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Film Vocab
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1. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Grain
Descriptive claim
Four-part structure
High-key lighting
2. A technique of moving the camera - on a specially built track. Such shots often trace character movement laterally across the frame or in and out of the depth of the frame
Composition
Ethnographic film
Tracking shot
Aspect Ratio
3. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Camera distance
Method acting
Digital set extension
Three-act structure
4. A shot that makes the human subject very small in relation to his or her environment. The entire figure from head to toe is onscreen and dwarfed by the surroundings
Cut
Pixel
Narrative sequencing
Extreme long-shot
5. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Episodic
Exposure
Open-ended
Camera distance
6. Assists the editor with various tasks - including taking footage to the lab - checking the condition of the negative - cataloguing footage - and supervising optical effects - often produced by an outside company
Blocking
Assistant Editor
Shutter
Brechtian distanciation
7. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Trombone shot
Propaganda film
Syuzhet
Deep focus cinematography
8. A single take that contains an entire scene
Denouement
Master shot
Auteur
Composition in depth
9. Thin - flexible material comprised of base and emulsion layers - onto which light rays are focused and which is processed in chemicals to produce film images
Film stock
Visual effects
Fabula
Iris in...
10. A technique of depicting two layered images simultaneously. Images from one frame or several frames of film are added to pre-existing images - using an optical printer - to produce the same effect as a double exposure
Superimposition
Sound bridge
Match on action
Oeuvre
11. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Emulsion
Line reading
Kuleshov effect
Double exposure
12. Because film stock is sensitive to the color of light - directors work with film labs in post-production to monitor the color scheme of each scene in a film - making adjustments for consistency and aesthetic effect
Descriptive claim
Genre
Mockumentary
Color timing
13. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Eye-level shot
Reframing
Restricted narration
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
14. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Flashback
High-angle shot
Animation
Pixel
15. 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
Set-up
Special visual effects
Low-key lighting
16. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Apparatus Theory
Integrated musical
Master shot
Protagonist
17. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Extreme long-shot
Avant-garde film
Point-of-view shot
Dye coupler
18. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Undercranking
Anime
Continuity editor
Parellel
19. A technique of depicting two layered images simultaneously. Images from one frame or several frames of film are added to pre-existing images - using an optical printer - to produce the same effect as a double exposure
Exposition
Superimposition
Forced development
Shot transition
20. A production term denoting a single uninterrupted series of frames exposed by a motion picture or video camera between the time it is turned on and the time it is turned off. Filmmakers shoot several takes of any scene and the film editor selects the
Composition in depth
Take
Reverse shot
Continuity error
21. 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)
Wireframe
Master shot
Day for night
Formalist style
22. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Direct sound
Lens
Shooting script
Fast
23. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Special visual effects
Long take
Telephoto lens
Line of action
24. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Soviet montage
ADR
Dissolve
Text
25. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Post-production
Re-establishing shot
Cameo
Aspect Ratio
26. An optical effect whereby the eye continues to register a visual stimulus in the brain for a brief period after that stimulus has been removed
City symphony
Persistence of vision
Point-of-view shot
Figure placement and movement
27. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Cel
Tinting
Shot transition
Digital set extension
28. 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
Long shot
Turning point
Zoom in...
Editor
29. 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
Iris out
Glass shot
Brechtian distanciation
Bleach bypass
30. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Telecine
Color timing
Promotion
Intertextual reference
31. 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
Soft light
Continuity editor
Loose framing
Negative
32. Any lens with a focal length approximately equal to the diagonal of the frame. For 35mm filmmaking - a 35-50 mm lens does not distort the angle of vision or depth
Dye coupler
Cinerama
Normal lens
Undercranking
33. A model of industrial organization in the film industry from about 1915 to 1946 - characterized by the development of major and minor studios that produced - distributed - and exhibited films - and held film actors - directors - art directors - and o
Aperture
Formalist style
Studio system
Morphing
34. 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
Subtext
Four-part structure
Parellel
Third-person narration
35. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Realist style
Natural-key lighting
Exposition
German Expressionism
36. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Score
Speed
Split screen
Orthochromatic
37. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Slow motion
Frame narration
Front projection
Direct cinema
38. A type of short film that blends elements of documentary and avant-garde film to document and often to celebrate the wonder of the modern city
City symphony
Cameo
Scene
Video assist
39. A technique of arranging the actors on the set to take advantage of deep focus cinematography - which allows for many planes of depth in the film frame to remain in focus
Canted angle
Shot transition
Diegesis
Composition in depth
40. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Reverse shot
Canted angle
Zoom lens
Fast motion
41. A flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Color filter
Star system
Base
Wireframe
42. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Backstory
Blaxploitation
Out-take
Auteur
43. 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
Day for night
Steadicam
Depth of field
Restricted narration
44. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
Negative
B-roll
Blue screen
Line of action
45. Lighting design where the key light is somewhat more intense than the fill light - so the fill does not eliminate every shadow. The effect is generally less cheerful than high-key lighting - but not as gloomy as low-key lighting
Panning and scanning
Handheld shot
Exposure
Natural-key lighting
46. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Mockumentary
Avant-garde film
Zoom out
Omniscient narration
47. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Continuity error
Dye coupler
Master shot
Mixing
48. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Horizontal integration
Soviet montage
Ethnographic film
Compilation film
49. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Day for night
Intertextual reference
Tableau shot
Synthespian
50. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Second unit
Focus puller
Cutaway
Digital compositing
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