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Film Vocab
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1. A shot transition where shot A slowly disappears as the screen becomes black before shot B appears. A fade-in is the reverse of this process
Medium long shot
Swish pan
Extra
Fade-out
2. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Saturation
Overhead shot
Propaganda film
Line reading
3. Also called 'd-cinema.' Not to be confused with digital cinematography (shooting movies on digital video) - this term refers to using digital technologies for exhibition
Filter
Digital cinema
Close-up
Dissolve
4. A shot transition where shot A slowly disappears as the screen becomes black before shot B appears. A fade-in is the reverse of this process
Cameo
Pixilation
Re-establishing shot
Fade-out
5. A technique of moving a zoom lens from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position - which results in a magnification of the subject within the frame - and keeps the subject in focus
Lightning mix
Establishing shot
Zoom in...
Wireframe
6. A shot that makes the human subject very small in relation to his or her environment. The entire figure from head to toe is onscreen and dwarfed by the surroundings
Wide-angle lens
Extreme long-shot
Omniscient narration
Iris out
7. An agreement made between filmmakers and those who license the use of commercial products to feature those products in films - generally as props used by characters
Studio system
Release prints
Fabula
Product placement
8. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Flashback
Trombone shot
Descriptive claim
Visual effects
9. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Lightning mix
Cut
Dolly
German Expressionism
10. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Text
Overlapping dialogue
Low-key lighting
Special visual effects
11. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Saturation
Script supervisor
Runaway production
Motivation
12. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Take
Intertextual reference
Matte painting
Insert
13. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time
Iris in...
Tinting
Soviet montage
Base
14. A similarity established between two characters or situations that invites the audience to compare the two. It may involve visual - narrative - and/or sound elements
High-angle shot
Parellel
Normal lens
Establishing shot
15. 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
Blockbuster
Soft light
Newsreel
Tinting
16. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Go-motion
Pre-production
Desaturated
Director
17. 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
Spec script
Hollywood Blacklist
Superimposition
Long shot
18. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Fast motion
Low-angle shot
Eyeline match
Pulling
19. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Orthochromatic
Zoom out
Polarizing filters
Diegesis
20. A film style that emerged in the 1910s in Germany. It was heavily indebted to the Expressionist art movement of the time and influenced subsequent horror films and film noir
Animation
German Expressionism
On-the-nose dialogue
Storyboard
21. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Pixilation
Three-act structure
Realist style
Tracking shot
22. An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting set-up - the key light illuminates the subject - the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light - and the back light separates the subject from the background
Direct sound
Three-point lighting
Cinerama
Progressive scanning
23. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Negative cutter
Telephoto lens
Flashforward
Charge coupler device
24. A system initially developed for marketing films by creating and promoting stars as objects of admiration. The promotion of stars has now become an end in itself
Diegesis
Star system
Realist style
Digital cinema
25. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Aspect Ratio
Toning
High-angle shot
Subgenre
26. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Widescreen
Evaluative claim
Chiaroscuro
Subgenre
27. Reels of film that are shipped to movie theaters for exhibition. Digital cinema - which can be distributed via satellite - broadband - or on media such as DVDs - may soon replace film prints because the latter are expensive to create - copy - and dis
Synthespian
Release prints
Gaffer
Narrative sequencing
28. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Medium close-up
Desaturated
Eyeline match
Pixel
29. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Turning point
Apparatus Theory
Pan
Screenplay
30. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Underexposure
Compositing
Subtext
Letterboxing
31. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
B-roll
Denouement
Wireframe
Average shot length
32. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Tinting
Speed
B-roll
Flashback
33. The imagined world of the story
Diegesis
Low-key lighting
Post-production
Exposition
34. The first step in the process of creating CGI. The wireframe is a three-dimensional computer model of an object - which is then rendered (producing the finished image) and animated (using simulated camera movement frame by frame)
Character actor
Go-motion
Script supervisor
Wireframe
35. A technique used to join live action with a pre-recorded background image. A projector is placed behind a screen and projects an image onto it. Actors stand in front of the screen and the camera records them in front of the projected background
Rear projection
Diegesis
Vista Vision
Go-motion
36. The building block of a scene; an uninterrupted sequence of frames that viewers experience as they watch a film - ending with a cut - fade - dissolve - etc. See also Take
Shot
Day for night
Wide film
Gauge
37. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Wireframe
Special visual effects
Mixing
Dailies
38. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Block booking
Diffusion filters
Syuzhet
Line reading
39. 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
Direct sound
Extradiegetic
Composition in depth
B-roll
40. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Time-lapse photography
Exposition
Jump cut
Descriptive claim
41. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Fog filter
Underexposure
Mixing
Travelling matte
42. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
High concept film
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Cinerama
Slow motion
43. 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
Long take
Zoom out
Filter
Fog filter
44. A standard shot pattern that dictates that a shot of one character will be followed by a shot of another character - taken from the reverse angle of the first shot
Rack focus
German Expressionism
Shot/reverse shot
Antagonist
45. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Zoom lens
Academy Ratio
Eyeline match
Hollywood Blacklist
46. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Fast motion
Blue screen
Bleach bypass
Kuleshov effect
47. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Video assist
Wipe
Grain
Block booking
48. 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
Foley artist
Pulling
Shot/reverse shot
Low-angle shot
49. A complete narrative unit within a film - with its own beginning - middle - and end. Often scenes are unified - and distinguished from one another - by time and setting
Orthochromatic
Swish pan
Fast
Scene
50. A technique of shooting a scene at a very high speed (96 frames per second) - then adding and subtracting frames in post-production - 'fanning out' the action through the overlapping images
Montage sequence
Recursive action
Open-ended
Protagonist
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