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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 measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Speed
Standard shot pattern
Editor
Establishing shot
2. 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
Direct cinema
Motif
Point-of-view shot
Pixel
3. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Prosthesis
Panchromatic
Rotoscope
Overhead shot
4. Also called 'd-cinema.' Not to be confused with digital cinematography (shooting movies on digital video) - this term refers to using digital technologies for exhibition
Color consultant
Anamorphic lens
Digital cinema
Panning and scanning
5. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Neutral-density filter
Character actor
Denouement
Digital compositing
6. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Brechtian distanciation
Newsreel
Hybrid
Evaluative claim
7. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Gauge
Phi phenomenon
Backstory
Optical printer
8. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Film stock
Antagonist
Runaway production
Non-diegetic
9. An alternative to continuity editing - this style of editing was developed in silent Soviet cinema - based on the theory that editing should exploit the difference between shots to generate intellectual and emotional responses in the audience
Ethnographic film
Swish pan
Soviet montage
City symphony
10. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Sound bridge
Three-point lighting
Horizontal integration
Extra
11. A technique of depicting two layered images simultaneously. Images from one frame or several frames of film are added to pre-existing images - using an optical printer - to produce the same effect as a double exposure
Kuleshov effect
Two-shot
Time-lapse photography
Superimposition
12. 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
Flashback
Handheld shot
Voice-over
Loose framing
13. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Go-motion
Genre
Iris out
Narrative
14. 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)
Restricted narration
Eye-level shot
Intertextual reference
Wireframe
15. The technique of telling the story from an all-knowing character. Films that use restricted narration limit the audience's perception to what one particular character knows - but may insert moments of omniscience
Subtext
Color filter
Negative cutter
Omniscient narration
16. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Forced perspective
Fabula
Dissolve
Three-act structure
17. 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
Release prints
Synthespian
Aspect Ratio
18. 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
Eyeline match
Normal lens
Wide film
Production values
19. A machine used to create optical effects such as fades - dissolves - and superimpositions. Most are now created digitally
Matte
Optical printer
Exposure
Wide-angle lens
20. Any narrative - visual - or sound element that is repeated and thereby acquires and reflects its significance to the story - characters - or themes of the film.
Motif
Evaluative claim
Scene
Available light
21. 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
Protagonist
Natural-key lighting
Scene
Forced perspective
22. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Third-person narration
Extreme long-shot
Genre conventions
Frozen time moment
23. A similarity established between two characters or situations that invites the audience to compare the two. It may involve visual - narrative - and/or sound elements
Diffusion filters
Film stock
Parellel
Diegesis
24. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
First-person narration
On-the-nose dialogue
Color filter
Aerial Shot
25. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Voice-over
Formalist style
Scratching
Subgenre
26. 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
Dolly
ADR
Extreme close-up
Offscreen space
27. 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
Steadicam
Diffusion filters
Zoom in...
Fade-out
28. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Analog Video
Overexposure
Syuzhet
Matte
29. 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
Pushing
Charge coupler device
Three-act structure
Blaxploitation
30. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Anime
Pulling
Foley artist
Cameo
31. 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
Telecine
Pushing
Episodic
Slow motion
32. 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
Interpretive claim
Establishing shot
Flashing
Dailies
33. 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
Low-key lighting
Vertical integration
Brechtian distanciation
Visual effects
34. 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
Tilt
Zoom lens
Graphic match
Recursive action
35. The measurement of how forgiving a film stock is. It determines whether an acceptable image will be produced when the film stock is exposed to too little or too much light
Vista Vision
Brechtian distanciation
Telecine
Exposure latitude
36. 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
Release prints
Forced development
Parellel editing
Negative
37. Dutch angle; a shot resulting from a static camera that is tilted to the right or left - so that the subject in the frame appears at a diagonal
Cut
Film stock
Canted angle
Offscreen space
38. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
High-angle shot
Set-up
Voice-over
Pulling
39. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Negative cutter
Tilt
Chiaroscuro
Canted angle
40. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Orthochromatic
Line reading
Normal lens
Blue screen
41. 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
Aerial Shot
Assistant Editor
Pushing
Flashback
42. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Graphic match
Montage sequence
Base
Rack focus
43. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Continuity editor
Color filter
Pixilation
Tight framing
44. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Cutaway
High-key lighting
Kuleshov effect
Soviet montage
45. Lighting design that provides an even illumination of the subject - with many facial details washed out. High-key lighting tends to create a hopeful mood - in contrast to low-key lighting
Brechtian distanciation
Episodic
Interlaced scanning
High-key lighting
46. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Desaturated
Voice-over
Four-part structure
Tilt
47. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
30-degree rule
Film stock
Fast motion
Telecine
48. Lighting design that provides an even illumination of the subject - with many facial details washed out. High-key lighting tends to create a hopeful mood - in contrast to low-key lighting
High-key lighting
Intertextual reference
Three-act structure
Neutral-density filter
49. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Best boy
Rotoscope
Antagonist
Closure
50. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Two-shot
Figure placement and movement
Forced development
Depth of field