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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 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
Chiaroscuro
High concept film
Telephoto lens
Telecine
2. A technique of shooting a scene at a very high speed (96 frames per second) - then adding and subtracting frames in post-production - 'fanning out' the action through the overlapping images
Recursive action
Second unit
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Restricted narration
3. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Out-take
Crab dolly
Dissolve
Iris in...
4. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated
Evaluative claim
Synthespian
Episodic
Anamorphic lens
5. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Widescreen
Freeze frame
Color timing
Extreme wide-angle lens
6. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Avant-garde film
Vertical integration
Zoom lens
Shooting script
7. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Overlapping dialogue
Three-point lighting
Integrated musical
Color filter
8. A type of short film that blends elements of documentary and avant-garde film to document and often to celebrate the wonder of the modern city
Hybrid
Scratching
Propaganda film
City symphony
9. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Motivation
Scene
Synthespian
High-angle shot
10. A type of short film that blends elements of documentary and avant-garde film to document and often to celebrate the wonder of the modern city
Swish pan
Dissolve
Overhead shot
City symphony
11. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Crane shot
Line reading
Typecasting
Graphic match
12. A shot transition where shot A slowly disappears as the screen becomes black before shot B appears. A fade-in is the reverse of this process
Animation
Brechtian distanciation
Fade-out
German Expressionism
13. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Frame narration
Shutter
Polarizing filters
Revisionist
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
Diffusion filters
Match on action
Interpretive claim
Method acting
15. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Camera distance
Backstage musical
Character actor
Gaffer
16. A technique of filming at a speed faster than projection - the projecting the footage at normal speed of 24 frames per second. Because fewer frames were recorded per second - the action appears to be speeded up
Minor studios
Telecine
Slow motion
Forced development
17. Fish-eye lens; With a focal length of 15mm or less - this lens presents an extremely distorted image - where objects in the center of the frame appear to bulge toward the camera
Loose framing
Frame narration
Extreme wide-angle lens
Studio system
18. 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
Restricted narration
Pixel
Digital cinema
Gauge
19. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Horizontal integration
Interpretive claim
Cutaway
Eyeline match
20. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Descriptive claim
Bleach bypass
Composition in depth
Composition in depth
21. A business model adopted by the major studios during the Hollywood studio era - in which studios controlled all aspects of the film business - from production to distribution and exhibition
Text
Vertical integration
Composition
Continuity editor
22. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Interpellation
Soviet montage
Second unit
Zoom lens
23. 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
Mixing
Wide-angle lens
Point-of-view shot
Negative
24. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Fog filter
Script supervisor
Color consultant
Low-angle shot
25. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Best boy
Production values
Sound bridge
Camera distance
26. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Pre-production
Filter
30-degree rule
Digital set extension
27. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Continuity error
Base
Extra
Three-act structure
28. 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
Star persona
Orthochromatic
Graphic match
29. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Filter
Motivation
Video assist
Overhead shot
30. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Progressive scanning
Flashforward
Outsourcing
Special visual effects
31. 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
Classical style
High-angle shot
Flashback
Zoom in...
32. An attribute of newer television monitors - where each frame is scanned by the electron beam as a single field. If slowed down - each frame would appear on the monitor in its entirety on the screen - rather than line by line - as is the case with int
Zoom out
Progressive scanning
Tracking shot
Hollywood Blacklist
33. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Bleach bypass
Montage sequence
Speed
Sound bridge
34. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Negative cutter
Major studios
Overhead shot
Desaturated
35. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Crab dolly
Assistant Editor
Handheld shot
Overhead shot
36. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Telecine
Visual effects
Medium long shot
Time-lapse photography
37. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Oeuvre
Pixilation
Third-person narration
Canted angle
38. The first step in the process of creating CGI. The wireframe is a three-dimensional computer model of an object - which is then rendered (producing the finished image) and animated (using simulated camera movement frame by frame)
Hue
Crane shot
Wireframe
Overhead shot
39. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Flashback
Continuity editing
Sound bridge
Intertextual reference
40. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Syuzhet
Roadshowing
Running time
Visual effects
41. 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
Persistence of vision
On-the-nose dialogue
Animation
Depth of field
42. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Sound bridge
Depth of field
Synthespian
Star system
43. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Film stock
Fast
180-degree rule
Underexposure
44. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Plot summary
Compilation film
Genre
Compositing
45. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Point-of-view shot
Anime
Fade-out
Panchromatic
46. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Post-production
Parellel editing
Cutaway
Recursive action
47. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Glass shot
Text
Fade-out
Rack focus
48. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Direct cinema
Classical style
Crane shot
Release prints
49. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Backstory
Point-of-view shot
Iris out
Compositing
50. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Medium shot
Blockbuster
Backstory
Prosthesis