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Film Vocab
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1. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Color consultant
Extreme close-up
Gauge
Forced development
2. A standard shot pattern that dictates that a shot of one character will be followed by a shot of another character - taken from the reverse angle of the first shot
Backstory
Mixing
Denouement
Shot/reverse shot
3. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image
Morphing
Diffusion filters
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Underexposure
4. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Direct cinema
Composition in depth
Swish pan
Shot/reverse shot
5. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Montage sequence
Panchromatic
180-degree rule
Video assist
6. The average length in seconds of a series of shots - covering a portion of a film or an entire film; a measure of pace within a scene or in the film as a whole.
Average shot length
Front projection
Three-act structure
Green screen
7. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Reverse shot
Propaganda film
High-key lighting
Composition in depth
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
Newsreel
Continuity editing
Master positive
Shooting script
9. 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
Shot transition
ADR
30-degree rule
Panning and scanning
10. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Exposure
Compositing
Fade-out
Re-establishing shot
11. A standard shot pattern that dictates that a shot of one character will be followed by a shot of another character - taken from the reverse angle of the first shot
German Expressionism
Shot/reverse shot
Soft light
Soviet montage
12. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Crane shot
Aerial Shot
Parellel editing
Diffusion filters
13. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Character actor
Composition in depth
Block booking
Revisionist
14. The aspect ratio of 1.33:1 - standardized by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences until the development of widescreen formats in the 1950s
Academy Ratio
Pixel
Telecine
Medium long shot
15. The classical model of narrative form. The first act introduces characters and conflicts; the second act offers complication leading to a climax; the third act contains the danouement and resolution
High concept film
Intertextual reference
Zoom lens
Three-act structure
16. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Tight framing
Score
Split screen
Steadicam
17. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Grain
Crane shot
Zoom lens
Saturation
18. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Charge coupler device
Reframing
Vista Vision
180-degree rule
19. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Day for night
Crab dolly
Product placement
Animation
20. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Exposition
Filter
Sound bridge
Hue
21. 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
Color timing
Classical style
Steadicam
Telephoto lens
22. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Video assist
Star filter
Editor
Three-point lighting
23. A film process that uses 35mm film stock but changes the orientation of the film so that the film moves through the camera horizontally instead of vertically. The larger image is of higher quality than standard 35mm processes
Promotion
Star system
Dissolve
Vista Vision
24. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Matte painting
Roadshowing
Rack focus
Medium close-up
25. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Soft light
Undercranking
Script supervisor
Direct cinema
26. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Compositing
Double exposure
Plot summary
Time-lapse photography
27. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Direct cinema
German Expressionism
Out-take
Iris in...
28. 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
Exposure latitude
Scratching
Classical style
Extra
29. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Telephoto lens
Set-up
Color consultant
Recursive action
30. A film style that emerged in the 1910s in Germany. It was heavily indebted to the Expressionist art movement of the time and influenced subsequent horror films and film noir
Trombone shot
Non-diegetic
Voice-over
German Expressionism
31. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Camera distance
Long shot
Studio system
Interpretive claim
32. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Progressive scanning
Text
Hard light
First-person narration
33. A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation
Crane shot
Animation
Kuleshov effect
Open-ended
34. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
High concept film
Dissolve
B-roll
Camera distance
35. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Ethnographic film
Ethnographic film
Medium close-up
Tilt
36. 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
Tracking shot
Pushing
Tight framing
Montage sequence
37. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
30-degree rule
Lightning mix
Roadshowing
Pushing
38. 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
City symphony
Fast motion
Kuleshov effect
Phi phenomenon
39. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Persistence of vision
Ethnographic film
Propaganda film
Descriptive claim
40. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Cameo
Slow motion
Insert
Outsourcing
41. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Dye coupler
Avant-garde film
Widescreen
Continuity editor
42. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
Backstage musical
First-person narration
Lens
Compilation film
43. 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
Focal length
Match on action
30-degree rule
Shot
44. 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
Prosthesis
Shot
Digital compositing
Rack focus
45. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Assistant Editor
Filter
Sound bridge
Outsourcing
46. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Synthespian
Fast
Interpretive claim
Continuity error
47. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Scratching
Aerial Shot
Tracking shot
Orthochromatic
48. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Out-take
Hue
Close-up
Post-production
49. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Exposition
Horizontal integration
Flashforward
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50. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Anime
Major studios
Continuity error
Reverse shot
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