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Film Vocab
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1. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
ADR
Flashback
Exposition
Diffusion filters
2. A technique of moving from the telephoto position to the wide-angle position of a zoom lens - which results in the subject appearing to become smaller within the frame - while remaining in focus
Shot/reverse shot
Analog Video
Zoom out
Tracking shot
3. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Aerial Shot
Split screen
Trailer
Horizontal integration
4. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Composition in depth
Digital video
Anime
High-angle shot
5. 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
Dye coupler
Soft light
High concept film
Soviet montage
6. 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
Digital cinema
Episodic
Hard light
Saturation
7. 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
Extreme wide-angle lens
Motivation
Mockumentary
High concept film
8. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Overhead shot
Extreme close-up
Blue screen
9. 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
Gaffer
Speed
Underexposure
10. A measure of the visual and sound quality of a film. Low-budget films tend to have lower production values because they lack the resources to devote to expensive pre- and post-production activities
Genre
ADR
Lens
Production values
11. 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
Mockumentary
Telecine
Panchromatic
Vertical integration
12. 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
Product placement
Wide film
Parellel editing
Digital cinema
13. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Normal lens
Blaxploitation
Zoom out
Backstory
14. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Scene
Reframing
Point-of-view shot
Ethnographic film
15. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Widescreen
Flashback
Lightning mix
Aperture
16. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Analog Video
Restricted narration
High concept film
Tight framing
17. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Director
Out-take
Compilation film
Plot summary
18. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Director
Video assist
Major studios
Reframing
19. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
Forced development
Extreme close-up
B-roll
Star system
20. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images
Pixel
Rotoscope
Orthochromatic
Interpretive claim
21. A crew member who works in post-production in a specially equipped studio to create the sounds of the story world - such as the shuffling of shoes on various surfaces for footsteps
Montage sequence
30-degree rule
Low-key lighting
Foley artist
22. 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
Figure placement and movement
Point-of-view shot
Blue screen
Parellel
23. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Master shot
Base
Scratching
Trailer
24. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Hybrid
Available light
Direct sound
Closure
25. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Closure
Set-up
Antagonist
Recursive action
26. Any narrative - visual - or sound element that is repeated and thereby acquires and reflects its significance to the story - characters - or themes of the film.
Match on action
Pulling
Motif
Composition
27. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Trombone shot
Descriptive claim
Blocking
Spec script
28. The imagined world of the story
Diegesis
Syuzhet
Release prints
Fade-out
29. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Oeuvre
Script supervisor
Bleach bypass
Blockbuster
30. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Parellel
Morphing
Motivation
Extra
31. 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
Subgenre
Panchromatic
Base
Slow motion
32. A flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Base
First-person narration
Charge coupler device
Shutter
33. 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
Dailies
Rotoscope
Low-angle shot
Front projection
34. A type of filter that absorbs certain wavelength but leave others unaffected. On black and white film - color filters lighten or darken tones. On color film - they can produce a range of effects
Interpretive claim
Promotion
Low-key lighting
Color filter
35. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Protagonist
Minor studios
Compilation film
Tinting
36. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Dye coupler
Two-shot
Deep focus cinematography
Cutaway
37. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Gaffer
Selective focus
Travelling matte
Prosthesis
38. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Synthespian
Voice-over
Extreme long-shot
Eye-level shot
39. 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
Genre
Overhead shot
Shot/reverse shot
Master shot
40. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Fast
Hybrid
Subtext
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
41. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Storyboard
Crane shot
Character actor
Masking
42. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
B-roll
Ethnographic film
Continuity editor
Extreme long-shot
43. 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
Hue
High concept film
Shot
Rear projection
44. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Fast
Revisionist
Four-part structure
Dailies
45. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Fast motion
Negative cutter
Product placement
Continuity editing
46. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Close-up
Undercranking
Long shot
Panchromatic
47. The distance in millimeters from the optical center of a lens to the lane where the sharpest image is formed while focusing on a distant object
Offscreen space
Focal length
Blue screen
Interlaced scanning
48. 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
Dye coupler
Medium close-up
Hue
Vista Vision
49. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Line reading
Underexposure
Montage sequence
Narrative sequencing
50. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Glass shot
Foley artist
Negative cutter
Screenplay