MIDTERM REVIEW
1) Visualization: At the beginning of the semester we did a couple of visualization exercises. Describe the processes involved.
2) What is the role of the Director, Producer, and Director of Photography and Unit Production Manager?
3) What above and below the line, overhead refer to when preparing a budget for a film?
4) What are the elements in a Òshooting scriptÓ?
5) Why do you need a Òperformance releaseÓ?
6) What are the characteristics of light?
7) Define the following concepts:
Focus
Focal Length
Depth of Field
8) Explain the following lighting styles
Low Key
High Key
Mixed
9) What each of the following lights do for you?
Key light
Fill light
Back light
Kicker
10) Explain what a 4:1 and a 2:1 contrast ratio refer to.
11) When would you use a Neutral Density filter?
12) How many 750-watt lamps can you plug in a single household circuit of 20 amps?
13) What kind of documentary styles there are? Please explain at least three.
14) What issues are taken into consideration during ÒblockingÓ for a shot?
15) What each of the following lenses can do for you:
Telephoto
Normal Lens
Wide Angle
Prime vs. Zoom lenses
16) Describe the following terms:
Full motion video
Full-screen video
HDTV
Frame rate
NTSC, PAL, SECAM
RGB
Capture
17) What the word montage means?
18) How pixilation and animation work? Provide examples from our guest speaker lecture/demonstration.
19) Provide examples of at least three:
Camera angles
Camera movements
Type of shots
20) In your Textbook and in the hand out ÒEditing NotionsÓ you will find various definitions for different types of continuity. Why do you have to be concerned with continuity issues?
21) Look up at your depth of field charts. If you have a 25mm prime lens, and you are focusing at a subject 15 feet away from the film plane, and your light meter reads an f-stop at f11. What is your depth of field?
22) How far do you need to place a subject if you need to shoot at f11, but need to maintain a depth of field range of 4 to 20 feet, and with a zoom lens with a focal length at 25mm?
23) What is the traditional method of image making, what are some alternative forms?
24) Read all of the CFIO articles assigned up to the midterm.
25) Watch Visions of Light & The New Wave by Itself (MV 8735).