
Film Production Terms 2: Cinematic Language
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- Q1Mise en scene is a ________ expression in filmmaking that means "putting on the stage"SpanishEnglishFrenchEuropean30s
- Q2Two or more story lines occurring at the same time in a movie, show by cutting from one scene to the other on the film screenreverse actionflashbackparallel actionstorytelling30s
- Q3Arranging subjects, objects, scenery, or other elements with the frame of the camera is called ______ the shot.arrangingframingcallingcutting30s
- Q4In addition to surprise, a filmmaker is able to create ___________ in which the viewing audience expects something to happen on stagesuspenserecognitiondisbeliefomniscience30s
- Q5The repeated use of an image or series of images that become familiar to the viewing audience and help to tell the story of the moviesuspensefamiliar imagepoint of viewsurprise30s
- Q6The process of putting together and creating a film or movie that tells a story -- setting, location, actors, filming, editing, etc.editingfilmingcompositionbroadcasting30s
- Q7The use of negative space in front of or to the side of character who is looking or moving across the scene is called lead or looking ________.backawaymovingroom30s
- Q8The Rule of Thirds divides a picture into a ______- area grid that is used to frame and balance a camera shot.fifteensixninethree30s
- Q9Arranging objects or elements in a picture frame usually creates a _________ sense of balance and equilibrium.composingbalanceequilibriumnatural30s
- Q10Everything in the frame OTHER THAN the subject, often the background or side space of character, often waiting to be used or filled is know as _______ space.deeppositivenegativeneutral30s