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Film Vocab
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1. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Extreme close-up
Hard light
Character actor
Hue
2. A model of industrial organization in the film industry from about 1915 to 1946 - characterized by the development of major and minor studios that produced - distributed - and exhibited films - and held film actors - directors - art directors - and o
Depth of field
Cutaway
Panchromatic
Studio system
3. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Pulling
Denouement
Horizontal integration
Character actor
4. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Gaffer
Freeze frame
Fast
Script supervisor
5. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Dailies
Second unit
High concept film
Base
6. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Oeuvre
Plot summary
Auteur
Typecasting
7. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Script supervisor
Avant-garde film
Method acting
Continuity editor
8. An effect created when too little light strikes the film during shooting. As a result the image will contain dark areas that appear very dense and dark (including shadows) and the overall contrast will be less than with a properly exposed image
Underexposure
Orthochromatic
Cut
Tableau shot
9. The measurement of how forgiving a film stock is. It determines whether an acceptable image will be produced when the film stock is exposed to too little or too much light
Propaganda film
Star system
Iris out
Exposure latitude
10. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Medium shot
Star filter
Scratching
Aerial Shot
11. An effect created when more light is required to produce an image strakes the film stock - so that the resulting image exhibits high contrast - glaring light - and washed out shadows. This effect ma or may not be intentional on the filmmaker's part
Overexposure
Loose framing
Hybrid
Medium long shot
12. A technique of underdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in a chemical batch a shorter amount of time than usual) in order to achieve the visual effect of reducing contrast
Pulling
Pre-production
Tilt
Oeuvre
13. An optical effect whereby the human eye fills in gaps between closely spaced objects - so that two light bulbs flashing on and off are understood as one light moving back and forth
Three-point lighting
Bleach bypass
Undercranking
Phi phenomenon
14. A sound editing technique that links several scenes through parallel and overlapping sounds. Each sound is associated with one scene - unlike a sound bridge - where a sound from one scene bleeds into that of another
Best boy
Re-establishing shot
Synthespian
Lightning mix
15. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Wide-angle lens
Speed
High concept film
Restricted narration
16. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Pre-production
Zoom in...
Intertextual reference
Genre conventions
17. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Plot summary
Third-person narration
Score
Jump cut
18. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Cinerama
Four-part structure
Line reading
Lens
19. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Base
Blocking
Minor studios
Parellel
20. An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different. The program calculates the way the image must change in order for the first image to
Post-production
Morphing
Zoom lens
Progressive scanning
21. The measurement of how forgiving a film stock is. It determines whether an acceptable image will be produced when the film stock is exposed to too little or too much light
Exposure latitude
Hybrid
Interpellation
Genre conventions
22. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Scratching
Outsourcing
Non-diegetic
Fast motion
23. A technique of depicting two layered images simultaneously. Images from one frame or several frames of film are added to pre-existing images - using an optical printer - to produce the same effect as a double exposure
Superimposition
Prosthesis
Editor
Front projection
24. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
ADR
Digital set extension
Compilation film
Cinerama
25. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Base
Extra
Polarizing filters
Compilation film
26. A technique of arranging the actors on the set to take advantage of deep focus cinematography - which allows for many planes of depth in the film frame to remain in focus
Descriptive claim
Shutter
Composition in depth
Episodic
27. A property of older television monitors - where each frame was scanned as two fields: One consisting of all the odd numbered lines - the other all the even lines. If slowed down - the television image would appear to sweep down the screen one line at
Charge coupler device
Closure
Frame narration
Interlaced scanning
28. A type of matte shot - created by positioning a pane of optically flawless glass with a painting on it between the camera and the scene to be photographed. This combines the painting on the glass with the set or location - seen through the glass - be
Synthespian
Genre conventions
Glass shot
Widescreen
29. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Synthespian
Blaxploitation
Kuleshov effect
Typecasting
30. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts
Toning
Turning point
Denouement
Scratching
31. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Crane shot
Lightning mix
Narrative sequencing
Long shot
32. A shot taken by a camera that is held manually rather than supported by a tripod - crane or Steadicam. Generally - such shots are shaky - owing to the motion of the camera operator
Speed
Compilation film
Bleach bypass
Handheld shot
33. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Visual effects
Filter
Frame narration
Actualitas
34. A production term denoting a single uninterrupted series of frames exposed by a motion picture or video camera between the time it is turned on and the time it is turned off. Filmmakers shoot several takes of any scene and the film editor selects the
Cameo
High concept film
Take
Soft light
35. A crew member whose job is to measure the distance between the subject and the camera lens - marking the ring on the camera lens - and ensuring the ring is turned precisely so that the image is in focus
Text
Filter
Hollywood Ten
Focus puller
36. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested
Iris out
Base
Line of action
Fabula
37. Also called 'full screen -' the technique of re-shooting a widescreen film in order to convert it to the original television aspect ration of 1.33 to 1. Rather than reproduce the original aspect ratio - as a letterboxed version does - a panned and sc
Integrated musical
Subgenre
Panning and scanning
Neutral-density filter
38. Light emitted from a larger source that is scattered over a bigger area or reflected off a surface before it strikes the subject. Soft light minimizes facial details - including wrinkles
Front projection
Montage sequence
Backstage musical
Soft light
39. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Narrative sequencing
ADR
Tight framing
Freeze frame
40. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Roadshowing
Syuzhet
Assistant Editor
Standard shot pattern
41. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Mockumentary
Tight framing
Point-of-view shot
Dissolve
42. A technique used to join live action with pre-recorded background images. A projector is aimed at a half-silvered mirror that reflects the background - which the camera records as being located behind the actors
Desaturated
Second unit
Front projection
Exposure latitude
43. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Trailer
Zoom in...
Out-take
Subtext
44. The film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological
Exposure latitude
Apparatus Theory
Charge coupler device
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
45. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Deep focus cinematography
Runaway production
Interlaced scanning
Dissolve
46. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Mockumentary
Color timing
Compilation film
Frame narration
47. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Take
Medium long shot
Genre conventions
Vertical integration
48. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Three-point lighting
Frame narration
Anime
Iris out
49. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Low-key lighting
Forced development
Four-part structure
Out-take
50. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Double exposure
Line reading
Assistant Editor
Backstory
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