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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. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested
Narrative sequencing
Narrative
Text
Fabula
2. 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
Director
Focus puller
Antagonist
Long take
3. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Sound bridge
Trombone shot
Available light
Turning point
4. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Dye coupler
Out-take
Forced development
Continuity editor
5. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts
Aerial Shot
Eyeline match
Crab dolly
Toning
6. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Extradiegetic
Crane shot
Exposure latitude
Soundtrack
7. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Composition in depth
Text
Grain
Crab dolly
8. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Progressive scanning
Propaganda film
Ethnographic film
Screenplay
9. A lens with a shorter focal length than a normal or telephoto lens (usually between 15-35mm). The subject appears smaller as a result - but the angle of vision is wider and an illusion is created of greater depth in the frame
Omniscient narration
Charge coupler device
Neutral-density filter
Wide-angle lens
10. The film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological
Classical style
Second unit
Zoom in...
Apparatus Theory
11. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Exposure
Special visual effects
Text
Phi phenomenon
12. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Matte painting
Forced perspective
Cutaway
Hue
13. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Bleach bypass
Pan
Jump cut
Hybrid
14. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Direct cinema
Cameo
Backstage musical
Star persona
15. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Revisionist
Zoom lens
Denouement
Second unit
16. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Denouement
Pulling
Optical printer
Scene
17. 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
Denouement
Star system
Jump cut
Pixilation
18. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Sound bridge
Focus puller
Letterboxing
Selective focus
19. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Negative cutter
Synthespian
Mockumentary
Propaganda film
20. 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
Script supervisor
Subtext
Persistence of vision
21. Lighting design where the key light is somewhat more intense than the fill light - so the fill does not eliminate every shadow. The effect is generally less cheerful than high-key lighting - but not as gloomy as low-key lighting
Panchromatic
Brechtian distanciation
Restricted narration
Natural-key lighting
22. A shot transition where shot A slowly disappears as the screen becomes black before shot B appears. A fade-in is the reverse of this process
Minor studios
Fade-out
Recursive action
Freeze frame
23. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Out-take
Letterboxing
Pixilation
Iris out
24. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Voice-over
Motif
Blockbuster
Exposure
25. 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
Film stock
Fog filter
Protagonist
Match on action
26. 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
Overexposure
Widescreen
Avant-garde film
Steadicam
27. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Minor studios
Anime
Motivation
Blocking
28. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Post-production
Two-shot
Frozen time moment
Star system
29. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Antagonist
Polarizing filters
Underexposure
Horizontal integration
30. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Film stock
Protagonist
Analog Video
Line reading
31. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Offscreen space
Bleach bypass
Spec script
Anamorphic lens
32. 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
Master positive
Tinting
Overhead shot
Scene
33. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Typecasting
Synthespian
Cut
Backstory
34. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Color consultant
Extreme wide-angle lens
Natural-key lighting
Roadshowing
35. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Runaway production
Voice-over
Available light
Reframing
36. Optical illusions created during post-production
Visual effects
Hybrid
Editor
Fade-out
37. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Deep focus cinematography
Four-part structure
Loose framing
Natural-key lighting
38. A non-standard narrative organization that assumes 'day in the life' quality rather than the highly structured three-act or four part narrative - and that features loose or indirect cause-effect relationships
Spec script
Speed
Undercranking
Episodic
39. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Storyboard
Fast
Gauge
Flashing
40. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Star persona
Diegesis
Filter
Analog Video
41. A measure of the visual and sound quality of a film. Low-budget films tend to have lower production values because they lack the resources to devote to expensive pre- and post-production activities
Exposure
Studio system
Promotion
Production values
42. A flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Three-act structure
Base
Propaganda film
Pre-production
43. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Two-shot
Tight framing
Direct sound
Swish pan
44. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Pre-production
Reverse shot
Realist style
Script supervisor
45. Dutch angle; a shot resulting from a static camera that is tilted to the right or left - so that the subject in the frame appears at a diagonal
Fade-out
Cut
Canted angle
Rack focus
46. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Release prints
Hard light
Jump cut
Storyboard
47. A method for producing a widescreen image without special lenses or equipment - using standard film stock and blocking out the top and bottom of the frame to achieve an aspect ration of 1.85:1
Vertical integration
Masking
Line reading
Shot transition
48. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Post-production
Figure placement and movement
Roadshowing
Episodic
49. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Star system
Production values
Motif
Eyeline match
50. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Star system
Recursive action
Standard shot pattern
Mockumentary