Deck 4: Depth and Movement in the Frame

Question 1

The illusion of depth is

A) the mystique young directors try to create for themselves.
B) making a two-dimensional image appear to have three dimensions.
C) a trick of the eye that often causes nausea in viewers.
D) none of the above.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

When two subjects are at different distances from the camera, but both far away,

A) the camera exaggerates their distance from each other.
B) they will seem closer together.
C) their actual distance from each other will accurately translate to the final image.
D) none of the above.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A convention of motion pictures, this is when there is a shallow depth of field and the focus plane is shifted, which, for example, might shift attention from a subject in the foreground to one in the background.

A) focus shift
B) planetary shift
C) zoom
D) rack focus

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Traditional 3D glasses use

A) a shutter system.
B) different color lenses.
C) polarized lenses.
D) none of the above.

Question 5

Directed tension is a term that describes

A) a sharp focus on a subject that tethers the subject to the viewer.
B) actors playing to an audience's anxieties.
C) implied movement in a still image.
D) none of the above.

Question 6

Traditional video technology in the United States operates at

A) 25 frames per second.
B) 30 frames per second.
C) 50 frames per second.
D) 60 frames per second.

Question 7

When the director plans the movement of subjects relative to the camera, it is called

A) choreographing the scene.
B) blocking the talent.
C) scripting motion.
D) plotting the shot.

Question 8

Handheld camera work, when done well, can

A) create a feeling of motion sickness in even the most unlikely viewers.
B) allow the viewer to feel like a participant in the action.
C) replicate any mounted-camera shot.
D) none of the above.

Question 9

When a camera pans and tilts, the mount or operator

A) move across the set along the x-axis.
B) come in low to the ground.
C) stay in one spot.
D) none of the above.

Question 10

Wide angle lenses

A) are usually not used on film productions.
B) flatten the image and narrow the depth of field.
C) exaggerate the depth between planes along the z-axis.
D) none of the above.

Question 11

When producing animation, once key frames are plotted out, the in-between frames are filled in with a process called

A) tweening.
B) screening.
C) motion graphics.
D) none of the above.

Question 12

The animating of text and other graphics is called

A) motion graphics.
B) tweening.
C) image capture.
D) none of the above.

Question 13

When an actor puts on a suit and acts out a scene that will be used in an animated movie, we call that

A) tweening.
B) motion capture.
C) madcap technology.
D) none of the above.

Question 14

With two-dimensional media, a maker must create an illusion of depth.

Question 15

No matter how you position objects, it won't change the flatness of the image.

Question 16

Rudolf Arnheim thought that movement was not an accurate term to describe still images.

Question 17

Blocking the talent is when actors are kept off-set while the crew perfects the lighting.

Question 18

The best way to create the effect of a camera moving closer to a subject is to zoom in with the lens.

Question 19

Direct cinema is a lot like Europe's cinema verité.

Question 20

In a reflexive documentary, the director is an invisible hand guiding the narrative.