Question

(3.2.b) looking at movies (wk 3)
a shot is best defined as
○ a collection of scenes united by related thematic or structural material.
○ a lighting setup, prop, gesture, and the like, repeated throughout a movie.
○ an unbroken span of action captured by an interrupted run of a motion - picture camera.
○ a storytelling unit in which action takes place in a single time and location.
○ an unbroken span of action captured by an uninterrupted run of a motion - picture camera.

Explanation:

In film - making, a shot is an unbroken span of action captured by an uninterrupted run of a motion - picture camera. A collection of scenes united by related thematic or structural material is more like a sequence. A lighting setup, prop, gesture repeated throughout a movie is a motif. A storytelling unit in which action takes place in a single time and location is a scene.

Answer:

an unbroken span of action captured by an uninterrupted run of a motion - picture camera.