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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. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Fabula
Close-up
Turning point
Digital set extension
2. A picture element - a measure of image density. There are approximately 18 million pixels in a frame of 35mm film and 300000-400000 in a video image
Motif
Pixel
Jump cut
Panning and scanning
3. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Wireframe
Desaturated
Wireframe
Four-part structure
4. A shot taken from a vantage point so close that only a part of the subject is visible. On an actor - it might show only an eye or a portion of the face
Camera distance
Extreme close-up
Direct sound
Jump cut
5. A production term denoting a single uninterrupted series of frames exposed by a motion picture or video camera between the time it is turned on and the time it is turned off. Filmmakers shoot several takes of any scene and the film editor selects the
Average shot length
Wide-angle lens
Forced perspective
Take
6. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Exposure latitude
Fade-out
Zoom lens
Digital compositing
7. 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
Match on action
Three-act structure
Masking
Direct sound
8. The imagined world of the story
Digital set extension
Emulsion
Diegesis
Dailies
9. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Overexposure
Standard shot pattern
Auteur
Negative cutter
10. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Toning
Split screen
Steadicam
Natural-key lighting
11. The first print made from a film negative
Shooting script
Flashback
Master positive
Swish pan
12. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Character actor
Morphing
Syuzhet
Extradiegetic
13. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Protagonist
Three-point lighting
Episodic
Production values
14. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
Eyeline match
30-degree rule
Undercranking
Descriptive claim
15. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Open-ended
Persistence of vision
Tinting
Wide-angle lens
16. A sound editing technique that links several scenes through parallel and overlapping sounds. Each sound is associated with one scene - unlike a sound bridge - where a sound from one scene bleeds into that of another
Panchromatic
Jump cut
Crab dolly
Lightning mix
17. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Product placement
Narrative
Score
Undercranking
18. 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
Pan
Set-up
Omniscient narration
Wipe
19. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Storyboard
Backstage musical
Backstory
Gaffer
20. A term that refers to the organization of an industry wherein one type of corporation also owns corporations in allied industries - for example - film production and video games
Voice-over
Horizontal integration
Video assist
Master shot
21. A type of short film that blends elements of documentary and avant-garde film to document and often to celebrate the wonder of the modern city
Fast
Reverse shot
City symphony
Running time
22. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts
Product placement
Toning
Compositing
Composition in depth
23. 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
Propaganda film
Kuleshov effect
Matte
Omniscient narration
24. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Antagonist
Graphic match
Diegesis
Extreme long-shot
25. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Canted angle
Analog Video
Depth of field
Pre-production
26. Louis Althusser's term for the way in which a society creates its subjects/citizens through ideological (as opposed to repressive) state apparatuses - which include education - media - religion - and the family
Interpellation
Offscreen space
Genre
Release prints
27. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Open-ended
Slow motion
Denouement
Three-act structure
28. A shot taken from a vantage point so close that only a part of the subject is visible. On an actor - it might show only an eye or a portion of the face
Line of action
Extreme close-up
Go-motion
Standard shot pattern
29. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Overlapping dialogue
Crab dolly
Wipe
ADR
30. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Motivation
Soundtrack
Auteur
Best boy
31. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Mockumentary
Line reading
Star persona
Cut
32. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Hollywood Ten
Wide-angle lens
Dailies
Day for night
33. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Zoom lens
Digital video
Steadicam
Restricted narration
34. A non-standard narrative organization that assumes 'day in the life' quality rather than the highly structured three-act or four part narrative - and that features loose or indirect cause-effect relationships
Episodic
Iris in...
Eye-level shot
Negative cutter
35. A type of matte shot - created by positioning a pane of optically flawless glass with a painting on it between the camera and the scene to be photographed. This combines the painting on the glass with the set or location - seen through the glass - be
Glass shot
Dissolve
Crab dolly
Gauge
36. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Sound bridge
Depth of field
Second unit
B-roll
37. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Intertextual reference
Medium long shot
Shutter
Formalist style
38. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Wide film
Medium shot
Running time
Release prints
39. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Crane shot
Blockbuster
Slow
High-angle shot
40. 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
Video assist
Bleach bypass
Narrative
41. 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
Master shot
Video assist
Pushing
Persistence of vision
42. A cinematography technique that produces an image with many planes of depth in focus. It can be accomplished by using a small aperture - a large distance between camera and subject - and/or a lens of short focal length
Script supervisor
Deep focus cinematography
Character actor
Focus puller
43. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Extreme long-shot
Frozen time moment
Loose framing
Jump cut
44. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Tight framing
Compilation film
Medium long shot
Zoom lens
45. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Green screen
Hybrid
Charge coupler device
Intertextual reference
46. The use of editing techniques - such as a fade or dissolve - to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another
High concept film
Gaffer
Major studios
Shot transition
47. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Out-take
City symphony
Focal length
Four-part structure
48. A type of short film that blends elements of documentary and avant-garde film to document and often to celebrate the wonder of the modern city
Reframing
City symphony
Handheld shot
Shot
49. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Letterboxing
Running time
Rotoscope
Blockbuster
50. 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
Point-of-view shot
Direct sound
180-degree rule
Flashing