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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. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Fill Light
Rendering
Camera Setup
Media File Indicators
2. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Dramatization
Circle of Confusion
Coverage
Sound Recordist
3. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Ambient Sound
Storyboards
Combination Move
4. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Storyboards
Ambient Sound
Media File Indicators
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
5. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Boom Operator
Assistant Camera
Green Room
Rim Light
6. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Cutaway Shot
Unmotivated Move
Shot Size
Focus Puller
7. The movement of characters in the space
'In the Mud'
Blocking
Cold Reading
Boom Operator
8. Two-thirds of the depth range along the z-axis is behind the focus point and one-third is in front of the focus point
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Low-Key Lighting
Cross Cutting
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
9. All camera moves need to be...
Motivated Move
Rule of Thirds
Parallel Action
Side Light
10. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Pulling Focus
Location Scouting
Blocking
Low-Key Lighting
11. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Protagonist
T-Stops
Fill Light
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
12. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Fill Light
High-Key Lighting
Treatment
Cover-Set
13. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Nondestructive Editing
Art Direction
Storyboards
14. 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
Storyboards
Focus Puller
Art Direction
Director of Photography
15. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Script Breakdown Sheet
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Fill Light
Direct Address
16. Controlling the strength of the signal
Cross Cutting
Setting Levels
Blocking
Narrative Films
17. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Props
Direct Address
Fill Light
Media File Indicators
18. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Cover-Set
Pulling Focus
Side Light
Fill Light
19. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Pulling Focus
Reverse Shots
Rim Light
Pulling Focus
20. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Call Sheets
Overheads
Boom Operator
Setting Levels
21. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Camera Setup
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Protagonist
Author's Draft
22. Executing more than one move at a time
Fine Cut
High-Key Lighting
Pulling Focus
Combination Move
23. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Media File Indicators
Back Light
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Cold Reading
24. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Plot
Headshot/Bio
Plot
Elliptical Editing
25. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Zooming In
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Motivated Lighting
Location Scouting
26. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Prime Lens
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Gaffer
Director of Photography
27. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
High-Key Lighting
Blocking
Cable Wrangler
Levels
28. 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.
Back Light
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Shooting (Lined) Script
Prime Lens
29. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Treatment
Rule of Thirds
Shooting (Lined) Script
Protagonist
30. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Sound Recordist
Fine Cut
Direct Address
31. 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.
Overheads
Headroom
Shot Size
Coverage
32. Camera and lens expert. They are responsible for the proper functioning of the camera - which includes setting it up - cleaning the gate - checking and pulling focus - and selecting filters and lenses. They know precise details about what various
Assistant Camera
Peak Meter
Author's Draft
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
33. 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.
Peak Meter
Green Room
Rule of Thirds
Script Breakdown Sheet
34. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Cross Cutting
T-Stops
Ambient Sound
35. 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.
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Nonlinear Editing System
Art Direction
Three Essential Elements of Drama
36. 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.
Location Scouting
Art Direction
Camera Setup
Shot Size
37. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Camera Setup
Overheads
Treatment
Narrative Films
38. 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
Nondestructive Editing
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Motivated Move
39. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Unmotivated Move
High-Key Lighting
40. 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.
Coverage
Reverse Shots
Lens Speed
Script Breakdown Sheet
41. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Depth of Field
Shot List
Gaffer
High-Key Lighting
42. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Focus Puller
Location Scouting
Sound Recordist
Treatment
43. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Boom Operator
Zooming In
Location Scouting
Nonlinear Editing System
44. The order of events in your film
Talent Release
Plot
'In the Mud'
Headshot/Bio
45. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Prime Lens
Cross Cutting
Back Light
46. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Motivated Move
Levels
Direct Address
Zooming In
47. 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.
Zooming In
Call Sheets
Pick-Ups
Green Room
48. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Cable Wrangler
Gaffer
3/4 Back Light
Motivated Move
49. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Cold Reading
Spike
Pick-Ups
Cable Wrangler
50. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Dramatization
Pulling Focus
Fine Cut
Low-Key Lighting