Camera Work
Editing
Sound
Mise-en-Scene
Genre Conventions
100

The purpose of an establishing shot.

What is to set the scene and introduce plot?

100

This is the effect a cut on action has.

What amplifies movement and provides natural cuts?

100

The main thing that sound effects help films achieve.

What is realism?

100

This is what naturalistic lighting produces.

What is realism?

100

The common setting of horror films.

What are dark and secluded/isolated areas?

200

These are the goals of aerial shots.

What are to showcase multiple actions and establish setting?

200

This is the goal of an eyeline match edit.

What is to build interest and emphasize props?

200

This term suggests that something is wrong.

What is dissonance?

200

Set dressing reveals this for the audience.

What is context and character traits?

200

These are the genre conventions.

What are plot patterns, character types, settings, and the themes?

300

Whip pans add this into films.

What is energy and excitement?

300

A smash cut does this to the audience.

What is shocking or jolting them?

300

These are the things that narration helps produce.

What is recap, internal monologue, and context?

300

These are the ways in which makeup is used to contribute to plot.

What are emphasizing features and altering appearances?

300

The four character types of the “crime thriller” genre.

What are victims, bystanders, law enforcement, and law breakers?

400

The effect random movement/shaky cam has on an audience.

What is intimacy or instability?

400

The effect overlapping editing has on time.

What is prolonging?

400

This is the emotion that high pitched frequency helps create.

What is agression?

400

These are themes suggested by the use of low key lighting.

What are trauma, mystery, and suspense?

400

The reason why genre categories are useful. 

What is to differentiate target audiences?

500

The emotions expressed by arc shots.

What are panic and heroism?

500

These are the things rhythmic relations provides.

What is distinct rhythm and tension?

500

These are the three uses of sound.

What is stimulating reality, creating sound-effects that are off-screen, and forming a mood that is not there?

500

These are clues that suggest individualized performances, revealing character traits. 

What are facial expressions, body language, and tone/voice?

500

The purpose of the genre iconography.

What is to set a path for necessary information?