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Film Vocab
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1. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Lightning mix
Widescreen
Shutter
Superimposition
2. 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
Protagonist
Crab dolly
Outsourcing
Superimposition
3. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Closure
Toning
Day for night
Digital video
4. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Low-angle shot
Dailies
Blocking
Subtext
5. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Plot summary
Revisionist
Flashforward
Standard shot pattern
6. 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
Pushing
Underexposure
Trombone shot
Rack focus
7. 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
Matte painting
Soundtrack
Digital video
Pixel
8. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Two-shot
Parellel editing
Composition in depth
Telephoto lens
9. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Star persona
Two-shot
Handheld shot
Character actor
10. Assists the editor with various tasks - including taking footage to the lab - checking the condition of the negative - cataloguing footage - and supervising optical effects - often produced by an outside company
Zoom in...
Backstory
Assistant Editor
Figure placement and movement
11. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Masking
Exposure
Major studios
Emulsion
12. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Pixilation
Grain
Extra
Synthespian
13. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Zoom in...
Telephoto lens
Graphic match
Voice-over
14. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Montage sequence
Dailies
Second unit
Green screen
15. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Undercranking
Running time
Analog Video
Master shot
16. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Backstage musical
Trombone shot
Recursive action
Flashing
17. 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
Spec script
Screenplay
Interpellation
Saturation
18. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Director
ADR
Glass shot
Prosthesis
19. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
High-angle shot
Minor studios
Flashing
Formalist style
20. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Tilt
Freeze frame
Swish pan
Protagonist
21. A rule in continuity editing - which dictates that if a cut occurs while a character is in the midst of an action - the subsequent shot must begin so that audiences see the completion of that action
Jump cut
Match on action
Rack focus
Overexposure
22. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Motif
Eyeline match
Insert
Bleach bypass
23. The imagined world of the story
Diegesis
Flashing
Saturation
Master positive
24. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Storyboard
Reframing
Extra
Motivation
25. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Plot summary
Ethnographic film
Hard light
Script supervisor
26. A shot taken from a level camera located approximately 5' to 6' from the ground - simulating the perspective of a person standing before the action presented
Handheld shot
Eye-level shot
Cut
Deep focus cinematography
27. Sound recorded on a set - on location - or - for documentary film - at an actual real-world event - as opposed to dubbed in post-production through ADR or looping
Telephoto lens
Direct sound
Continuity editing
Typecasting
28. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Score
Focus puller
Ethnographic film
Jump cut
29. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Mixing
Saturation
Gauge
Slow
30. An optical effect whereby the human eye fills in gaps between closely spaced objects - so that two light bulbs flashing on and off are understood as one light moving back and forth
Phi phenomenon
Medium long shot
Evaluative claim
Promotion
31. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Plot summary
Extradiegetic
Color filter
Shutter
32. 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
Subtext
Establishing shot
Post-production
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
Matte
Medium close-up
Flashback
Extreme wide-angle lens
34. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested
Fabula
Omniscient narration
Flashing
High concept film
35. 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
Star filter
Crane shot
Rear projection
Fast
36. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Fabula
Backstage musical
Re-establishing shot
Shooting script
37. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Shooting script
Pre-production
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Eyeline match
38. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Graphic match
Zoom in...
Storyboard
Medium long shot
39. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Runaway production
Negative
Open-ended
Narrative
40. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Continuity editor
B-roll
Reframing
Fade-out
41. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Outsourcing
Tight framing
Intertextual reference
Rack focus
42. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Denouement
Toning
Actualitas
Zoom lens
43. A technique of underdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in a chemical batch a shorter amount of time than usual) in order to achieve the visual effect of reducing contrast
Newsreel
Aperture
Mixing
Pulling
44. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Cut
Phi phenomenon
Outsourcing
Reverse shot
45. 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
Match on action
Tight framing
Vista Vision
46. Also called 'full screen -' the technique of re-shooting a widescreen film in order to convert it to the original television aspect ration of 1.33 to 1. Rather than reproduce the original aspect ratio - as a letterboxed version does - a panned and sc
Toning
Prosthesis
Front projection
Panning and scanning
47. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Line of action
Propaganda film
Special visual effects
Negative
48. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Matte painting
Trombone shot
Cutaway
Rotoscope
49. A shot that makes the human subject very small in relation to his or her environment. The entire figure from head to toe is onscreen and dwarfed by the surroundings
Text
Extreme long-shot
Kuleshov effect
Spec script
50. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Realist style
Widescreen
Typecasting
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