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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.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Fine Cut
Zooming In
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
3/4 Back Light
2. 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.
Low-Key Lighting
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Sound Recordist
Three Essential Elements of Drama
3. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Unmotivated Move
Plot
Focus Puller
Headshot/Bio
4. 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
Talent Release
Art Direction
Protagonist
5. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Elliptical Editing
Levels
Rendering
6. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Cutaway Shot
T-Stops
Lens Speed
Location Scouting
7. Removing extraneous time and territory
Pick-Ups
Nonlinear Editing System
Elliptical Editing
Lens Speed
8. Shooting a scene from various angles
Camera Setup
Ambient Sound
Master Shot
Coverage
9. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Unmotivated Move
Author's Draft
Media File Indicators
Cable Wrangler
10. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Reverberation
Prime Lens
Side Light
Cover-Set
11. 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
Rendering
Parallel Action
Props
Talent Release
12. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Camera Setup
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Blocking
Cutaway Shot
13. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Treatment
Parallel Action
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
14. Light that separates the subject from the background by positioning a somewhat lower intensity light at a high angle and behind the subject. It traces the edges of the figure and creates depth.
Talent Release
Back Light
Shot List
Cutaway Shot
15. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
Overheads
Talent Release
Direct Address
Fill Light
16. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Side Light
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Shot Size
Four Basic Properties of Sound
17. All camera moves need to be...
Motivated Lighting
Motivated Move
Coverage
Headshot/Bio
18. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Location Technical Survey
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Combination Move
Shot Size
19. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
3/4 Back Light
Spike
Protagonist
Rule of Thirds
20. The movement of characters in the space
Location Technical Survey
Overheads
Blocking
Media File Indicators
21. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Rim Light
Sound Recordist
Key Light
Levels
22. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Call Sheets
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Talent Release
Unmotivated Move
23. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Fine Cut
Overheads
Circle of Confusion
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
24. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Gaffer
Location Scouting
Zooming Out
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
25. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Shot List
'In the Mud'
Cross Cutting
Zooming In
26. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Setting Levels
Reverberation
Back Light
Cover-Set
27. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Low-Key Lighting
Cross Cutting
Nondestructive Editing
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
28. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Cutaway Shot
T-Stops
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Shooting (Lined) Script
29. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Storyboards
Prime Lens
Sound Recordist
Shooting (Lined) Script
30. Yields very dark and prominent shadow areas. Occurs when the fill light is considerable lower than the key - allowing areas to be submerged in shadows.
Green Room
Low-Key Lighting
Fill Light
Shot List
31. 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
Call Sheets
Setting Levels
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Director of Photography
32. 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
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Treatment
Fine Cut
Parallel Action
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
Circle of Confusion
Narrative Films
Key Light
Sound Recordist
34. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Reverse Shots
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Levels
Direct Address
35. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Reverberation
Media File Indicators
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
36. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Protagonist
Levels
Zooming In
Key Light
37. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Master Shot
Direct Address
Director of Photography
Three Essential Elements of Drama
38. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Pulling Focus
Call Sheets
Shooting (Lined) Script
3/4 Back Light
39. Two-thirds of the depth range along the z-axis is behind the focus point and one-third is in front of the focus point
Location Technical Survey
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Levels
Gaffer
40. All camera moves need to be...
3/4 Back Light
Motivated Move
Nondestructive Editing
Master Shot
41. The movement of characters in the space
Blocking
Dramatization
Overheads
Shot List
42. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
High-Key Lighting
Pick-Ups
Dramatization
Audition
43. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Direct Address
Storyboards
Narrative Films
Media File Indicators
44. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Low-Key Lighting
Elliptical Editing
Depth of Field
Location Scouting
45. Lighting unit that is 45
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Overheads
3/4 Back Light
Props
46. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Zooming In
High-Key Lighting
Nondestructive Editing
Call Sheets
47. Two-thirds of the depth range along the z-axis is behind the focus point and one-third is in front of the focus point
Key Light
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Low-Key Lighting
Unmotivated Move
48. Sheets for each shooting day; they detail what portion of the script is being shot on a specific day - who needs to be on the set - when they need to be there - and how to get to the set.
Pick-Ups
Focus Puller
Key Light
Call Sheets
49. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Coverage
Talent Release
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Key Light
50. Any cutting - arranging - trimming - corrections - or effects you might perform occur only virtually - in a preview mode. Original media files are not altered in any way. (Digital NLE is an example)
Call Sheets
Location Scouting
Blocking
Nondestructive Editing