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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 flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Fast
Depth of field
Base
City symphony
2. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Rack focus
Emulsion
Aspect Ratio
B-roll
3. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Scene
Fog filter
Hollywood Ten
Blaxploitation
4. 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
Director
Toning
Narrative
Digital video
5. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Genre conventions
Continuity editing
Film stock
Aerial Shot
6. A rule in continuity editing - which dictates that if a cut occurs while a character is in the midst of an action - the subsequent shot must begin so that audiences see the completion of that action
Wide-angle lens
Match on action
Pushing
Tight framing
7. 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
Direct sound
Compositing
Hard light
Base
8. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Denouement
Star persona
Episodic
Focus puller
9. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
30-degree rule
Blockbuster
Fast motion
Dye coupler
10. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Ethnographic film
Blaxploitation
Lightning mix
Film stock
11. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Hollywood Blacklist
Narrative
Rear projection
Gauge
12. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Running time
Composition in depth
Extreme long-shot
Interpretive claim
13. A technique of depicting two layered images simultaneously. Images from one frame or several frames of film are added to pre-existing images - using an optical printer - to produce the same effect as a double exposure
Insert
Superimposition
Second unit
High-key lighting
14. 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
Color consultant
Color timing
Realist style
Backstory
15. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Lightning mix
Bleach bypass
Runaway production
Narrative sequencing
16. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Widescreen
Character actor
Fabula
Fog filter
17. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Camera distance
Out-take
Reframing
Post-production
18. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Tight framing
Pixilation
Negative cutter
Actualitas
19. 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
Trailer
Promotion
Negative
Auteur
20. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Overhead shot
Desaturated
Exposure
Special visual effects
21. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Oeuvre
Chiaroscuro
Shutter
Video assist
22. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Backstage musical
Pixilation
Double exposure
Reframing
23. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Shot/reverse shot
Slow motion
Wide film
Soft light
24. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Extra
Foley artist
Desaturated
Scene
25. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Forced perspective
Plot summary
Genre
Special visual effects
26. The average length in seconds of a series of shots - covering a portion of a film or an entire film; a measure of pace within a scene or in the film as a whole.
Master positive
Average shot length
Trailer
Close-up
27. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Cinerama
Backstory
Blaxploitation
Color filter
28. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Non-diegetic
Cameo
Continuity editor
Focal length
29. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Offscreen space
Exposure
Rotoscope
Direct sound
30. A business model adopted by the major studios during the Hollywood studio era - in which studios controlled all aspects of the film business - from production to distribution and exhibition
Vertical integration
Figure placement and movement
Re-establishing shot
Panchromatic
31. A system initially developed for marketing films by creating and promoting stars as objects of admiration. The promotion of stars has now become an end in itself
Star system
Apparatus Theory
Block booking
Overlapping dialogue
32. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Emulsion
Overlapping dialogue
Digital set extension
Saturation
33. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image
Soviet montage
Diffusion filters
Gauge
Four-part structure
34. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Widescreen
Interpretive claim
Master positive
Point-of-view shot
35. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Protagonist
Front projection
Flashforward
Lightning mix
36. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Rack focus
Text
Runaway production
Episodic
37. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Hue
Medium long shot
Establishing shot
Available light
38. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Line reading
Cut
Overlapping dialogue
Polarizing filters
39. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Star system
Pixel
Rear projection
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
40. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Establishing shot
Rotoscope
Oeuvre
Exposure latitude
41. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Soviet montage
Eyeline match
Establishing shot
Widescreen
42. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Saturation
Overhead shot
Blockbuster
Hollywood Blacklist
43. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Negative
Crane shot
Composition
Direct cinema
44. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Syuzhet
Re-establishing shot
Graphic match
Matte
45. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Canted angle
Long shot
Tight framing
Post-production
46. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images
Rotoscope
Turning point
B-roll
Fog filter
47. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Front projection
Omniscient narration
Tilt
Digital video
48. Any narrative - visual - or sound element that is repeated and thereby acquires and reflects its significance to the story - characters - or themes of the film.
Glass shot
Interlaced scanning
Composition
Motif
49. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Evaluative claim
Hue
Front projection
Propaganda film
50. The imagined world of the story
Classical style
Diegesis
High-key lighting
Second unit