Key elements of film form overview quiz - WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies quiz

Cinematography

Box office takings

The director's age

The film's budget

Weak and small

Powerful, dominant or threatening

Neutral and ordinary

Far away

Keeps the entire frame sharp from near to far

Makes the film black and white

Speeds up the editing

Keeps one plane sharp and blurs the rest to isolate a subject

Setting, props, costume, staging

Cut, dissolve, fade, wipe

Diegetic sound, score, dialogue, silence

Pan, tilt, track, zoom

A bright, cheerful, safe mood

A tense, mysterious or threatening mood

A neutral documentary mood

No effect on mood at all

Draw attention to every cut

Make the film longer

Keep screen action clear and smooth so the audience follows the story

Replace the need for sound

Tension, excitement or confusion

Calm and reflection

Sadness and stillness

A documentary feel

The non-diegetic musical score

A voiceover narrator the characters cannot hear

A sound sting added only for the audience

Footsteps and dialogue the characters can hear

A type of musical instrument

Sound from one scene carrying over into the next

The loudest moment in a film

A silent sequence

Holding a single shot for a long time

Placing two shots together so their meanings collide and a new meaning emerges

Fading slowly to black

Recording sound on location

The film's release date

The cinema's screen size

Vocal delivery such as tone, pace and volume

The number of shots in a scene

A type of camera lens

The speed of the editing

The colour of the lighting

The space between characters in a scene

List as many techniques as possible without explaining them

Name the technique, describe its effect, and explain how it creates meaning

Retell the plot of the scene

Say whether you liked the film

Showing two actions happening at the same time to build suspense

Slowing a scene right down

Adding non-diegetic music

Designing a costume