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Film and Photography Terms: Camera Angles, Aspect Ratios, and Camera Equipment, Quizzes of Communication

Definitions for various film and photography terms related to camera angles, aspect ratios, and camera equipment. Terms include arc, aspect ratio, camera stabilizing system, cant, close up, closure, crane, cross shot, dolly, extreme close-up, field of view, headroom, jib arm, leadroom, long shot, medium shot, monopod, mounting head, noseroom, over the shoulder shot, pan, pedestal, quick release plate, robotic pedestal, studio pan and tilt head, tilt, tongue, tripod, truck, 2 shot, and z-axis.

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2009/2010

Uploaded on 03/18/2010

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TERM 1
arc
DEFINITION 1
more camera i a slightly curved solly or truck
TERM 2
aspect ratio
DEFINITION 2
w x h -of std tv screen 4 x 3 hdtv 14x9
TERM 3
camera stabilizing system
DEFINITION 3
mount whose mechanism holds camera steady while
operator moves
TERM 4
cant
DEFINITION 4
tilting shoulder camera sideways
TERM 5
close up
DEFINITION 5
close range framed tightly
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arc

more camera i a slightly curved solly or truck

TERM 2

aspect ratio

DEFINITION 2

w x h -of std tv screen 4 x 3 hdtv 14x

TERM 3

camera stabilizing system

DEFINITION 3

mount whose mechanism holds camera steady while

operator moves

TERM 4

cant

DEFINITION 4

tilting shoulder camera sideways

TERM 5

close up

DEFINITION 5

close range framed tightly

closure

mentally filling in spaces of incomplete picture

TERM 7

crane

DEFINITION 7

motion picture camera support can lift 10 ft

TERM 8

cross shot

DEFINITION 8

over the shoulder shot except the camera near person is

completelu out of the shot

TERM 9

dolly

DEFINITION 9

camera suport horizontal movement

TERM 10

extreme

closeup

DEFINITION 10

very tight framing

medium shot

mediu distance object

TERM 17

monopod

DEFINITION 17

single pole onto which yhou can mount camera

TERM 18

mounting head

DEFINITION 18

connects camera to tripod facilitates smooth panning and

tilting

TERM 19

noseroom

DEFINITION 19

space intronf of person looking toward edgew of screen

TERM 20

over the shoulder shot

DEFINITION 20

camer alook over a persons shoulder at another person

pan

horizontal movements of camera

TERM 22

pedestal

DEFINITION 22

heavy camera dolly permits raising and lovering camera

while on air

TERM 23

quick release plate

DEFINITION 23

mounting plate used to attach cameras to mounting head

TERM 24

robotic pedestal

DEFINITION 24

motor driven pedestal and mounting head @ studio guided

by computerized system that sotres camera moves

TERM 25

studio pan and tilt head

DEFINITION 25

camera mounting head for heavy cameras permits smooth

pans and tilts

z-axis

imaginary line representing an extension of the lens from

camera to horizon

TERM 32

zoom

DEFINITION 32

change the lens gradually to a narrow angle position or wide

angle position while camera remains stationary