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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. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Assistant Camera
Depth of Field
Direct Address
Cutaway Shot
2. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
'In the Mud'
Pick-Ups
Pulling Focus
Cutaway Shot
3. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Motivated Move
Headroom
T-Stops
T-Stops
4. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Talent Release
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Art Direction
High-Key Lighting
5. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Direct Address
Zooming In
Rendering
Nonlinear Editing System
6. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Nondestructive Editing
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Media File Indicators
Plot
7. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
T-Stops
Location Technical Survey
Dramatization
Pick-Ups
8. 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)
Director of Photography
Sound Recordist
Nondestructive Editing
Green Room
9. 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
Peak Meter
Cover-Set
Media File Indicators
Narrative Films
10. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Fill Light
Direct Address
'In the Mud'
Sound Recordist
11. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Storyboards
Cold Reading
T-Stops
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
12. 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
Rim Light
Shot List
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
13. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Location Scouting
Ambient Sound
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Audition
14. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Location Scouting
Peak Meter
Author's Draft
Pulling Focus
15. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Headshot/Bio
Focus Puller
Narrative Films
16. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Audition
Location Scouting
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Circle of Confusion
17. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Circle of Confusion
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Blocking
Direct Address
18. 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
Focus Puller
Assistant Camera
Motivated Move
19. Lighting unit that is position 90
Prime Lens
Side Light
Focus Puller
Talent Release
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
Nonlinear Editing System
Lens Speed
Master Shot
Levels
21. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Low-Key Lighting
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Blocking
Motivated Move
22. Removing extraneous time and territory
Motivated Move
Elliptical Editing
Assistant Camera
Prime Lens
23. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Overheads
Shot Size
Headroom
Elliptical Editing
24. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Audition
Side Light
Location Technical Survey
Sound Recordist
25. 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
Master Shot
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Nonlinear Editing System
Call Sheets
26. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Media File Indicators
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Levels
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
27. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Shot List
Unmotivated Move
Motivated Move
Shooting (Lined) Script
28. Shooting a scene from various angles
Headroom
Coverage
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
29. 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.
Camera Setup
Director of Photography
Green Room
Overheads
30. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Narrative Films
Master Shot
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Cross Cutting
31. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Media File Indicators
Treatment
Overheads
Shooting (Lined) Script
32. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Location Technical Survey
Protagonist
Call Sheets
Zooming In
33. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Low-Key Lighting
High-Key Lighting
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
34. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Director of Photography
Fill Light
Storyboards
Sound Recordist
35. 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
Key Light
Audition
Dramatization
36. 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
Director of Photography
Storyboards
Overheads
Back Light
37. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Cable Wrangler
Headshot/Bio
Spike
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
38. Shooting a scene from various angles
Coverage
Zooming In
Cable Wrangler
Nondestructive Editing
39. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Setting Levels
Unmotivated Move
Motivated Move
Overheads
40. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Rule of Thirds
Headshot/Bio
Prime Lens
41. 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.
Lens Speed
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Depth of Field
Sound Recordist
42. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Prime Lens
Back Light
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Talent Release
43. 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
Plot
Parallel Action
Dramatization
Props
44. 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.
Protagonist
Shooting (Lined) Script
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Cover-Set
45. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Motivated Move
Nondestructive Editing
Depth of Field
Unmotivated Move
46. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Cutaway Shot
Cold Reading
T-Stops
47. 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.
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Shot Size
Low-Key Lighting
Circle of Confusion
48. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Motivated Lighting
Shooting (Lined) Script
Location Scouting
Nondestructive Editing
49. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Protagonist
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
'In the Mud'
50. The person who pulls focus
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Art Direction
Blocking
Focus Puller
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