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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 technique used to join live action with pre-recorded background images. A projector is aimed at a half-silvered mirror that reflects the background - which the camera records as being located behind the actors
Plot summary
Front projection
Special visual effects
Extreme close-up
2. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Blue screen
Classical style
Lens
Pixilation
3. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Medium shot
Close-up
Crab dolly
Crane shot
4. Light emitted from a relatively small source positioned close to the subject. It tends to be unflattering because it creates deep shadows and emphasizes surface imperfections
Fast
Continuity editing
Genre conventions
Hard light
5. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Evaluative claim
Insert
Diffusion filters
Continuity error
6. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Grain
Visual effects
Cinerama
Pixilation
7. 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
Hollywood Ten
Slow
Telecine
Slow motion
8. 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
Gauge
Standard shot pattern
Shot transition
Match on action
9. 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
Lens
Natural-key lighting
Optical printer
Average shot length
10. 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
Canted angle
Subgenre
Available light
Production values
11. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Negative cutter
Wide-angle lens
Hybrid
Special visual effects
12. The distance in millimeters from the optical center of a lens to the lane where the sharpest image is formed while focusing on a distant object
Release prints
Focal length
Extreme long-shot
Three-point lighting
13. An attribute of newer television monitors - where each frame is scanned by the electron beam as a single field. If slowed down - each frame would appear on the monitor in its entirety on the screen - rather than line by line - as is the case with int
Jump cut
City symphony
Progressive scanning
Line reading
14. 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
30-degree rule
Recursive action
Hollywood Ten
Trailer
15. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Recursive action
Flashforward
Shooting script
Pre-production
16. 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
Slow
Charge coupler device
Glass shot
Low-angle shot
17. A technique of arranging the actors on the set to take advantage of deep focus cinematography - which allows for many planes of depth in the film frame to remain in focus
Digital cinema
Hue
Canted angle
Composition in depth
18. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Realist style
Trombone shot
Score
Eyeline match
19. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Narrative sequencing
Medium long shot
Montage sequence
Gauge
20. A picture element - a measure of image density. There are approximately 18 million pixels in a frame of 35mm film and 300000-400000 in a video image
Neutral-density filter
Color timing
Pixel
Film stock
21. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Newsreel
Star persona
Video assist
Fast motion
22. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Match on action
High concept film
Video assist
Medium long shot
23. 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
Underexposure
Digital video
Polarizing filters
Three-act structure
24. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Hue
Offscreen space
Character actor
B-roll
25. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Zoom in...
Anamorphic lens
Composition in depth
Propaganda film
26. 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
Pulling
Trombone shot
Low-key lighting
Analog Video
27. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Continuity editing
Narrative
Fabula
Time-lapse photography
28. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Roadshowing
Jump cut
Scene
Tilt
29. A similarity established between two characters or situations that invites the audience to compare the two. It may involve visual - narrative - and/or sound elements
Parellel
Director
Shot
Glass shot
30. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Classical style
Dissolve
Eye-level shot
Line of action
31. 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
Star filter
Hollywood Ten
Superimposition
Episodic
32. 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
Canted angle
Matte
Focus puller
Hard light
33. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Editor
Steadicam
Take
Figure placement and movement
34. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Shooting script
Blue screen
Frozen time moment
Long shot
35. 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
Shutter
Wipe
Parellel
Day for night
36. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Tracking shot
Protagonist
Integrated musical
Time-lapse photography
37. A lens with a focal length greater than 50 mm (usually between 80mm and 20mm) - which provides a larger image of the subject than a normal or wide-angle lens but which narrows the angle of vision and flattens the depth of the image relative to normal
Shot/reverse shot
Trailer
Eyeline match
Telephoto lens
38. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Hybrid
Set-up
Wipe
Third-person narration
39. Lighting design in which the greater intensity of the key light makes it impossible for the fill to eliminate shadows - producing a high-contrast image (with many grades of light and dark) - a number of shadows - and a somber mood
Optical printer
Plot summary
Low-key lighting
B-roll
40. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Classical style
Runaway production
Plot summary
Best boy
41. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Sound bridge
Frozen time moment
City symphony
German Expressionism
42. A technique of overdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in the chemical bath longer than indicated) in order to increase density and contrast in the image
Selective focus
Realist style
Pushing
Reframing
43. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Avant-garde film
Cinerama
Oeuvre
Character actor
44. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Iris in...
Backstory
Narrative sequencing
Polarizing filters
45. A film process that uses 35mm film stock but changes the orientation of the film so that the film moves through the camera horizontally instead of vertically. The larger image is of higher quality than standard 35mm processes
Character actor
Optical printer
Video assist
Vista Vision
46. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Loose framing
Fast
Digital compositing
Color filter
47. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Green screen
Camera distance
Cel
Extra
48. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Composition
Re-establishing shot
Hybrid
Motivation
49. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Compilation film
Figure placement and movement
Animation
Three-point lighting
50. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Exposure
Diffusion filters
Subgenre
Medium long shot