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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 technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Digital set extension
Phi phenomenon
Medium long shot
Negative cutter
2. A single take that contains an entire scene
Panning and scanning
Wide-angle lens
Master shot
Kuleshov effect
3. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Recursive action
Blaxploitation
Close-up
Hue
4. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Diegesis
Orthochromatic
German Expressionism
Descriptive claim
5. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Graphic match
Pre-production
Mockumentary
Extreme wide-angle lens
6. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Swish pan
Star persona
Rear projection
Hybrid
7. 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
Cinerama
Rotoscope
Best boy
8. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Masking
Wide film
Subtext
Wipe
9. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Medium shot
Iris in...
Oeuvre
Color timing
10. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Emulsion
Digital set extension
Zoom out
Narrative sequencing
11. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Pre-production
Underexposure
Canted angle
Line of action
12. 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
Release prints
Double exposure
Offscreen space
Director
13. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Blockbuster
Medium long shot
Soft light
Typecasting
14. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
Soundtrack
City symphony
Shot
First-person narration
15. Light emitted from a larger source that is scattered over a bigger area or reflected off a surface before it strikes the subject. Soft light minimizes facial details - including wrinkles
Method acting
Continuity editing
Soft light
Foley artist
16. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Medium shot
Director
Color filter
Day for night
17. 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
Exposure latitude
Pushing
Frozen time moment
Point-of-view shot
18. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Medium long shot
Rear projection
Orthochromatic
Post-production
19. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Star persona
Protagonist
Flashback
Tracking shot
20. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Cutaway
Available light
Syuzhet
Mockumentary
21. 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
Frozen time moment
Zoom out
Restricted narration
Fast motion
22. 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
Aspect Ratio
Horizontal integration
Scratching
Panchromatic
23. A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation
Average shot length
Episodic
Direct cinema
Kuleshov effect
24. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Wide film
Syuzhet
Interlaced scanning
Flashing
25. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Panchromatic
Storyboard
Establishing shot
Montage sequence
26. 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
Genre conventions
Product placement
Hollywood Ten
27. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Shot transition
Lens
Offscreen space
Ethnographic film
28. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Plot summary
Color consultant
Production values
Low-angle shot
29. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Out-take
Long shot
Chiaroscuro
Storyboard
30. Exposed and developed film stock from which the master positive is struck. If projected - the negative would produce a reverse of the image - with dark areas appearing white and vice versa or - if color film - areas of color appearing as their comple
Zoom lens
Negative
Cut
Star system
31. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Emulsion
Aerial Shot
Running time
Hue
32. 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
Desaturated
Pushing
Propaganda film
Medium close-up
33. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Saturation
Production values
Shot transition
Anime
34. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
First-person narration
Motivation
Steadicam
Syuzhet
35. 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
Diegesis
High concept film
Front projection
Standard shot pattern
36. A technique of moving the camera - on a specially built track. Such shots often trace character movement laterally across the frame or in and out of the depth of the frame
Tracking shot
Kuleshov effect
Voice-over
Classical style
37. 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
Green screen
Formalist style
Exposition
Frame narration
38. 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
Dailies
Block booking
Visual effects
Color filter
39. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Diffusion filters
30-degree rule
Scratching
Hollywood Blacklist
40. 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
Ethnographic film
Assistant Editor
Color filter
Hard light
41. A picture element - a measure of image density. There are approximately 18 million pixels in a frame of 35mm film and 300000-400000 in a video image
Pixel
Negative
Two-shot
Recursive action
42. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Typecasting
Cutaway
Zoom out
Direct cinema
43. Lighting design in which the greater intensity of the key light makes it impossible for the fill to eliminate shadows - producing a high-contrast image (with many grades of light and dark) - a number of shadows - and a somber mood
Cameo
Formalist style
Low-key lighting
Selective focus
44. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Anime
Forced development
Filter
Script supervisor
45. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Continuity error
Two-shot
Evaluative claim
Compilation film
46. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Revisionist
Spec script
Backstage musical
Orthochromatic
47. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Tilt
Standard shot pattern
Backstory
Hue
48. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Extreme close-up
Double exposure
Freeze frame
Standard shot pattern
49. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Video assist
Prosthesis
Low-key lighting
Star filter
50. The imagined world of the story
Promotion
Toning
Diegesis
Interpellation