The Film Experience Chapter 4

This was the dominant format for the production and theatrical release of feature films throughout the twentieth-century.

35mm

True or False: The first theatrically released 3-D film was Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003).

False

Corrigan and White identify FOUR essential aspects to every shot. What are they?

framing, depth of field, color, and movement

True or False: The "rule of thirds" refers to the color composition within each shot, with cinematographers never using more than three shades of the same color.

False

True or False: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) was the first film made by the Walt Disney Company suing three-strip technicolor.

False

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between the terms PAN and TILT?

Pan is the horizontal rotation of the camera (left/right), while tilt is the vertical rotation of the camera (up/down)

True or False: In addition to digital effects and computer generated imagery (CGI), Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003) also uses practical in-camera effects such as basic forced perspective.

True

Corrigan and White cite this French filmmaker with making the claim that "film is truth twenty-four frames per second."

Jean-Luc Godard

The image below is from what film?

The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928, Germaine Dulac)

True or False: Although Quentin Tarantino's 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood recreates the look of film and television images from the 1950s and 1960s, the entire movie was shot using digital cameras.

False

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: Filming many takes, often using different setups, in order to have options during editing.

Coverage

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: A shot in which the corners of the frame are masked in a black, usually circular form. Can be used to either gradually obscure an image or expand to reveal an image.

Iris

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: A single shot recording an entire scene from start to finish from an angle and distance that keep everything in view. Primarily used to help with the editing process.

Master shot

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: The width-to-height of the film frame as it appears on the movie screen of television monitor.

Aspect ratio

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: A camera stabilization system introduced in 1976 that allows a camera operator to film a continuous and stabile shot without a dolly or other device.

Steadicam

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: Unexposed film consisting of a flexible backing or base and a light-sensitive emulsion.

Film stock

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: A special effect that combines two or more images as a single shot, such as filming an actor in front of a projected background.

Process shot

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: Framing that is not level, creating an unbalanced appearance. Sometimes referred to a "Dutch tilt."

Canted frame

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: A lens with a variable focal length.

Zoom lens

Match the following definition to the corresponding key term provided below: The process of altering the image after capture, either digitally or photochemically.

Color grading