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WorksheetsFilm Vocab Review
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 47mins
Close up shot
Fills the frame with a part of your subject
Moves with your subject
Shows the viewer exactly what the character sees
Makes your subject appear small or overwhelmed against their location, emphasizes location or isolation
Tracking shot
Fills the frame with a part of your subject
Moves with your subject
Shows the viewer exactly what the character sees
Makes your subject appear small or overwhelmed against their location, emphasizes location or isolation
Point of View shot
Fills the frame with a part of your subject
Moves with your subject
Shows the viewer exactly what the character sees
Makes your subject appear small or overwhelmed against their location, emphasizes location or isolation
Extreme wide shot
Fills the frame with a part of your subject
Moves with your subject
Shows the viewer exactly what the character sees
Makes your subject appear small or overwhelmed against their location, emphasizes location or isolation
Cut
When one shot ends and another begins
A shot that changes the focal length of the lens during the shot (zoom in and zoom out)
Rotating the camera side to side on a horizontal axis
Moving the camera up and down on a vertical axis
Pan
When one shot ends and another begins
A shot that changes the focal length of the lens during the shot (zoom in and zoom out)
Rotating the camera side to side on a horizontal axis
Moving the camera up and down on a vertical axis
Tilt
When one shot ends and another begins
A shot that changes the focal length of the lens during the shot (zoom in and zoom out)
Rotating the camera side to side on a horizontal axis
Moving the camera up and down on a vertical axis
Zoom shot
When one shot ends and another begins
A shot that changes the focal length of the lens during the shot (zoom in and zoom out)
Rotating the camera side to side on a horizontal axis
Moving the camera up and down on a vertical axis
High Key Lighting
A lighting aesthetic with no shadows and intense brightness
A light that enters the frame from the side to highlight a person or object
A lighting aesthetic with a lot of shadows
lights placed behind the actor to help define their features and distinguish them from the background
Utilizing the light that is already available at whatever location you choose
Low Key Lighting
A lighting aesthetic with no shadows and intense brightness
A light that enters the frame from the side to highlight a person or object
A lighting aesthetic with a lot of shadows
lights placed behind the actor to help define their features and distinguish them from the background
Utilizing the light that is already available at whatever location you choose
Side Lighting
A lighting aesthetic with no shadows and intense brightness
A light that enters the frame from the side to highlight a person or object
A lighting aesthetic with a lot of shadows
lights placed behind the actor to help define their features and distinguish them from the background
Utilizing the light that is already available at whatever location you choose
Back Lighting
A lighting aesthetic with no shadows and intense brightness
A light that enters the frame from the side to highlight a person or object
A lighting aesthetic with a lot of shadows
lights placed behind the actor to help define their features and distinguish them from the background
Utilizing the light that is already available at whatever location you choose
Natural Lighting
A lighting aesthetic with no shadows and intense brightness
A light that enters the frame from the side to highlight a person or object
A lighting aesthetic with a lot of shadows
lights placed behind the actor to help define their features and distinguish them from the background
Utilizing the light that is already available at whatever location you choose
Synchronous sound
A sound that matches things you see on screen like footsteps with the visual of walking feet
Sound that comes from something that's not on the screen like a girl standing but a sudden sound of branches snapping
Sound that occurs within the story's world like dialogue, glass breaking, cars honking
Sound that is not part of the story's world like a soundtrack, narrator, or accent sound
Asynchronous sound
A sound that matches things you see on screen like footsteps with the visual of walking feet
Sound that comes from something that's not on the screen like a girl standing but a sudden sound of branches snapping
Sound that occurs within the story's world like dialogue, glass breaking, cars honking
Sound that is not part of the story's world like a soundtrack, narrator, or accent sound
Diagetic sound
A sound that matches things you see on screen like footsteps with the visual of walking feet
Sound that comes from something that's not on the screen like a girl standing but a sudden sound of branches snapping
Sound that occurs within the story's world like dialogue, glass breaking, cars honking
Sound that is not part of the story's world like a soundtrack, narrator, or accent sound
Non-Diagetic sound
A sound that matches things you see on screen like footsteps with the visual of walking feet
Sound that comes from something that's not on the screen like a girl standing but a sudden sound of branches snapping
Sound that occurs within the story's world like dialogue, glass breaking, cars honking
Sound that is not part of the story's world like a soundtrack, narrator, or accent sound
Dissolve
Having the visuals of one scene overlapping with the visuals of an incoming scene
An abrupt cut from one thing to another
A scene comes to an end, transitioning to all white or all black
An editing technique that involves showing two or more separate actions by cutting back to them one at a time
Cross Cutting
Having the visuals of one scene overlapping with the visuals of an incoming scene
An abrupt cut from one thing to another
A scene comes to an end, transitioning to all white or all black
An editing technique that involves showing two or more separate actions by cutting back to them one at a time
Fade
Having the visuals of one scene overlapping with the visuals of an incoming scene
An abrupt cut from one thing to another
A scene comes to an end, transitioning to all white or all black
An editing technique that involves showing two or more separate actions by cutting back to them one at a time
Cutaway
Having the visuals of one scene overlapping with the visuals of an incoming scene
An abrupt cut from one thing to another
A scene comes to an end, transitioning to all white or all black
An editing technique that involves showing two or more separate actions by cutting back to them one at a time
Hue
Color itself
Intensity of color
Lightness or darkness of color
the brightness or dullness of a color
Saturation
Color itself
Intensity of color
Lightness or darkness of color
the brightness or dullness of a color
Brightness
Color itself
Intensity of color
Lightness or darkness of color
the brightness or dullness of a color
Intensity
Color itself
Intensity of color
Lightness or darkness of color
the brightness or dullness of a color
Extreme closeup
The most you can fill a frame with your subject, emphasizing a specific feature
Shows your subject from behind the shoulder of another character
Frames from the waist up to the top of the head
The whole body of a person in view but not filling the shot
When telling a story, using color in film can...
Elicit psychological reactions
Build harmony or tension within a scene
Draw focus to significant details
All the above
Close up shot
Fills the frame with a part of your subject
Moves with your subject
Shows the viewer exactly what the character sees
Makes your subject appear small or overwhelmed against their location, emphasizes location or isolation
Over the shoulder shot
The most you can fill a frame with your subject, emphasizing a specific feature
Shows your subject from behind the shoulder of another character
Frames from the waist up to the top of the head
The whole body of a person in view but not filling the shot
Wide shot
The most you can fill a frame with your subject, emphasizing a specific feature
Shows your subject from behind the shoulder of another character
Frames from the waist up to the top of the head
The whole body of a person in view but not filling the shot
Medium shot
The most you can fill a frame with your subject, emphasizing a specific feature
Shows your subject from behind the shoulder of another character
Frames from the waist up to the top of the head
The whole body of a person in view but not filling the shot
