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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. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Dye coupler
Orthochromatic
Actualitas
Pixel
2. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Medium close-up
Compilation film
Tinting
Standard shot pattern
3. 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
Underexposure
Base
Horizontal integration
Polarizing filters
4. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Open-ended
Trailer
Set-up
Loose framing
5. 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
Exposition
Restricted narration
Frame narration
Flashing
6. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Tilt
Star system
Overlapping dialogue
Master positive
7. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Selective focus
Typecasting
Omniscient narration
Day for night
8. 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
Wireframe
Desaturated
Wipe
Loose framing
9. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time
Storyboard
Wireframe
Tinting
Backstage musical
10. 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
Shot transition
Reverse shot
Match on action
Offscreen space
11. 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.'
Subtext
Parellel editing
Close-up
Matte
12. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Gaffer
Extradiegetic
Dolly
Prosthesis
13. A film style that emerged in the 1910s in Germany. It was heavily indebted to the Expressionist art movement of the time and influenced subsequent horror films and film noir
Sound bridge
German Expressionism
Long take
Composition in depth
14. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Runaway production
Revisionist
Special visual effects
Figure placement and movement
15. 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
Omniscient narration
Star system
Cut
16. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Minor studios
Recursive action
Cel
Character actor
17. A shot taken by a camera that is held manually rather than supported by a tripod - crane or Steadicam. Generally - such shots are shaky - owing to the motion of the camera operator
Tinting
Progressive scanning
Handheld shot
Cameo
18. 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
Exposure
Special visual effects
Medium close-up
19. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Motif
Visual effects
Pre-production
Focal length
20. 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
Direct sound
Deep focus cinematography
Newsreel
Zoom in...
21. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Eyeline match
Classical style
Propaganda film
Spec script
22. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Formalist style
Medium close-up
Reverse shot
Extradiegetic
23. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Backstory
Master positive
Narrative
Extreme close-up
24. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Trombone shot
Vertical integration
Anime
Vertical integration
25. 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
Match on action
Foley artist
Classical style
Cel
26. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Wireframe
30-degree rule
Zoom lens
Scene
27. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Wide-angle lens
Double exposure
Polarizing filters
Special visual effects
28. 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
Runaway production
Tracking shot
Offscreen space
Extreme wide-angle lens
29. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Apparatus Theory
Anamorphic lens
Wide-angle lens
Chiaroscuro
30. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Backstory
Match on action
180-degree rule
Interpretive claim
31. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Star filter
Third-person narration
Vertical integration
Long take
32. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Master positive
Major studios
Blockbuster
Formalist style
33. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Three-point lighting
Green screen
Wipe
Iris out
34. An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting set-up - the key light illuminates the subject - the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light - and the back light separates the subject from the background
Day for night
Three-point lighting
Fast
Foley artist
35. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Blockbuster
Master positive
Line reading
Negative cutter
36. 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
Soundtrack
Soft light
Non-diegetic
Zoom out
37. A technique of running the motion picture camera at a speed slower than projection speed (24 frames per second) - in order to produce at a fast motion sequence when projected at normal speed. The term derives from early film cameras - which were cran
Digital cinema
Voice-over
Undercranking
Extreme close-up
38. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Interpellation
Hard light
Parellel
Extra
39. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Propaganda film
Shooting script
Establishing shot
Parellel editing
40. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Direct sound
High-angle shot
Re-establishing shot
Digital cinema
41. 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
Shot
Green screen
Blue screen
Exposure latitude
42. 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
Shot transition
Morphing
Special visual effects
Scene
43. The classical model of narrative form. The first act introduces characters and conflicts; the second act offers complication leading to a climax; the third act contains the danouement and resolution
Swish pan
Three-act structure
Negative cutter
Zoom in...
44. 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
Fade-out
Zoom out
Syuzhet
45. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Tilt
Aerial Shot
Prosthesis
Minor studios
46. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Prosthesis
Lightning mix
Out-take
Persistence of vision
47. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Freeze frame
Closure
Method acting
Scene
48. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Steadicam
Running time
Auteur
Medium close-up
49. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
30-degree rule
First-person narration
Frame narration
Oeuvre
50. 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
Overexposure
Pushing
Slow
Selective focus