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Intro To Film Production
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Study First
Subjects
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performing-arts
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film
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Plot
Cold Reading
Cross Cutting
Zooming Out
2. Closer shots of the subjects in the scene from and angle that includes a portion of the other person's shoulder or head. This is also called and over-the-shoulder shot.
Reverse Shots
Narrative Films
Media File Indicators
Reverberation
3. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Green Room
Plot
Focus Puller
Three Essential Elements of Drama
4. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
Cable Wrangler
Rendering
Talent Release
Lens Speed
5. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Motivated Move
Ambient Sound
Setting Levels
Headshot/Bio
6. Narrative technique that involves intercutting between two or more separate areas of action in such a way that the viewer assumes the scenes are occurring simulataneously
Green Room
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Parallel Action
Headshot/Bio
7. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Elliptical Editing
Ambient Sound
Peak Meter
Back Light
8. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Art Direction
Pulling Focus
Rim Light
Spike
9. Camera and lens expert. They are responsible for the proper functioning of the camera - which includes setting it up - cleaning the gate - checking and pulling focus - and selecting filters and lenses. They know precise details about what various
Assistant Camera
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Overheads
Shot Size
10. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Lens Speed
Script Breakdown Sheet
Low-Key Lighting
Depth of Field
11. All camera moves need to be...
Shooting (Lined) Script
Boom Operator
Shot Size
Motivated Move
12. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Elliptical Editing
Unmotivated Move
Peak Meter
13. Works closely with the director on the visual interprataino of the script and the photographic look of the movie (cinematography). This involves lighting - film stocks - video format - expressive camera angles - compositions - exposures - and f
Pulling Focus
Back Light
Levels
Director of Photography
14. Often used as a guide for framing human subjects and for composition in general. The frame is divided into thirds with imaginary lines along the horizontal and vertical axes and then place significant objects - focus points - and elements of intere
T-Stops
Focus Puller
Zooming In
Rule of Thirds
15. Executing more than one move at a time
Headshot/Bio
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Combination Move
Direct Address
16. Shooting a scene from various angles
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Coverage
Depth of Field
Shot List
17. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
'In the Mud'
Dramatization
Talent Release
Shooting (Lined) Script
18. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Blocking
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Direct Address
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
19. Separate comfortable waiting space to put the next-in line actor. A place where actors can relax - drink some water - and go over their lines.
Parallel Action
Location Scouting
Boom Operator
Green Room
20. Not limited by the linear characteristics of video tape. We can move around in the footage in any direction - instantaneously. All film projects - whether shot on film of DV are edited on NLE. All visual and aural components must be turned into dig
Storyboards
Nonlinear Editing System
Motivated Lighting
Overheads
21. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Shot List
Peak Meter
Script Breakdown Sheet
Shot List
22. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Storyboards
Rendering
Parallel Action
Circle of Confusion
23. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Boom Operator
Call Sheets
Fine Cut
Reverse Shots
24. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Combination Move
Elliptical Editing
Shot List
Depth of Field
25. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Treatment
Headshot/Bio
Location Scouting
26. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Unmotivated Move
Zooming Out
Pulling Focus
Rim Light
27. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Key Light
High-Key Lighting
Circle of Confusion
Side Light
28. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Narrative Films
Unmotivated Move
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Shot List
29. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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30. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Rule of Thirds
Author's Draft
Levels
Props
31. All camera moves need to be...
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Cover-Set
Motivated Move
32. The movement of characters in the space
Blocking
Cutaway Shot
Treatment
Audition
33. Revolve around conflict - and express ideas and cocepts through stories in which a character who needs to accomplish something encounters obastacles and much struggle to get what they need
Narrative Films
Unmotivated Move
Motivated Move
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
34. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Levels
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Side Light
35. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
3/4 Back Light
Cross Cutting
Protagonist
36. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Cold Reading
3/4 Back Light
Director of Photography
High-Key Lighting
37. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Zooming Out
Peak Meter
Camera Setup
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
38. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Gaffer
Combination Move
Camera Setup
Headshot/Bio
39. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Pulling Focus
Motivated Move
Lens Speed
Fill Light
40. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Prime Lens
Cross Cutting
Motivated Move
Key Light
41. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Peak Meter
Depth of Field
Storyboards
Ambient Sound
42. Drawings of each scene from a bird's eye perspective. They help figure out important details like the axis of action - camera placement - and blocking.
Overheads
Master Shot
Location Technical Survey
Depth of Field
43. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Direct Address
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
44. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Camera Setup
Call Sheets
Boom Operator
Storyboards
45. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Combination Move
Three Essential Elements of Drama
High-Key Lighting
Media File Indicators
46. Shooting a scene from various angles
Reverberation
Dramatization
Rule of Thirds
Coverage
47. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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48. The head of the sound department responsible for recording the best possible quality sound. Chooses the appropriate microphones and mic placement for each and every scene that requires sound. They also monitor and maintain proper recording levels.
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Low-Key Lighting
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Sound Recordist
49. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Direct Address
Cold Reading
Master Shot
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
50. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Spike
Rendering
Circle of Confusion
Call Sheets