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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. A film style that - in contrast to the classical and formalist styles - focuses characters - place - and the spontaneity and digressiveness of life - rather than on highly structured stories or aesthetic abstraction
Extra
Realist style
Roadshowing
Insert
2. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated
Wide-angle lens
Evaluative claim
Scratching
Normal lens
3. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Academy Ratio
Protagonist
Scratching
Major studios
4. 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
Pulling
Oeuvre
Continuity editor
Undercranking
5. A change of focus from one plane of depth to another. As the in-focus subject goes out of focus - another object - which has been blurry - comes into focus in either the background or the foreground
Forced perspective
Rack focus
Subgenre
Auteur
6. 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
Mockumentary
Zoom in...
Method acting
Slow motion
7. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Color timing
Third-person narration
Interlaced scanning
Two-shot
8. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Fast
Fog filter
Editor
Film stock
9. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Dolly
Compilation film
Gauge
10. Prefogging; a cinematographic technique that exposes raw film stock to light before - during - or after shooting - resulting in an image with reduced contrast. This effect can also be created using digital post-production techniques
Flashing
Letterboxing
Zoom in...
Handheld shot
11. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Motif
Analog Video
Dissolve
Underexposure
12. A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so that they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background - which creates the illusion of depth
Forced perspective
Double exposure
Vertical integration
Slow
13. A technique of exposing film frames - then rewinding the film and exposing it again - which results in an image that combines two shots in a single frame
Trombone shot
Hue
Digital set extension
Double exposure
14. 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
Telecine
Brechtian distanciation
Spec script
Phi phenomenon
15. 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
Extreme wide-angle lens
Continuity editor
Lightning mix
Panning and scanning
16. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Non-diegetic
Gaffer
Swish pan
Classical style
17. 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
Motivation
Chiaroscuro
Extreme wide-angle lens
Hybrid
18. 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
Soundtrack
Script supervisor
Negative
Bleach bypass
19. 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
Product placement
Subtext
Exposure latitude
Color consultant
20. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Lightning mix
Text
Omniscient narration
Continuity editor
21. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Rack focus
Protagonist
Average shot length
Screenplay
22. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Lens
Analog Video
Frame narration
Go-motion
23. 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
Zoom in...
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Zoom out
Backstory
24. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Zoom out
Studio system
Turning point
Flashforward
25. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Establishing shot
Cut
Available light
Telecine
26. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated
Glass shot
Loose framing
Evaluative claim
Turning point
27. 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
Runaway production
Extradiegetic
Available light
Pixel
28. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Newsreel
Color timing
Analog Video
High-key lighting
29. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Superimposition
Cel
Evaluative claim
Extreme close-up
30. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Matte
Forced perspective
Promotion
Dye coupler
31. 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
Rear projection
Mockumentary
Prosthesis
Hard light
32. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Composition
Digital compositing
Crab dolly
Standard shot pattern
33. 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
Fog filter
Line of action
Deep focus cinematography
Restricted narration
34. 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
Eye-level shot
Anamorphic lens
Wireframe
Telephoto lens
35. Invisible editing; a system devised to minimize the audience's awareness of shot transitions - especially cuts - in order to improve the flow of the story and avoid interrupting the viewer's immersion it in
Digital set extension
Dailies
Wide film
Continuity editing
36. 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
Antagonist
Film stock
Star system
37. An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different. The program calculates the way the image must change in order for the first image to
Morphing
High concept film
Genre conventions
Neutral-density filter
38. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Shot transition
Wide film
Blockbuster
Forced perspective
39. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Orthochromatic
Aperture
Parellel editing
Subtext
40. The film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological
Apparatus Theory
Forced perspective
Omniscient narration
Tableau shot
41. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Cutaway
Shot transition
Episodic
Reframing
42. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Camera distance
Star filter
Protagonist
Out-take
43. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Studio system
Voice-over
Zoom lens
Rear projection
44. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Pixilation
Anime
Composition in depth
Glass shot
45. 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
German Expressionism
Pushing
Re-establishing shot
Narrative
46. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Character actor
Shutter
Film stock
Fast motion
47. 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
City symphony
Jump cut
Extreme close-up
Second unit
48. Optical illusions created during post-production
Visual effects
Script supervisor
Focus puller
Extreme close-up
49. 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
Rear projection
Text
Freeze frame
Set-up
50. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Persistence of vision
Compositing
Special visual effects
Subtext