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Film Vocab
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1. 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
Montage sequence
Medium long shot
Forced development
Travelling matte
2. A style associated with Hollywood filmmaking of the studio and post-studio era - in which efficient storytelling - rather than gritty realism or aesthetic innovation - is of paramount importance
Anime
Spec script
Tinting
Classical style
3. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Pulling
Swish pan
Descriptive claim
Minor studios
4. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Slow motion
Parellel
Flashing
Blocking
5. 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
Voice-over
Evaluative claim
Iris out
Hollywood Ten
6. A style associated with Hollywood filmmaking of the studio and post-studio era - in which efficient storytelling - rather than gritty realism or aesthetic innovation - is of paramount importance
Orthochromatic
Omniscient narration
Tight framing
Classical style
7. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Handheld shot
Interlaced scanning
High-angle shot
Best boy
8. The first print made from a film negative
Master positive
Antagonist
Subgenre
Long shot
9. A technique of exposing film frames - then rewinding the film and exposing it again - which results in an image that combines two shots in a single frame
Double exposure
Video assist
Runaway production
Line reading
10. The use of editing techniques - such as a fade or dissolve - to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another
Shot transition
Soft light
Match on action
Post-production
11. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Widescreen
Letterboxing
Persistence of vision
Offscreen space
12. 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
Flashback
Slow motion
Score
Digital set extension
13. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested
Average shot length
Fabula
Studio system
Subgenre
14. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Backstage musical
Hybrid
Desaturated
Aspect Ratio
15. A shot taken when the camera is so close to a subject that it fills the frame. It is most commonly used for a shot that isolates and encompasses a single actor's face - to emphasize the expression of emotion
Close-up
Morphing
Trombone shot
Blocking
16. 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
Star persona
Shot
Flashing
Iris in...
17. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
180-degree rule
Fog filter
Method acting
Montage sequence
18. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Negative cutter
Storyboard
Score
Mixing
19. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Low-key lighting
Slow motion
Insert
Apparatus Theory
20. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Selective focus
Letterboxing
Color filter
Aerial Shot
21. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Shutter
Dye coupler
Rack focus
Hue
22. The aspect ratio of 1.33:1 - standardized by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences until the development of widescreen formats in the 1950s
Plot summary
Academy Ratio
Soundtrack
Reframing
23. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Graphic match
Speed
Classical style
Star filter
24. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Genre conventions
Focal length
Cameo
Genre
25. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Turning point
Iris in...
Chiaroscuro
Three-point lighting
26. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Direct cinema
Propaganda film
Wireframe
Long take
27. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Orthochromatic
Wipe
Narrative
Slow
28. 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
Extreme wide-angle lens
Studio system
Digital cinema
Handheld shot
29. A picture element - a measure of image density. There are approximately 18 million pixels in a frame of 35mm film and 300000-400000 in a video image
Low-angle shot
Rotoscope
Pixel
Medium long shot
30. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Pan
Extra
Establishing shot
Realist style
31. 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
Mockumentary
Loose framing
Saturation
32. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Mockumentary
Polarizing filters
Evaluative claim
Charge coupler device
33. Fish-eye lens; With a focal length of 15mm or less - this lens presents an extremely distorted image - where objects in the center of the frame appear to bulge toward the camera
Shutter
Extreme wide-angle lens
Pixilation
Aperture
34. 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
Match on action
Insert
Three-point lighting
Digital cinema
35. The person in charge of planning the style and look of the film with the production designer and director of photography - working with actors during principal photography - and collaborating with the editor on the final version
Backstory
Fog filter
Integrated musical
Director
36. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Animation
Digital video
Color timing
Running time
37. The first print made from a film negative
Lens
Master positive
Deep focus cinematography
Horizontal integration
38. 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
Restricted narration
Cameo
Montage sequence
39. Because film stock is sensitive to the color of light - directors work with film labs in post-production to monitor the color scheme of each scene in a film - making adjustments for consistency and aesthetic effect
Color timing
Blockbuster
Fog filter
Trombone shot
40. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Medium close-up
Zoom lens
Masking
Backstory
41. 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
Digital cinema
Standard shot pattern
Release prints
Cel
42. 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
Recursive action
Fast motion
Extra
Evaluative claim
43. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Minor studios
Cel
Aperture
Hybrid
44. A machine used to create optical effects such as fades - dissolves - and superimpositions. Most are now created digitally
Morphing
Eye-level shot
Establishing shot
Optical printer
45. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Neutral-density filter
Ethnographic film
Oeuvre
Soundtrack
46. A compositing method that allows cinematographers to combine live action and settings that are filmed or created separately. Actors are filmed against a green or blue background. During post-production - this background is filled in with an image thr
Four-part structure
Green screen
Score
Outsourcing
47. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
German Expressionism
Widescreen
Day for night
Hard light
48. 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
Release prints
Long shot
Line of action
Parellel
49. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Kuleshov effect
Sound bridge
Tracking shot
Cutaway
50. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Blue screen
Slow motion
Anamorphic lens
Glass shot
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