Film Technique
A single frame of content that adds emphasis and calls attention to a certain subject.
What is a freeze frame?
A quick cut to something, to explain a certain scene.
What is an insert?
This is the, "Whats going on?" in a scene.
What is content?
A robot made to look human, who caused chaos to the underground civilization.
Who is Robot Maria?
When the camera approaches a characters face.
What is a close up?
When a scene slowly fades away to the next.
What is a dissolve?
A reference or paid respect to a previous film.
What is paying homage?
The predominant color in a scenes composition.
What is a color palette?
The assistant of Cleo who pushes her superstitious beliefs on her.
Who is Angele?
A shot that captures a character from head to toe.
What is a long shot?
The speed at which a scene is shot?
Pacing
A take that shows us the intense scene and all its chaotic intricacies in one shot.
What is a single or long take?
When a scene is filmed with extreme backgrounds, a middle ground and foreground.
What is Deep Focus?
Leaves her son behind and is mute the rest of the film.
Who is Elizabeth from Persona?
A shot that is below ground level, so that the character is seen from below.
What is a Low angle shot?
Music that is part of the fictional world, and is heard by characters in a scene.
What is Diegetic music?
Music or sounds that do not have a source on screen, have been added on later in editing
What is Non Diegetic sound?
When a scene has three characters on screen talking or performing?
What is Triangular Composition?
She screams during the police raid and makes the police start shooting.
Who is Blanche Barrow?
A shot that captures everything from the waist up.
What is a Cowboy shot?
Referring to or reminiscent of the films of Federico Fellini
What is Felliniesque?
A cut from one shot to another where the two shots are matched by the action or subject matter.
What is Match cutting?
Extreme darks and bright whites, that come from German expressionism.
What is Chiaroscuro Lighting?
Neglects his helpful son the entire film.
Who is Antonio?
A tilted shot so that the horizon line of the shot is not parallel with the bottom of the camera frame.
What is a Dutch angle?