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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 musical in which some or all musical numbers are not motivated by the narrative; for example - characters sing and dance throughout the film but at least some performances are not staged for an onscreen audience. Examples include Oklahoma - The umb
Newsreel
Integrated musical
Phi phenomenon
Gauge
2. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Glass shot
Denouement
Backstage musical
Slow motion
3. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Orthochromatic
Roadshowing
Crane shot
Descriptive claim
4. 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
Long shot
Roadshowing
Exposure
Neutral-density filter
5. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Standard shot pattern
Superimposition
Cameo
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
6. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Toning
Minor studios
Aspect Ratio
Vista Vision
7. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Eye-level shot
Overhead shot
Motif
Subtext
8. A system for combining two separately filmed images in the same frame that involves create a matte (a black mask that covers a portion of the image) for a live action sequence and using it to block out a portion of the frame when filming the backgrou
Apparatus Theory
Intertextual reference
Genre conventions
Travelling matte
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
Neutral-density filter
Deep focus cinematography
Rotoscope
Glass shot
10. 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
Steadicam
Runaway production
Long take
Horizontal integration
11. 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
Promotion
Best boy
Reframing
Steadicam
12. A post-studio era Hollywood film designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience by fusing a simple story line with major movie stars and mounting a lavish marketing campaign
Prosthesis
High concept film
Star system
Extra
13. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Soundtrack
Parellel
Flashforward
Iris out
14. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Pixel
Green screen
Actualitas
Handheld shot
15. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject
Block booking
Low-angle shot
Tableau shot
Auteur
16. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Cut
Aerial Shot
Screenplay
Plot summary
17. 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
Tableau shot
Medium shot
Green screen
Outsourcing
18. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Genre conventions
Match on action
Take
B-roll
19. A visual effect achieved through the use of photography and digital techniques that appears to stop time and allow the viewer to travel around the subject and view it from a multitude of vantage points
Extreme wide-angle lens
Focal length
Eye-level shot
Frozen time moment
20. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Graphic match
Frozen time moment
Close-up
Realist style
21. 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
Trombone shot
Interpellation
Vista Vision
Available light
22. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Anamorphic lens
German Expressionism
Backstory
Third-person narration
23. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Exposure latitude
Aerial Shot
Narrative
Mixing
24. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Hollywood Blacklist
Underexposure
Backstory
Continuity editor
25. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
Natural-key lighting
Digital video
30-degree rule
Production values
26. 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
Classical style
Exposure latitude
Take
Panchromatic
27. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Blockbuster
Digital compositing
Interpellation
High-angle shot
28. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Travelling matte
Charge coupler device
Formalist style
Star filter
29. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Jump cut
Exposure latitude
Digital compositing
Polarizing filters
30. 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
Two-shot
Editor
Telephoto lens
Antagonist
31. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Open-ended
Frozen time moment
Trailer
Fog filter
32. 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
Mixing
Point-of-view shot
Scene
B-roll
33. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Star system
ADR
Subgenre
High-key lighting
34. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Focus puller
Wipe
Four-part structure
B-roll
35. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Typecasting
Chiaroscuro
Slow motion
Descriptive claim
36. 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
Slow
Rack focus
Flashing
Text
37. 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
Eyeline match
Blockbuster
Cut
Handheld shot
38. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Panning and scanning
Letterboxing
German Expressionism
Shooting script
39. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Gauge
Telecine
Line reading
Orthochromatic
40. 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
Narrative sequencing
Zoom out
Post-production
Cel
41. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Outsourcing
Close-up
Digital cinema
Split screen
42. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Toning
Exposure
Zoom in...
Digital compositing
43. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Block booking
Fabula
Plot summary
Promotion
44. The average length in seconds of a series of shots - covering a portion of a film or an entire film; a measure of pace within a scene or in the film as a whole.
Average shot length
Close-up
Tilt
Rotoscope
45. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Voice-over
Offscreen space
Trombone shot
Crab dolly
46. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Flashforward
Eye-level shot
Shot/reverse shot
Forced perspective
47. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Post-production
Evaluative claim
Exposure latitude
Fabula
48. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Hue
Tilt
Match on action
Cut
49. A shot taken when the camera is so close to a subject that it fills the frame. It is most commonly used for a shot that isolates and encompasses a single actor's face - to emphasize the expression of emotion
Wipe
Close-up
Academy Ratio
Reframing
50. The average length in seconds of a series of shots - covering a portion of a film or an entire film; a measure of pace within a scene or in the film as a whole.
Lightning mix
Average shot length
Intertextual reference
Horizontal integration