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What is the chief electrician called on a film set?
What is the chief electrician called on a film set?
- Cinematographer
- Best boy
- Grip
- Gaffer (correct)
What is the function of a prime lens in cinematography?
What is the function of a prime lens in cinematography?
- Lens that allows a wider field of view
- Lens for making distant objects appear magnified
- Lens that can vary its focal length
- Fixed focal length lens (correct)
What does a long-focal-length lens do to the space and depth of an image?
What does a long-focal-length lens do to the space and depth of an image?
- Has no effect on space and depth
- Expands the space and depth
- Flattens the space and depth (correct)
- Enhances the perspectival relations
What does a short-focal-length lens allow in an image?
What does a short-focal-length lens allow in an image?
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What is the implied distance between the camera and the subject called?
What is the implied distance between the camera and the subject called?
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Study Notes
Film Set Roles
- The chief electrician on a film set is called the Gaffer.
Lenses in Cinematography
- A prime lens is a fixed-focal-length lens that provides high optical quality and a wide aperture, resulting in a shallow depth of field and a cinematic look.
Lens Effects on Image
- A long-focal-length lens compresses the space and depth of an image, making objects appear closer together and flattening the perspective.
- A short-focal-length lens allows for a greater sense of depth and space in an image, making objects appear farther apart and exaggerating the perspective.
Camera-Subject Relationship
- The implied distance between the camera and the subject is called the psychological distance.
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