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FDM-Sight, Sound, & Motion Exam 1
Exam 1
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
02/04/2014

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Zettl's chosen method of educating us about the aesthetics of film and television is to:
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isolate and discuss the aesthetic elements: light and color, two-dimensional space, three-dimensional space, time-motion, and sound
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According to Zettl, what is the deciding factor that elevates the ordinary life experience into the realm of art?
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the artist or group of artists
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Selective seeing means that we tend to expose ourselves primarily to images that are in agreement with our existing views.
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True
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Which statement best expresses the influence of context on perception?
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Context will always have some influence on our perceptions.
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According to applied aesthetics, every aspect of life is art.
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False
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Our perceptual mechanisms are designed to _____ and _____ our surroundings as much as possible.
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stabilize and simplify
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Contextualism
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Branch of philosophy that includes, rather than excludes, the environment (context) in the process of clarifying, intensifying, and interpreting, and interpreting experience.
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Encoding
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Translating an idea into a message for a specific communication medium.
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Figure/ground principle
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Tendency to organize a scene into figures that lie in front of a background. In doing this we perceive the round as being more stable than the figures
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Image elements
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Light and color, space, time/motion, and sound.
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Selective perception
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Automatic reduction of unnecessary details during the perception process.
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Selective seeing
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Tendency to see only such events and event details as we are interested and/or that seem to confirm our perceptual expectations and prejudices. Often (and inaccurately) called selective perception.
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Applied aesthetics
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Branch of aesthetics that deals with sense perceptions and how to influence them through the fundamental image elements of light and color, space, time/motion, and sound.
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Context
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Environment in which we perceive and evaluate specific perceptual phenomena. Every aesthetic element operates within, and is dependent on, the context of all others.
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Contextualist aesthetics
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How the various fundamental aesthetic elements operate in various contexts and in relation to one another.
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Applied media aesthetics
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Same as applied aesthetics except focus is on video, film, and other electronic audiovisual media.
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Which of the following statements best describes the functions of applied media aesthetics?
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It can be used for analysis and synthesis.
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Which statement describes perception most accurately?
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We tend to simplify and cluster our perceptions to prevent input overload.
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In the context of applied media aesthetics, how do we distinguish between ordinary life experiences and art?
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by clarifying, intensifying, and interpreting the event for a specific audience
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Which best describes the inductive method used in applied media aesthetics?
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it examines the individual image elements of film and video
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Does the medium influence the shaping of the message?
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Yes, to a great extent
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Is there any connection between applied media aesthetics and ethics?
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Yes, every aesthetic decision must be made in an ethical context
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Consumers of mass media messages who understand the basic principles of media aesthetics will be able to do all of the following EXCEPT:
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remain largely unaffected by the aesthetic context
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In Zettl's text, Sight Sound Motion, the word "aesthetics" means:
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the study of sense perceptions and how these perceptions may be clarified, intensified, interpreted
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Cast shadow
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Maybe object-connected or object disconnected.
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Light
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Radiant energy particles that behave commonly as electromagnetic waves.
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Lighting
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The deliberate manipulation of light and shadows for a specific communication purpose.
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Low-key lighting
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Selected areas are bright, fast falloff, usually with a dark background.
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High-key lighting
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High overall brightness, slow falloff, usually with a light background.
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Predictive lighting
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A lighting change that signals an impending shift in the story.
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Falloff
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Describes changes of brightness from one area to another.
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Dramatic agent
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An object or action within a scene that contributes directly to its aesthetic intensification.
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Below-eye-level key-light position
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Primary light source lower than any person’s head, horror lighting, reverse modeling.
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Attached shadow
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On the object itself, cannot be seen independent of the object.
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Lighting orients us in space. In order to do this, lighting shows us:
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what an object looks like, and where the object is in relation to other things
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Which type of shadows can provide the best clock time orientation?
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cast shadows
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Which one of the following lighting functions contributes to inner orientation?
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mood
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Which of the following is not something that lighting can generally help reveal.
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the inner structure of the object
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This type of shadow is always on the object itself.
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attached shadow
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Which is one of the primary functions of attached shadows?
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To help see the basic shape of an object
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How can you reduce falloff?
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by increasing the fill-light intensity
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Which of the following is NOT an outer orientation function of lighting?
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mood/atmosphere orientation
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Which of the following is NOT an inner orientation function of lighting?
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tactile orientation
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This type of shadow can influence whether we perceive a surface as protruding or receding.
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attached shadow
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Which statement describes most accurately one of the characteristics of falloff?
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it is the speed with which light areas change into shadows
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Which of the following is not something that lighting can generally accomplish?
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control the subjective pace of the scene
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Which aesthetic element is normally present in low-key lighting?
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a dark background
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What is the basic purpose of lighting?
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to help us see and feel in a specific way
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What is the major function of predictive lighting?
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to signal an upcoming event
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Which of the following is NOT something that cast shadows are useful for?
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emphasizing surface texture
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Which of the following is the best example of using light as a dramatic agent?
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showing the flashing blue and red lights of a police car
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Chiaroscuro lighting
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Lighting for light/dark contrast (fast falloff) to emphasize volume and specific areas.
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Flat lighting
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Omnidirectional illumination from no particular single source.
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Key-light
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Principal source of directional illumination falling on an area or a subject.
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Limbo lighting
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Any set area that has a plain, light background. Often confused with flat lighting.
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Multicamera lighting
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Compromises control for flexibility and overall coverage, traditionally associated with video.
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Photographic principle
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The triangular arrangement of key, back, and fill lights.
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Posterization
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Reduces a range of continuous brightness and/or color to a select few number of levels.
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Single-camera lighting
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Emphasizes control over flexibility and overall coverage, traditionally associated with film.
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Back light
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Illumination from behind the subject and opposite the camera.
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Background light
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Illumination of the set pieces and back-drops. Also called set light.
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Cameo lighting
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Object(s) set off against a plain, dark background.
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Fill light
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Used to illuminate shadow areas and thereby reduce falloff.
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Rembrandt lighting
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Type of chiaroscuro lighting, selected areas are illuminated while others are kept dark.
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Silhouette lighting
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The background is evenly lit, figures remain unlight, reveals figure contours.
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Metamessage
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An inner, latent, or implied meaning.
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Which is the major aesthetic effect of cameo lighting?
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It emphasizes the subject
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Which lighting technique contributes to flat lighting?
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Very slow or no-falloff lighting
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Which combination matches the basic triangle lighting (photographic principle)?
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back, key, fill
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______-camera lighting has the greatest degree of control.
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single
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What is one of the major inner orientation functions of Rembrandt lighting?
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It gives drama to a scene.
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What is one of the major outer orientation functions of flat lighting?
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It provides optimal visibility.
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Chiaroscuro lighting would NOT help to accomplish which of the following?
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provide maximum visibility
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What is the basic function of the fill light?
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to soften attached shadows created by the key light
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Which of the following describes the spatial/compositional function of chiaroscuro lighting?
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produce a generally pleasing light/dark structure
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of multicamera lighting?
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Lighting control is extremely high
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_____ lighting always has a dark background.
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cameo
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