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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. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Superimposition
Minor studios
Non-diegetic
Interlaced scanning
2. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
Frame narration
180-degree rule
Propaganda film
Interlaced scanning
3. Any lens with a focal length approximately equal to the diagonal of the frame. For 35mm filmmaking - a 35-50 mm lens does not distort the angle of vision or depth
Studio system
Normal lens
Charge coupler device
Orthochromatic
4. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Two-shot
Offscreen space
Runaway production
Take
5. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Diegesis
Score
Oeuvre
Fog filter
6. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Fog filter
Spec script
Genre
Grain
7. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Fog filter
Gauge
Match on action
Charge coupler device
8. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Overlapping dialogue
Fade-out
Eye-level shot
Episodic
9. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Average shot length
Re-establishing shot
Anime
Character actor
10. 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
Extreme close-up
Spec script
First-person narration
Pixel
11. 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
Fade-out
Subtext
Speed
12. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Steadicam
Desaturated
Selective focus
Hybrid
13. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Shutter
Frame narration
Exposition
Progressive scanning
14. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Method acting
Iris out
Motif
Backstage musical
15. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Point-of-view shot
Hue
Eyeline match
Digital video
16. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Propaganda film
Cut
Mockumentary
Motivation
17. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Two-shot
Film stock
Shutter
Screenplay
18. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Oeuvre
Continuity editor
Restricted narration
Insert
19. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Out-take
Syuzhet
Lightning mix
Color timing
20. 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
Genre
Superimposition
Re-establishing shot
Masking
21. 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
Travelling matte
Wireframe
Method acting
22. A standard shot pattern that dictates that a shot of one character will be followed by a shot of another character - taken from the reverse angle of the first shot
Shot/reverse shot
Flashing
Diegesis
Soundtrack
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
Foley artist
Subtext
Script supervisor
Wide film
24. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Special visual effects
Production values
Focus puller
On-the-nose dialogue
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
Travelling matte
Establishing shot
Propaganda film
Episodic
26. Squeezes the image at a ratio of 2:1 horizontally onto a standard film frame. On the projector - it unsqueezes the image - creating a widescreen aspect ratio during presentation
Natural-key lighting
Telecine
Subtext
Anamorphic lens
27. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Text
Tracking shot
Pan
Wide film
28. 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
Deep focus cinematography
Saturation
Aperture
Take
29. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Color timing
Matte painting
Apparatus Theory
Line of action
30. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
Soviet montage
On-the-nose dialogue
Shooting script
Telephoto lens
31. 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
Bleach bypass
Promotion
Tight framing
Frozen time moment
32. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Running time
Avant-garde film
Trailer
Method acting
33. A property of older television monitors - where each frame was scanned as two fields: One consisting of all the odd numbered lines - the other all the even lines. If slowed down - the television image would appear to sweep down the screen one line at
B-roll
Antagonist
Interlaced scanning
Extradiegetic
34. 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
Interpellation
Set-up
Trombone shot
High-key lighting
35. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Exposure
Ethnographic film
Matte painting
Descriptive claim
36. A scene transition in which the first frame of the incoming scene appears to push the last frame of the previous scene off the screen horizontally
Character actor
Wipe
Speed
Running time
37. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Gauge
Gauge
Filter
Handheld shot
38. 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
Storyboard
Open-ended
Chiaroscuro
39. The person in charge of planning the style and look of the film with the production designer and director of photography - working with actors during principal photography - and collaborating with the editor on the final version
Digital set extension
Optical printer
Director
Close-up
40. 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
Storyboard
Foley artist
Denouement
Tilt
41. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Cel
Subtext
Eye-level shot
Compositing
42. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Parellel
Revisionist
Crane shot
Long take
43. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Non-diegetic
Score
Frame narration
Selective focus
44. A film style that emerged in the 1910s in Germany. It was heavily indebted to the Expressionist art movement of the time and influenced subsequent horror films and film noir
Direct cinema
German Expressionism
Crane shot
Vertical integration
45. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Medium long shot
Method acting
Aperture
Negative cutter
46. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Travelling matte
Chiaroscuro
Medium shot
Tableau shot
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
Morphing
Chiaroscuro
Horizontal integration
Soft light
48. 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
Orthochromatic
Eye-level shot
Telephoto lens
Spec script
49. The distance that appears in focus in front of and behind the subject. It is determined by the aperture - distance and focal length of lens
Underexposure
Forced development
Promotion
Depth of field
50. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Omniscient narration
Swish pan
Natural-key lighting
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