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Film Vocab
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1. 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
Protagonist
Shot/reverse shot
Pixilation
Hard light
2. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Digital set extension
Vertical integration
Selective focus
Mixing
3. 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
Block booking
Integrated musical
Product placement
Continuity error
4. 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
Direct cinema
Iris out
Tracking shot
Gaffer
5. 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
Green screen
Blue screen
Animation
Grain
6. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Camera distance
Dissolve
Recursive action
Filter
7. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Syuzhet
Tracking shot
Tableau shot
Set-up
8. 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
Undercranking
Green screen
Aperture
Outsourcing
9. The technique of telling the story from an all-knowing character. Films that use restricted narration limit the audience's perception to what one particular character knows - but may insert moments of omniscience
Exposure
Omniscient narration
Screenplay
Rack focus
10. 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
Direct sound
Aperture
Actualitas
Slow motion
11. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Tableau shot
Slow
Progressive scanning
Running time
12. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Double exposure
Character actor
Extradiegetic
Analog Video
13. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Animation
Focus puller
Blue screen
Anime
14. 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
Average shot length
Undercranking
Pixilation
Flashforward
15. 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
Zoom in...
Open-ended
Director
Split screen
16. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Tight framing
Intertextual reference
Dailies
High-key lighting
17. 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
Overhead shot
Integrated musical
Vista Vision
Block booking
18. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Aspect Ratio
Progressive scanning
Brechtian distanciation
Rotoscope
19. A technique of cutting back and forth between action occurring in two different locations - which often creates the illusion that they are happening simultaneously. Also called 'cross cutting.'
Fade-out
Parellel editing
Overexposure
Underexposure
20. 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
Sound bridge
Natural-key lighting
Animation
Shutter
21. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Realist style
Desaturated
Backstage musical
Revisionist
22. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Overlapping dialogue
Natural-key lighting
Trombone shot
Assistant Editor
23. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Production values
Digital set extension
Subtext
Reframing
24. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Character actor
Anime
Third-person narration
Apparatus Theory
25. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Blue screen
Ethnographic film
Take
Iris out
26. 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
Long take
Standard shot pattern
Typecasting
Offscreen space
27. 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
Dolly
Extreme close-up
Frozen time moment
Script supervisor
28. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Soundtrack
Glass shot
Reverse shot
Composition
29. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Filter
Editor
Persistence of vision
Digital compositing
30. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Newsreel
Double exposure
Out-take
Trailer
31. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Hybrid
Cel
Closure
Tight framing
32. The written blueprint for a film - composed of three elements: dialogue - sluglines (setting the place and time of each scene) - and description. Feature-length screenplays typically run 90-130 pages
Minor studios
Gaffer
Screenplay
Speed
33. An effect created when more light is required to produce an image strakes the film stock - so that the resulting image exhibits high contrast - glaring light - and washed out shadows. This effect ma or may not be intentional on the filmmaker's part
Wipe
Overexposure
Score
ADR
34. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Narrative
Post-production
Extradiegetic
Reframing
35. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Turning point
Wide film
Zoom lens
Anime
36. The written blueprint for a film - composed of three elements: dialogue - sluglines (setting the place and time of each scene) - and description. Feature-length screenplays typically run 90-130 pages
Overlapping dialogue
Medium long shot
Screenplay
Flashback
37. 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
180-degree rule
Studio system
Compositing
Swish pan
38. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Tilt
Best boy
Third-person narration
Protagonist
39. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Panchromatic
Eye-level shot
Prosthesis
Cameo
40. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Running time
Product placement
Negative cutter
Zoom lens
41. A lens with a shorter focal length than a normal or telephoto lens (usually between 15-35mm). The subject appears smaller as a result - but the angle of vision is wider and an illusion is created of greater depth in the frame
Low-key lighting
Available light
Wide-angle lens
Blocking
42. 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
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Syuzhet
Telephoto lens
Academy Ratio
43. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Offscreen space
Blockbuster
Extradiegetic
Interpretive claim
44. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Neutral-density filter
Phi phenomenon
Split screen
Soviet montage
45. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Scene
Extradiegetic
Set-up
Frame narration
46. Prefogging; a cinematographic technique that exposes raw film stock to light before - during - or after shooting - resulting in an image with reduced contrast. This effect can also be created using digital post-production techniques
Flashing
Digital cinema
Lens
High-angle shot
47. 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
Available light
Brechtian distanciation
Panchromatic
Pre-production
48. A narrative approach that limits the audience's view of events to that of the main character(s) in the film. Occasional moments of omniscient narration may give viewers more information than the character shave at specific points in the narrative
Character actor
Subgenre
Restricted narration
Front projection
49. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Diffusion filters
Best boy
Major studios
50. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Vertical integration
Mixing
Second unit
Selective focus
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