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Try your luck with some techno-babble!

1. When the camera lens changes its focal lenth while operating, the resultant image is called

A pan
A zoom
An iris


2. The size of the lens opening is refered to as its aperature
focal lenth
speed


3. The wider the aperture the greater the depth of field
less the depth of field
the small the image on the film


4. The ASA refers to a film's speed which is how fast it moves through the camera
how fast it moves through the projector
how sensitive the film is to light


5. Which is more likely to alter the relationship between an object in the foreground and oen in the background?

dollying in
zooming in
panning


6. Objects appear to move faster if they

cross the screen from left to right or right to left
actually move toward the camera
are filmed with a telephoto rather than a wide angle lens


7. If you are working with an f stop of 3.5 and go to f8, to allow the same amount of light on a film you would have to

increase the shutter speed
decrease the shutter speed
change the focal length


8. With which f stop is the lens most open?

f16
f4.5
f2


9. Films with higher film speeds tend to be

grainer
less grainy
neither more or less grainy


10. Aspect ratio refers to

the relative height of the image (or screen) to its width
the relationship between f stop and depth of field
the relationship between f stop and shutter speed


11. "Pan and scan" refers to

televising a film so it fills a regular T.V. screen, when the film was originally shot in wide screen.
a method of checking an area for the proper exposure
the photographing of text material so that it appears to be being read by the viewer


12. Which is the format has the greatest screen ratio

European standard
Cinerama
Cinemascope


13. The "clapboard" is used to

allow synchronization of picture and sound
to determine focus
To check what is and what is not in frame.


14. Chiaroscura refers to

a method of lighting with low contrast
a form of lighting that is high contrast
the small the image on the film


15. A "long take" refers to

the distance between the camera and the subject
the length of time that the shot runs
the way an actor takes time to react to something said or done


16. A "treatment" refers to

a "description" of a film as though the writer were watching it on a screen.
a film script
A proposal for a film giving the dialogue and a proposed budget.


17. A "tilt" refers to

a kind of "panning" up and down
holding the camera so that the horizon line "slopes" right or left.
a way to insert a lens into a camera so that it doesn't sit "squarely".


18. A "Dutch angle" refers to

a shot that is a reflection in a mirror
the length of time that the shot runs
a shot in which the camera is held in such a way as not to be horizontal


19. A "boom" refers to a microphone

held on a pole
worn on a person
used to talk to the entire set instead of a megaphone.


20. A "fish eye" refers to

a kind of stare by the actor which shows no inner life
an extreme wide angle lens
an extreme telephoto lens


21. Over cranking produces

zooming
fast motion
slow motion


22. Wild sound refers to

synchronized sound
non syhchronized sound
all sound recorded away from a sound stage or studio setting.


23. A "dissolve" refers to

the distintegration of film over time
a scene in which a performer forgets the lines.
transition is which a fade out is superimposed on a fade in


24. A "one shot" refers to

the first shot made in making a film
a shot with a single person in it
a shot that occurs first in a sequence to establish where the action is taking place


25. A transition in whihc one image appears to push another off the screen is refered to as a

push
wipe
the way an actor takes time to react to something said or done