Modes Midterm

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