism.
What is Lighting?
What is Genre?
This part of the script indicates the location and time of day of a scene.
What is a SCENE HEADING?
Who is the Cinematographer?
Cutting according to exact measurement, regardless of content in the individual clips.
What is Metric Montage?
The German government consolidated the major production studios into this one production company during the silent era.
What is UFA?
What is the Rule of Thirds?
This part of a script communicates what is visually happening on the screen.
What is ACTION?
Responsible for the audio portion of the film, including dialogue, sound effects, and soundtrack.
Who is the Sound Designer?
Cutting according to the content of the shots; continuity editing.
What is Rhythmic Montage?
Expressionism uses lighting and mise-en-scene to communicate the _______ state of a character.
What is Emotional?
What is Coverage?
This part of a script indicates when a character is speaking.
What is DIALOGUE?
Responsible for developing ideas and concepts, research, treatment, and creation of the script.
Who is the Screenwriter?
Cutting according to the emotional "tone" of the piece.
What is Tonal Montage?
This director, whose sci-fi film Metropolis is still regarded today as a classic of the silent era, was also the director of a film about a child killer and vigilante justice.
Who is Fritz Lang?
The arrangement of scenery and visual elements in a frame, meaning "visual theme" or "telling a story."
What is Mise-en-scene?
This term refers to something a character wants or needs and strives to attain during a scene.
What is a GOAL?
Responsible for assembling the audio and visual elements into the final film.
Who is the Editor?
This man is well-known for articulating the relationship between edits in visual storytelling, and how pairing two images together greatly changes our impression of both.
Who is Lev Kuleshov?
This aspect of lighting, which was harder to work with during the Weimar period but commonplace today, is another tool we can use to communicate tone and mood.
What is Color?