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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. The written blueprint for a film - composed of three elements: dialogue - sluglines (setting the place and time of each scene) - and description. Feature-length screenplays typically run 90-130 pages
Double exposure
Cut
Screenplay
Brechtian distanciation
2. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Analog Video
Line of action
Outsourcing
Star filter
3. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Fast
ADR
Matte painting
Digital set extension
4. A shot taken by a camera that is held manually rather than supported by a tripod - crane or Steadicam. Generally - such shots are shaky - owing to the motion of the camera operator
Handheld shot
Trombone shot
Director
Hybrid
5. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Selective focus
Composition in depth
Avant-garde film
Intertextual reference
6. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Split screen
Aerial Shot
Iris out
Avant-garde film
7. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Flashback
Extreme long-shot
Line of action
Intertextual reference
8. A single take that contains an entire scene
Chiaroscuro
Matte
Scratching
Master shot
9. 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
Text
Propaganda film
Visual effects
Deep focus cinematography
10. A business model adopted by the major studios during the Hollywood studio era - in which studios controlled all aspects of the film business - from production to distribution and exhibition
Two-shot
Vertical integration
Anime
Overlapping dialogue
11. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Apparatus Theory
ADR
Camera distance
Close-up
12. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Composition
Running time
Cut
Pre-production
13. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up
Medium shot
Realist style
Storyboard
Shot
14. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Tableau shot
Jump cut
Hybrid
Interlaced scanning
15. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Minor studios
Analog Video
Reframing
Syuzhet
16. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Syuzhet
Antagonist
Slow
Extradiegetic
17. The film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological
Narrative sequencing
Apparatus Theory
Grain
Line reading
18. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Syuzhet
Emulsion
Soundtrack
Propaganda film
19. 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
Medium shot
Double exposure
Four-part structure
Telephoto lens
20. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Hue
Rear projection
Trailer
Propaganda film
21. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Cut
Speed
Prosthesis
Reverse shot
22. 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
Front projection
Average shot length
Post-production
Kuleshov effect
23. 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)
Dissolve
Day for night
Wireframe
Cameo
24. 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
Scene
Shot transition
Spec script
Screenplay
25. 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
Set-up
Rack focus
Fast
26. Reels of film that are shipped to movie theaters for exhibition. Digital cinema - which can be distributed via satellite - broadband - or on media such as DVDs - may soon replace film prints because the latter are expensive to create - copy - and dis
Release prints
Matte painting
Flashforward
Vista Vision
27. A shot that makes the human subject very small in relation to his or her environment. The entire figure from head to toe is onscreen and dwarfed by the surroundings
Steadicam
Oeuvre
Composition in depth
Extreme long-shot
28. 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
Three-act structure
Apparatus Theory
Evaluative claim
Depth of field
29. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Iris in...
Frame narration
Fast
Recursive action
30. 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
Zoom lens
Spec script
Canted angle
Three-act structure
31. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Orthochromatic
Exposition
Continuity editor
Blue screen
32. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Letterboxing
Figure placement and movement
Overhead shot
Standard shot pattern
33. 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
Direct cinema
Major studios
Roadshowing
Morphing
34. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Filter
High-key lighting
Hue
Jump cut
35. 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
Interpellation
Blockbuster
Soundtrack
Extreme close-up
36. A method for producing a widescreen image without special lenses or equipment - using standard film stock and blocking out the top and bottom of the frame to achieve an aspect ration of 1.85:1
Cutaway
Omniscient narration
Masking
Running time
37. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Backstory
Syuzhet
Steadicam
Oeuvre
38. A non-standard narrative organization that assumes 'day in the life' quality rather than the highly structured three-act or four part narrative - and that features loose or indirect cause-effect relationships
Crab dolly
Antagonist
Episodic
Rack focus
39. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Scratching
Progressive scanning
Release prints
Extreme close-up
40. 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
Steadicam
Spec script
Compilation film
Blue screen
41. A shot that makes the human subject very small in relation to his or her environment. The entire figure from head to toe is onscreen and dwarfed by the surroundings
Three-point lighting
Extreme long-shot
Rear projection
Brechtian distanciation
42. 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
Antagonist
Long shot
Persistence of vision
Formalist style
43. 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
Diegesis
Brechtian distanciation
Composition in depth
Interlaced scanning
44. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Zoom out
Newsreel
Soft light
Establishing shot
45. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Horizontal integration
Eyeline match
Graphic match
Lens
46. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Compilation film
Color consultant
Aspect Ratio
Normal lens
47. 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
Fabula
Horizontal integration
ADR
Realist style
48. 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
Blaxploitation
Propaganda film
Dolly
Hard light
49. A technique of exposing film frames - then rewinding the film and exposing it again - which results in an image that combines two shots in a single frame
Double exposure
Prosthesis
Soundtrack
Matte
50. Sound recorded on a set - on location - or - for documentary film - at an actual real-world event - as opposed to dubbed in post-production through ADR or looping
Flashing
Extra
Direct sound
Blocking