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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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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. A shot taken from a level camera located approximately 5' to 6' from the ground - simulating the perspective of a person standing before the action presented
Star system
Eye-level shot
Extreme wide-angle lens
Method acting
2. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Close-up
Jump cut
Pre-production
Two-shot
3. 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
Slow
Camera distance
Standard shot pattern
Focal length
4. 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
Cut
Rack focus
Extreme long-shot
Major studios
5. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Frozen time moment
Continuity editing
Average shot length
Long take
6. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Medium close-up
Telecine
Post-production
Fast
7. 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
Extreme close-up
Lightning mix
Zoom out
Exposition
8. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Telecine
Soft light
Fabula
Color filter
9. A person responsible for putting a film together from a mass of developed footage - making decisions regarding pace - shot transitions - and which scenes and shots will be used
Widescreen
Sound bridge
Three-point lighting
Editor
10. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Realist style
Negative cutter
Color timing
Tight framing
11. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Continuity error
Ethnographic film
Forced development
Four-part structure
12. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Exposure
Eyeline match
Integrated musical
Auteur
13. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Shot transition
Line reading
Syuzhet
Widescreen
14. 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
Eye-level shot
Release prints
Hard light
Major studios
15. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Gauge
Soviet montage
Filter
Pre-production
16. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Fade-out
Video assist
Iris in...
Zoom lens
17. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Animation
Low-key lighting
Match on action
Continuity editor
18. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Slow
Point-of-view shot
Medium long shot
Flashback
19. 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
Filter
Production values
Blocking
Polarizing filters
20. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Phi phenomenon
Match on action
Gauge
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
21. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Color filter
Post-production
Digital compositing
Reframing
22. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Extra
Shot/reverse shot
Camera distance
Classical style
23. 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
Omniscient narration
Running time
Assistant Editor
Foley artist
24. 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
Aerial Shot
Focal length
Syuzhet
Three-point lighting
25. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Running time
Star system
Filter
Eyeline match
26. Exposed and developed film stock from which the master positive is struck. If projected - the negative would produce a reverse of the image - with dark areas appearing white and vice versa or - if color film - areas of color appearing as their comple
Dye coupler
Non-diegetic
Polarizing filters
Negative
27. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Glass shot
Exposition
Character actor
Direct sound
28. 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
Hollywood Ten
Re-establishing shot
Optical printer
Pan
29. 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
Fade-out
Auteur
Match on action
Green screen
30. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
City symphony
Scene
Extradiegetic
Jump cut
31. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Zoom in...
Trailer
Motivation
Newsreel
32. 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
Classical style
Match on action
Aspect Ratio
Descriptive claim
33. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Shutter
Average shot length
Episodic
Reframing
34. 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
Undercranking
Shutter
Natural-key lighting
City symphony
35. 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
Deep focus cinematography
Newsreel
Hard light
Slow motion
36. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Exposure
Camera distance
Episodic
Newsreel
37. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Intertextual reference
Establishing shot
Revisionist
Offscreen space
38. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Hue
Negative cutter
Out-take
Grain
39. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Script supervisor
Fast motion
Scene
Dye coupler
40. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Toning
Medium close-up
Pan
Rear projection
41. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Extra
Animation
Prosthesis
Antagonist
42. The measure of intensity or purity of a color. Saturated color is purer than desaturated color - which has more white in it and thus offers a washed-out - less intense version of a color
Match on action
Color timing
Saturation
Low-key lighting
43. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Overlapping dialogue
Character actor
Closure
Master shot
44. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Undercranking
Aerial Shot
Animation
Graphic match
45. 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
Polarizing filters
Slow
Blocking
Intertextual reference
46. Thin - flexible material comprised of base and emulsion layers - onto which light rays are focused and which is processed in chemicals to produce film images
30-degree rule
Handheld shot
Film stock
Analog Video
47. A shot taken from a level camera located approximately 5' to 6' from the ground - simulating the perspective of a person standing before the action presented
Release prints
Phi phenomenon
Focal length
Eye-level shot
48. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Hollywood Ten
Color consultant
Graphic match
Descriptive claim
49. 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
Pixel
Travelling matte
Cameo
Medium close-up
50. 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
Toning
Eye-level shot
Overexposure
Double exposure