Film
In terms of sound in film, anything the characters can hear/experience within their world is referred to as this.
What is Digetic Sound?
A shot in which the camera follows a moving subject.
What is a tracking shot?
Alternating one sequence with another when editing a film to suggest the action is happening simultaneously
Cross-Cutting
A film with no synchronized, recorded sound or dialogue.
What is silent film?
The manufactured creation (in a studio) of everyday sounds for films & television.
What is Foley Art or Foley Sound?
Everything in front of the camera, including the set design, lighting, actors.
What is Mise en Scene?
A recurring element that imparts meaning or significance.
What is a motif?
A type of camera shot that frames the subject from the knees or mid-thigh to just over the top of the head. Used a lot in westerns.
What is a cowboy shot?
"Director of Voyage to the Moon." Early French filmmaker, the first to film fictional narratives. Former magician, led the way in the use of special effects.
Who is George Milies?
The name of the film credited as being the first to utilize cross-cutting.
What is The Great Train Robbery?
A sequence of illustrations or images that represent how shots will unfold
What is a storyboard?
Set of rules and guidelines created by Will Hays that Hollywood films were ordered to follow censoring things like profanity, nudity, drugs, etc.
What is the Hays Code?
A type of shot that has a noticeable tilt on the camera’s “x-axis,” often used to express concern/suspense.
What is a dutch shot?
Lead ELECTRICIAN on a film set, responsible for everything ELECTRICAL.
Who is the gaffer?
The Hays Code (1934-1968) became the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America), what are they primarily responsible for?
What is reviewing films and assigning a rating: G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17
The nickname for films once the actors started speaking on screen.
What are talkies?
French brothers famous for inventing device called a cinematograph used to project film.
Who are the Lumiere brothers?
Horizontal camera movement in which the camera pivots left or right while its base remains in a fixed position.
What is a pan.
Responsible for everything on a film set that deals with lighting that IS NOT ELECTRICAL, so shades/screens/filters/gels etc.
Who is the Key Grip?
A type of shot that can introduce new scenes and tell the viewer where and when the action is happening.
What is an establishing shot?
Original music written specifically to accompany a film.
What is a score?
Director of the film Psycho, known as the "Master of Suspense."
Who is Alfred Hitchcock?
The script of a film is known as this.
What is a screenplay?
Both the Gaffer & the Key Grip have assistants on a film set - what are these assistants referred to as?
Who is the best boy/best girl.
A type of shot that can be very effective in helping audiences relate to the emotion being expressed.
What is a Close Up?