Camera Basics
What's the Angle?
Misc.
Advertising Techniques 1
Advertising Techniques 2
100

The process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo.

What is setting white balance?

100

Two characters together within the same frame.

What is a Two Shot?

100

The process at which the art department sketches out each scene.

What is "Story Boarding"?

100

In this technique, advertisers use celebrities to advertise their products.

What is, Endorsement Advertising?

100

Here, advertisers use numbers, proofs, and real examples to show how good their product works.

What is, Facts and Statistics?

200

The number of individual video frames that your camera captures, per second.

What is Frame Rate?

200

Shows the entire body of the subject from head to toe.

What is a Full Shot?

200

A brief speech that outlines an idea for a product, service or project.

What is an Elevator Pitch?

200

This technique involves giving away samples of the product for free to the consumers.


What is, Promotional Advertising?

200

This type of technique involves convincing the customers to join the group of people who have bought this product and be on the winning side.

What is, Bandwagon Advertising?

300

A function that aids exposure by showing a striped pattern over the areas that are close to overexposure.

What is a Zebra Pattern on a Camera?

300

Typically shows the subject from the knees up and is also known as the 3/4 shot.

What is a Medium Shot?

300

Three.

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?

300

This technique of advertising is done with the help of two factors - needs of the consumers, and fear factor.


What is, Emotional Appeal?

300

The advertisers using this technique ask questions to the consumers to get a response for their products.

What is, Questioning the Customers?

400

The practice of changing the focus of the lens during a shot.

What is "Rack Focus"?

400

This type of shot can give the impression that the subject is in some way powerful, heroic or even dangerous.

What is the Up Shot?

400

One of the most recognized endorsements of all time. 

What are Air Jordan Shoes?

400

This technique is used to bribe the customers with something extra if they buy the product using lines like “buy one shirt and get one free”,

What is, Bribery?

400

In this technique, the advertisers don’t say that they are the best from the rest, but don’t also deny.

What is, Weasel Words?

500

The three components that make up the exposure triangle.

What are, ISO, Shutter Speed & Aperture?

500

Taken from above the eye-level of the subject and can make the subject seem vulnerable or powerless.

What is the Down Shot?

500

The Frame Rate that television is shot and edited in.

What is 30 fps? Or 29.97fps(drop frame)

500

These ads show how one can support their country while they use their product or service.

What are, Patriotic Advertisements?

500

The advertisers using this technique show that the families or kids using their products are happy-go-lucky families.

What is, Ideal Family and Ideal Kids?