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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 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
Three-act structure
Pushing
Subgenre
Star system
2. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Dolly
Selective focus
Panning and scanning
Exposition
3. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Omniscient narration
Trombone shot
Trailer
Cameo
4. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Widescreen
Product placement
Telephoto lens
Director
5. 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
Newsreel
Front projection
Pixel
Hybrid
6. 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
Shooting script
Gaffer
Speed
7. Everything audiences hear when they watch a sound film. The soundtrack is the composite of all three elements of film sound: dialogue - music - and sound effects
Orthochromatic
Avant-garde film
Soundtrack
Pre-production
8. A group of films within a given genre that share their own specific set of conventions that differentiate them from other films in the genre. For example - the slasher film is a subgenre of the horror genre
Subgenre
Closure
Direct sound
Formalist style
9. A group of films within a given genre that share their own specific set of conventions that differentiate them from other films in the genre. For example - the slasher film is a subgenre of the horror genre
Typecasting
Subgenre
Open-ended
Auteur
10. 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.
Soundtrack
German Expressionism
Medium shot
Average shot length
11. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Cinerama
Extreme wide-angle lens
Genre conventions
Descriptive claim
12. A shot taken by a camera that is held manually rather than supported by a tripod - crane or Steadicam. Generally - such shots are shaky - owing to the motion of the camera operator
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Handheld shot
Direct cinema
Academy Ratio
13. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Production values
Syuzhet
Storyboard
Natural-key lighting
14. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Persistence of vision
Dailies
Compilation film
Voice-over
15. Drawing attention to the process of representation (including narrative and characterization) to break the theatrical illusion and elicit a distanced - intellectual response in the audience
Brechtian distanciation
Negative
Intertextual reference
Outsourcing
16. 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
Method acting
Slow
Integrated musical
Actualitas
17. 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
Special visual effects
Soundtrack
Pixel
Three-act structure
18. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Jump cut
Denouement
Slow
Promotion
19. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Star persona
Cameo
Turning point
Fog filter
20. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Set-up
Roadshowing
Widescreen
Underexposure
21. 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
Three-act structure
Overlapping dialogue
Interpellation
Extradiegetic
22. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Cutaway
Flashing
Line reading
Neutral-density filter
23. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Digital video
Syuzhet
Interlaced scanning
Auteur
24. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Release prints
Dolly
Matte
Pulling
25. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Pixilation
Depth of field
Eyeline match
Star persona
26. A technique of exposing film frames - then rewinding the film and exposing it again - which results in an image that combines two shots in a single frame
Morphing
Matte painting
Double exposure
Freeze frame
27. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Denouement
Medium close-up
Character actor
Interpellation
28. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Pixilation
Masking
Descriptive claim
Three-act structure
29. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Line reading
Neutral-density filter
Letterboxing
Low-key lighting
30. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
Saturation
Hollywood Blacklist
180-degree rule
Descriptive claim
31. The use of editing techniques - such as a fade or dissolve - to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another
Shot transition
Fog filter
High concept film
Interpretive claim
32. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Fade-out
Wipe
Reframing
Fog filter
33. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Negative cutter
Avant-garde film
Denouement
Vertical integration
34. A camera shot taken at a large distance from the subject. Using the human body as the subject - a long shot captures the entire human form
Fog filter
Continuity editing
Lightning mix
Long shot
35. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Aperture
Zoom lens
Blue screen
Extreme wide-angle lens
36. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image
Continuity error
Diffusion filters
Antagonist
Best boy
37. A crew member whose job is to measure the distance between the subject and the camera lens - marking the ring on the camera lens - and ensuring the ring is turned precisely so that the image is in focus
Director
Focus puller
Kuleshov effect
Frozen time moment
38. 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
Vista Vision
Rear projection
Eye-level shot
ADR
39. A term applied to film stock that is relatively insensitive to light. This stock will not yield acceptable images unless the amount of light can be carefully controlled
Runaway production
Screenplay
Point-of-view shot
Slow
40. An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting set-up - the key light illuminates the subject - the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light - and the back light separates the subject from the background
Extra
Pushing
Three-point lighting
Frame narration
41. A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation
Kuleshov effect
Prosthesis
Freeze frame
Spec script
42. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Three-act structure
Vertical integration
Propaganda film
Panchromatic
43. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Average shot length
Blue screen
Continuity editing
Digital set extension
44. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Pre-production
Gauge
City symphony
Forced perspective
45. 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
High concept film
Outsourcing
Narrative
Bleach bypass
46. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
Composition in depth
Optical printer
180-degree rule
Average shot length
47. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Backstage musical
Hue
Text
Cel
48. Fish-eye lens; With a focal length of 15mm or less - this lens presents an extremely distorted image - where objects in the center of the frame appear to bulge toward the camera
Extreme wide-angle lens
Genre conventions
Second unit
Extreme close-up
49. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Gaffer
Vista Vision
Iris in...
Selective focus
50. The distance in millimeters from the optical center of a lens to the lane where the sharpest image is formed while focusing on a distant object
City symphony
Formalist style
Focal length
Reframing