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Depth of Field
the distance between the nearest and furthest objects through using aperture
What are the Three Controllable Elements?
Aperture, ISO, and Shutter Speed
What is ISO?
the camera sensor’s sensitivity to light
What is Shutter Speed?
used for changing exposure, capturing moving images and how fast an image appears to be moving
What are examples of camera movement?
Tilt, pan, track, zoom
What is color temperature?
color of the light source, measured in Kelvin
Ex: tungsten, daylight
What can change color temperature?
White Balance
White Balance
Different light sources have different color temperatures and look different
Examples of production sound
Dialogue, ambience, sound effects
Examples of post-production sound
Sound effects, foley, Automatic Dialogue Replacement(ADR), score
What is diegetic sound?
Sound found within the world of the story
What is non-diegetic sound?
Sound not originating from within the world of the film, but are externally motivated
What is a mixer track?
audio editing feature that’s used to change decibels
What is Parametric EQ?
audio editing feature that changes quality of the sound, also can be used to alter bass
What is reverb?
audio editing feature that makes sound feel like its happening in a wider space
Types of lights on set
LED, incandescent/tungsten
Hard light
super defined shadows, emphasis on lines
Soft light
not as defined lines, uses diffusion
Controllable elements of light
Barn doors of incandescent/tungsten lights, gels
What makes up three-point lighting?
Key light, fill light, and backlight
High Key Lighting
low contrast, mostly brighter tones, less of a difference between bright and dark, subtle shadows and uniform lighting
Low Key lighting
high contrast, more prominent dark shadows, larger difference between bright and dark, emphasizes contrast, shadows, and highlights
Editing techniques
Contrast, parallelism, symbolism, simultaneity, and leitmotif
What is coverage?
shots from every angle to ensure you all of them to piece the story together
What is a montage?
180 Degree Rule
You must keep the camera on one side of the 180 degree line drawn between your subjects
Elements of Mise-En-Scene
actors, blocking, camera placement + movement, composition, lighting, depth + space, location, set design/set decor, props, costumes, hair + makeup
On Set Safety
Use gaffers or paper tape to tape down the cables, open the barn doors of the light before plugging it in, use sandbag for tripod, make sure the bottom of light stand is open as wide as possible without the center pole touching the ground, always leave slack on the cable when setting up the light, make sure to run cable down the center column of the light and under the light stand leg
