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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. 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
Second unit
Product placement
Master shot
Canted angle
2. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Antagonist
Flashforward
Recursive action
Compilation film
3. The distance in millimeters from the optical center of a lens to the lane where the sharpest image is formed while focusing on a distant object
Out-take
Major studios
Focal length
Establishing shot
4. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
Third-person narration
Post-production
180-degree rule
Pan
5. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Apparatus Theory
Hollywood Blacklist
Set-up
Mockumentary
6. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Plot summary
Pan
Cutaway
Ethnographic film
7. A machine used to create optical effects such as fades - dissolves - and superimpositions. Most are now created digitally
Composition in depth
Optical printer
Tight framing
Undercranking
8. The aspect ratio of 1.33:1 - standardized by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences until the development of widescreen formats in the 1950s
Gaffer
Narrative sequencing
Soundtrack
Academy Ratio
9. A system for combining two separately filmed images in the same frame that involves create a matte (a black mask that covers a portion of the image) for a live action sequence and using it to block out a portion of the frame when filming the backgrou
Fast
Antagonist
On-the-nose dialogue
Travelling matte
10. 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
Iris in...
Star filter
Eye-level shot
11. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Negative cutter
Pixel
Montage sequence
Handheld shot
12. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Chiaroscuro
Pushing
Matte painting
Lightning mix
13. A technique of underdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in a chemical batch a shorter amount of time than usual) in order to achieve the visual effect of reducing contrast
Pulling
Genre
Prosthesis
On-the-nose dialogue
14. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Tilt
Lightning mix
Vertical integration
Two-shot
15. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Steadicam
Day for night
Pixilation
Negative cutter
16. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Anime
Crab dolly
Exposition
German Expressionism
17. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image
High-angle shot
Telephoto lens
Master shot
Diffusion filters
18. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time
Crane shot
Gauge
Tinting
Episodic
19. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Prosthesis
Long take
Hard light
Overlapping dialogue
20. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Time-lapse photography
Iris out
Sound bridge
Swish pan
21. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Third-person narration
Studio system
Eyeline match
Brechtian distanciation
22. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Flashback
Shooting script
Special visual effects
Continuity error
23. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Re-establishing shot
Oeuvre
Glass shot
Star filter
24. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Spec script
Two-shot
Iris in...
Eye-level shot
25. 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
Take
Visual effects
Bleach bypass
26. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Production values
ADR
Genre conventions
Pre-production
27. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Studio system
Interpellation
Cinerama
Interpretive claim
28. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Desaturated
Star persona
Exposure
Swish pan
29. 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
Motif
Propaganda film
Vista Vision
Vertical integration
30. 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
Normal lens
Extreme wide-angle lens
Exposition
Pixel
31. 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
Natural-key lighting
Major studios
Saturation
Restricted narration
32. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Line of action
Diffusion filters
Negative cutter
Chiaroscuro
33. Drawing attention to the process of representation (including narrative and characterization) to break the theatrical illusion and elicit a distanced - intellectual response in the audience
Brechtian distanciation
Take
Crane shot
Handheld shot
34. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Hue
Third-person narration
Pre-production
Split screen
35. A complete narrative unit within a film - with its own beginning - middle - and end. Often scenes are unified - and distinguished from one another - by time and setting
Scene
Soviet montage
Omniscient narration
Motivation
36. 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
Undercranking
Extreme close-up
Roadshowing
Orthochromatic
37. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Vertical integration
Antagonist
Scratching
Focus puller
38. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Analog Video
Extradiegetic
Continuity editor
Offscreen space
39. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Star persona
Frozen time moment
Intertextual reference
Descriptive claim
40. A crew member who works in post-production in a specially equipped studio to create the sounds of the story world - such as the shuffling of shoes on various surfaces for footsteps
Typecasting
Foley artist
Travelling matte
Wipe
41. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Production values
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Exposure
ADR
42. An effect created when too little light strikes the film during shooting. As a result the image will contain dark areas that appear very dense and dark (including shadows) and the overall contrast will be less than with a properly exposed image
Natural-key lighting
Underexposure
Montage sequence
Cut
43. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Iris out
Hue
Frozen time moment
44. 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
Digital set extension
Take
Crane shot
Dolly
45. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Green screen
Glass shot
Montage sequence
High concept film
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
Shooting script
Superimposition
Director
Average shot length
47. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Integrated musical
Non-diegetic
Speed
Overhead shot
48. The classical model of narrative form. The first act introduces characters and conflicts; the second act offers complication leading to a climax; the third act contains the danouement and resolution
Out-take
Three-act structure
Character actor
Integrated musical
49. 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
Composition in depth
Telecine
Color timing
50. 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
Jump cut
Panning and scanning
Line of action
Match on action