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Film Vocab
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1. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Extreme long-shot
Wipe
Bleach bypass
Double exposure
2. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Crab dolly
Fog filter
Open-ended
Restricted narration
3. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Shooting script
Star persona
Polarizing filters
Hue
4. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Average shot length
Screenplay
Hollywood Blacklist
Flashback
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 filter
Flashforward
Out-take
6. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Turning point
Omniscient narration
Subgenre
Actualitas
7. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Matte painting
Eyeline match
Pre-production
Eye-level shot
8. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Compilation film
Brechtian distanciation
Composition in depth
Master shot
9. Light emitted from a larger source that is scattered over a bigger area or reflected off a surface before it strikes the subject. Soft light minimizes facial details - including wrinkles
Direct cinema
Soft light
Overlapping dialogue
Lightning mix
10. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Exposure
Flashing
Aperture
Offscreen space
11. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Digital cinema
Persistence of vision
Text
Lightning mix
12. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Hard light
Optical printer
Reverse shot
Crane shot
13. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Letterboxing
Shot transition
Non-diegetic
Studio system
14. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Insert
Script supervisor
Two-shot
Gauge
15. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Master positive
Crane shot
Cutaway
Extreme long-shot
16. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Wipe
Shooting script
Fast motion
Medium long shot
17. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Continuity error
Turning point
Three-point lighting
Diegesis
18. A shot taken by a camera that is held manually rather than supported by a tripod - crane or Steadicam. Generally - such shots are shaky - owing to the motion of the camera operator
Lens
Handheld shot
Diegesis
Formalist style
19. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Syuzhet
Gauge
Cel
Dye coupler
20. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Backstory
Denouement
Diffusion filters
Minor studios
21. A shot taken when the camera is so close to a subject that it fills the frame. It is most commonly used for a shot that isolates and encompasses a single actor's face - to emphasize the expression of emotion
Avant-garde film
Close-up
Four-part structure
Non-diegetic
22. A technique of cutting back and forth between action occurring in two different locations - which often creates the illusion that they are happening simultaneously. Also called 'cross cutting.'
Phi phenomenon
Parellel editing
Genre
Dissolve
23. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Best boy
Turning point
Pan
Deep focus cinematography
24. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Pre-production
Bleach bypass
Telephoto lens
Insert
25. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Tilt
Subtext
Color timing
Zoom out
26. A crew member whose job is to measure the distance between the subject and the camera lens - marking the ring on the camera lens - and ensuring the ring is turned precisely so that the image is in focus
Digital video
Focus puller
Zoom lens
Close-up
27. 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
Cameo
Line reading
Figure placement and movement
Director
28. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Trailer
Medium close-up
Storyboard
Zoom lens
29. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Wide film
Medium shot
Integrated musical
Telecine
30. Everything audiences hear when they watch a sound film. The soundtrack is the composite of all three elements of film sound: dialogue - music - and sound effects
Double exposure
Rear projection
Soundtrack
Panning and scanning
31. Fish-eye lens; With a focal length of 15mm or less - this lens presents an extremely distorted image - where objects in the center of the frame appear to bulge toward the camera
Line reading
Extreme wide-angle lens
Frame narration
Special visual effects
32. Assists the editor with various tasks - including taking footage to the lab - checking the condition of the negative - cataloguing footage - and supervising optical effects - often produced by an outside company
Superimposition
Plot summary
Trombone shot
Assistant Editor
33. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
German Expressionism
Second unit
Composition
Toning
34. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Extradiegetic
Line of action
Blocking
Product placement
35. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Editor
Medium shot
Orthochromatic
Continuity editor
36. A visual effect achieved through the use of photography and digital techniques that appears to stop time and allow the viewer to travel around the subject and view it from a multitude of vantage points
Frozen time moment
Four-part structure
Anamorphic lens
Zoom in...
37. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Visual effects
Telecine
Flashback
Cut
38. A person responsible for putting a film together from a mass of developed footage - making decisions regarding pace - shot transitions - and which scenes and shots will be used
Steadicam
Editor
Spec script
Brechtian distanciation
39. 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.
Running time
Composition
Motif
Neutral-density filter
40. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Narrative
Swish pan
Direct sound
Tinting
41. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Brechtian distanciation
Frame narration
Voice-over
Roadshowing
42. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Compositing
Shutter
Chiaroscuro
Pan
43. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Exposure
Figure placement and movement
Camera distance
Bleach bypass
44. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Tilt
Method acting
Point-of-view shot
Medium long shot
45. 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
Forced perspective
Extradiegetic
Best boy
Travelling matte
46. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Analog Video
Plot summary
Handheld shot
Neutral-density filter
47. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Revisionist
Tight framing
Aperture
Fog filter
48. The distance that appears in focus in front of and behind the subject. It is determined by the aperture - distance and focal length of lens
Extreme wide-angle lens
Propaganda film
Depth of field
Exposition
49. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time
Base
Green screen
Tinting
Masking
50. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Revisionist
Pixilation
Telecine
Frozen time moment
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