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Film Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
Character actor
Glass shot
Forced perspective
Composition in depth
2. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Evaluative claim
Aspect Ratio
Medium long shot
Crane shot
3. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Medium long shot
Minor studios
Match on action
Graphic match
4. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Phi phenomenon
Digital video
Montage sequence
Tableau shot
5. A technique of leaving empty space around the subject in the frame - in order to covey openness and continuity of visible space and to imply offscreen space
Loose framing
Star persona
Tinting
Blocking
6. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Aspect Ratio
Mockumentary
Lens
Out-take
7. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Integrated musical
Crab dolly
Descriptive claim
Pan
8. 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
Pixilation
Pixel
Omniscient narration
Wipe
9. Optical illusions created during post-production
Extreme long-shot
Running time
Visual effects
Crab dolly
10. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Direct sound
Dissolve
Fog filter
11. 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
Star system
Grain
Rear projection
Forced development
12. 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
Medium long shot
Promotion
Horizontal integration
Frame narration
13. 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
Long take
Promotion
Progressive scanning
Anamorphic lens
14. 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
High concept film
Hue
Medium close-up
Glass shot
15. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Subtext
Match on action
Fast
German Expressionism
16. 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
Non-diegetic
Low-key lighting
Assistant Editor
Normal lens
17. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Time-lapse photography
Bleach bypass
Subgenre
Roadshowing
18. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Lightning mix
Charge coupler device
Hue
Low-key lighting
19. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Long shot
Toning
Gaffer
Fog filter
20. A technique of moving the camera - on a specially built track. Such shots often trace character movement laterally across the frame or in and out of the depth of the frame
Steadicam
Pulling
Tracking shot
Eyeline match
21. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Pre-production
Crane shot
Film stock
Morphing
22. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Star persona
Dissolve
Continuity error
Release prints
23. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Pixel
Matte
Orthochromatic
Synthespian
24. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Flashing
Turning point
German Expressionism
Classical style
25. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Shutter
Diffusion filters
Realist style
Antagonist
26. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
German Expressionism
Offscreen space
Subgenre
Release prints
27. A chemical coating on film stock containing light-sensitive grains
Emulsion
Editor
Three-act structure
Cel
28. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Set-up
Normal lens
Third-person narration
Pan
29. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Medium shot
Dye coupler
Direct sound
Narrative sequencing
30. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Gauge
Typecasting
Score
Take
31. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Episodic
Swish pan
Roadshowing
Star system
32. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Go-motion
Vertical integration
Extreme close-up
Vertical integration
33. 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
Glass shot
Telephoto lens
Long shot
Interlaced scanning
34. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Iris in...
Slow motion
Insert
Revisionist
35. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Backstory
Emulsion
Wireframe
Mockumentary
36. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Non-diegetic
Avant-garde film
Cameo
Synthespian
37. Optical illusions created during post-production
Emulsion
Visual effects
Genre
Selective focus
38. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Color filter
Blaxploitation
Horizontal integration
Cel
39. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Shot
Animation
Tight framing
Genre
40. 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
Fabula
Classical style
Digital cinema
Two-shot
41. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Rear projection
Normal lens
Soviet montage
Overhead shot
42. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Best boy
Zoom in...
Fog filter
Pixel
43. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Syuzhet
Oeuvre
Go-motion
Go-motion
44. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Montage sequence
Outsourcing
Reframing
Phi phenomenon
45. A narrative approach that limits the audience's view of events to that of the main character(s) in the film. Occasional moments of omniscient narration may give viewers more information than the character shave at specific points in the narrative
Overlapping dialogue
Camera distance
Restricted narration
Visual effects
46. An attribute of newer television monitors - where each frame is scanned by the electron beam as a single field. If slowed down - each frame would appear on the monitor in its entirety on the screen - rather than line by line - as is the case with int
Parellel editing
Roadshowing
Extreme close-up
Progressive scanning
47. 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
Insert
Filter
Extreme close-up
City symphony
48. Standard shot pattern: A sequence of shots designed to maintain spatial continuity. Scene begin with an establishing shot - then move to a series of individual shots depicting characters and action - before reestablishing shots re-orient viewers to t
Runaway production
Average shot length
Speed
Standard shot pattern
49. Exposed and developed film stock from which the master positive is struck. If projected - the negative would produce a reverse of the image - with dark areas appearing white and vice versa or - if color film - areas of color appearing as their comple
Continuity error
Tilt
Negative
Intertextual reference
50. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Second unit
Letterboxing
Negative cutter
Product placement