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Film Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Blaxploitation
Open-ended
Selective focus
Screenplay
2. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Editor
Mixing
Genre conventions
Score
3. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Dolly
Tilt
Grain
Freeze frame
4. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Front projection
High concept film
Charge coupler device
Dissolve
5. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Ethnographic film
Formalist style
Mockumentary
Speed
6. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Set-up
Day for night
Rack focus
Hollywood Blacklist
7. 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
Backstory
Match on action
Pushing
Frame narration
8. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Green screen
Rear projection
Cameo
Panchromatic
9. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Subtext
Split screen
Panning and scanning
Video assist
10. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Telecine
Realist style
Release prints
Extra
11. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Steadicam
Eyeline match
Re-establishing shot
Propaganda film
12. 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
Match on action
Scratching
Day for night
Pushing
13. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Analog Video
Product placement
Medium close-up
German Expressionism
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
Normal lens
On-the-nose dialogue
Offscreen space
15. 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
Figure placement and movement
Digital compositing
Parellel
16. 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
Freeze frame
Storyboard
Academy Ratio
Zoom out
17. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Establishing shot
Major studios
Orthochromatic
Subtext
18. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Blue screen
Shot transition
Pixilation
Matte painting
19. 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
180-degree rule
Realist style
Camera distance
Flashing
20. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
High-angle shot
Panning and scanning
Standard shot pattern
Extradiegetic
21. 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
Fade-out
Canted angle
Character actor
Color filter
22. A single take that contains an entire scene
Line of action
Negative cutter
Master shot
Direct sound
23. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
High-angle shot
Extradiegetic
Cinerama
Low-key lighting
24. A device worn by a camera operator that holds the motion picture camera - allowing it glide smoothly through spaces unreachable by camera mounted on a crane or other apparatus
Formalist style
German Expressionism
Steadicam
Extreme wide-angle lens
25. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Prosthesis
Star filter
Minor studios
Grain
26. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
ADR
Line reading
Freeze frame
Rear projection
27. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Foley artist
Natural-key lighting
Intertextual reference
Progressive scanning
28. The distance that appears in focus in front of and behind the subject. It is determined by the aperture - distance and focal length of lens
Recursive action
Depth of field
Rear projection
Visual effects
29. Louis Althusser's term for the way in which a society creates its subjects/citizens through ideological (as opposed to repressive) state apparatuses - which include education - media - religion - and the family
Chiaroscuro
Voice-over
Interpellation
Optical printer
30. 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
Lens
Depth of field
Freeze frame
Rack focus
31. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Panning and scanning
Fade-out
Tracking shot
Insert
32. 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
Vertical integration
Natural-key lighting
Pixilation
33. 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
Animation
Vertical integration
Line of action
Loose framing
34. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Establishing shot
Composition in depth
Normal lens
Front projection
35. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Continuity error
Dissolve
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Two-shot
36. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Shooting script
Medium shot
Extreme long-shot
Genre
37. 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.
Motif
Zoom out
German Expressionism
Anamorphic lens
38. A measure of the visual and sound quality of a film. Low-budget films tend to have lower production values because they lack the resources to devote to expensive pre- and post-production activities
Production values
Promotion
Mockumentary
Hybrid
39. 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
Flashforward
Post-production
Continuity editor
Soft light
40. A post-studio era Hollywood film designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience by fusing a simple story line with major movie stars and mounting a lavish marketing campaign
Parellel editing
Focal length
Running time
High concept film
41. Also called 'd-cinema.' Not to be confused with digital cinematography (shooting movies on digital video) - this term refers to using digital technologies for exhibition
Digital cinema
Overlapping dialogue
Major studios
Medium long shot
42. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Canted angle
Color timing
Shot/reverse shot
Reverse shot
43. A technique of moving a zoom lens from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position - which results in a magnification of the subject within the frame - and keeps the subject in focus
Closure
Travelling matte
Zoom in...
Diffusion filters
44. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Running time
Blocking
Montage sequence
Hard light
45. 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
Crane shot
Genre
Blocking
Star system
46. The distance that appears in focus in front of and behind the subject. It is determined by the aperture - distance and focal length of lens
Depth of field
Close-up
Montage sequence
Set-up
47. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Anamorphic lens
Visual effects
Iris out
Camera distance
48. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Horizontal integration
Formalist style
Pulling
49. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Propaganda film
Line reading
Orthochromatic
Jump cut
50. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Rack focus
Three-point lighting
Extreme long-shot
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