FMI Storytelling Quiz

From Camera to Lighting

Extreme Close-Up

Close-Up

Medium Shot

Cowboy Shot

Full Shot

5 Elements of a Story

Character

Setting

Plot

Theme

Conflict

Three Conflict Types: Character vs. _______

Self

Character

Unknown

Inciting Incident

The event that kicks off the plot to the story and gives the character a conflict to overcome.

Elements of a Five-Act Structure

Exposition

Rising Action

Climax

Falling Action

Resolution

The 5 Camera Movements

Pan

Tilt

Truck/Crab

Dolly

Boom/Crane

Three Goals of an Editor

Provide Narrative Clarity

Provide Character Identification

Seamless Invisibility

Five Techniques in the Toolbox for an Editor

Continuity Editing

Cross Cutting

Montage

Cut on Action

Transitions

What tense should scripts be written in?

Simple Present

How is loudness measured?

Decibels (dB)

Five main parts of script formatting

Scene Heading

Action Description

Character Names

Dialogue

Parenthetical Description

Three issues that arose with the introduction of sound in film

Theatre musicians lost their jobs

Actors that did not sound good lost their jobs

Sound limits foreign sales

Audio Clipping

When the audio levels exceed 0 decibels which leads to digital distortion.

Three types of microphones

Shotgun

Dynamic/Handheld

Lavalier

Purpose of High Angle Shot

Looks down on the character and makes them feel insignificant

Purpose of Low Angle Shot

Looks up towards the character and gives them power to what they are looking at.

Three Types of Montage

Intellectual

Rhythmic

Overtonal

J/L Cut

Audio/Video transitions that are defined by trailing audio or video

Primary Colors of Light

Red, Green, Blue

Secondary Colors of Light

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Key Light

Primary and Brightest Light Source. Usually placed at 45 degree angle of subject’s face, slightly above, pointed downwards

Fill Light

Second Light Source, used to fill shadows, usually placed at 45 degree angle of other side of subject’s face slighting above, pointed downwards

Back Light/Rim Light/Hair Light

Third Light Source, shines on back of subject, creating outline, seperating subject from background.

High Key

Reduces the lighting ratio in the scene

Low Key

Uses a hard source to encase your scene in shadow.

Natural Lighting

Defined by utilizing the light that is already availible at location

Hard Lighting

Created with a direct beam from a light source that creates shadows and harsh lines

Soft Lighting

Used to eliminate shadows

Side Lighting

Light that enters the from from a side to highlight a person or object

Motivated Lighting

Technique that seeeks to imitate natural light soures

Open Face

Fresnel (has a lens)

LED Light Panel

Color Temperature

System that uses numerical values to measure color characteristics of a light source ranging from cool to warm colors. Referred to as degrees Kelvin.

Daylight

5600K

Tungsten/Halogen/Quartz

3200K

CTO

5600K to 3200K

CTB

3200K to 5600K

Diffusion

Disperses light evenly across a surface or subject and can soften shadows.

White Balance

Camera setting that establishes the true color of white. Produces a baeline from which other colors are measured.

Light Stand

C Stand

Baby Pin