Famous Film Trivia
Actor, director, producer, and writer of Citizen Kane
Orson Welles
The most basic and common type of edit
cut
this rule divides a shot into 9 sections
rule of thirds
this type of camera distance usually includes only a part of a face
extreme close-up
24
Code-name in Citizen Kane
this type of edit occurs when the picture is gradually replaced by a black screen
fade-out
the place your eye goes to first when looking at a shot
dominant contrast
this type of camera angle occurs when the director shots his/her subject from below
low-angle shot
this describes everything in a filmed image
mise-en-scene
He directed Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale, and The Departed
Martin Scorsese
A round moving mask that can close to end a scene
iris
an example is if a character is looking frame left then he/she should be positioned frame right
lead room
a gyroscopically stabilized camera is called this
Steadicam
this is a single recording of a shot
Take
He directed Battleship Potemkin and was largely responsible for creating montage
Sergei Eisenstein
Two successive shots joined to create a strong similarity of composition elements
Graphic match
this refers to the degree to which weight it distributed in a shot
balance
this type of camera angle may be used to show a character's unbalanced mental state
Dutch/Canted tilt
an establishing shot that lasts the entire length of a take is called this
Master shot
Name 5 movies in AFI's Top 10
Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Casablanca, Raging Bull, Gone with the Wind, Singin' in the Rain, Lawrence of Arabia, Schindler's List, Vertigo, Wizard of Oz
this effect shows that depending on how shots are assembles, the audience will attach a specific meaning/emotion to them
Kuleshov effect
this type of composition involves 4 distances: personal, intimate, social and public
proxemics
Citizen Kane was most noted for this lens technique
Deep focus
this type of sound carries over a visual transition in the film
sound bridge