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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 technique of cutting back and forth between action occurring in two different locations - which often creates the illusion that they are happening simultaneously. Also called 'cross cutting.'
Parellel editing
Flashforward
Match on action
Apparatus Theory
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
Spec script
Sound bridge
Restricted narration
Polarizing filters
3. A production term denoting a single uninterrupted series of frames exposed by a motion picture or video camera between the time it is turned on and the time it is turned off. Filmmakers shoot several takes of any scene and the film editor selects the
Take
Text
Color filter
Toning
4. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Swish pan
Four-part structure
Gauge
Zoom lens
5. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Scene
Storyboard
ADR
Speed
6. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Base
Spec script
Open-ended
Letterboxing
7. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Dolly
Available light
Running time
Parellel
8. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Glass shot
Storyboard
High concept film
Composition
9. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Wide film
Extreme wide-angle lens
Morphing
Runaway production
10. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Wipe
Post-production
Telecine
Parellel
11. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Set-up
Progressive scanning
Crane shot
Oeuvre
12. 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
Foley artist
Closure
Promotion
Rotoscope
13. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Evaluative claim
Auteur
Rotoscope
Academy Ratio
14. A flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Lightning mix
Hollywood Blacklist
Base
Anamorphic lens
15. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Low-angle shot
Four-part structure
Overhead shot
Out-take
16. A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation
Tilt
Three-act structure
Kuleshov effect
Establishing shot
17. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Medium close-up
Slow motion
Establishing shot
Negative cutter
18. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Medium close-up
Two-shot
Exposure
Plot summary
19. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Analog Video
Toning
Graphic match
Cel
20. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Flashforward
Trombone shot
Text
Interlaced scanning
21. 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
Scene
Pulling
Intertextual reference
Studio system
22. 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
Pushing
Depth of field
Desaturated
Letterboxing
23. Drawing attention to the process of representation (including narrative and characterization) to break the theatrical illusion and elicit a distanced - intellectual response in the audience
Brechtian distanciation
Normal lens
Tracking shot
Subtext
24. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Jump cut
Evaluative claim
Fast
Masking
25. 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
Revisionist
Line of action
Scratching
Episodic
26. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Establishing shot
Green screen
Restricted narration
Overlapping dialogue
27. A lens with a shorter focal length than a normal or telephoto lens (usually between 15-35mm). The subject appears smaller as a result - but the angle of vision is wider and an illusion is created of greater depth in the frame
Wide-angle lens
Digital cinema
Reverse shot
Double exposure
28. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Continuity editor
Panchromatic
Genre conventions
Continuity editor
29. A shot taken from a vantage point so close that only a part of the subject is visible. On an actor - it might show only an eye or a portion of the face
Cameo
Extreme close-up
Neutral-density filter
Extradiegetic
30. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Runaway production
Dissolve
Charge coupler device
Pixilation
31. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
On-the-nose dialogue
Avant-garde film
Eye-level shot
Charge coupler device
32. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Star system
Shot/reverse shot
Newsreel
Letterboxing
33. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Direct cinema
Exposure latitude
Extra
Deep focus cinematography
34. 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
Rack focus
Realist style
Blocking
Iris out
35. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Open-ended
Establishing shot
Text
On-the-nose dialogue
36. 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
Gaffer
Intertextual reference
Restricted narration
Depth of field
37. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Character actor
Screenplay
Polarizing filters
Hue
38. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Zoom lens
Narrative
Propaganda film
Omniscient narration
39. Optical illusions created during post-production
Speed
On-the-nose dialogue
Zoom lens
Visual effects
40. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Auteur
Blockbuster
Gauge
Narrative sequencing
41. 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
Flashing
Oeuvre
Text
Compositing
42. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Fabula
Establishing shot
Saturation
Letterboxing
43. 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
Crane shot
Analog Video
Three-act structure
Promotion
44. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
Set-up
On-the-nose dialogue
Vista Vision
Camera distance
45. 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
Dissolve
Restricted narration
Morphing
Telephoto lens
46. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Analog Video
Orthochromatic
Shot transition
Color consultant
47. A technique of depicting two layered images simultaneously. Images from one frame or several frames of film are added to pre-existing images - using an optical printer - to produce the same effect as a double exposure
Crab dolly
Canted angle
Superimposition
Composition
48. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Continuity error
Formalist style
Mockumentary
Shot/reverse shot
49. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Continuity error
Telephoto lens
Pre-production
Frame narration
50. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Evaluative claim
Dailies
Aperture
Storyboard