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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 format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Sound bridge
Telephoto lens
Wide film
Wide-angle lens
2. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image
Actualitas
Diffusion filters
Composition
Antagonist
3. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Release prints
Brechtian distanciation
Telecine
Sound bridge
4. 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
Protagonist
Steadicam
Shooting script
Slow motion
5. 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
Director
Integrated musical
Wireframe
Animation
6. 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
Zoom lens
Typecasting
Composition in depth
7. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Forced development
Color filter
High-key lighting
Base
8. A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so that they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background - which creates the illusion of depth
Pixel
Forced perspective
Normal lens
Line of action
9. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject
Persistence of vision
Low-angle shot
Genre
Soft light
10. 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
German Expressionism
Pixel
Handheld shot
Frozen time moment
11. A technique of leaving empty space around the subject in the frame - in order to covey openness and continuity of visible space and to imply offscreen space
Wipe
Average shot length
Line reading
Loose framing
12. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Four-part structure
Trombone shot
Composition
Voice-over
13. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Charge coupler device
Turning point
Forced development
Antagonist
14. 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
Special visual effects
Soft light
Rack focus
Shot
15. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Steadicam
Composition in depth
Genre conventions
Long take
16. 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
Zoom in...
Continuity editing
Open-ended
Tracking shot
17. 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
B-roll
Telecine
Low-key lighting
Negative cutter
18. 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
Speed
Foley artist
Pre-production
Front projection
19. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Closure
Auteur
ADR
Crab dolly
20. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Focus puller
Narrative sequencing
Episodic
Negative
21. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Film stock
Outsourcing
Soft light
Overhead shot
22. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Digital cinema
Panchromatic
Reverse shot
Motivation
23. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Trombone shot
Runaway production
Wireframe
Tight framing
24. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Offscreen space
Editor
Speed
Open-ended
25. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Compilation film
Graphic match
Crab dolly
Go-motion
26. 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
Medium long shot
Plot summary
Crab dolly
27. 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
Front projection
Freeze frame
Wipe
Antagonist
28. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Cinerama
Aspect Ratio
Charge coupler device
Synthespian
29. 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
Apparatus Theory
Flashing
Travelling matte
30. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Trombone shot
Fast motion
Roadshowing
Editor
31. 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
Digital video
Rack focus
Sound bridge
City symphony
32. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Brechtian distanciation
Backstory
Blocking
Fast
33. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Anamorphic lens
Shutter
Matte painting
Open-ended
34. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
30-degree rule
Score
Runaway production
Widescreen
35. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Compositing
Hybrid
Medium close-up
Character actor
36. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Blockbuster
Optical printer
Non-diegetic
Exposition
37. 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
Fog filter
Backstage musical
Method acting
Fast motion
38. The use of editing techniques - such as a fade or dissolve - to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another
Shot transition
Out-take
Aspect Ratio
Cameo
39. A rule in continuity editing - which dictates that if a cut occurs while a character is in the midst of an action - the subsequent shot must begin so that audiences see the completion of that action
Typecasting
Tinting
Match on action
Camera distance
40. An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting set-up - the key light illuminates the subject - the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light - and the back light separates the subject from the background
Dye coupler
City symphony
Reframing
Three-point lighting
41. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Apparatus Theory
Extradiegetic
Re-establishing shot
Widescreen
42. A crew member whose job is to measure the distance between the subject and the camera lens - marking the ring on the camera lens - and ensuring the ring is turned precisely so that the image is in focus
Go-motion
Focus puller
Descriptive claim
Slow motion
43. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Tableau shot
Green screen
Recursive action
Pre-production
44. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Chiaroscuro
Turning point
Go-motion
Digital set extension
45. 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
Aperture
Restricted narration
Star filter
Pushing
46. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Narrative sequencing
Prosthesis
Forced development
Realist style
47. 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
German Expressionism
Superimposition
Character actor
48. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Fog filter
Reverse shot
Out-take
Lens
49. 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
Pixel
Anamorphic lens
Brechtian distanciation
Lightning mix
50. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Lens
Plot summary
Wide-angle lens
Blue screen