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Film Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Forced development
Dissolve
Establishing shot
Eye-level shot
2. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Analog Video
Tableau shot
Prosthesis
Steadicam
3. A technique of moving from the telephoto position to the wide-angle position of a zoom lens - which results in the subject appearing to become smaller within the frame - while remaining in focus
Zoom out
Method acting
Match on action
Interpellation
4. The written blueprint for a film - composed of three elements: dialogue - sluglines (setting the place and time of each scene) - and description. Feature-length screenplays typically run 90-130 pages
Diffusion filters
Fabula
Screenplay
Panchromatic
5. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Superimposition
Swish pan
Medium long shot
Cinerama
6. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Realist style
Panchromatic
Cel
Subgenre
7. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Time-lapse photography
Non-diegetic
Orthochromatic
Aerial Shot
8. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up
Oeuvre
Medium shot
Zoom in...
Extra
9. 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
Genre
Optical printer
Color timing
10. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Direct cinema
Green screen
Digital cinema
Telecine
11. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Medium close-up
Widescreen
Genre conventions
Running time
12. A technique in which the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters. The camera points in the directions the character looks - simulating the character's field of vision
Continuity editor
Lightning mix
Pixilation
Point-of-view shot
13. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Cut
Wide-angle lens
Blocking
Recursive action
14. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
Shooting script
B-roll
Narrative
Horizontal integration
15. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Anamorphic lens
Camera distance
Actualitas
Frozen time moment
16. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Minor studios
Orthochromatic
Focus puller
Flashforward
17. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Speed
Exposure
Protagonist
Grain
18. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Descriptive claim
Best boy
Fast motion
Subtext
19. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Open-ended
Recursive action
Score
Oeuvre
20. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Base
Lightning mix
Establishing shot
Closure
21. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Release prints
Spec script
Base
Antagonist
22. 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
Ethnographic film
Iris in...
Studio system
Close-up
23. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Parellel
Go-motion
Academy Ratio
Pixilation
24. An alternative to continuity editing - this style of editing was developed in silent Soviet cinema - based on the theory that editing should exploit the difference between shots to generate intellectual and emotional responses in the audience
Anime
Soviet montage
Visual effects
Tinting
25. A flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Best boy
Base
Insert
Graphic match
26. A chemical coating on film stock containing light-sensitive grains
Analog Video
Foley artist
Emulsion
Pan
27. A system for combining two separately filmed images in the same frame that involves create a matte (a black mask that covers a portion of the image) for a live action sequence and using it to block out a portion of the frame when filming the backgrou
Aperture
Crane shot
Eyeline match
Travelling matte
28. A person responsible for putting a film together from a mass of developed footage - making decisions regarding pace - shot transitions - and which scenes and shots will be used
Editor
Flashforward
Extreme wide-angle lens
Assistant Editor
29. Light emitted from a relatively small source positioned close to the subject. It tends to be unflattering because it creates deep shadows and emphasizes surface imperfections
Hard light
Re-establishing shot
Rotoscope
Kuleshov effect
30. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Production values
Script supervisor
Voice-over
Exposition
31. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Propaganda film
Morphing
Flashforward
Soviet montage
32. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Close-up
Star filter
30-degree rule
Special visual effects
33. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Pushing
Extradiegetic
Wide film
Integrated musical
34. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Non-diegetic
Focus puller
Flashing
Closure
35. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
First-person narration
Re-establishing shot
Three-act structure
Pulling
36. A single take that contains an entire scene
Color timing
Master shot
Compositing
Extreme long-shot
37. Sound recorded on a set - on location - or - for documentary film - at an actual real-world event - as opposed to dubbed in post-production through ADR or looping
Average shot length
Letterboxing
Narrative sequencing
Direct sound
38. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Panning and scanning
Film stock
Offscreen space
Descriptive claim
39. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Star filter
Blockbuster
Intertextual reference
Motif
40. A business model adopted by the major studios during the Hollywood studio era - in which studios controlled all aspects of the film business - from production to distribution and exhibition
Rack focus
Mockumentary
Polarizing filters
Vertical integration
41. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Rear projection
Continuity error
Extreme close-up
Medium long shot
42. Then Hollywood writers and directors cited for Contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities' attempts to root out Communists in the film industry
Synthespian
Video assist
Travelling matte
Hollywood Ten
43. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Forced development
Graphic match
Assistant Editor
Analog Video
44. Standard shot pattern: A sequence of shots designed to maintain spatial continuity. Scene begin with an establishing shot - then move to a series of individual shots depicting characters and action - before reestablishing shots re-orient viewers to t
Focus puller
Long take
Standard shot pattern
Continuity editing
45. A technique of moving from the telephoto position to the wide-angle position of a zoom lens - which results in the subject appearing to become smaller within the frame - while remaining in focus
Star filter
Closure
Zoom out
Pushing
46. 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
Point-of-view shot
Morphing
Cameo
Brechtian distanciation
47. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Masking
Lens
Synthespian
Close-up
48. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Widescreen
Second unit
Continuity error
Figure placement and movement
49. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Realist style
Aperture
Tracking shot
Soviet montage
50. Standard shot pattern: A sequence of shots designed to maintain spatial continuity. Scene begin with an establishing shot - then move to a series of individual shots depicting characters and action - before reestablishing shots re-orient viewers to t
Intertextual reference
Standard shot pattern
Product placement
180-degree rule