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Junior Cycle English: Film techniques: shots and sound

How often Film techniques: shots and sound comes up on the English papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 3 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2024.

OL Asked on 1 of the last 8 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026.

Film techniques: shots and sound, Higher Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Film techniques: shots and sound.

(a)Which camera shot shows a character's face filling the screen to reveal emotion?
  1. Long shot
  2. Close-up
  3. Establishing shot
(b)A film opens with a wide view of a whole city before cutting inside a building. What is that first shot called?
  1. A point-of-view shot
  2. A close-up
  3. An establishing shot
(c)A camera looks up at a character from below (a low angle). What does this usually suggest?
  1. The character is powerful
  2. The character is lost
  3. The character is weak
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(a) Close-up

(b) An establishing shot

(c) The character is powerful

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Film techniques: shots and sound.

Higher Level

Asked on 3 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2024.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Q9
2023Q2
2022Q7, Q8
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Film techniques: shots and sound questions

Film techniques: shots and sound, 3 marks

A film cuts suddenly from a noisy party to a silent, empty room. What does this mainly create?

  1. A slow, gentle fade
  2. A comic misunderstanding
  3. A sharp contrast in mood
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A sharp contrast in mood

Editing controls mood. A sharp cut between opposites jolts the audience and can highlight loneliness or shock. Silence can be as powerful as music.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 1 of the last 8 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2026.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q2
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Not asked

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Film techniques: shots and sound questions

Film techniques: shots and sound, 2 marks

A shot showing only a character's face, to reveal emotion, is a...

  1. Wide shot
  2. Tracking shot
  3. Close-up
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Close-up

A close-up fills the screen with a face or object so we notice every emotion or detail. A wide shot shows the whole setting.

Film techniques: shots and sound, 3 marks

A camera looking up at a character from below makes them seem...

  1. Far away
  2. Powerful
  3. Small and weak
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Powerful

A low-angle shot, or upshot, makes a character look big and powerful. A high-angle shot looking down makes them seem small or vulnerable.

Film techniques: shots and sound, 2 marks

A shot of a huge landscape with tiny figures in it is called...

  1. An extreme wide shot
  2. A close-up
  3. An over-the-shoulder shot
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An extreme wide shot

An extreme wide shot establishes the setting. It can make characters look small, lost or alone in a vast place.

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