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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 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
Plot summary
Rack focus
Direct cinema
Foley artist
2. 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
Matte
Gaffer
Evaluative claim
Rack focus
3. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Front projection
Out-take
Set-up
Four-part structure
4. 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
Diegesis
Integrated musical
Trombone shot
Subgenre
5. A type of matte shot - created by positioning a pane of optically flawless glass with a painting on it between the camera and the scene to be photographed. This combines the painting on the glass with the set or location - seen through the glass - be
Prosthesis
Point-of-view shot
Protagonist
Glass shot
6. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Best boy
Intertextual reference
Camera distance
Grain
7. 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
Medium close-up
Travelling matte
Reframing
Synthespian
8. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
30-degree rule
Flashforward
Pre-production
Interpellation
9. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Blue screen
Descriptive claim
Time-lapse photography
Double exposure
10. 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
Color filter
Close-up
Saturation
Plot summary
11. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
High-angle shot
Desaturated
Outsourcing
Frame narration
12. 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
Pushing
Director
Orthochromatic
Spec script
13. A shot taken from a level camera located approximately 5' to 6' from the ground - simulating the perspective of a person standing before the action presented
Eye-level shot
Split screen
Extreme close-up
Assistant Editor
14. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Character actor
City symphony
Dye coupler
Gaffer
15. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Wide film
Genre conventions
Dye coupler
Matte painting
16. A type of short film that blends elements of documentary and avant-garde film to document and often to celebrate the wonder of the modern city
City symphony
Trombone shot
Tracking shot
Brechtian distanciation
17. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
180-degree rule
Pixilation
Fabula
Minor studios
18. The imagined world of the story
City symphony
Open-ended
Negative
Diegesis
19. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Negative cutter
Synthespian
Low-angle shot
Pulling
20. An agreement made between filmmakers and those who license the use of commercial products to feature those products in films - generally as props used by characters
Foley artist
Panchromatic
Assistant Editor
Product placement
21. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Cel
Compilation film
Newsreel
Cinerama
22. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Analog Video
Two-shot
Re-establishing shot
Typecasting
23. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Parellel editing
Backstory
Compositing
Average shot length
24. 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
Auteur
Production values
Reframing
Pixel
25. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Deep focus cinematography
Graphic match
Toning
Undercranking
26. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Minor studios
Revisionist
Graphic match
ADR
27. The five vertically integrated corporations that exerted the greatest control over film production in the studio era: MGM - Warner Brothers - RKO - Twentieth Century Fox - and Paramount
Digital cinema
Second unit
Filter
Major studios
28. 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
Cameo
Low-key lighting
Overexposure
Reverse shot
29. 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
Flashforward
Digital cinema
Newsreel
Dailies
30. 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.'
Normal lens
Line of action
Parellel editing
Omniscient narration
31. 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
Point-of-view shot
Screenplay
Oeuvre
Line reading
32. Invisible editing; a system devised to minimize the audience's awareness of shot transitions - especially cuts - in order to improve the flow of the story and avoid interrupting the viewer's immersion it in
Continuity editing
Pixel
Offscreen space
Rack focus
33. 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
Promotion
Green screen
Out-take
Soundtrack
34. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Motivation
Wide-angle lens
Extradiegetic
Eyeline match
35. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Plot summary
Emulsion
Spec script
Deep focus cinematography
36. The aspect ratio of 1.33:1 - standardized by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences until the development of widescreen formats in the 1950s
Shot/reverse shot
Time-lapse photography
Academy Ratio
Tracking shot
37. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Aerial Shot
Shot transition
Diffusion filters
Canted angle
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
Matte
Editor
Exposure
Rack focus
39. A technique of moving from the telephoto position to the wide-angle position of a zoom lens - which results in the subject appearing to become smaller within the frame - while remaining in focus
Negative
Zoom out
Omniscient narration
Typecasting
40. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Running time
Filter
Assistant Editor
Line of action
41. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
On-the-nose dialogue
Integrated musical
Extra
Continuity editor
42. 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
Focal length
Tracking shot
Normal lens
Dailies
43. 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
Wide-angle lens
Evaluative claim
Interpellation
Digital video
44. 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
Reverse shot
Star system
Eye-level shot
Extra
45. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Score
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Soviet montage
Extra
46. Any lens with a focal length approximately equal to the diagonal of the frame. For 35mm filmmaking - a 35-50 mm lens does not distort the angle of vision or depth
Telecine
ADR
Normal lens
Continuity editor
47. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Eyeline match
Scene
Panning and scanning
Fast
48. 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
180-degree rule
Assistant Editor
Gauge
Syuzhet
49. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Insert
Aperture
Protagonist
High concept film
50. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
High concept film
Four-part structure
Gauge
Promotion