Questions for Review
- What are the differences among a setup, a
shot, and a take?
- A cinematographer depends on two crews of
workers. What is each crew responsible for?
- How the lighting for any movie looks is deter-
mined, in part, by its source and direction.
Explain these terms and the effect each has
on the overall lighting.
- What are the four major lenses used on movie
cameras? What is the principal characteristic
of the image that each lens creates?
- In terms of proximity to the camera, what are
the three most commonly used shots in a
movie? What is the principle by which they
are distinguished?
- What is the rule of thirds?
- The movie camera can shoot from various
angles. What are they? What does each imply
in terms of meaning? Do these implications
always hold true?
- What are the basic types of camera movement?
- What is a long take? What can it achieve that
a short take cannot? What is the difference
between a long take and a long shot?
- Special effects create images that might not be
possible with traditional cinematography. What
are the basic ways to create special effects?
Movies Described or Illustrated in this Chapter
2001: A Space Odyssey(1968). Stanley Kubrick,
director.
The Abyss(1989). James Cameron, director.
Applause(1929). Rouben Mamoulian, director.
Barry Lyndon(1975). Stanley Kubrick, director.
Badlands(1973). Terence Malick, director.
The Birds(1963). Alfred Hitchcock, director.
Birth(2004). Jonathan Glazer, director.
The Birth of a Nation(1915). D. W. Griffith, director.
The Book of Eli (2010). Albert Hughes and Allen
Hughes, directors.
The Bourne Supremacy (2004). Paul Greengrass,
director.
Bride of Frankenstein(1935). James Whale, director.
Charisma (1999). Kyoshi Kurosawa, director.
Citizen Kane(1941). Orson Welles, director.
Cloverfield(2008). Matt Reeves, director.
The Counterfeiters(2007). Stefan Ruzowitzky, director.
The Crying Game(1992). Neil Jordan, director.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(2008). David
Fincher, director.
Days of Heaven(1978). Terrence Malick, director.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007). Julian
Schnabel, director.
Dogville(2003). Lars von Trier, director.
DVDThe tutorials for this chapter provide
more information about lighting, shot types,
camera angles, lenses, moving camera effects, and
point of view.
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