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Narration
Films
Mise-en-Scene
Lighting
Terminology
100
The overall set of relationships among a film's part.
What is film form?
100
A France/Italian collaboration, this film depicts the life of a woman in animated form.
What is "Persepolis?"
100
A gun is a recurring motif in this film from 2009.
What is "A Single Man"?
100
Illumination that avoids harsh bright and dark areas, creating a gradual transition from highlights to shadows.
What is soft lighting?
100
The relationship of the frame's width to its height.
What is the aspect ratio?
200
Any significant repeated element that contributes to the overall form.
What is a motif?
200
This film is characterized by it's fast pace and frequent plot repetition.
What is "Run Lola, Run"?
200
The color palette in this film by Peter Greenaway uses a limited palette of green, black, and white.
What is an The Draughtman's Contract
200
Illumination from a point below the figures in the scene.
What is underlighting?
200
In a narrative film, the world of the film's story.
What is diegesis?
300
A form of narration that gives the viewers more information than the characters.
What is omniscient narration?
300
The story of a woman waiting for a hospital report was directed by this famous film director.
Who is Agnes Varda?
300
An arrangement in mise-en-scene elements so that there is a considerable distance between the plane closest to the camera and the one farthest away.
What is deep space?
300
In the three point lighting system, the brightest illumination coming into the scene.
What is key light?
300
A shot that continues for an unusually lengthy time before the transition to the next shot.
What is a long take?
400
An opening scene in a plot that brings the viewer into a series of actions that have already started.
What is "in media res?"
400
Jorge Furtado directed this short film about the life of a tomato.
What is "Ilha das Flores (Isle of Flowers)"?
400
This director made hundreds of short fantasy and trick films based on a strict control over every element in the frame.
Who is George Melies?
400
Illumination directed into the scene from a position near the camera.
What is frontal lighting?
400
The six areas blocked from being visible on the screen but still part of the space of the scene.
What is offscreen space?
500
A scene that allows the viewer to hear a character's internal voice and see the character's inner images.
What is mental subjectivity?
500
A coming of age story, shot in Australia in 1984.
What is "A Girl's Own Story?"
500
In digital filmmaking, this process describes the recording of patterns of movement of a figure.
What is motion capture?
500
Illumination from a source less bright than the key light, used to soften deep shadows in a scene.
What is fill light?
500
The head electrician in a film production who supervises the placement and rigging of the lights.
What is the gaffer?