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Film Studies Questions
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1. What lighting creates an upbeat/ethereal/other worldly mood?

2. Why use a big close-up?

3. What is a pan that blurs and creates a sense of pace?

4. What complements red?

5. Why use a long shot?

6. Long shot

7. Why would one use an aerial shot?

8. music that is in contrast with the visual which can create a new meaning

9. What is cutting to an insert shot and coming back called?

10. What is it when an out of focus image is pulled either to or out of focus?

11. What is Oneiric sound?

12. Why use a worms eye view?

13. What genre uses a lot of chiaroscuro lighting?

14. What is deep focus?

15. What can color be used to differentiate?

16. What are Asynchronous sounds?

17. What complements red?

18. What is an invisible cut?

19. Why use a dutch tilt?

20. What is a steadicam shot?

21. medium long shot

22. What is The Kuleshov Effect?

23. What shot is it when the background is put in by a computer and the foreground action is real?

24. Extreme close-up.

25. What is a source of light that is positioned around the subject, some light on the subject? (draws out hints of features)