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Intro To Film Production
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performing-arts
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film
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Boom Operator
Back Light
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Rendering
2. The look of the environment in which your scenes take place - and the choice and design of the objects and costumes employed in the film have a profound impact on the tone - the characterizations - and the meaning of your movie.
Unmotivated Move
Fine Cut
Levels
Art Direction
3. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Cable Wrangler
Circle of Confusion
Levels
Cutaway Shot
4. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Prime Lens
High-Key Lighting
Camera Setup
Headshot/Bio
5. Recording is too low
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6. 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
Master Shot
Rule of Thirds
Audition
Zooming Out
7. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Rim Light
Unmotivated Move
Cover-Set
Depth of Field
8. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
'In the Mud'
Overheads
Elliptical Editing
High-Key Lighting
9. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Camera Setup
Reverse Shots
Setting Levels
Key Light
10. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Location Scouting
Director of Photography
Direct Address
11. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Cross Cutting
Shooting (Lined) Script
Depth of Field
Storyboards
12. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Lens Speed
Headshot/Bio
Boom Operator
Green Room
13. Lighting unit that is position 90
Reverberation
Script Breakdown Sheet
Side Light
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
14. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Master Shot
Side Light
Media File Indicators
Back Light
15. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Props
Shot List
Cold Reading
Elliptical Editing
16. 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.
Motivated Move
Prime Lens
Overheads
Green Room
17. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
Circle of Confusion
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Storyboards
Talent Release
18. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Camera Setup
Cable Wrangler
Focus Puller
Lens Speed
19. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Elliptical Editing
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Cover-Set
Reverberation
20. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Protagonist
Headshot/Bio
Motivated Lighting
Sound Recordist
21. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Call Sheets
Fill Light
Location Technical Survey
Gaffer
22. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Props
Lens Speed
T-Stops
Location Technical Survey
23. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Dramatization
Levels
Zooming Out
Coverage
24. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Prime Lens
Side Light
Pick-Ups
Focus Puller
25. Controlling the strength of the signal
Motivated Move
Setting Levels
Low-Key Lighting
Location Scouting
26. Recording is too low
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27. 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.
Call Sheets
Back Light
Media File Indicators
Location Scouting
28. The order of events in your film
3/4 Back Light
Plot
Cross Cutting
Parallel Action
29. 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
Ambient Sound
Parallel Action
Motivated Lighting
Headshot/Bio
30. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
T-Stops
Blocking
Direct Address
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
31. Shooting a scene from various angles
Call Sheets
Boom Operator
Headroom
Coverage
32. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Zooming Out
Camera Setup
Key Light
Assistant Camera
33. 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.
Cover-Set
Sound Recordist
Fill Light
Assistant Camera
34. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Gaffer
Circle of Confusion
Author's Draft
Overheads
35. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Parallel Action
Protagonist
Script Breakdown Sheet
Props
36. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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37. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Green Room
Spike
Low-Key Lighting
Location Technical Survey
38. 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
Nonlinear Editing System
Protagonist
Shooting (Lined) Script
Elliptical Editing
39. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Media File Indicators
T-Stops
Script Breakdown Sheet
Master Shot
40. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Motivated Lighting
Nondestructive Editing
Boom Operator
Headroom
41. Expresses the director's visual strategy for every scene in the film. It shows you what shots are used to cover a scene and in how they connect together as an edited scene. Camera angles - shot sizes - camera moves - etc. are all marked.
Unmotivated Move
Shot List
Boom Operator
Shooting (Lined) Script
42. 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
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Peak Meter
Cold Reading
Nonlinear Editing System
43. Removing extraneous time and territory
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Direct Address
Elliptical Editing
Cold Reading
44. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Shot List
Green Room
Props
Sound Recordist
45. Executing more than one move at a time
Script Breakdown Sheet
Storyboards
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Combination Move
46. The movement of characters in the space
Overheads
Blocking
Storyboards
Cold Reading
47. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Talent Release
Treatment
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Fine Cut
48. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Pick-Ups
Cable Wrangler
Headshot/Bio
49. Sound bouncing off surfaces. Results in a booming or echo-y sound as the signal duplicates itself over and over again which is refereed to as 'acoustically live.'
'In the Mud'
Art Direction
Storyboards
Reverberation
50. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Props
Pulling Focus
Cross Cutting
Shot List
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