SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Film Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
film
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Saturation
Star filter
Crab dolly
Video assist
2. An effect created when more light is required to produce an image strakes the film stock - so that the resulting image exhibits high contrast - glaring light - and washed out shadows. This effect ma or may not be intentional on the filmmaker's part
Long shot
Overexposure
Screenplay
Low-key lighting
3. 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
Pulling
Available light
Vista Vision
Pixel
4. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Gauge
Telephoto lens
Star persona
Fast
5. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Line of action
Iris in...
Tilt
Mockumentary
6. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Runaway production
Cutaway
Continuity error
Trailer
7. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Bleach bypass
Widescreen
Blockbuster
Analog Video
8. A single take that contains an entire scene
Underexposure
Out-take
Restricted narration
Master shot
9. 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
Aspect Ratio
Color filter
Figure placement and movement
Zoom in...
10. 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
Pan
Actualitas
Restricted narration
Classical style
11. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image
Diffusion filters
Telephoto lens
Method acting
Selective focus
12. 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
Saturation
Scene
Zoom in...
Line of action
13. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Actualitas
Widescreen
Low-key lighting
Studio system
14. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Matte
Set-up
Interlaced scanning
Polarizing filters
15. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Tinting
Video assist
Film stock
Vertical integration
16. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated
Evaluative claim
Oeuvre
Lightning mix
Vertical integration
17. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
30-degree rule
Score
Realist style
Propaganda film
18. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Dissolve
Medium shot
Blaxploitation
Handheld shot
19. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
Flashforward
Master positive
Propaganda film
180-degree rule
20. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Wireframe
Cel
Best boy
Digital compositing
21. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Dissolve
Scene
Score
Overexposure
22. The building block of a scene; an uninterrupted sequence of frames that viewers experience as they watch a film - ending with a cut - fade - dissolve - etc. See also Take
Telephoto lens
Exposition
Offscreen space
Shot
23. A type of short film that blends elements of documentary and avant-garde film to document and often to celebrate the wonder of the modern city
Natural-key lighting
Double exposure
Overlapping dialogue
City symphony
24. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Script supervisor
Actualitas
Negative
Frozen time moment
25. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Character actor
Interpretive claim
Out-take
Horizontal integration
26. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Roadshowing
Wide-angle lens
Scratching
Closure
27. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Medium shot
Video assist
Graphic match
Denouement
28. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Extreme long-shot
Telecine
Restricted narration
Figure placement and movement
29. Light emitted from a larger source that is scattered over a bigger area or reflected off a surface before it strikes the subject. Soft light minimizes facial details - including wrinkles
Letterboxing
Voice-over
Soft light
Morphing
30. 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
Horizontal integration
Extreme wide-angle lens
Soft light
Restricted narration
31. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
City symphony
Color filter
Saturation
Prosthesis
32. A change of focus from one plane of depth to another. As the in-focus subject goes out of focus - another object - which has been blurry - comes into focus in either the background or the foreground
Integrated musical
Dye coupler
Rack focus
Production values
33. 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
Score
Star system
Flashforward
Base
34. 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
Realist style
Rack focus
Shot/reverse shot
Letterboxing
35. Dutch angle; a shot resulting from a static camera that is tilted to the right or left - so that the subject in the frame appears at a diagonal
Point-of-view shot
Canted angle
Blockbuster
Crab dolly
36. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Wipe
Vertical integration
Insert
Cinerama
37. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Best boy
Flashforward
Four-part structure
Direct sound
38. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Zoom lens
Direct cinema
Continuity editing
Cut
39. A single take that contains an entire scene
Master shot
Dye coupler
Motif
Post-production
40. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Intertextual reference
Eye-level shot
Eyeline match
Line reading
41. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Second unit
Video assist
Extra
Aerial Shot
42. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Fast
Studio system
Re-establishing shot
Roadshowing
43. A property of older television monitors - where each frame was scanned as two fields: One consisting of all the odd numbered lines - the other all the even lines. If slowed down - the television image would appear to sweep down the screen one line at
Anamorphic lens
Mixing
Interlaced scanning
Best boy
44. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Polarizing filters
First-person narration
Front projection
Apparatus Theory
45. 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
Production values
Cut
Selective focus
Progressive scanning
46. 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
Syuzhet
Focal length
Animation
Flashing
47. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Filter
Persistence of vision
Cut
Deep focus cinematography
48. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Hollywood Blacklist
Figure placement and movement
Plot summary
Montage sequence
49. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Interpretive claim
Split screen
Actualitas
Graphic match
50. Louis Althusser's term for the way in which a society creates its subjects/citizens through ideological (as opposed to repressive) state apparatuses - which include education - media - religion - and the family
Forced development
Interpellation
Restricted narration
Take
Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?
Let me suggest you:
Browse all subjects
Browse all tests
Most popular tests
Major Subjects
Tests & Exams
AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT
Certifications
CISSP go to https://www.isc2.org/
PMP
ITIL
RHCE
MCTS
More...
IT Skills
Android Programming
Data Modeling
Objective C Programming
Basic Python Programming
Adobe Illustrator
More...
Business Skills
Advertising Techniques
Business Accounting Basics
Business Strategy
Human Resource Management
Marketing Basics
More...
Soft Skills
Body Language
People Skills
Public Speaking
Persuasion
Job Hunting And Resumes
More...
Vocabulary
GRE Vocab
SAT Vocab
TOEFL Essential Vocab
Basic English Words For All
Global Words You Should Know
Business English
More...
Languages
AP German Vocab
AP Latin Vocab
SAT Subject Test: French
Italian Survival
Norwegian Survival
More...
Engineering
Audio Engineering
Computer Science Engineering
Aerospace Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Structural Engineering
More...
Health Sciences
Basic Nursing Skills
Health Science Language Fundamentals
Veterinary Technology Medical Language
Cardiology
Clinical Surgery
More...
English
Grammar Fundamentals
Literary And Rhetorical Vocab
Elements Of Style Vocab
Introduction To English Major
Complete Advanced Sentences
Literature
Homonyms
More...
Math
Algebra Formulas
Basic Arithmetic: Measurements
Metric Conversions
Geometric Properties
Important Math Facts
Number Sense Vocab
Business Math
More...
Other Major Subjects
Science
Economics
History
Law
Performing-arts
Cooking
Logic & Reasoning
Trivia
Browse all subjects
Browse all tests
Most popular tests