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Film Vocab
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performing-arts
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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 camera shot taken at a large distance from the subject. Using the human body as the subject - a long shot captures the entire human form
Turning point
Long shot
Split screen
Descriptive claim
2. 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
Parellel
Persistence of vision
Eye-level shot
Text
3. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Backstage musical
Re-establishing shot
Star persona
Grain
4. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Gauge
Zoom lens
Syuzhet
Mixing
5. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Academy Ratio
Fast motion
Cutaway
Apparatus Theory
6. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Bleach bypass
Travelling matte
Lightning mix
Negative cutter
7. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Non-diegetic
Go-motion
Narrative sequencing
Mixing
8. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Prosthesis
Second unit
Protagonist
Negative
9. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Tracking shot
Flashback
Animation
Visual effects
10. 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
Masking
Plot summary
Double exposure
Release prints
11. An optical effect whereby the eye continues to register a visual stimulus in the brain for a brief period after that stimulus has been removed
Persistence of vision
Take
Slow motion
Production values
12. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Sound bridge
Kuleshov effect
180-degree rule
Pixilation
13. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Pixel
Synthespian
Star system
Compositing
14. 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
Scratching
Oeuvre
Direct sound
Hard light
15. 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
Production values
Editor
Interpellation
High-key lighting
16. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Gauge
Hybrid
Toning
Hue
17. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Shot transition
Wide film
Continuity editor
Integrated musical
18. A compositing method that allows cinematographers to combine live action and settings that are filmed or created separately. Actors are filmed against a green or blue background. During post-production - this background is filled in with an image thr
Double exposure
Re-establishing shot
Green screen
Post-production
19. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Overhead shot
Star filter
Blockbuster
Tableau shot
20. 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
Diffusion filters
Three-act structure
Major studios
Syuzhet
21. 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
Telephoto lens
Dissolve
Continuity editing
Vertical integration
22. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Color filter
Backstage musical
Long take
23. 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...
Composition in depth
Blaxploitation
Tight framing
24. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Shooting script
Shot transition
Graphic match
Slow motion
25. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Overlapping dialogue
Closure
Visual effects
Outsourcing
26. 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
Classical style
Extreme wide-angle lens
Backstory
High-key lighting
27. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Text
Backstage musical
Green screen
Antagonist
28. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Polarizing filters
Iris in...
Natural-key lighting
Close-up
29. A technique in which the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters. The camera points in the directions the character looks - simulating the character's field of vision
Zoom out
Brechtian distanciation
Color consultant
Point-of-view shot
30. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Cutaway
Medium close-up
Desaturated
Shot transition
31. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Deep focus cinematography
Descriptive claim
Score
Direct cinema
32. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Flashback
Fog filter
Editor
Tracking shot
33. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Camera distance
Assistant Editor
Overlapping dialogue
Bleach bypass
34. 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
Film stock
Auteur
Telephoto lens
Episodic
35. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Telephoto lens
Masking
Eyeline match
Two-shot
36. An outlawed studio era practice - where studios forced exhibitors to book groups of films at once - thus ensuring a market for their failures along with their successes
Plot summary
Block booking
Charge coupler device
Glass shot
37. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Extreme close-up
Vista Vision
Tilt
Interpretive claim
38. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Horizontal integration
Double exposure
Backstory
Plot summary
39. 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
Day for night
Flashing
Realist style
Front projection
40. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Forced perspective
Dye coupler
Pan
Plot summary
41. 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
Hollywood Blacklist
Sound bridge
Rack focus
Visual effects
42. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Glass shot
Antagonist
Long take
Polarizing filters
43. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Closure
Crab dolly
Turning point
Genre conventions
44. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Point-of-view shot
Tinting
Star system
Special visual effects
45. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Telephoto lens
Flashforward
Set-up
Fog filter
46. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Aperture
Shooting script
Telecine
Swish pan
47. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Grain
Fabula
Focal length
Insert
48. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
Closure
30-degree rule
Forced perspective
Saturation
49. A model of industrial organization in the film industry from about 1915 to 1946 - characterized by the development of major and minor studios that produced - distributed - and exhibited films - and held film actors - directors - art directors - and o
Studio system
Hollywood Ten
Panning and scanning
Continuity error
50. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Steadicam
Reverse shot
Medium close-up
Graphic match