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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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1. 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.
Dramatization
Sound Recordist
High-Key Lighting
Camera Setup
2. The movement of characters in the space
Blocking
High-Key Lighting
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Levels
3. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Rule of Thirds
Parallel Action
Plot
T-Stops
4. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Green Room
Setting Levels
Rendering
Nonlinear Editing System
5. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Spike
Combination Move
Key Light
Pick-Ups
6. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Audition
Elliptical Editing
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Plot
7. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Headroom
Direct Address
Key Light
Overheads
8. Lighting unit that is 45
Director of Photography
T-Stops
3/4 Back Light
Cold Reading
9. The person who pulls focus
Focus Puller
Plot
Zooming Out
Prime Lens
10. 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.
Back Light
Elliptical Editing
Overheads
Director of Photography
11. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Pick-Ups
Master Shot
Overheads
3/4 Back Light
12. 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.
Green Room
Side Light
Low-Key Lighting
Dramatization
13. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Reverse Shots
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Audition
Narrative Films
14. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Narrative Films
Ambient Sound
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Nonlinear Editing System
15. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Peak Meter
Cover-Set
Plot
Shot Size
16. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Reverberation
Peak Meter
Storyboards
3/4 Back Light
17. Shooting a scene from various angles
Script Breakdown Sheet
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Cold Reading
Coverage
18. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Pulling Focus
Depth of Field
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Shooting (Lined) Script
19. 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)
Audition
Nondestructive Editing
Fine Cut
T-Stops
20. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Levels
Shot Size
High-Key Lighting
Props
21. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Setting Levels
Dramatization
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Props
22. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Elliptical Editing
Location Technical Survey
Boom Operator
Motivated Move
23. 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
Motivated Move
Rule of Thirds
T-Stops
Reverberation
24. 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.
Setting Levels
Art Direction
Pulling Focus
Low-Key Lighting
25. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Location Technical Survey
Spike
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Cross Cutting
26. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Location Scouting
Storyboards
Combination Move
Reverse Shots
27. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Coverage
Protagonist
Fill Light
Camera Setup
28. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Zooming In
Props
Shot Size
Peak Meter
29. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Circle of Confusion
Headroom
Cold Reading
Direct Address
30. Shooting a scene from various angles
Nondestructive Editing
Back Light
Coverage
Location Scouting
31. Controlling the strength of the signal
Setting Levels
Audition
Depth of Field
Sound Recordist
32. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Motivated Move
Zooming In
Lens Speed
33. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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34. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Cold Reading
Reverse Shots
Back Light
Pulling Focus
35. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
T-Stops
Script Breakdown Sheet
3/4 Back Light
Gaffer
36. 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.
Cable Wrangler
Fine Cut
Pick-Ups
Call Sheets
37. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Cover-Set
Peak Meter
Cold Reading
Call Sheets
38. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Location Technical Survey
Cover-Set
Headshot/Bio
Boom Operator
39. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Spike
Location Scouting
Zooming Out
Reverse Shots
40. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Low-Key Lighting
Direct Address
Key Light
Pulling Focus
41. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Combination Move
Ambient Sound
Motivated Move
Pick-Ups
42. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Depth of Field
Shot List
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Key Light
43. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Levels
Parallel Action
Rim Light
Green Room
44. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Art Direction
Talent Release
Cutaway Shot
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
45. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Ambient Sound
Low-Key Lighting
Storyboards
Back Light
46. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Shot List
Storyboards
Fine Cut
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
47. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Fill Light
Director of Photography
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Key Light
48. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Camera Setup
Cold Reading
Cutaway Shot
Treatment
49. 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
Rule of Thirds
Director of Photography
Gaffer
Three Essential Elements of Drama
50. All camera moves need to be...
Camera Setup
Motivated Move
Peak Meter
Shot List