Composition
The compositional theory that says a subject should be placed on one of the lines separating a frame into three parts.
What is the rule of thirds?
The purpose of a commercial is always this.
What is to make money?
It’s what we mean when we say “THE media.”
What are members of the journalism community?
Rotating the camera left and right from a fixed position.
What is panning?
A person’s head would fill the frame in this shot type.
What is a close-up?
Trimming the edges of a picture to improve composition; keeping "a tight shot"
What is cropping?
The purpose of a half-hour comedy TV show.
What is to entertain?
It’s what we mean when we say, “VERY literate.”
Using an internal camera function to go back and forth between a long shot and a closeup without moving anything.
What is zooming?
The typical shot type for a live news program.
What is balance?
The purpose of an editorial news segment.
What is to persuade?
Three media that could be used in an art class.
What are clay, paints, pastels, marble, charcoal, ink, etc.?
The camera assembly moves forward or back, usually on a set of tracks.
What is to dolly?
Two ways to abbreviate “extreme close-up” on your storyboards.
What is ECU or XCU?
Contrast between distances makes a shot feel like it has layers of near and far
What is depth
The purpose of an objective news segment.
What is to inform?
Two of the three media literacy questions we use to analyze videos in this class.
What are what is the intended purpose, who is the intended audience, and what techniques are used to grab attention?
Filming a scene at a 45-degree angle, usually to create a sense of imbalance.
What is a dutch tilt?
The landscape dominates in this shot type, in which people are tiny.
What is an extreme long shot?
Use of foreground elements to give interest to the area around the subject OR eliminating background distraction
What is framing?
The purpose of a YouTube tutorial
The definition of “media literacy” as it applies to this class.
What is being fluent with the use of all strategies
used in video production?
What is pedestal, boom, or crane?
You NEVER abbreviate the shot type which depicts the setting. It is a type of long shot.
What is an establishing shot?