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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 class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Extra
Genre
Non-diegetic
Zoom out
2. 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
Soft light
Grain
Undercranking
Time-lapse photography
3. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Oeuvre
Synthespian
Compilation film
Propaganda film
4. Prefogging; a cinematographic technique that exposes raw film stock to light before - during - or after shooting - resulting in an image with reduced contrast. This effect can also be created using digital post-production techniques
Prosthesis
Interpellation
Flashing
Bleach bypass
5. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Morphing
Aspect Ratio
Outsourcing
Crane shot
6. 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
Montage sequence
Deep focus cinematography
Special visual effects
7. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Propaganda film
Morphing
Mockumentary
Syuzhet
8. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Crane shot
Orthochromatic
Aperture
Point-of-view shot
9. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
High-angle shot
Subtext
Wide film
Pulling
10. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Trailer
Overexposure
Release prints
Runaway production
11. A shot transition where shot A slowly disappears as the screen becomes black before shot B appears. A fade-in is the reverse of this process
Eyeline match
Fade-out
First-person narration
Academy Ratio
12. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Descriptive claim
Natural-key lighting
Shooting script
Sound bridge
13. The film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological
Exposition
Color timing
Syuzhet
Apparatus Theory
14. 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
Antagonist
Running time
Soundtrack
Syuzhet
15. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Pulling
Outsourcing
Green screen
Match on action
16. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Interpellation
Widescreen
Matte
Interpretive claim
17. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Episodic
Extra
Pan
Hybrid
18. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Turning point
B-roll
Backstory
Soft light
19. 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
Formalist style
Subtext
Three-act structure
Extreme wide-angle lens
20. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Telecine
Composition
Omniscient narration
Cel
21. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Descriptive claim
Hybrid
Pulling
Shooting script
22. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Prosthesis
Synthespian
High concept film
Genre
23. Any narrative - visual - or sound element that is repeated and thereby acquires and reflects its significance to the story - characters - or themes of the film.
High-key lighting
Motif
Anamorphic lens
Shot transition
24. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Time-lapse photography
Character actor
Restricted narration
Composition
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
Foley artist
Interpretive claim
Establishing shot
Four-part structure
26. 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
German Expressionism
Oeuvre
Master shot
Release prints
27. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Wipe
Compilation film
Product placement
Depth of field
28. 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
Normal lens
Deep focus cinematography
Telephoto lens
Tableau shot
29. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Normal lens
Pulling
Star persona
30-degree rule
30. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Travelling matte
High-key lighting
Compilation film
Iris in...
31. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Eyeline match
180-degree rule
Shutter
Soviet montage
32. 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
Blue screen
Blaxploitation
Freeze frame
Forced perspective
33. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Montage sequence
Foley artist
Panchromatic
Analog Video
34. 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
Crab dolly
Script supervisor
Fast motion
High-key lighting
35. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Gaffer
Emulsion
Narrative sequencing
Roadshowing
36. 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
Normal lens
Long take
Two-shot
Two-shot
37. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Omniscient narration
Undercranking
First-person narration
Tableau shot
38. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Flashing
Crab dolly
Normal lens
Voice-over
39. 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
Insert
Assistant Editor
Matte painting
40. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Digital video
Digital set extension
Flashing
Composition in depth
41. The first print made from a film negative
Master positive
Visual effects
Line of action
Matte painting
42. 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
Syuzhet
Anime
Overexposure
43. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Tableau shot
Narrative
Negative cutter
Prosthesis
44. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Pre-production
Script supervisor
Take
Telecine
45. Then Hollywood writers and directors cited for Contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities' attempts to root out Communists in the film industry
Negative cutter
ADR
Blaxploitation
Hollywood Ten
46. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Video assist
Filter
Production values
ADR
47. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Eye-level shot
Offscreen space
Analog Video
Running time
48. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Neutral-density filter
Continuity editor
Shot/reverse shot
Tableau shot
49. 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
Iris in...
Minor studios
Syuzhet
Slow
50. 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
Take
Go-motion
City symphony
Recursive action