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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. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Composition
Extra
Avant-garde film
Flashforward
2. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Letterboxing
Saturation
Persistence of vision
Fog filter
3. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Exposure
Fast
Auteur
Runaway production
4. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Tilt
Wide film
Revisionist
Diffusion filters
5. A technique of moving a zoom lens from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position - which results in a magnification of the subject within the frame - and keeps the subject in focus
Panchromatic
Zoom in...
Forced development
Minor studios
6. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Pre-production
Desaturated
Reverse shot
Split screen
7. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Genre conventions
Panning and scanning
Steadicam
Widescreen
8. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Compositing
Tableau shot
Optical printer
Panchromatic
9. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
Brechtian distanciation
Third-person narration
180-degree rule
Method acting
10. 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
Jump cut
Phi phenomenon
Sound bridge
Out-take
11. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Handheld shot
Out-take
Wireframe
Motif
12. 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
180-degree rule
Panchromatic
Three-point lighting
Extreme close-up
13. 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
Panning and scanning
Forced development
Overhead shot
Animation
14. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Point-of-view shot
Focus puller
Intertextual reference
Denouement
15. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Hybrid
Composition in depth
Shutter
Blue screen
16. Then Hollywood writers and directors cited for Contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities' attempts to root out Communists in the film industry
Hollywood Ten
Four-part structure
Soft light
Soundtrack
17. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Toning
Subtext
Point-of-view shot
Turning point
18. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Mixing
Slow
Avant-garde film
Subgenre
19. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Bleach bypass
Composition in depth
Realist style
Narrative sequencing
20. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Flashback
Available light
Backstage musical
Forced development
21. A method for producing a widescreen image without special lenses or equipment - using standard film stock and blocking out the top and bottom of the frame to achieve an aspect ration of 1.85:1
Pixel
Continuity editing
Analog Video
Masking
22. Any lens with a focal length approximately equal to the diagonal of the frame. For 35mm filmmaking - a 35-50 mm lens does not distort the angle of vision or depth
Normal lens
Standard shot pattern
Plot summary
Tight framing
23. A flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Base
Typecasting
Realist style
Runaway production
24. 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
Progressive scanning
Pushing
Iris in...
Toning
25. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
30-degree rule
Polarizing filters
Analog Video
Protagonist
26. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Dailies
Parellel
Aspect Ratio
Compositing
27. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Master positive
Pre-production
Shot
Mixing
28. Optical illusions created during post-production
Omniscient narration
Extreme wide-angle lens
Go-motion
Visual effects
29. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Parellel editing
Video assist
Soundtrack
ADR
30. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Pushing
Studio system
Tight framing
Slow motion
31. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Dolly
Long take
Dissolve
Depth of field
32. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Low-key lighting
Blue screen
Blockbuster
Shot
33. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Morphing
Block booking
Pixilation
Compositing
34. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Anamorphic lens
Normal lens
Text
Jump cut
35. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Handheld shot
Genre conventions
Propaganda film
Neutral-density filter
36. 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
Hollywood Ten
Major studios
Promotion
Wide film
37. A method for producing a widescreen image without special lenses or equipment - using standard film stock and blocking out the top and bottom of the frame to achieve an aspect ration of 1.85:1
Tilt
Exposure
Masking
Establishing shot
38. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Crane shot
Hard light
Four-part structure
First-person narration
39. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Focal length
Cinerama
Zoom in...
Tracking shot
40. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Line reading
Protagonist
Hard light
Third-person narration
41. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Soundtrack
Extra
Persistence of vision
Graphic match
42. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Set-up
Extradiegetic
Overlapping dialogue
Kuleshov effect
43. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Glass shot
Shot
Intertextual reference
Dailies
44. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Underexposure
Zoom out
Plot summary
Bleach bypass
45. A chemical coating on film stock containing light-sensitive grains
Tableau shot
Visual effects
Cel
Emulsion
46. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Zoom in...
Negative cutter
Turning point
Overexposure
47. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Fog filter
Interlaced scanning
Descriptive claim
Anamorphic lens
48. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
High concept film
Cutaway
Narrative
Shot
49. A camera shot taken at a large distance from the subject. Using the human body as the subject - a long shot captures the entire human form
Long shot
Filter
Loose framing
Progressive scanning
50. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Voice-over
Cut
Subtext
City symphony