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Film Vocab
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1. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Time-lapse photography
Motif
Plot summary
Tinting
2. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Green screen
Soviet montage
Soft light
Mockumentary
3. 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
High-angle shot
Academy Ratio
Wipe
Extreme wide-angle lens
4. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Cut
Chiaroscuro
Medium shot
Color consultant
5. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images
Rotoscope
Omniscient narration
Backstage musical
Direct cinema
6. A lens with a focal length greater than 50 mm (usually between 80mm and 20mm) - which provides a larger image of the subject than a normal or wide-angle lens but which narrows the angle of vision and flattens the depth of the image relative to normal
Telephoto lens
Exposition
Apparatus Theory
Diffusion filters
7. 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
Zoom out
Matte painting
Exposure latitude
Backstory
8. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Subtext
Outsourcing
Shot transition
Diffusion filters
9. 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
Three-point lighting
Extreme long-shot
Score
10. Optical illusions created during post-production
Omniscient narration
Brechtian distanciation
Tilt
Visual effects
11. The imagined world of the story
Anime
Runaway production
Diegesis
Overhead shot
12. 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
Set-up
Video assist
Recursive action
Morphing
13. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Genre conventions
Director
Soft light
Backstory
14. The written blueprint for a film - composed of three elements: dialogue - sluglines (setting the place and time of each scene) - and description. Feature-length screenplays typically run 90-130 pages
Special visual effects
Screenplay
Tinting
Forced perspective
15. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Post-production
Fade-out
Script supervisor
Morphing
16. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Dailies
Overhead shot
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Digital compositing
17. 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
ADR
Classical style
Color timing
18. 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
Hard light
Denouement
Digital cinema
Loose framing
19. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Interlaced scanning
Orthochromatic
Day for night
Continuity error
20. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Pre-production
Underexposure
Roadshowing
Running time
21. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Dye coupler
Spec script
Pan
Scene
22. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Reframing
Formalist style
Color consultant
Foley artist
23. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Soundtrack
Cameo
Shooting script
Chiaroscuro
24. Then Hollywood writers and directors cited for Contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities' attempts to root out Communists in the film industry
Outsourcing
Subtext
Narrative
Hollywood Ten
25. 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
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Parellel
Glass shot
Omniscient narration
26. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Undercranking
Montage sequence
Four-part structure
Phi phenomenon
27. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Exposition
Hue
Day for night
Tilt
28. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Scratching
Star system
B-roll
Cut
29. A flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Reverse shot
Standard shot pattern
Extreme wide-angle lens
Base
30. A chemical coating on film stock containing light-sensitive grains
Emulsion
Undercranking
Master shot
Master positive
31. A technique used to join live action with a pre-recorded background image. A projector is placed behind a screen and projects an image onto it. Actors stand in front of the screen and the camera records them in front of the projected background
Tight framing
Rear projection
Minor studios
Swish pan
32. A business model adopted by the major studios during the Hollywood studio era - in which studios controlled all aspects of the film business - from production to distribution and exhibition
Extreme close-up
Eyeline match
Grain
Vertical integration
33. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Medium close-up
Narrative
Reverse shot
Restricted narration
34. A style associated with Hollywood filmmaking of the studio and post-studio era - in which efficient storytelling - rather than gritty realism or aesthetic innovation - is of paramount importance
Classical style
Diegesis
Major studios
Screenplay
35. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Tracking shot
30-degree rule
Scene
Continuity editor
36. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Denouement
Wireframe
Continuity error
Newsreel
37. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Handheld shot
Compilation film
Shooting script
Cut
38. A compositing method that allows cinematographers to combine live action and settings that are filmed or created separately. Actors are filmed against a green or blue background. During post-production - this background is filled in with an image thr
Major studios
Flashforward
Green screen
Travelling matte
39. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Travelling matte
Masking
Apparatus Theory
Grain
40. A shot taken from a level camera located approximately 5' to 6' from the ground - simulating the perspective of a person standing before the action presented
Actualitas
Continuity editing
Protagonist
Eye-level shot
41. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Filter
Master shot
Trombone shot
Genre conventions
42. 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
Genre
High-angle shot
Overhead shot
Exposure latitude
43. The film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological
Runaway production
Apparatus Theory
Animation
Sound bridge
44. 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
Zoom in...
Color consultant
Pixel
Visual effects
45. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
Optical printer
Syuzhet
First-person narration
Hollywood Ten
46. 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
Match on action
Wireframe
Three-act structure
Slow motion
47. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
30-degree rule
Forced development
Desaturated
Aerial Shot
48. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Handheld shot
Avant-garde film
Establishing shot
Flashing
49. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Composition
Studio system
Blaxploitation
Flashing
50. Sound recorded on a set - on location - or - for documentary film - at an actual real-world event - as opposed to dubbed in post-production through ADR or looping
Medium shot
Long take
Runaway production
Direct sound
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