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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 individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
German Expressionism
Roadshowing
Set-up
Propaganda film
2. 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
Rack focus
Soviet montage
Digital set extension
Shot
3. A cinematography technique that produces an image with many planes of depth in focus. It can be accomplished by using a small aperture - a large distance between camera and subject - and/or a lens of short focal length
Fast
Deep focus cinematography
Exposure latitude
Direct sound
4. A musical in which some or all musical numbers are not motivated by the narrative; for example - characters sing and dance throughout the film but at least some performances are not staged for an onscreen audience. Examples include Oklahoma - The umb
Integrated musical
Medium long shot
Underexposure
Shot/reverse shot
5. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Medium shot
Focal length
Iris in...
Product placement
6. 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
Spec script
High-key lighting
Three-point lighting
Assistant Editor
7. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Cameo
Polarizing filters
Frame narration
Neutral-density filter
8. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Blue screen
Fog filter
Chiaroscuro
Video assist
9. 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
Pan
Line reading
Zoom in...
Handheld shot
10. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Extra
Digital cinema
Shot/reverse shot
Pixilation
11. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Subgenre
Four-part structure
Extreme close-up
Pre-production
12. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Classical style
Pre-production
Desaturated
Eyeline match
13. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Dailies
Camera distance
Director
Widescreen
14. 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
Swish pan
Lightning mix
Intertextual reference
Studio system
15. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Line of action
Underexposure
Eyeline match
Montage sequence
16. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Extradiegetic
Master positive
Antagonist
Storyboard
17. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Double exposure
Narrative
Recursive action
Fabula
18. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Progressive scanning
Compositing
Jump cut
Polarizing filters
19. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Line of action
Base
Shot transition
Crane shot
20. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Out-take
Wipe
Analog Video
Emulsion
21. Exposed and developed film stock from which the master positive is struck. If projected - the negative would produce a reverse of the image - with dark areas appearing white and vice versa or - if color film - areas of color appearing as their comple
Interpellation
Pixilation
Negative
Pushing
22. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Direct cinema
Hue
Aperture
Medium long shot
23. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Negative cutter
Hue
Shot transition
Chiaroscuro
24. A technique of filming at a speed faster than projection - the projecting the footage at normal speed of 24 frames per second. Because fewer frames were recorded per second - the action appears to be speeded up
Slow motion
Tinting
Split screen
Genre conventions
25. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Dye coupler
Screenplay
Direct sound
Rear projection
26. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Negative cutter
Line of action
Crab dolly
Pan
27. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Desaturated
Camera distance
Prosthesis
Point-of-view shot
28. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Second unit
Blockbuster
Figure placement and movement
Outsourcing
29. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Direct cinema
Reverse shot
Overhead shot
Dolly
30. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Storyboard
Crane shot
Dailies
Go-motion
31. Everything audiences hear when they watch a sound film. The soundtrack is the composite of all three elements of film sound: dialogue - music - and sound effects
Soundtrack
Flashforward
Lens
Brechtian distanciation
32. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Insert
Turning point
Gauge
Tilt
33. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Plot summary
Crane shot
Superimposition
Text
34. Assists the editor with various tasks - including taking footage to the lab - checking the condition of the negative - cataloguing footage - and supervising optical effects - often produced by an outside company
High-angle shot
Assistant Editor
Classical style
Pan
35. 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
Recursive action
Chiaroscuro
Cinerama
Undercranking
36. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
On-the-nose dialogue
Cutaway
Interlaced scanning
Available light
37. A measure of the visual and sound quality of a film. Low-budget films tend to have lower production values because they lack the resources to devote to expensive pre- and post-production activities
Production values
Zoom in...
Intertextual reference
Aperture
38. 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
Negative
Split screen
Shot/reverse shot
Phi phenomenon
39. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Dolly
Point-of-view shot
Text
Denouement
40. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Screenplay
Denouement
Widescreen
Revisionist
41. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Propaganda film
Line reading
Matte painting
Freeze frame
42. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Plot summary
Telecine
Wireframe
Production values
43. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Morphing
Emulsion
Anime
Intertextual reference
44. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Crab dolly
Tight framing
Fog filter
Split screen
45. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Actualitas
Normal lens
Closure
Grain
46. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Aperture
Score
Pixilation
Swish pan
47. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Trailer
Composition
Overexposure
Interpellation
48. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Outsourcing
Third-person narration
Rotoscope
Three-act structure
49. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Orthochromatic
Phi phenomenon
Grain
City symphony
50. A type of short film that blends elements of documentary and avant-garde film to document and often to celebrate the wonder of the modern city
Jump cut
Panning and scanning
City symphony
Recursive action