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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 type of filter that absorbs certain wavelength but leave others unaffected. On black and white film - color filters lighten or darken tones. On color film - they can produce a range of effects
Toning
Soviet montage
Out-take
Color filter
2. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Gaffer
Hybrid
Canted angle
Trailer
3. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Anime
Forced perspective
Lightning mix
Running time
4. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Storyboard
Third-person narration
Protagonist
Long shot
5. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Zoom in...
Shooting script
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Bleach bypass
6. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Subtext
Long take
Overhead shot
Composition in depth
7. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Soundtrack
Iris out
Vertical integration
Intertextual reference
8. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Trombone shot
Motif
Steadicam
Mockumentary
9. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Cut
Post-production
Orthochromatic
Aperture
10. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Frozen time moment
Cut
Available light
Scratching
11. 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
Rack focus
Roadshowing
Iris in...
Integrated musical
12. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Medium shot
Second unit
Double exposure
Trailer
13. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Steadicam
Negative
Four-part structure
Saturation
14. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Shutter
Iris in...
Direct cinema
Digital compositing
15. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Master positive
Charge coupler device
Subgenre
Exposure
16. 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
Continuity editing
Color filter
Interpellation
Point-of-view shot
17. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Chiaroscuro
Lightning mix
Major studios
Composition
18. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Subtext
Aerial Shot
180-degree rule
Soft light
19. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Character actor
Overlapping dialogue
Insert
Cutaway
20. Reels of film that are shipped to movie theaters for exhibition. Digital cinema - which can be distributed via satellite - broadband - or on media such as DVDs - may soon replace film prints because the latter are expensive to create - copy - and dis
Time-lapse photography
Script supervisor
Release prints
Superimposition
21. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Gauge
Point-of-view shot
Character actor
Fast
22. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Special visual effects
Classical style
Flashback
Newsreel
23. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Tilt
Narrative
Avant-garde film
Speed
24. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Digital compositing
Take
Flashforward
Exposition
25. 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
Filter
Optical printer
High concept film
Overexposure
26. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Slow motion
Toning
Formalist style
Cameo
27. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Studio system
Newsreel
Evaluative claim
Crane shot
28. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Fast
Toning
Split screen
Zoom in...
29. An optical effect whereby the human eye fills in gaps between closely spaced objects - so that two light bulbs flashing on and off are understood as one light moving back and forth
Aspect Ratio
Phi phenomenon
Screenplay
Tracking shot
30. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Out-take
Saturation
Split screen
Non-diegetic
31. The five vertically integrated corporations that exerted the greatest control over film production in the studio era: MGM - Warner Brothers - RKO - Twentieth Century Fox - and Paramount
Shot
Average shot length
Film stock
Major studios
32. An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different. The program calculates the way the image must change in order for the first image to
Hybrid
Normal lens
Morphing
High-key lighting
33. A person responsible for putting a film together from a mass of developed footage - making decisions regarding pace - shot transitions - and which scenes and shots will be used
Grain
Editor
Rack focus
Plot summary
34. A technique of moving from the telephoto position to the wide-angle position of a zoom lens - which results in the subject appearing to become smaller within the frame - while remaining in focus
Set-up
Hollywood Blacklist
Masking
Zoom out
35. A picture element - a measure of image density. There are approximately 18 million pixels in a frame of 35mm film and 300000-400000 in a video image
Pixel
Foley artist
Iris in...
180-degree rule
36. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Frame narration
Matte painting
Interpellation
Soviet montage
37. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Blue screen
Long take
Scene
Eye-level shot
38. 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
Editor
Fast
Evaluative claim
Soviet montage
39. 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
Frozen time moment
Shot/reverse shot
Phi phenomenon
Studio system
40. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Descriptive claim
Typecasting
Genre conventions
Fast motion
41. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Crane shot
Cameo
Auteur
Frozen time moment
42. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Long take
Script supervisor
Tableau shot
Eyeline match
43. 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
Wide-angle lens
Lightning mix
Descriptive claim
Panning and scanning
44. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Hollywood Blacklist
Swish pan
Handheld shot
Masking
45. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Negative cutter
Lightning mix
Open-ended
Zoom out
46. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Forced perspective
Film stock
Actualitas
Pixilation
47. A technique of moving from the telephoto position to the wide-angle position of a zoom lens - which results in the subject appearing to become smaller within the frame - while remaining in focus
Trailer
Average shot length
Zoom out
Open-ended
48. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Wireframe
Scratching
Cinerama
Emulsion
49. Optical illusions created during post-production
Zoom lens
Wipe
Visual effects
Scratching
50. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Polarizing filters
Two-shot
Soviet montage
Narrative sequencing