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Film Production Exam

Subjects : performing-arts, film
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cuts down the intensity of light without changing the color temperature






2. A term for decrease in light intensity






3. A disturbance in the air; vibrations in the form of waves






4. 1 million pixels






5. The greater the ____________ - the greater the quality of the image.






6. pickup pattern that can be cardiod or hyper-cardiod and have narrow pickup patterns






7. Occurs when objects are placed at the center of the frame or arranged on opposite lines of thirds






8. The weight of the gaze of a person/object






9. blues - greens - purples






10. Storage capacity of a dual layer blue-ray






11. A format associated with newer HD systems where the entire image is scanned in one field






12. Another name for the sound wave






13. Creates outline of light around subject; aka rim light or hair light






14. Colors produced by mixing primary and secondary colors (red-orange - yellow-green...)






15. Storage capacity of a single layer blu-ray






16. Sounds with long waves have this






17. Aspect ratio of standard def






18. The number of colors available to each individual pixel






19. Color






20. Lighter version of color (Pink)






21. Sounds with short waves have this






22. The number of wave cycles that pass in a given time






23. Changes the color temperature of a light to that of tungsten






24. Tungsten balanced/indoor lights are this color temperature






25. Light that comes from the physical setting - like a window






26. A compositional rule that divides the frame horizontally and vertically into thirds






27. The weight of the gaze of a person/object






28. Light that illuminates the background and often used instead of back light (sounds almost exactly the same...)






29. PAL and SECAM use ____ horizontal lines per image and display images at a rate of exactly __ fps






30. The number of colors available to each individual pixel






31. Light on the blue-white ends of the spectrum; short wavelengths - high frequency






32. The ________ the focal length - the less light is pulled in and the narrower the image - resulting in a close-up telephoto image






33. The variety of patterns that microphones pick up sound in






34. Frame rate in Europe






35. Light that is created for mood






36. A compositional rule that divides the frame horizontally and vertically into thirds






37. A disturbance in the air; vibrations in the form of waves






38. The distance from one crest of a wave to the next






39. pickup pattern that picks up sounds equally from all directions around the microphone (360 degrees)






40. In Europe - AC power with a frequency of ___Hz dictates that 50 interlaced PAL video fields will be produced per second--or 25 frames






41. electromagnetic radiation






42. Consists of light rays hitting an object from a variety of angles for less contrast and shadows - hazy - (Ingrid Bergman)






43. Creates the illusion of shallow depth and the distance between objects appears diminished






44. Softens light






45. Changes the color temperature of a light to that of daylight






46. Red - oranges - yellow






47. AKA 'binary digit.' Represented by a 1 or 0.






48. Off-kilter frame that presents objects from a skewed angle AKA DOLL ANGLE!






49. DSLR camera






50. Illuminates shadows created by the key light







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