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Film Vocab
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performing-arts
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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. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Crab dolly
Recursive action
Medium close-up
Extra
2. A narrative approach that limits the audience's view of events to that of the main character(s) in the film. Occasional moments of omniscient narration may give viewers more information than the character shave at specific points in the narrative
Restricted narration
Long shot
Double exposure
Hybrid
3. A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so that they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background - which creates the illusion of depth
Pan
Forced perspective
Star filter
Wide film
4. 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
Academy Ratio
Day for night
Tinting
Cel
5. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Ethnographic film
Restricted narration
Voice-over
Aerial Shot
6. Optical illusions created during post-production
Take
Wide film
Visual effects
Realist style
7. A compositing method that allows cinematographers to combine live action and settings that are filmed or created separately. Actors are filmed against a green or blue background. During post-production - this background is filled in with an image thr
Genre conventions
Wide-angle lens
Motif
Green screen
8. Lighting design that provides an even illumination of the subject - with many facial details washed out. High-key lighting tends to create a hopeful mood - in contrast to low-key lighting
Widescreen
High-key lighting
Extra
Interpretive claim
9. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Flashback
Genre conventions
Backstage musical
Studio system
10. 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
Jump cut
Tight framing
Depth of field
11. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Montage sequence
Day for night
Runaway production
Masking
12. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Emulsion
Composition
Forced development
Two-shot
13. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up
Subtext
Bleach bypass
Medium shot
Protagonist
14. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Line reading
Wide-angle lens
Negative
Subtext
15. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Underexposure
Close-up
Iris out
Synthespian
16. A property of older television monitors - where each frame was scanned as two fields: One consisting of all the odd numbered lines - the other all the even lines. If slowed down - the television image would appear to sweep down the screen one line at
Turning point
Interlaced scanning
Undercranking
Release prints
17. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Spec script
Subgenre
Emulsion
Overhead shot
18. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Aerial Shot
Loose framing
Panning and scanning
Character actor
19. 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
Matte
Tilt
Soundtrack
Matte painting
20. An optical effect whereby the eye continues to register a visual stimulus in the brain for a brief period after that stimulus has been removed
Interlaced scanning
Persistence of vision
Camera distance
Flashforward
21. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Dissolve
Focus puller
Crab dolly
Bleach bypass
22. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Continuity editing
Closure
Narrative
Graphic match
23. A crew member who works in post-production in a specially equipped studio to create the sounds of the story world - such as the shuffling of shoes on various surfaces for footsteps
30-degree rule
Color consultant
Foley artist
Medium long shot
24. 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
Natural-key lighting
Blue screen
High-angle shot
Composition in depth
25. 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
Motivation
Scene
Three-act structure
Integrated musical
26. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
ADR
Steadicam
Phi phenomenon
Evaluative claim
27. 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
Chiaroscuro
Exposure latitude
Running time
Focus puller
28. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Medium long shot
Aperture
Aspect Ratio
B-roll
29. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Anamorphic lens
Synthespian
Available light
Point-of-view shot
30. A technique of shooting a scene at a very high speed (96 frames per second) - then adding and subtracting frames in post-production - 'fanning out' the action through the overlapping images
Digital compositing
Recursive action
Spec script
Anamorphic lens
31. 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
Superimposition
Star persona
Aperture
Base
32. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Extreme close-up
Editor
Offscreen space
30-degree rule
33. A narrative approach that limits the audience's view of events to that of the main character(s) in the film. Occasional moments of omniscient narration may give viewers more information than the character shave at specific points in the narrative
Iris in...
Wireframe
Restricted narration
Superimposition
34. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Offscreen space
Master positive
Gauge
Color consultant
35. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Dolly
Oeuvre
Shot transition
Scene
36. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Subtext
Flashing
Superimposition
Set-up
37. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Second unit
Assistant Editor
Canted angle
Score
38. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Filter
Forced development
Analog Video
Superimposition
39. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Apparatus Theory
Dissolve
Fast motion
Three-act structure
40. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject
Editor
Low-angle shot
Widescreen
Point-of-view shot
41. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Flashforward
Extra
Turning point
Star persona
42. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Long shot
Camera distance
Out-take
Spec script
43. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Realist style
Fast motion
Morphing
Syuzhet
44. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Evaluative claim
Syuzhet
Scratching
Medium close-up
45. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Frame narration
Dailies
30-degree rule
Avant-garde film
46. Squeezes the image at a ratio of 2:1 horizontally onto a standard film frame. On the projector - it unsqueezes the image - creating a widescreen aspect ratio during presentation
Digital compositing
Non-diegetic
Turning point
Anamorphic lens
47. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Wide-angle lens
Blue screen
Roadshowing
Director
48. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
City symphony
Backstage musical
Parellel
Screenplay
49. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Crane shot
Eye-level shot
Third-person narration
Protagonist
50. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Dolly
Mockumentary
Genre
Pan