Details Title: Exam 2 Description: Vocab Total Flash Cards: 49 Created: 09/28/2009 21:26:14		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Film, Theatre & Television Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Depth of Field Definition The distance behind and in front of the main focus of the shoot in which objects are still displayed sharply. Term Wide Angle Definition Lens <35mm focal length -allows cinemtographers to explore a depth of field that shows different visual planes simultansously. Term Hand Held camera Definition a lightweight camera that did not have to be mounted and therefore allowed cinematography to evolve to on location shooting. Term telephoto lenses Definition lens >75mm -allows the cinematographer to magnify and flaten objects at a greater distance. Term Steadicam Definition a camera stabilization device that allows cinematographers to follow action smoothly and rapidly w/o unsteady movement. Term Digital Cinematography Definition shooting a film and the film is digialy saved and encoded. Term cut Definition the foundation of film editing - describes the break and common border that separate two shots from two different pieces of film. Term Point of View Definition the position from which a person, event or an object is seen. Term Subjective Point of View Definition re-creates the prosepctive of a character through camera placement. Term Objective Point of View Definition represents the more impersonal perspective of the camera. Term Focus Definition the specific highlighted object within the point of view, the point in the image that if most completely outlined and defined by the lens fo the camera. Term Framing Definition contains, limits and directs the point of view within the borders of the rectangular frame. Term Close-ups Definition shows details of an object of person, such as a face or hands or a flower on a windowsill, perhaps indicating the nuances of the characters feelings or thoughts or suggesting the special significance if the object. Term Long Shot Definition places considerable distance between the focus of the shot and the camera. Term Medium Shot Definition the middle ground of cinematography usually see the camera shows the human body from the waist or hips up. Term High Angles Definition present a opoint of view downwards toward the individuals on the scene. Term Low Angles Definition view the subject from a position lower than it is. Term Overhead Shot Definition sometimes called a crane due to the machine on which it is mounted. -depicts the action from high above, sometimes looking directly down on it. Term Crane Shot Definition same thing as an overhead shot given the name from the machine used to mount the camera Term POV Shots Definition point-of-view shots re-create the perception of the character through camera techniques like low and high angle shots depending on the character Term Deep Focus Definition multiple planes in the image are all in focus Term Shallow Focus Definition only a narrow range of field in focused, but here too, the choice of a depth of field indicates what is significant in the image. Term Pan Definition move sthe frame of the camera from side to side without changing the placement of the camera, the camera rotates on its verticle axis. Term Pixilation Definition cuts out images from a continuous piece of filmed action to transform the movement of real human figures into rapid, jerky gestures. Term Process Shot Definition describes many different ways that the image can be set up and manipulate during filming. Term Matte Shot Definition joins two pieces of film, one with the central action or object and the other with the additional object, background that would be difficult to create physically for the shot. Term Crosscutting Definition alternating bewteen two or more strands of simultaneous action. Term Parallel Editing Definition the same as crosscutting Term Jump Cuts Definition edits that intentionally create gaps in the action. Term Shock Cut Definition juxtaposes two nimages whose dramatic differences creates a jarring visual effect. Term Fade-ins Definition gradually lighten an object until it complete appears Term Dissolve Definition briefly superimposes one shot over the next, which takes its place; one image fades out while the other fades in. Term Wipes Definition a transition used to join two shots Term Establishing Shot Definition generally an intial long shot that established the setting and oreints the viewer in space to a clear view of the action Term Two-shot Definition standard practice when filming a converstation, close shot of both characters Term Reestablishing Shot Definition restore the objective view, maing the action perfectly clear to the viewers Term Shot/reverse Shot Definition editing pattern that begins with a shot of one character taekn from an angle at one end of the axis of action and follows with a second shot of the second character from the opposite angle. Term Reaction Shot Definition a shot that depicts a characters response to the action in the previous shot Term Flashback Definition follows one or more images of the present with one or more of the past Term Flashfoward Definition connects an image of the present with one or more of the past Term Long Takes Definition shots of relatively long duration; the image is sustained for what seem like an inordinate amount of time Term Montage Definition Term Digital Sound Definition recording and reproducing sound through technologies that encode and decode it as digital information Term Diegetic Sound Definition has its source in the narrative world of film Term Non-diegetic sound Definition sound that does not belong to the characters world Term Source Music Definition diegetic music, music that has its sources on screen Term Foley artists Definition members of the sound crew that watch the movie and simulteneuously generate live sound effects Term Looping Definition actors watch the film footage and re-record their lines to be dubbed into the soundtrack Term Sound Mixing Definition re-recording -important stage in post-production, can occur only after the image track inclduing the credits is done.