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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 conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Cameo
Matte
180-degree rule
Closure
2. A property of older television monitors - where each frame was scanned as two fields: One consisting of all the odd numbered lines - the other all the even lines. If slowed down - the television image would appear to sweep down the screen one line at
Release prints
Wireframe
Interlaced scanning
Composition in depth
3. 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
Composition
Omniscient narration
Low-angle shot
Studio system
4. The classical model of narrative form. The first act introduces characters and conflicts; the second act offers complication leading to a climax; the third act contains the danouement and resolution
Letterboxing
Studio system
Third-person narration
Three-act structure
5. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Compositing
Set-up
Figure placement and movement
Focus puller
6. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Cinerama
Composition in depth
Editor
Intertextual reference
7. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Handheld shot
Genre conventions
Reverse shot
High-angle shot
8. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Mockumentary
Post-production
Newsreel
Wide film
9. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Narrative sequencing
Medium close-up
Pushing
Second unit
10. Invisible editing; a system devised to minimize the audience's awareness of shot transitions - especially cuts - in order to improve the flow of the story and avoid interrupting the viewer's immersion it in
Gauge
Soft light
First-person narration
Continuity editing
11. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Point-of-view shot
Fast
Polarizing filters
Canted angle
12. 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
Subtext
Sound bridge
Tracking shot
Revisionist
13. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Anime
Continuity editor
High-key lighting
Superimposition
14. 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
Composition
Telecine
Fabula
Pixel
15. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Auteur
Plot summary
Outsourcing
Revisionist
16. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Optical printer
Day for night
Ethnographic film
Restricted narration
17. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Telecine
High concept film
Eyeline match
Masking
18. A method for producing a widescreen image without special lenses or equipment - using standard film stock and blocking out the top and bottom of the frame to achieve an aspect ration of 1.85:1
Zoom lens
Out-take
Fade-out
Masking
19. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Parellel
Narrative
Desaturated
Medium close-up
20. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Orthochromatic
Composition in depth
Widescreen
Slow motion
21. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Continuity error
Chiaroscuro
Parellel editing
Closure
22. An alternative to classical and realist styles - formalism is a self-consciously interventionist approach that explores ideas - abstraction - and aesthetics rather than focusing on storytelling (as in classical films) or everyday life (as in realist
Rear projection
Deep focus cinematography
Formalist style
Overlapping dialogue
23. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Eyeline match
Storyboard
Day for night
Special visual effects
24. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Anime
Panchromatic
Revisionist
Vista Vision
25. The film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological
Apparatus Theory
Charge coupler device
Syuzhet
Motif
26. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Line reading
Master shot
Pixilation
Gauge
27. Thin - flexible material comprised of base and emulsion layers - onto which light rays are focused and which is processed in chemicals to produce film images
Slow
Film stock
Two-shot
Realist style
28. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Second unit
Establishing shot
Protagonist
Frozen time moment
29. 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
Exposure
Exposition
Masking
Superimposition
30. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Matte
Flashback
Reframing
Line reading
31. 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
Master positive
Prosthesis
Zoom lens
32. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Kuleshov effect
Open-ended
Lens
Evaluative claim
33. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Glass shot
Blaxploitation
Hollywood Blacklist
Superimposition
34. A technique of running the motion picture camera at a speed slower than projection speed (24 frames per second) - in order to produce at a fast motion sequence when projected at normal speed. The term derives from early film cameras - which were cran
Two-shot
Undercranking
Best boy
Extradiegetic
35. 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
Speed
Long shot
Star system
Overexposure
36. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Motif
High concept film
Omniscient narration
Split screen
37. A technique of overdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in the chemical bath longer than indicated) in order to increase density and contrast in the image
Hollywood Blacklist
Superimposition
Pushing
Assistant Editor
38. 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
Direct sound
Soundtrack
Exposure latitude
Deep focus cinematography
39. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Time-lapse photography
Diffusion filters
Intertextual reference
Restricted narration
40. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Overlapping dialogue
Denouement
Fast
Standard shot pattern
41. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Iris out
Go-motion
Sound bridge
Actualitas
42. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Pulling
Aperture
Character actor
Star filter
43. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Blaxploitation
Shooting script
Compositing
Desaturated
44. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Integrated musical
Flashback
Morphing
Go-motion
45. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Text
Parellel
Two-shot
30-degree rule
46. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Actualitas
Color consultant
Open-ended
Pan
47. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated
Neutral-density filter
Evaluative claim
Dissolve
Line reading
48. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Propaganda film
Frame narration
Reframing
Base
49. The measure of intensity or purity of a color. Saturated color is purer than desaturated color - which has more white in it and thus offers a washed-out - less intense version of a color
Saturation
Vertical integration
Editor
Blockbuster
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
Recursive action
Product placement
Episodic
Master shot