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Film Vocab
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1. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Running time
Filter
Extreme wide-angle lens
Extreme wide-angle lens
2. 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)
Forced perspective
Wireframe
Three-act structure
Frame narration
3. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Speed
Extradiegetic
Composition in depth
Star system
4. 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
Screenplay
Visual effects
Orthochromatic
Focus puller
5. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Master positive
30-degree rule
Interpretive claim
Take
6. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Tilt
Cut
Auteur
Forced development
7. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Split screen
Set-up
Soft light
Denouement
8. Invisible editing; a system devised to minimize the audience's awareness of shot transitions - especially cuts - in order to improve the flow of the story and avoid interrupting the viewer's immersion it in
Actualitas
Syuzhet
Continuity editing
Integrated musical
9. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Cel
Restricted narration
Typecasting
Outsourcing
10. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up
Time-lapse photography
Intertextual reference
Medium long shot
Medium shot
11. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Narrative sequencing
Progressive scanning
High-angle shot
Storyboard
12. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Filter
Cel
Dolly
Video assist
13. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Scratching
Shot
Post-production
Avant-garde film
14. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Tilt
Flashback
Jump cut
Telecine
15. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Swish pan
Filter
Aerial Shot
Split screen
16. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Film stock
Soviet montage
Frame narration
Average shot length
17. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Continuity editing
Offscreen space
Overhead shot
30-degree rule
18. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Average shot length
Medium close-up
Extreme wide-angle lens
Rotoscope
19. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Crab dolly
Star filter
Newsreel
Digital cinema
20. 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
Pre-production
Match on action
Subtext
Exposure latitude
21. Standard shot pattern: A sequence of shots designed to maintain spatial continuity. Scene begin with an establishing shot - then move to a series of individual shots depicting characters and action - before reestablishing shots re-orient viewers to t
Release prints
Standard shot pattern
Orthochromatic
Product placement
22. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Master shot
Method acting
Dolly
Special visual effects
23. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Script supervisor
Orthochromatic
Go-motion
Lens
24. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Major studios
Analog Video
Hybrid
Dailies
25. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Video assist
Filter
Swish pan
Desaturated
26. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Overexposure
Jump cut
Shutter
Typecasting
27. A property of older television monitors - where each frame was scanned as two fields: One consisting of all the odd numbered lines - the other all the even lines. If slowed down - the television image would appear to sweep down the screen one line at
Interlaced scanning
Restricted narration
Newsreel
Deep focus cinematography
28. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Antagonist
Pre-production
Promotion
Slow motion
29. 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
Soft light
Realist style
Character actor
Hollywood Blacklist
30. 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
Interlaced scanning
30-degree rule
Montage sequence
31. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Antagonist
Actualitas
180-degree rule
Set-up
32. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested
Shot transition
Fabula
Widescreen
Product placement
33. A technique of exposing film frames - then rewinding the film and exposing it again - which results in an image that combines two shots in a single frame
Fog filter
Assistant Editor
Take
Double exposure
34. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Chiaroscuro
Scratching
Restricted narration
Line reading
35. A technique of exposing film frames - then rewinding the film and exposing it again - which results in an image that combines two shots in a single frame
Double exposure
Fabula
Neutral-density filter
Intertextual reference
36. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Go-motion
Long take
Rotoscope
Foley artist
37. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Line reading
Hybrid
Text
Plot summary
38. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
City symphony
Compositing
Closure
Plot summary
39. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Hybrid
Front projection
Iris in...
Telecine
40. Optical illusions created during post-production
Zoom in...
Visual effects
Filter
Fast
41. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Vertical integration
Sound bridge
Foley artist
Saturation
42. Also called 'full screen -' the technique of re-shooting a widescreen film in order to convert it to the original television aspect ration of 1.33 to 1. Rather than reproduce the original aspect ratio - as a letterboxed version does - a panned and sc
Zoom out
Panning and scanning
Fast motion
Rack focus
43. A method for producing a widescreen image without special lenses or equipment - using standard film stock and blocking out the top and bottom of the frame to achieve an aspect ration of 1.85:1
Masking
Fog filter
Horizontal integration
Glass shot
44. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Avant-garde film
Star system
Subgenre
Second unit
45. A type of matte shot - created by positioning a pane of optically flawless glass with a painting on it between the camera and the scene to be photographed. This combines the painting on the glass with the set or location - seen through the glass - be
Backstage musical
Score
Academy Ratio
Glass shot
46. A technique of underdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in a chemical batch a shorter amount of time than usual) in order to achieve the visual effect of reducing contrast
Zoom lens
Pulling
Forced development
Focus puller
47. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Three-point lighting
Oeuvre
Pixilation
Extra
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
Lens
Wireframe
Tableau shot
Bleach bypass
49. 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
Handheld shot
Flashing
Omniscient narration
Apparatus Theory
50. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Intertextual reference
Orthochromatic
Shooting script
Chiaroscuro