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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 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
Overexposure
Point-of-view shot
Double exposure
Mockumentary
2. 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
Filter
Zoom lens
Soviet montage
Front projection
3. 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
Morphing
Phi phenomenon
Realist style
Jump cut
4. An alternative to classical and realist styles - formalism is a self-consciously interventionist approach that explores ideas - abstraction - and aesthetics rather than focusing on storytelling (as in classical films) or everyday life (as in realist
Interlaced scanning
Standard shot pattern
Realist style
Formalist style
5. A shot transition where shot A slowly disappears as the screen becomes black before shot B appears. A fade-in is the reverse of this process
Genre conventions
Fade-out
Chiaroscuro
Storyboard
6. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Crane shot
Shot transition
Outsourcing
Pre-production
7. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Fog filter
Match on action
Script supervisor
Diffusion filters
8. Squeezes the image at a ratio of 2:1 horizontally onto a standard film frame. On the projector - it unsqueezes the image - creating a widescreen aspect ratio during presentation
Anamorphic lens
Special visual effects
Glass shot
B-roll
9. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Hue
Chiaroscuro
Extradiegetic
Fog filter
10. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Slow motion
Anamorphic lens
Low-key lighting
Pan
11. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Orthochromatic
Major studios
Mixing
Integrated musical
12. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Exposition
Omniscient narration
Aperture
Anime
13. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Color filter
Running time
Three-act structure
Color filter
14. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Animation
Motivation
Canted angle
Second unit
15. A single take that contains an entire scene
Pulling
Eyeline match
Three-act structure
Master shot
16. The distance that appears in focus in front of and behind the subject. It is determined by the aperture - distance and focal length of lens
Depth of field
Video assist
Digital cinema
Desaturated
17. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Minor studios
Line reading
Second unit
Apparatus Theory
18. Sound recorded on a set - on location - or - for documentary film - at an actual real-world event - as opposed to dubbed in post-production through ADR or looping
Auteur
Dissolve
Direct sound
Parellel editing
19. 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
Slow motion
180-degree rule
Restricted narration
Running time
20. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Flashforward
Exposition
Wireframe
Syuzhet
21. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Wide film
Newsreel
Ethnographic film
Realist style
22. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Superimposition
Compositing
Charge coupler device
Soviet montage
23. Materials intentionally released by studios to attract public attention to films and their stars. Promotion differs from publicity - which is information that is not (or does not appear to be) intentionally disseminated by studios
Auteur
Screenplay
Standard shot pattern
Promotion
24. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Continuity editing
Fast
Aperture
Iris out
25. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Cel
Visual effects
Crane shot
Toning
26. A style associated with Hollywood filmmaking of the studio and post-studio era - in which efficient storytelling - rather than gritty realism or aesthetic innovation - is of paramount importance
Matte
Figure placement and movement
Classical style
Zoom lens
27. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Chiaroscuro
Bleach bypass
Swish pan
Blaxploitation
28. A visual effect achieved through the use of photography and digital techniques that appears to stop time and allow the viewer to travel around the subject and view it from a multitude of vantage points
Frozen time moment
Wide film
Eye-level shot
Scene
29. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Evaluative claim
Animation
Omniscient narration
Descriptive claim
30. Materials intentionally released by studios to attract public attention to films and their stars. Promotion differs from publicity - which is information that is not (or does not appear to be) intentionally disseminated by studios
Extreme close-up
Promotion
Hard light
Iris in...
31. A lens with a shorter focal length than a normal or telephoto lens (usually between 15-35mm). The subject appears smaller as a result - but the angle of vision is wider and an illusion is created of greater depth in the frame
Take
Letterboxing
Wide-angle lens
Narrative
32. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Extra
Tracking shot
Score
Slow
33. 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
Production values
Panchromatic
Cameo
34. 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
Vista Vision
Release prints
Character actor
Depth of field
35. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Best boy
Third-person narration
Direct cinema
Selective focus
36. 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
Visual effects
Master positive
Shot/reverse shot
Medium long shot
37. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Wireframe
Out-take
Backstory
Antagonist
38. An effect created when more light is required to produce an image strakes the film stock - so that the resulting image exhibits high contrast - glaring light - and washed out shadows. This effect ma or may not be intentional on the filmmaker's part
Soundtrack
Available light
Actualitas
Overexposure
39. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Soft light
Film stock
Telecine
Foley artist
40. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Video assist
Syuzhet
Persistence of vision
Star persona
41. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Masking
Blue screen
Iris in...
Assistant Editor
42. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Vista Vision
Filter
Dolly
Actualitas
43. Squeezes the image at a ratio of 2:1 horizontally onto a standard film frame. On the projector - it unsqueezes the image - creating a widescreen aspect ratio during presentation
Flashforward
Flashing
Anamorphic lens
Assistant Editor
44. The first step in the process of creating CGI. The wireframe is a three-dimensional computer model of an object - which is then rendered (producing the finished image) and animated (using simulated camera movement frame by frame)
Exposure
Master positive
Long shot
Wireframe
45. 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
Matte
Front projection
Soundtrack
Extra
46. The person in charge of planning the style and look of the film with the production designer and director of photography - working with actors during principal photography - and collaborating with the editor on the final version
Classical style
Realist style
Frozen time moment
Director
47. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Auteur
Telecine
Morphing
Outsourcing
48. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Score
Digital set extension
Wide-angle lens
Medium long shot
49. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Swish pan
Wide-angle lens
Ethnographic film
Interpretive claim
50. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Star system
Optical printer
Freeze frame
Extreme long-shot