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CHAPTER 4
CINEMATOGRAPHY: FRAMING WHAT WE SEE
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. CinemaScope
2. Onscreen space refers to
3. Deep focus means
4. Close-ups can
5. A matte shot
6. Masks
7. Filters are
8. The “pan-and-scan” process
9. Introduced in the 1930s, the first handheld cameras were
10. Point of view refers to
A. the perspective of a character through camera placement.
FILL-IN-THE-BLANK QUESTIONS
1. By 1909, the width of the strip of film used for filming and exhibiting movies, or _____________, was
3. _____________ was the dominant color film process until the 1950s. It recorded different colors separately and
4. The _____________ describes the relation of width to height of the film frame as it appears on a movie screen or
5. The _____________ is the distance from the center of the lens to the point where light rays meet in sharp focus.
SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS (3–4 SENTENCES)
1. How were evolving color processes used to offer realism or heighten artifice and spectacle? Give two examples.
2. What was nitrate film stock, and why was it short-lived?
3. What effect might be created for the film viewer when the frame moves from one position to another within a
single continuous shot?
4. Explain the differences between a tracking shot, a dolly shot, and a handheld or Steadicam shot.