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1. What are the four elements of Mise-en-Scene?
The four elements of Mise-en-Scene are setting, props, lighting and style of acting.

2. Define the term shot?
 A shot is an image, moving or still that you take with a camera. It can be shots such as mid shots, close ups and long shots, showing different elements of a scene. A continuous piece of uninterrupted/unedited footage.

3. Define the term edit?
An edit is when it cuts from one shot to the next. This can be a cut, fade, dissolve, wipe, etc.

4. Describe three ways that lighting could be used to establish mood in a scene?
The lighting can come from behind, creating an angelic look, it can come from in front, which could create a silhouette which can create a mysterious mood, or it could come from above which could make the object/person look powerful.
Dark lighting

5. What does the term "back lighting" refer to?
The term back lighting refers to lighting coming from behind the character, which can create an angelic look.

6. In cinematography what does the term framing refer to?
The term framing refers to the amount of setting/the objects in the shot. It is like a square and it is the amount of things in the shot. The border of the shot. Controlling what the viewer sees.

7. Why is the rule of thirds an important framing technique?
The rule of thirds is important because it draws your eye to a specific part of the screen, which can be important when wanting the audience/viewers to be focusing on a specific item or person in a scene. Divides the screen into 3 horizontal and vertical lines.

8. Explain 2 reasons that a cinematographer may choose to overexpose a particular shot?
A cinematographer may choose to overexpose a shot to create the feeling of heat or for a sense of disorientation.

9. What is an effect that can be achieved by underexposing a shot?
Underexposing can create a mysterious dark feel to a shot/scene.

10. Explain the difference created by shooting a lone character from a low angle or a high angle?
Shooting a character from a low angle can make the character seem powerful whilst shooting them from a high angle can make them seem powerless or inferior.

11. What does the term canted refer to in cinematography?
A canted shot is when the camera starts at one angle and then moves to another angle, such as going from a high angle to a low angle.