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Intro To Film Production
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performing-arts
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film
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Location Scouting
Protagonist
Art Direction
Gaffer
2. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Audition
Green Room
Parallel Action
Headroom
3. 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.
Audition
Circle of Confusion
Fine Cut
Call Sheets
4. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Unmotivated Move
Parallel Action
'In the Mud'
Shot List
5. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Shot Size
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Focus Puller
Location Technical Survey
6. 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.
Zooming In
Location Technical Survey
Lens Speed
Overheads
7. Controlling the strength of the signal
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Plot
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Setting Levels
8. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Location Technical Survey
Shooting (Lined) Script
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
9. All camera moves need to be...
Rendering
Lens Speed
Motivated Move
Pulling Focus
10. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Combination Move
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Audition
Depth of Field
11. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Motivated Lighting
Blocking
Levels
12. Shooting a scene from various angles
Coverage
T-Stops
Camera Setup
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
13. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
High-Key Lighting
Rendering
Cable Wrangler
Direct Address
14. All camera moves need to be...
Motivated Move
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Rim Light
Motivated Lighting
15. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Nonlinear Editing System
Shot Size
Spike
Rendering
16. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Cable Wrangler
Prime Lens
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Cover-Set
17. 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
Ambient Sound
Script Breakdown Sheet
Director of Photography
Fine Cut
18. Removing extraneous time and territory
Key Light
Parallel Action
Headshot/Bio
Elliptical Editing
19. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Headroom
Headshot/Bio
Talent Release
Zooming In
20. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Spike
Cover-Set
Green Room
Shot Size
21. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Depth of Field
'In the Mud'
Camera Setup
Lens Speed
22. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Script Breakdown Sheet
Cable Wrangler
Motivated Move
Zooming In
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
Nondestructive Editing
Levels
Pick-Ups
Rule of Thirds
24. 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.
Coverage
Art Direction
Audition
Setting Levels
25. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Boom Operator
Headroom
Low-Key Lighting
Back Light
26. Recording is too low
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27. 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.
Cold Reading
Protagonist
Low-Key Lighting
Talent Release
28. Lighting unit that is 45
Location Technical Survey
Unmotivated Move
3/4 Back Light
Four Basic Properties of Sound
29. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
3/4 Back Light
Reverse Shots
Circle of Confusion
Key Light
30. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Reverse Shots
Camera Setup
Cover-Set
Script Breakdown Sheet
31. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Levels
Plot
Location Technical Survey
Storyboards
32. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Lens Speed
T-Stops
Combination Move
Side Light
33. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Storyboards
Boom Operator
Combination Move
Gaffer
34. 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
Four Basic Properties of Sound
T-Stops
Zooming Out
35. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Prime Lens
Cover-Set
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Sound Recordist
36. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Dramatization
Shooting (Lined) Script
Media File Indicators
37. The order of events in your film
Plot
Unmotivated Move
Peak Meter
Ambient Sound
38. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Talent Release
Pick-Ups
Motivated Move
39. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Shot List
Lens Speed
Gaffer
Back Light
40. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Assistant Camera
Rendering
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Peak Meter
41. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Protagonist
Fine Cut
Storyboards
Boom Operator
42. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Zooming Out
Blocking
Plot
Headshot/Bio
43. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Cross Cutting
Pulling Focus
Props
Key Light
44. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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45. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Back Light
Cutaway Shot
Dramatization
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
46. 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.
Art Direction
Direct Address
Direct Address
Shooting (Lined) Script
47. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Motivated Move
Zooming Out
Plot
Peak Meter
48. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Cable Wrangler
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Location Scouting
Side Light
49. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Pulling Focus
Zooming In
Gaffer
Cutaway Shot
50. 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
Shooting (Lined) Script
Zooming In
Director of Photography
Cutaway Shot
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