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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 uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Extra
Tilt
High concept film
Interpellation
2. 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
Close-up
Editor
First-person narration
Denouement
3. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Minor studios
Color filter
Saturation
Re-establishing shot
4. 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
Point-of-view shot
Loose framing
Orthochromatic
Realist style
5. An agreement made between filmmakers and those who license the use of commercial products to feature those products in films - generally as props used by characters
Glass shot
Dolly
Overlapping dialogue
Product placement
6. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Shot
Omniscient narration
Exposition
Medium close-up
7. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Panchromatic
Closure
Protagonist
On-the-nose dialogue
8. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Filter
Canted angle
Block booking
Freeze frame
9. 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
Interlaced scanning
Point-of-view shot
Standard shot pattern
Dissolve
10. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Third-person narration
Sound bridge
Cinerama
Desaturated
11. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
High-key lighting
Two-shot
Long shot
Frame narration
12. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts
Continuity editing
Emulsion
Direct cinema
Toning
13. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Scene
Selective focus
Medium close-up
Time-lapse photography
14. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Pixel
Narrative
Backstage musical
Zoom in...
15. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Exposure latitude
Star system
Bleach bypass
Two-shot
16. A similarity established between two characters or situations that invites the audience to compare the two. It may involve visual - narrative - and/or sound elements
Subgenre
Optical printer
Parellel
Day for night
17. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Gaffer
Trombone shot
Continuity error
Cutaway
18. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Selective focus
Steadicam
Set-up
Deep focus cinematography
19. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Star persona
Set-up
Dolly
Vertical integration
20. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Cinerama
Split screen
Cut
Ethnographic film
21. A technique in which the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters. The camera points in the directions the character looks - simulating the character's field of vision
Special visual effects
Point-of-view shot
Saturation
Oeuvre
22. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Normal lens
Overlapping dialogue
Open-ended
Realist style
23. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Parellel editing
Exposure
Lens
Runaway production
24. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Formalist style
Backstory
Charge coupler device
Pulling
25. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Genre
Third-person narration
Evaluative claim
Realist style
26. 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
Newsreel
Trailer
Continuity editor
27. 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
Line reading
Telephoto lens
Visual effects
Forced perspective
28. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Interlaced scanning
Interpretive claim
Establishing shot
Color filter
29. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Star filter
Formalist style
Natural-key lighting
Hard light
30. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Fast motion
Gauge
Roadshowing
ADR
31. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Studio system
Formalist style
Omniscient narration
Hue
32. 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
Flashing
Diffusion filters
Bleach bypass
Handheld shot
33. The use of editing techniques - such as a fade or dissolve - to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another
Omniscient narration
Wireframe
Shot transition
Turning point
34. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Color consultant
Kuleshov effect
Undercranking
Time-lapse photography
35. A device worn by a camera operator that holds the motion picture camera - allowing it glide smoothly through spaces unreachable by camera mounted on a crane or other apparatus
Soviet montage
Steadicam
Direct sound
Product placement
36. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Soundtrack
Character actor
Tableau shot
Digital compositing
37. Optical illusions created during post-production
Diegesis
Visual effects
Exposure latitude
Long shot
38. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Shot/reverse shot
Wide film
Panning and scanning
Digital set extension
39. 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
Negative
Brechtian distanciation
Toning
40. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Desaturated
Masking
Chiaroscuro
Letterboxing
41. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Zoom lens
Star persona
Compilation film
Spec script
42. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Establishing shot
Panchromatic
Three-act structure
Line reading
43. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Medium close-up
Gaffer
Rear projection
Fog filter
44. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Natural-key lighting
Dailies
Tableau shot
Open-ended
45. 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
Soviet montage
Negative
Flashing
46. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Three-act structure
Runaway production
Wide film
Dye coupler
47. 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
Reverse shot
Point-of-view shot
Block booking
Three-point lighting
48. The average length in seconds of a series of shots - covering a portion of a film or an entire film; a measure of pace within a scene or in the film as a whole.
Average shot length
Spec script
Subtext
Direct cinema
49. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Undercranking
Cel
Dolly
Extreme close-up
50. 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
Low-angle shot
Eye-level shot
Three-act structure
Hard light