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Film Vocab
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1. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Flashforward
Runaway production
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Aerial Shot
2. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts
Toning
Reverse shot
Forced perspective
Overlapping dialogue
3. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Vertical integration
Propaganda film
Selective focus
Shot
4. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Chiaroscuro
Speed
Freeze frame
Runaway production
5. 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
Post-production
Integrated musical
Formalist style
Fog filter
6. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Front projection
Digital video
Medium long shot
Trombone shot
7. A post-studio era Hollywood film designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience by fusing a simple story line with major movie stars and mounting a lavish marketing campaign
Rear projection
High concept film
Fabula
Desaturated
8. The building block of a scene; an uninterrupted sequence of frames that viewers experience as they watch a film - ending with a cut - fade - dissolve - etc. See also Take
Shot
Insert
Hybrid
Double exposure
9. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Minor studios
Non-diegetic
Pixel
Slow
10. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Blaxploitation
Extradiegetic
Insert
Base
11. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Interpretive claim
Interpellation
Crane shot
Newsreel
12. 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
Extradiegetic
Promotion
30-degree rule
Extreme close-up
13. 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
Split screen
Realist style
Screenplay
Sound bridge
14. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Dailies
Descriptive claim
Telecine
Visual effects
15. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Mockumentary
Progressive scanning
Genre
Open-ended
16. A shot taken from a vantage point so close that only a part of the subject is visible. On an actor - it might show only an eye or a portion of the face
High-key lighting
Minor studios
Masking
Extreme close-up
17. 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
Cinerama
Cut
Trombone shot
18. 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
Special visual effects
Exposition
Non-diegetic
Classical style
19. A similarity established between two characters or situations that invites the audience to compare the two. It may involve visual - narrative - and/or sound elements
Integrated musical
High-angle shot
Parellel
Intertextual reference
20. An outlawed studio era practice - where studios forced exhibitors to book groups of films at once - thus ensuring a market for their failures along with their successes
Aspect Ratio
Shooting script
Block booking
Set-up
21. Optical illusions created during post-production
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Major studios
Direct cinema
Visual effects
22. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Shot
Speed
Lightning mix
Interpellation
23. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
Master shot
Evaluative claim
180-degree rule
Roadshowing
24. 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
Kuleshov effect
Text
Line of action
Soft light
25. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Glass shot
Turning point
Star persona
Compilation film
26. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Aspect Ratio
Third-person narration
Telecine
Two-shot
27. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Formalist style
Blue screen
Star persona
Prosthesis
28. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Crane shot
Star persona
Mockumentary
Best boy
29. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Genre conventions
Eyeline match
Hybrid
Continuity editing
30. A technique of moving the camera - on a specially built track. Such shots often trace character movement laterally across the frame or in and out of the depth of the frame
Anime
Chiaroscuro
Tracking shot
Hybrid
31. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Available light
Anamorphic lens
Long take
Voice-over
32. 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
Cut
Storyboard
Dye coupler
Match on action
33. The building block of a scene; an uninterrupted sequence of frames that viewers experience as they watch a film - ending with a cut - fade - dissolve - etc. See also Take
Lens
Film stock
Line reading
Shot
34. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Storyboard
Hybrid
Aperture
Vertical integration
35. The measure of intensity or purity of a color. Saturated color is purer than desaturated color - which has more white in it and thus offers a washed-out - less intense version of a color
Saturation
Shutter
Focal length
Undercranking
36. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Genre
Master positive
Actualitas
Script supervisor
37. 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
Match on action
Pixel
Cameo
Available light
38. 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
Blocking
Iris in...
Continuity editor
Close-up
39. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Extra
Continuity editor
Digital compositing
Line reading
40. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Crane shot
Wipe
Three-act structure
Filter
41. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Continuity error
Spec script
Color consultant
High-angle shot
42. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Compositing
Two-shot
Soundtrack
Text
43. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Overlapping dialogue
Storyboard
Bleach bypass
Text
44. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Runaway production
Go-motion
Subtext
Avant-garde film
45. 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
Narrative
Wireframe
Overexposure
Frozen time moment
46. 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
Wide film
Underexposure
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First-person narration
47. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Director
Flashforward
Desaturated
Low-angle shot
48. A chemical coating on film stock containing light-sensitive grains
Best boy
Emulsion
Frame narration
Line reading
49. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Continuity editing
Method acting
Revisionist
Telephoto lens
50. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Gauge
Production values
Vista Vision
Blaxploitation
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