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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. 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
Digital compositing
Denouement
Three-point lighting
180-degree rule
2. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Method acting
Eyeline match
Digital cinema
Flashing
3. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Narrative sequencing
Polarizing filters
Blockbuster
Flashback
4. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Mixing
Digital video
Matte
Syuzhet
5. The distance that appears in focus in front of and behind the subject. It is determined by the aperture - distance and focal length of lens
Depth of field
Fabula
Trombone shot
Camera distance
6. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Panchromatic
Underexposure
Masking
Reframing
7. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Travelling matte
Telephoto lens
Forced development
Ethnographic film
8. A film process that uses 35mm film stock but changes the orientation of the film so that the film moves through the camera horizontally instead of vertically. The larger image is of higher quality than standard 35mm processes
Long take
Vista Vision
Roadshowing
Letterboxing
9. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Cameo
Progressive scanning
Denouement
Establishing shot
10. 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
Long take
Swish pan
Rear projection
Anamorphic lens
11. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Vista Vision
Subgenre
Flashforward
Newsreel
12. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Iris in...
Hollywood Blacklist
Best boy
Tinting
13. A chemical coating on film stock containing light-sensitive grains
Emulsion
Canted angle
Extra
Figure placement and movement
14. 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
Rotoscope
Product placement
Genre
15. 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
Interpellation
Digital compositing
Shot
Morphing
16. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Out-take
Natural-key lighting
Filter
Interpellation
17. Light emitted from a relatively small source positioned close to the subject. It tends to be unflattering because it creates deep shadows and emphasizes surface imperfections
Hard light
Blue screen
Continuity error
Two-shot
18. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Set-up
Available light
Spec script
Saturation
19. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Composition
Composition in depth
Compilation film
Hue
20. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
B-roll
Overhead shot
Animation
City symphony
21. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Letterboxing
Telephoto lens
Star persona
Pan
22. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Aspect Ratio
Mockumentary
Shot
Foley artist
23. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Aerial Shot
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Focus puller
Average shot length
24. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Wide film
Cel
Revisionist
Mockumentary
25. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Gauge
Morphing
Interpellation
Typecasting
26. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Subtext
Dissolve
German Expressionism
Revisionist
27. 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
Loose framing
Runaway production
Close-up
Zoom lens
28. 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
Genre conventions
Normal lens
Direct sound
29. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Dailies
Fast
Intertextual reference
Animation
30. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Character actor
Tableau shot
Soft light
City symphony
31. 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
Low-angle shot
Rear projection
Zoom in...
Syuzhet
32. Drawing attention to the process of representation (including narrative and characterization) to break the theatrical illusion and elicit a distanced - intellectual response in the audience
Brechtian distanciation
Motif
Parellel editing
Composition in depth
33. 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)
Match on action
Color timing
Wireframe
Non-diegetic
34. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Protagonist
Go-motion
Best boy
Continuity editing
35. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Ethnographic film
Exposure latitude
Pan
Four-part structure
36. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Master shot
Lightning mix
Re-establishing shot
Flashing
37. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Production values
Cameo
Star filter
Extra
38. 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
Jump cut
Shot
Widescreen
Analog Video
39. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Loose framing
Swish pan
Overlapping dialogue
Promotion
40. An outlawed studio era practice - where studios forced exhibitors to book groups of films at once - thus ensuring a market for their failures along with their successes
Matte painting
Syuzhet
Block booking
Forced development
41. 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
Narrative
Post-production
Star system
Standard shot pattern
42. 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
Available light
Method acting
Evaluative claim
Persistence of vision
43. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Emulsion
Reframing
Fog filter
Neutral-density filter
44. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Match on action
Digital compositing
Optical printer
Eye-level shot
45. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Superimposition
Shooting script
Scene
Rear projection
46. 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
Digital compositing
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Loose framing
Go-motion
47. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Camera distance
Green screen
Set-up
Episodic
48. Lighting design where the key light is somewhat more intense than the fill light - so the fill does not eliminate every shadow. The effect is generally less cheerful than high-key lighting - but not as gloomy as low-key lighting
Focus puller
Subgenre
Natural-key lighting
Reframing
49. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Orthochromatic
Exposure
Subgenre
Screenplay
50. 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
Telephoto lens
Cinerama
Hollywood Ten
Masking