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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 measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Set-up
Vertical integration
ADR
Speed
2. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Camera distance
Score
Graphic match
Polarizing filters
3. 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
Major studios
Realist style
Medium shot
Scene
4. A standard shot pattern that dictates that a shot of one character will be followed by a shot of another character - taken from the reverse angle of the first shot
Best boy
Shot transition
Formalist style
Shot/reverse shot
5. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Overlapping dialogue
Ethnographic film
Soundtrack
Lightning mix
6. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Extreme wide-angle lens
Narrative sequencing
B-roll
Deep focus cinematography
7. 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
Blockbuster
Matte
Telephoto lens
Extreme wide-angle lens
8. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Composition in depth
Blockbuster
Exposition
Oeuvre
9. A term applied to film stock that is relatively insensitive to light. This stock will not yield acceptable images unless the amount of light can be carefully controlled
Slow
Aperture
Point-of-view shot
Iris out
10. Thin - flexible material comprised of base and emulsion layers - onto which light rays are focused and which is processed in chemicals to produce film images
Outsourcing
Film stock
Frozen time moment
Dye coupler
11. A cinematography technique that produces an image with many planes of depth in focus. It can be accomplished by using a small aperture - a large distance between camera and subject - and/or a lens of short focal length
Matte painting
Deep focus cinematography
Master positive
Speed
12. Standard shot pattern: A sequence of shots designed to maintain spatial continuity. Scene begin with an establishing shot - then move to a series of individual shots depicting characters and action - before reestablishing shots re-orient viewers to t
Blaxploitation
Standard shot pattern
Dolly
First-person narration
13. 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
Open-ended
Classical style
Polarizing filters
Gauge
14. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Descriptive claim
Medium long shot
Toning
Oeuvre
15. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
City symphony
Iris out
Studio system
Long shot
16. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Pixel
Widescreen
Realist style
Color consultant
17. An optical effect whereby the human eye fills in gaps between closely spaced objects - so that two light bulbs flashing on and off are understood as one light moving back and forth
Eyeline match
30-degree rule
Phi phenomenon
Syuzhet
18. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Pan
Graphic match
Fog filter
Gauge
19. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Backstory
Major studios
Optical printer
Re-establishing shot
20. A technique of underdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in a chemical batch a shorter amount of time than usual) in order to achieve the visual effect of reducing contrast
180-degree rule
Pulling
Hard light
Diffusion filters
21. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Subtext
Deep focus cinematography
Foley artist
Genre
22. 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
Superimposition
Typecasting
Saturation
23. 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
Vista Vision
Matte
Gauge
Product placement
24. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Wide-angle lens
Grain
Speed
Iris in...
25. 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
Product placement
High-angle shot
Underexposure
Reframing
26. An optical effect whereby the human eye fills in gaps between closely spaced objects - so that two light bulbs flashing on and off are understood as one light moving back and forth
B-roll
Cut
High-key lighting
Phi phenomenon
27. A technique of exposing film frames - then rewinding the film and exposing it again - which results in an image that combines two shots in a single frame
Eye-level shot
Double exposure
Fabula
Auteur
28. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Flashforward
Letterboxing
Focal length
Vista Vision
29. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Aspect Ratio
Motif
Master shot
Matte painting
30. 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
Flashing
Blue screen
Progressive scanning
Superimposition
31. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Hollywood Ten
Tableau shot
Auteur
Travelling matte
32. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Digital set extension
Negative
Dolly
Trombone shot
33. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Scratching
Saturation
Extradiegetic
Travelling matte
34. 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
Assistant Editor
Aspect Ratio
Cutaway
Morphing
35. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Fast
Mixing
Loose framing
Glass shot
36. A model of industrial organization in the film industry from about 1915 to 1946 - characterized by the development of major and minor studios that produced - distributed - and exhibited films - and held film actors - directors - art directors - and o
Extreme long-shot
Studio system
Available light
Day for night
37. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Oeuvre
Neutral-density filter
Digital video
Hollywood Ten
38. 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
Production values
Reverse shot
Slow motion
Text
39. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Aspect Ratio
Continuity error
Match on action
Minor studios
40. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Protagonist
Frame narration
Toning
Swish pan
41. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up
Panning and scanning
Vertical integration
Aspect Ratio
Medium shot
42. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Trombone shot
Dye coupler
Narrative sequencing
Closure
43. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Exposition
Hybrid
Slow motion
Denouement
44. 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
Progressive scanning
Realist style
Masking
Depth of field
45. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Antagonist
Split screen
Soviet montage
Dye coupler
46. The written blueprint for a film - composed of three elements: dialogue - sluglines (setting the place and time of each scene) - and description. Feature-length screenplays typically run 90-130 pages
Match on action
Syuzhet
Continuity error
Screenplay
47. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Shooting script
Genre conventions
Continuity editing
Shot/reverse shot
48. 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
Shutter
Extreme close-up
Three-act structure
Forced development
49. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Star persona
Emulsion
Continuity editing
High-angle shot
50. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Synthespian
Avant-garde film
Continuity editing
Handheld shot