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Applied Shots
Applied Angles
Applied Movement
Film Comprehension and Quotes
Themes, Motifs, Symbols, & Genres
100
This shot might be used to show a romantic scene between two lovers.
What is a 2 shot/medium shot?
100
This angle would be used when the dialogue needs to be the focus of the scene.
What is a neutral angle?
100
The camera needs to focus on a small object - a gun, a key - from a distance.
What is a zoom?
100
Who started and the directed the 2013 film "The Wolf of Wallstreet"?
Who is Martin Scorsese?
100
The genre of films such as "Cleopatra" and "The Help"?
What is Historical Fiction?
200
This shot might be used to show a specific character's feature such as the eyes.
What is an extreme close-up?
200
This angle is used to give the villain a threatening, menacing appearance.
What is a low angle shot?
200
The camera needs to distance the audience from the character and moves up and away.
What is a crane shot?
200

A movie that became famous for lines such as "Play it once, Sam", "Here's looking at you, kid" and "We'll always have Paris".

What is "Casablanca"? (Michael Curtiz, USA, 1942).
200

A name for the popular Indian film industry, based in Mumbai; officially know as "Hindi Cinema" and commonly associated with Indian B-grade movies against those from Hollywood.

What is Bollywood?
300
This shot allows the director to highlight an actor's height or costume.
What is a full shot/long shot?
300
This angle is used for drunk, poisoned, or off-balance characters.
What is a canted/oblique/Dutch angle?
300
This movement is useful when filming chase scenes, as the camera can be mounted on a car, truck, or a track.
What is a dolly/tracking shot?
300

The movie that coined the phrase “I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse.”

What is The Godfather" (USA, 1972)

300

A popular British series of films based on a series of novels pertaining to the following genres: fantasy, drama, young adult fiction, mystery, thriller, Bildungsroman.

What is "Harry Potter"?
400
This shot would be used to highlight the scenery environment as well as the characters.
What is a Wide Shot?
400
This angle would be used to underscore a character's weakness or vulnerability.
What is a high angle shot?
400
The camera can follow a character's gaze across a crowded room.
What is a pan?
400

The most expensive movie ever produced.

What is "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (Part IV). ($ 378,500,000)

400
An animated movie that bears on the following major themes: love, old age, friendship, the pursuit of happyness, isolation and exploration.
What is "Up"?
500
Often used in epics, war films, and westerns, this shot completely overwhelms the characters.
What is an extreme long shot?
500
This angle would be used to give the audience a God-like view of a city.
What is a bird's eye angle/God's eye view?
500
The camera needs to show the height of a tall building.
What is a tilt?
500

A 2016 film starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone that won the Golden Globe Awards in all seven categories for which it was nominated, setting a historic record for the most Golden Globes won by a single film.

What is "La La Land"?
500

A frequent theme in many Hollywood Western and Action movies. (Themes are central issues reflected in the plot and cinematography, e. g. broken love, racisms, religion, the loss of innocense, revenge, death as part of life, etc.)

What is "Man vs. Nature"?