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Film Vocab
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1. 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
Superimposition
Digital cinema
Vista Vision
Focus puller
2. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Set-up
Character actor
Brechtian distanciation
Soundtrack
3. 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
Double exposure
Dolly
Masking
Panning and scanning
4. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Four-part structure
Best boy
Color timing
Line of action
5. A camera shot taken at a large distance from the subject. Using the human body as the subject - a long shot captures the entire human form
Scratching
Reverse shot
Compilation film
Long shot
6. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Front projection
Medium close-up
Four-part structure
Anime
7. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Special visual effects
Exposition
Offscreen space
Wipe
8. A standard shot pattern that dictates that a shot of one character will be followed by a shot of another character - taken from the reverse angle of the first shot
Overexposure
Gauge
Method acting
Shot/reverse shot
9. A technique used to join live action with pre-recorded background images. A projector is aimed at a half-silvered mirror that reflects the background - which the camera records as being located behind the actors
Negative cutter
Front projection
Digital video
Denouement
10. 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
Panning and scanning
Zoom lens
Flashforward
Horizontal integration
11. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Roadshowing
Dolly
Score
Runaway production
12. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Line reading
Analog Video
Superimposition
Extra
13. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Minor studios
Telecine
Crab dolly
Flashforward
14. A camera shot taken at a large distance from the subject. Using the human body as the subject - a long shot captures the entire human form
Long shot
Frozen time moment
Rack focus
Compositing
15. 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
Zoom in...
Figure placement and movement
Insert
Script supervisor
16. 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
Loose framing
On-the-nose dialogue
Hybrid
Zoom in...
17. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Rotoscope
Compositing
Compilation film
Time-lapse photography
18. Also called 'd-cinema.' Not to be confused with digital cinematography (shooting movies on digital video) - this term refers to using digital technologies for exhibition
Normal lens
Crab dolly
Digital cinema
Genre conventions
19. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Pulling
Pre-production
Diffusion filters
Hollywood Ten
20. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Line reading
Extradiegetic
Color filter
Overexposure
21. A shot taken by a camera that is held manually rather than supported by a tripod - crane or Steadicam. Generally - such shots are shaky - owing to the motion of the camera operator
Eyeline match
Subtext
Take
Handheld shot
22. A complete narrative unit within a film - with its own beginning - middle - and end. Often scenes are unified - and distinguished from one another - by time and setting
Scene
Match on action
Interpretive claim
Direct cinema
23. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
Color filter
On-the-nose dialogue
Loose framing
Composition
24. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Studio system
Horizontal integration
Star persona
Jump cut
25. Reels of film that are shipped to movie theaters for exhibition. Digital cinema - which can be distributed via satellite - broadband - or on media such as DVDs - may soon replace film prints because the latter are expensive to create - copy - and dis
Three-point lighting
Scratching
Release prints
Classical style
26. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Running time
Spec script
Neutral-density filter
Shutter
27. Lighting design that provides an even illumination of the subject - with many facial details washed out. High-key lighting tends to create a hopeful mood - in contrast to low-key lighting
Zoom out
High-key lighting
Pulling
Long take
28. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Go-motion
Insert
Composition
Camera distance
29. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Auteur
Tracking shot
Filter
Director
30. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Dailies
Time-lapse photography
Three-act structure
Cameo
31. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Loose framing
Synthespian
Compositing
Pixilation
32. 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
Progressive scanning
Crab dolly
Tracking shot
Widescreen
33. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Handheld shot
Spec script
Desaturated
Extreme long-shot
34. A business model adopted by the major studios during the Hollywood studio era - in which studios controlled all aspects of the film business - from production to distribution and exhibition
Vertical integration
Parellel editing
Episodic
Brechtian distanciation
35. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Video assist
Wide film
Pixel
Scratching
36. A lens with a focal length greater than 50 mm (usually between 80mm and 20mm) - which provides a larger image of the subject than a normal or wide-angle lens but which narrows the angle of vision and flattens the depth of the image relative to normal
Telephoto lens
Re-establishing shot
Ethnographic film
Tilt
37. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Continuity editing
180-degree rule
Negative cutter
Hue
38. The first print made from a film negative
Eyeline match
Master positive
Shot
Scene
39. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
Glass shot
Kuleshov effect
Telecine
First-person narration
40. 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
Zoom out
Undercranking
Mixing
Subtext
41. 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
Genre conventions
Lightning mix
Line reading
42. Light emitted from a larger source that is scattered over a bigger area or reflected off a surface before it strikes the subject. Soft light minimizes facial details - including wrinkles
Overhead shot
Soundtrack
Soft light
Re-establishing shot
43. 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
Flashforward
Saturation
Post-production
Wide film
44. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
First-person narration
Saturation
Slow motion
Insert
45. 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
Screenplay
Lens
Avant-garde film
Reverse shot
46. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Orthochromatic
Backstage musical
Selective focus
Horizontal integration
47. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Subtext
Wireframe
Color consultant
Handheld shot
48. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Progressive scanning
Star system
Aperture
Cel
49. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Episodic
Newsreel
Set-up
Auteur
50. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Iris in...
Hard light
Canted angle
Ethnographic film
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