Question 1

Matching:
-A theory suggesting composition is strengthened by placing the central point of interest at points other than the absolute center of the frame.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 2

The only way to highlight the central point of interest in a shot is through composition.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Matching:
-Names describing standard shot sizes; the shorthand commands directors use when requesting that camera operators compose shots thus described.
A)Aspect ratio
B)Bust shot
C)Canted angles
D)Central point of interest
E)Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Accepted Answer

The answer of Matching:
-Names describing standard shot sizes; the shorthand...

Question 4

Matching:
-Longer than an LS; a panoramic shot establishing a large interior area or exterior vista.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 5

Matching:
-Also called a Leadroom Principle.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 6

Matching:
-When using a human subject, this shot is a very tight shot of the face, typically from the hairline to the chin.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 7

Matching:
-Shots in which camera tilt creates a slanted horizon.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 8

During the last two decades, most TV producers who shoot their series on film have been doing so in
The format, in anticipation of HDTV.

Accepted Answer

A)  standard definition 
B)  Cinemascope 
C)  Panavision 
D)  Vistavision 
E)  Todd A-O

Question 9

Matching:
-The relationship between the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the television screen.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 10

Matching:
-The National Television System Committee, the organization that recommended analog standards for American television to the FCC.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 11

Matching:
-The art of creatively framing elements in a shot to best convey the communicator's meaning to the audience.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 12

What is the standard aspect ratio of most home televisions?

Accepted Answer

A)  2:1 
B)  8:4 
C)  16:9 
D)  4:3 
E)  none of the above

Question 13

Matching:
-Camera operators can reduce viewer anxiety by providing space ahead of the subject.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 14

Matching:
-A shot taken from behind the shoulder of talent providing a view of what the talent sees.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 15

This ancient Greek mathematical principle suggests that the rule of thirds divides a 4:3 aspect ratio picture into three horizontal and three vertical sections.

Accepted Answer

A)  three shot 
B)  golden mean 
C)  rule of thirds 
D)  central point of interest 
E)  all of the above

Question 16

Lowering the camera below eye height of a subject makes him/her look:

Accepted Answer

A)  more dominant 
B)  more submissive 
C)  neither: it's a neutral position 
D)  heavier 
E)  more glamorous

Question 17

Matching:
-When using a human subject, a shot from below the knee up.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 18

Which production element below creates strong compositional emphasis?

Accepted Answer

A)  unfamiliar-shaped objects 
B)  object in exact middle of the frame 
C)  dark-colored objects 
D)  non-reflective objects 
E)  none of the above

Question 19

Matching:
-To compose shots in which the central point of interest is seen through visual elements on the left and right that create an aesthetic border, guiding the audience's eyes to the center like blinders on a horse.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Question 20

Matching:
-The approximately 10 percent image loss around the edges of any shot during transmission.

Accepted Answer

A) Aspect ratio 
B) Bust shot 
C) Canted angles 
D) Central point of interest 
E) Cinemascope format
F)Closure
G)Composition
H)Extreme Close-Up (ECU)
I)Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
J)Framing
K)Golden mean
L)H&S shot
M)HDTV
N)Knee Shot
O)Leadroom principle
P)Letterbox format
Q)Long Shot (LS)
R)Medium Close-Up (MCU)
S)Medium Long Shot (MLS)
T)Medium Shot (MS)
U)Noseroom
V)NTSC
W)OTS
X)Picture cutoff
Y)Reverse leadroom
Z)Rule of thirds
Aa) Shot Nomenclature
Bb)Two Shot (or three shot)

Exam 4: Fundamentals of Composition

Matching: -A theory suggesting composition is strengthened by placing the central point of interest at points other than the absolute center of the frame.

The only way to highlight the central point of interest in a shot is through composition.

Matching: -Longer than an LS; a panoramic shot establishing a large interior area or exterior vista.

Matching: -Also called a Leadroom Principle.

Matching: -When using a human subject, this shot is a very tight shot of the face, typically from the hairline to the chin.

Matching: -Shots in which camera tilt creates a slanted horizon.

During the last two decades, most TV producers who shoot their series on film have been doing so in The format, in anticipation of HDTV.

Matching: -The relationship between the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the television screen.

Matching: -The National Television System Committee, the organization that recommended analog standards for American television to the FCC.

Matching: -The art of creatively framing elements in a shot to best convey the communicator's meaning to the audience.

What is the standard aspect ratio of most home televisions?

Matching: -Camera operators can reduce viewer anxiety by providing space ahead of the subject.

Matching: -A shot taken from behind the shoulder of talent providing a view of what the talent sees.

This ancient Greek mathematical principle suggests that the rule of thirds divides a 4:3 aspect ratio picture into three horizontal and three vertical sections.

Lowering the camera below eye height of a subject makes him/her look:

Matching: -When using a human subject, a shot from below the knee up.

Which production element below creates strong compositional emphasis?

Matching: -To compose shots in which the central point of interest is seen through visual elements on the left and right that create an aesthetic border, guiding the audience's eyes to the center like blinders on a horse.

Matching: -The approximately 10 percent image loss around the edges of any shot during transmission.