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The Camera
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Film, Theatre & Television
11th Grade
10/29/2011
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Term
Film is recorded as...
 Definition
24 still frames per second.
Term
Video is recorded as...
 Definition
30 still frames per second.
Term
When film is shot at higher speeds like ___ then projected at slower speeds like 24 s.f.p.s the eye sees it as slow motion.
 Definition
48 still frames per second.
Term
To play back video at various speeds without showing the horizontal bar that appears between pictures is called...
 Definition
Dynamic tracking
Term
A single still picture of film or video is called...
 Definition
A Frame
Term
One continuous piece of footage without cuts is called...
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A Shot
Term
A ___ is used to establish location, setting, to orient the audience, and to introduce action.
 Definition
Wide Shot
Term
A ___ is used to establish character, or describe an object framed entirely.
 Definition
Full Shot
Term
A ___ is used to provide new information, a closer view of action, and add visual variety in editing.
 Definition
Medium Shot
Term
A ___ is used to provide a closer view of the character, used as a reaction shot or listening shot, and is standard in interviews.
 Definition
Head and Shoulders
Term
A ___ is used to provide inmate views, show detail, provide visual variety in editing, and used for listening and reaction shots.
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Close Up
Term
A ___ shows drama, details, and tension in a character's face.
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Extreme Close Up
Term
A ___ is two shot frames up two people in a full shot. (like in mean girls when they were on the phone)
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Two Shot
Term
___ is used to represent natural view of a scene as observed by a spectator.
 Definition
Eye Level
Term
___ is used to make an individual look less significant or inferior.
 Definition
High Angle
Term
___ is used to make the person appear dominate.
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Low Angle
Term
___ is to present the view of a character.
 Definition
P.O.V Shot/Angle
Term
For a ___ the camera remains stationary.
 Definition
Static Shot
Term
A ___ is when the camera moves from side-to-side.
 Definition
Pan
Term
A ___ is when the camera moves from up to down.
 Definition
Tilt
Term
A ___ is when the shot size changes.
 Definition
Zoom
Term
A ___ is when the camera is mounted on a tripod with wheels.
 Definition
Dolly/Tracking
Term
One basic form of camera movement is:
___ and is used to keep the subject well framed.
 Definition
Functional
Term
One basic form of camera movement is:
___ and is used to reveal information.
 Definition
Practical
Term
One basic form of camera movement is:
___ and is used to provide variety, interest, and style.
 Definition
Decorative
Term
The imaging device has three photosensitive computer chips called...
 Definition
Charged Coupled Devices
Term
CCDs process ___ and ____ information transmitted through the lens by converting it into electrical energy.
 Definition
brightness (light) and color
Term
Processed electronic information is the ___ which can be transmitted live.
 Definition
video signal
Term
Film has two sides ___ and ___.
 Definition
base and emulsions
Term
The base side of ___ is ____.
 Definition
film, tough and shiny
Term
The emulsions side of ___ is ____.
 Definition
film, a sensor of light
Term
Film is loaded into the ___ and threaded through the ____ wheel of the camera with the emulsion side facing the lens.
 Definition
magazine, sprocket
Term
The two types of zooms are ____ and ____.
 Definition
telephoto and wide angle
Term
___ is full zoomed in. Objects appear to move slowly.
 Definition
Telephoto
Term
___ is fully zoomed out. Object appear to move quickly.
 Definition
Wide Angle.
Term
The ___ and the ___ affect the Depth of Field.
 Definition
focal length of the lens, size of the aperture
Term
On a ____ the dept of field is great.
 Definition
wide-angle lens
Term
On a ____ the dept of field is shallow.
 Definition
long lens or telephoto lens
Term
___ settings also affect the depth of field.
 Definition
Iris
Term
Low light can cause a ___ Depth of Field.
 Definition
Shallow
Term
To ___ the depth of field we ___ the amount of light.
 Definition
Reduce
Term
___ speed also affect the depth of field.
 Definition
Shutter
Term
The shutter speed of film and video cameras is usually ___ of a second.
 Definition
1/50th (1/2000 for professional)
Term
The ___ the shutter speed the more ___ is required for the exposure, but the sharper the frame is.
 Definition
faster, light
Term
___ is when the scene is evenly lit.
 Definition
Low contrast
Term
___ is when the scene is not evenly lit.
 Definition
High contrast
Term
The iris is located in the back of the ___.
 Definition
Lens
Term
The iris opening is called the ___.
 Definition
Aperture
Term
The camera operator adjusts the f-stop ring on the lens to open and close the iris; this is called setting the ___.
 Definition
Exposure
Term
More light passes through the lens when the aperture is open at a ____ number like ___.
 Definition
lower, 1.4, 2.8, 4(med.)
Term
Less light passes through the lens when the aperture is open at a ____ number like ___.
 Definition
higher, 4(med.), 8, 16, 22
Term
By changing the shot size we change the ___.
 Definition
impact of the shot
Term
By changing the camera position we improve the ___.
 Definition
balance of the composition
Term
By zooming out to a wide angle and moving the camera closer, we can change the ___.
 Definition
proportions of the subjects in the frame
Term
When we change camera position, we change the ___.
 Definition
space relationship between subjects without moving them.
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