Media Studies ELA 10-1
Film Techniques Assessment
Matching
_____ high angle
a. The horizontal movement of the camera side to side to follow the action in a scene.
_____ low angle
b. Bright illumination with few obvious shadows.
_____ long shot
_____ close up
c. A shot in which the background dominates; figures are often included to give a sense of scale and
space.
d. A shot in which the camera literally and figuratively looks up to the subject. This angle is often
used to give the subject a dominating or powerful presence. The audience or camera perspective is
made to feel submissive or small.
_____ mise en scene
e. The use of diffused shadows and atmospheric pools of light.
_____ pan
f. A detailed shot usually showing just the head or significant object.
_____ tilt
g. The setting or surrounding of a shot in a film.
_____ high key lighting
h. Related shots spliced together to create relatively quick changes of action that suggest time
passing or that describe unified events.
_____ low key lighting
i. The vertical movement of the camera up and down from a fixed base.
_____ montage
j. A shot in which the camera literally and figuratively looks down on the subject. It can be used to
make the subject seem small or insignificant.
Multiple Choice
a. close up
b. extreme close up
c. mid shot
d. long shot
a. high angle
b. low angle
c. canted angle
d. flat angle
a. high angle
b. low angle
c. canted angle
d. flat angle
a. high angle
b. low angle
c. canted angle
d. both a & c
a. long shot
b. extreme long shot
c. establishing shot
d. both b & c