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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 part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Offscreen space
Text
Phi phenomenon
Composition
2. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Set-up
Flashforward
Shutter
Backstage musical
3. A change of focus from one plane of depth to another. As the in-focus subject goes out of focus - another object - which has been blurry - comes into focus in either the background or the foreground
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Matte painting
Rack focus
Medium close-up
4. 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
Master positive
Handheld shot
Close-up
Long shot
5. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Assistant Editor
Dye coupler
Telephoto lens
Denouement
6. 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
Zoom in...
Synthespian
Zoom lens
Descriptive claim
7. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Flashing
Interlaced scanning
Filter
Crab dolly
8. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Fast
Trombone shot
Medium shot
Standard shot pattern
9. A technique in which the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters. The camera points in the directions the character looks - simulating the character's field of vision
Blaxploitation
Overhead shot
Point-of-view shot
Forced development
10. 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
Animation
Promotion
Recursive action
Pushing
11. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Revisionist
Horizontal integration
Insert
Persistence of vision
12. An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting set-up - the key light illuminates the subject - the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light - and the back light separates the subject from the background
Establishing shot
Diegesis
Editor
Three-point lighting
13. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Script supervisor
Masking
Interpretive claim
Newsreel
14. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Pan
Cel
Hard light
Vertical integration
15. 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
Fast motion
Flashforward
Classical style
Zoom in...
16. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Direct cinema
Composition
Cameo
Promotion
17. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Frame narration
Subtext
Wide film
Interpellation
18. 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
Extreme wide-angle lens
Long shot
Slow
Overexposure
19. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Go-motion
Two-shot
Horizontal integration
Pan
20. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Cut
Blaxploitation
Academy Ratio
Rack focus
21. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Diegesis
Parellel
Blue screen
Dye coupler
22. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Protagonist
Fade-out
Long take
Typecasting
23. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Pixilation
Grain
Tilt
Star filter
24. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Blue screen
Low-angle shot
Overhead shot
Promotion
25. Also called 'd-cinema.' Not to be confused with digital cinematography (shooting movies on digital video) - this term refers to using digital technologies for exhibition
Denouement
Color filter
Digital cinema
Digital video
26. A change of focus from one plane of depth to another. As the in-focus subject goes out of focus - another object - which has been blurry - comes into focus in either the background or the foreground
Long shot
Compilation film
Dissolve
Rack focus
27. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
High concept film
Compilation film
Eye-level shot
Exposition
28. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Storyboard
Scratching
Medium long shot
Compilation film
29. 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
Fast motion
Character actor
Superimposition
Average shot length
30. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Apparatus Theory
Storyboard
Standard shot pattern
Low-angle shot
31. 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
Reframing
Genre conventions
Shooting script
Long shot
32. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Day for night
Backstage musical
Trailer
Tilt
33. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Open-ended
Shooting script
Negative
Normal lens
34. 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
Color timing
Master shot
Slow motion
Soundtrack
35. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Blue screen
Pre-production
Matte painting
Tinting
36. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Gaffer
Director
Iris out
Genre
37. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Digital set extension
Reframing
Point-of-view shot
Overexposure
38. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Aerial Shot
Voice-over
Re-establishing shot
Negative
39. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Overlapping dialogue
Rack focus
Time-lapse photography
Cameo
40. A musical in which some or all musical numbers are not motivated by the narrative; for example - characters sing and dance throughout the film but at least some performances are not staged for an onscreen audience. Examples include Oklahoma - The umb
Neutral-density filter
Eye-level shot
Integrated musical
Denouement
41. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Hollywood Ten
Split screen
Selective focus
Out-take
42. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
German Expressionism
Post-production
Star system
Progressive scanning
43. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Prosthesis
Wide film
Pre-production
Closure
44. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Storyboard
Close-up
Method acting
Sound bridge
45. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Tight framing
Loose framing
Soviet montage
Eyeline match
46. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Focal length
Reframing
Shot/reverse shot
Crab dolly
47. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Closure
Panchromatic
Compilation film
Anime
48. 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
Formalist style
Anime
Establishing shot
Pre-production
49. A scene transition in which the first frame of the incoming scene appears to push the last frame of the previous scene off the screen horizontally
Wipe
Subtext
Line reading
Tilt
50. An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different. The program calculates the way the image must change in order for the first image to
Assistant Editor
Morphing
Classical style
Flashback