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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. All camera moves need to be...
Plot
Motivated Move
Script Breakdown Sheet
Cross Cutting
2. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Cover-Set
Prime Lens
3/4 Back Light
Pick-Ups
3. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Headroom
Circle of Confusion
T-Stops
Cross Cutting
4. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Sound Recordist
Protagonist
Blocking
Gaffer
5. 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.
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Prime Lens
Audition
Overheads
6. 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.
3/4 Back Light
Reverse Shots
Audition
Dramatization
7. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Reverse Shots
Prime Lens
Talent Release
8. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Cable Wrangler
Dramatization
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
9. Shooting a scene from various angles
Unmotivated Move
Coverage
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Key Light
10. 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.
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Talent Release
Art Direction
Motivated Lighting
11. 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.
Overheads
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Author's Draft
Low-Key Lighting
12. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Cable Wrangler
Motivated Lighting
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Boom Operator
13. 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.
3/4 Back Light
Art Direction
Cold Reading
Shooting (Lined) Script
14. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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15. Lighting unit that is position 90
Cable Wrangler
Media File Indicators
Combination Move
Side Light
16. 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
Location Scouting
'In the Mud'
Levels
17. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Pick-Ups
Location Technical Survey
Depth of Field
Nondestructive Editing
18. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Zooming In
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Shooting (Lined) Script
Headshot/Bio
19. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Peak Meter
Direct Address
Cross Cutting
Fine Cut
20. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Motivated Lighting
Shot List
Pick-Ups
Art Direction
21. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Pick-Ups
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Plot
Zooming Out
22. 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.
Assistant Camera
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Back Light
23. Shooting a scene from various angles
Storyboards
3/4 Back Light
Dramatization
Coverage
24. All camera moves need to be...
Motivated Move
Sound Recordist
Direct Address
Pick-Ups
25. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Location Scouting
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Audition
T-Stops
26. The order of events in your film
Parallel Action
Plot
Green Room
3/4 Back Light
27. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Media File Indicators
Gaffer
Low-Key Lighting
Side Light
28. The person who pulls focus
Unmotivated Move
Cross Cutting
Focus Puller
Rendering
29. 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.
Shot Size
Reverse Shots
Call Sheets
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
30. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Prime Lens
Ambient Sound
Audition
31. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Levels
Overheads
Coverage
Pick-Ups
32. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Focus Puller
Depth of Field
Narrative Films
Boom Operator
33. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Rendering
Media File Indicators
T-Stops
Coverage
34. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Depth of Field
Prime Lens
Shot Size
Coverage
35. The ability of a lens to gather light is determined by the largest possible f-stop of that particular lens (a fast lens can open up to allow more light than a slow lens)
Rendering
Shooting (Lined) Script
Back Light
Lens Speed
36. 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
Parallel Action
Focus Puller
Reverse Shots
Author's Draft
37. 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.
Props
Cable Wrangler
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Shooting (Lined) Script
38. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Headroom
Shot List
Script Breakdown Sheet
39. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Peak Meter
Cold Reading
Director of Photography
Shot Size
40. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Gaffer
Pulling Focus
Master Shot
T-Stops
41. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Coverage
Nonlinear Editing System
Gaffer
Four Basic Properties of Sound
42. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Cover-Set
Zooming In
Call Sheets
Unmotivated Move
43. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Headshot/Bio
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Cutaway Shot
44. 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
Green Room
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Dramatization
Rule of Thirds
45. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Rule of Thirds
Rim Light
Focus Puller
Narrative Films
46. 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
Shot Size
Nonlinear Editing System
Combination Move
High-Key Lighting
47. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Peak Meter
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Green Room
Cross Cutting
48. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Rendering
Green Room
Camera Setup
49. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Script Breakdown Sheet
Reverberation
Reverse Shots
50. 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.
Unmotivated Move
Low-Key Lighting
Dramatization
Cover-Set