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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. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Dye coupler
Brechtian distanciation
Morphing
Cel
2. A technique of moving the camera - on a specially built track. Such shots often trace character movement laterally across the frame or in and out of the depth of the frame
Selective focus
Non-diegetic
Tracking shot
Omniscient narration
3. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Dailies
Syuzhet
Extreme close-up
Crane shot
4. 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
Filter
Wireframe
Slow motion
Glass shot
5. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Anamorphic lens
Release prints
Wipe
Special visual effects
6. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up
Parellel
Syuzhet
Prosthesis
Medium shot
7. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Crab dolly
Mixing
Camera distance
Freeze frame
8. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Character actor
Re-establishing shot
Cutaway
Green screen
9. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Scratching
Aspect Ratio
Flashforward
Polarizing filters
10. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Freeze frame
Green screen
Extra
Tracking shot
11. 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
Point-of-view shot
Wide film
Analog Video
Visual effects
12. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Selective focus
Forced development
Low-key lighting
Extreme wide-angle lens
13. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Standard shot pattern
Freeze frame
Tilt
Cut
14. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Toning
Eyeline match
Montage sequence
Script supervisor
15. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Base
Storyboard
Text
Medium long shot
16. A technique of leaving empty space around the subject in the frame - in order to covey openness and continuity of visible space and to imply offscreen space
Overexposure
Classical style
Animation
Loose framing
17. 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
Flashing
Masking
Composition in depth
Cut
18. Squeezes the image at a ratio of 2:1 horizontally onto a standard film frame. On the projector - it unsqueezes the image - creating a widescreen aspect ratio during presentation
Anamorphic lens
Digital cinema
Green screen
Star persona
19. Squeezes the image at a ratio of 2:1 horizontally onto a standard film frame. On the projector - it unsqueezes the image - creating a widescreen aspect ratio during presentation
Video assist
Anamorphic lens
Descriptive claim
Backstage musical
20. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Split screen
Scene
Post-production
Establishing shot
21. 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
Eyeline match
Close-up
Gauge
Forced development
22. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Crane shot
Digital set extension
Narrative
Typecasting
23. 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
Steadicam
Backstage musical
Color timing
Average shot length
24. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Protagonist
Shooting script
Flashforward
Zoom in...
25. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Lens
Plot summary
Matte painting
Two-shot
26. A flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Medium long shot
Normal lens
Fog filter
Base
27. A machine used to create optical effects such as fades - dissolves - and superimpositions. Most are now created digitally
Flashforward
Superimposition
Optical printer
Continuity editor
28. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Split screen
Director
Superimposition
Outsourcing
29. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Scratching
Canted angle
Three-act structure
Horizontal integration
30. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Best boy
Hybrid
Progressive scanning
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
31. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Brechtian distanciation
Backstory
Ethnographic film
Eyeline match
32. A shot taken from a vantage point so close that only a part of the subject is visible. On an actor - it might show only an eye or a portion of the face
Extreme close-up
Genre
Assistant Editor
Fog filter
33. 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
Morphing
Slow motion
Character actor
Block booking
34. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Post-production
Forced development
Trombone shot
Overhead shot
35. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Narrative
Storyboard
Neutral-density filter
Canted angle
36. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Canted angle
Recursive action
Color filter
Compilation film
37. A visual effect achieved through the use of photography and digital techniques that appears to stop time and allow the viewer to travel around the subject and view it from a multitude of vantage points
Take
Product placement
Shot
Frozen time moment
38. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Analog Video
Filter
Open-ended
Exposition
39. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Handheld shot
Digital compositing
Descriptive claim
Second unit
40. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Denouement
Outsourcing
Set-up
Offscreen space
41. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Continuity editing
Star persona
Line of action
Post-production
42. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Mockumentary
Revisionist
Cut
Telephoto lens
43. 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
German Expressionism
Shot
Video assist
Editor
44. An optical effect whereby the eye continues to register a visual stimulus in the brain for a brief period after that stimulus has been removed
Zoom lens
Persistence of vision
Genre conventions
Narrative sequencing
45. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Runaway production
Telecine
Running time
Soft light
46. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Overlapping dialogue
Animation
High-angle shot
Sound bridge
47. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Matte
Handheld shot
Overexposure
Continuity error
48. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Matte painting
Aperture
Aspect Ratio
Loose framing
49. 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
Offscreen space
Overexposure
Standard shot pattern
Soft light
50. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Overhead shot
Synthespian
Out-take
Line reading