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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 pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Swish pan
High-angle shot
Pixel
Anamorphic lens
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
Fast motion
Restricted narration
Master positive
Continuity editing
3. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Dissolve
Cut
Out-take
Classical style
4. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Genre conventions
Iris out
Double exposure
Wide film
5. 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
Grain
Shooting script
Cut
Flashing
6. 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
Standard shot pattern
Syuzhet
Figure placement and movement
Horizontal integration
7. 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
Score
Running time
Pushing
Pulling
8. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Dailies
Jump cut
Phi phenomenon
Direct sound
9. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Hard light
Tableau shot
Speed
Overhead shot
10. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Star system
Exposure
Synthespian
Runaway production
11. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Zoom in...
Line of action
Star filter
Film stock
12. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Star filter
Swish pan
Frozen time moment
Cameo
13. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Method acting
Tracking shot
Roadshowing
Grain
14. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Rear projection
Iris in...
Exposition
Freeze frame
15. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Tight framing
Forced development
Kuleshov effect
Avant-garde film
16. 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
Score
Product placement
Flashing
Shooting script
17. 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
Set-up
Anamorphic lens
Cutaway
Front projection
18. A term that refers to the organization of an industry wherein one type of corporation also owns corporations in allied industries - for example - film production and video games
Genre
Underexposure
Horizontal integration
Antagonist
19. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Overlapping dialogue
Brechtian distanciation
Method acting
Canted angle
20. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image
Foley artist
Diffusion filters
Master positive
Newsreel
21. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Filter
Camera distance
Time-lapse photography
Exposure
22. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Interpellation
Motivation
Available light
Fast motion
23. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Slow
Integrated musical
Speed
Third-person narration
24. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Backstory
Re-establishing shot
Telecine
High concept film
25. A device worn by a camera operator that holds the motion picture camera - allowing it glide smoothly through spaces unreachable by camera mounted on a crane or other apparatus
Wipe
Focus puller
Widescreen
Steadicam
26. 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
Storyboard
Extreme wide-angle lens
Major studios
Visual effects
27. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Frame narration
Wide-angle lens
Newsreel
Protagonist
28. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Trombone shot
Plot summary
Diegesis
Storyboard
29. 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
Match on action
Academy Ratio
Motivation
Loose framing
30. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Dailies
Iris in...
Match on action
Antagonist
31. A group of films within a given genre that share their own specific set of conventions that differentiate them from other films in the genre. For example - the slasher film is a subgenre of the horror genre
Descriptive claim
Overlapping dialogue
Scratching
Subgenre
32. 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
Trombone shot
Avant-garde film
180-degree rule
Three-act structure
33. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Dissolve
Focus puller
Forced development
Green screen
34. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Narrative sequencing
Special visual effects
Handheld shot
Soundtrack
35. The first step in the process of creating CGI. The wireframe is a three-dimensional computer model of an object - which is then rendered (producing the finished image) and animated (using simulated camera movement frame by frame)
Wireframe
Out-take
Descriptive claim
Speed
36. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Score
Hollywood Ten
Overlapping dialogue
Depth of field
37. A post-studio era Hollywood film designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience by fusing a simple story line with major movie stars and mounting a lavish marketing campaign
High concept film
Blockbuster
Block booking
Bleach bypass
38. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Cameo
Sound bridge
Two-shot
Scene
39. 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
Extreme close-up
Toning
Parellel
Soft light
40. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Voice-over
Standard shot pattern
Average shot length
Pan
41. A technique of moving a zoom lens from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position - which results in a magnification of the subject within the frame - and keeps the subject in focus
Zoom in...
Neutral-density filter
Blockbuster
Analog Video
42. An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different. The program calculates the way the image must change in order for the first image to
Deep focus cinematography
Overhead shot
Morphing
Tilt
43. A technique of moving a zoom lens from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position - which results in a magnification of the subject within the frame - and keeps the subject in focus
Compilation film
Zoom in...
Offscreen space
Director
44. 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
Low-angle shot
Panning and scanning
Glass shot
Montage sequence
45. A technique of moving the camera - on a specially built track. Such shots often trace character movement laterally across the frame or in and out of the depth of the frame
Master positive
Tracking shot
Pixilation
Digital video
46. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Zoom lens
Score
Close-up
Newsreel
47. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Spec script
Star system
Roadshowing
Color consultant
48. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Syuzhet
Animation
Product placement
Iris in...
49. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Recursive action
30-degree rule
Kuleshov effect
Backstage musical
50. A single take that contains an entire scene
Runaway production
Hybrid
Master shot
Blue screen