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Film Vocab
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1. 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
Subtext
Take
Crab dolly
Lightning mix
2. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Aperture
Film stock
Flashforward
Shutter
3. 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.
Pixel
Motif
Color filter
Color timing
4. 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)
Wireframe
Recursive action
Score
Hollywood Ten
5. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Overlapping dialogue
Front projection
Aerial Shot
Re-establishing shot
6. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Composition
Best boy
Method acting
Dye coupler
7. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Freeze frame
Handheld shot
Re-establishing shot
Master positive
8. The measure of intensity or purity of a color. Saturated color is purer than desaturated color - which has more white in it and thus offers a washed-out - less intense version of a color
Saturation
City symphony
Chiaroscuro
Studio system
9. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Canted angle
Aperture
Genre conventions
Post-production
10. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Soft light
Set-up
Compilation film
Loose framing
11. A technique used to join live action with pre-recorded background images. A projector is aimed at a half-silvered mirror that reflects the background - which the camera records as being located behind the actors
Analog Video
Front projection
Digital set extension
Open-ended
12. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Rear projection
Non-diegetic
Third-person narration
Long take
13. Because film stock is sensitive to the color of light - directors work with film labs in post-production to monitor the color scheme of each scene in a film - making adjustments for consistency and aesthetic effect
Brechtian distanciation
Shot transition
Color timing
Reframing
14. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Visual effects
Cameo
Color filter
Post-production
15. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Dailies
Extra
Deep focus cinematography
Overhead shot
16. A system initially developed for marketing films by creating and promoting stars as objects of admiration. The promotion of stars has now become an end in itself
Anime
Soviet montage
Color filter
Star system
17. 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
Forced perspective
Blocking
Parellel
Flashforward
18. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Cutaway
Freeze frame
30-degree rule
Take
19. A term applied to film stock that is relatively insensitive to light. This stock will not yield acceptable images unless the amount of light can be carefully controlled
Slow
Visual effects
Diffusion filters
Trailer
20. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Zoom lens
Selective focus
Antagonist
Animation
21. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Camera distance
Script supervisor
Color consultant
Match on action
22. An effect created when more light is required to produce an image strakes the film stock - so that the resulting image exhibits high contrast - glaring light - and washed out shadows. This effect ma or may not be intentional on the filmmaker's part
Overexposure
Kuleshov effect
Vista Vision
Master positive
23. 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
Progressive scanning
Extra
Superimposition
Focus puller
24. 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
Editor
Fade-out
B-roll
Flashing
25. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Non-diegetic
Normal lens
Classical style
Protagonist
26. 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
Turning point
Fade-out
Canted angle
Fog filter
27. 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
Soviet montage
Double exposure
Zoom lens
28. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Travelling matte
Hollywood Blacklist
Blockbuster
Blue screen
29. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Mockumentary
Extreme long-shot
Forced perspective
Pan
30. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Close-up
Letterboxing
Blue screen
Superimposition
31. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Offscreen space
Tight framing
Backstage musical
Zoom out
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
Post-production
Master shot
Non-diegetic
Progressive scanning
33. 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
Panning and scanning
Point-of-view shot
City symphony
Compilation film
34. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Graphic match
Rear projection
Swish pan
Auteur
35. A sound editing technique that links several scenes through parallel and overlapping sounds. Each sound is associated with one scene - unlike a sound bridge - where a sound from one scene bleeds into that of another
Lightning mix
Long shot
Subtext
Focal length
36. A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation
Negative
Chiaroscuro
Motif
Kuleshov effect
37. 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
City symphony
Point-of-view shot
Slow
Fast
38. A film style that - in contrast to the classical and formalist styles - focuses characters - place - and the spontaneity and digressiveness of life - rather than on highly structured stories or aesthetic abstraction
Double exposure
Realist style
Pan
Ethnographic film
39. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Star system
Line of action
Cinerama
Slow motion
40. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Split screen
Continuity error
Genre
Natural-key lighting
41. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time
Tinting
Foley artist
Master shot
Gaffer
42. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
First-person narration
Canted angle
Major studios
High concept film
43. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Optical printer
Script supervisor
Non-diegetic
Analog Video
44. 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
Parellel
Open-ended
Forced perspective
Star persona
45. A film style that - in contrast to the classical and formalist styles - focuses characters - place - and the spontaneity and digressiveness of life - rather than on highly structured stories or aesthetic abstraction
Forced perspective
Blocking
Realist style
Wipe
46. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Cutaway
Diffusion filters
Promotion
Plot summary
47. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Average shot length
Cel
Prosthesis
Compositing
48. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Matte
Rack focus
Graphic match
Minor studios
49. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Matte painting
Assistant Editor
Running time
Filter
50. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Frozen time moment
Video assist
Scratching
Master positive