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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. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Combination Move
Key Light
Cover-Set
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
2. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Unmotivated Move
Peak Meter
Audition
3/4 Back Light
3. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Coverage
Unmotivated Move
Elliptical Editing
Peak Meter
4. 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.
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Director of Photography
Reverse Shots
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
5. Controlling the strength of the signal
Unmotivated Move
Setting Levels
Props
Motivated Move
6. 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
Back Light
Dramatization
Narrative Films
7. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Reverse Shots
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Rendering
Nondestructive Editing
8. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Master Shot
Audition
Combination Move
Zooming In
9. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Protagonist
Overheads
Treatment
Cable Wrangler
10. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Director of Photography
Location Scouting
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Dramatization
11. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Shot List
Direct Address
Master Shot
Nonlinear Editing System
12. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Nondestructive Editing
Back Light
Audition
13. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Shot Size
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Four Basic Properties of Sound
14. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Zooming Out
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Dramatization
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
15. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Direct Address
Protagonist
High-Key Lighting
Motivated Move
16. 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.
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Master Shot
Low-Key Lighting
17. 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
Nonlinear Editing System
Location Scouting
Assistant Camera
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
18. 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
Shot List
Sound Recordist
Narrative Films
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
19. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Green Room
'In the Mud'
Headroom
20. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Cold Reading
Zooming In
Plot
Script Breakdown Sheet
21. Lighting unit that is position 90
Side Light
Circle of Confusion
Location Scouting
Focus Puller
22. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Overheads
Shot List
Pick-Ups
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
23. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Depth of Field
Treatment
Nonlinear Editing System
Unmotivated Move
24. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
T-Stops
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Talent Release
Motivated Move
25. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Storyboards
Motivated Lighting
Zooming In
Fill Light
26. Shooting a scene from various angles
Back Light
Coverage
Rule of Thirds
Four Basic Properties of Sound
27. 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.
Elliptical Editing
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Reverse Shots
28. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Low-Key Lighting
Elliptical Editing
Cable Wrangler
Lens Speed
29. Lighting unit that is 45
Art Direction
Circle of Confusion
3/4 Back Light
Side Light
30. Sound bouncing off surfaces. Results in a booming or echo-y sound as the signal duplicates itself over and over again which is refereed to as 'acoustically live.'
Media File Indicators
Lens Speed
Reverberation
Peak Meter
31. The movement of characters in the space
Fine Cut
Shot List
T-Stops
Blocking
32. Executing more than one move at a time
Camera Setup
Combination Move
Fill Light
Cross Cutting
33. 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
Protagonist
Script Breakdown Sheet
Combination Move
34. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Media File Indicators
Storyboards
Script Breakdown Sheet
Motivated Lighting
35. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Talent Release
Narrative Films
Gaffer
Unmotivated Move
36. 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.
Audition
Dramatization
Boom Operator
Shooting (Lined) Script
37. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Combination Move
Fill Light
Props
38. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Treatment
Shot Size
Media File Indicators
Peak Meter
39. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Key Light
Depth of Field
Parallel Action
Pick-Ups
40. 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
Narrative Films
Reverse Shots
Fill Light
Parallel Action
41. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
3/4 Back Light
Blocking
Cable Wrangler
Nonlinear Editing System
42. Executing more than one move at a time
Combination Move
Key Light
Green Room
Rim Light
43. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Motivated Move
Script Breakdown Sheet
Rim Light
Nonlinear Editing System
44. 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
Low-Key Lighting
Assistant Camera
Back Light
Sound Recordist
45. Sound bouncing off surfaces. Results in a booming or echo-y sound as the signal duplicates itself over and over again which is refereed to as 'acoustically live.'
Reverberation
Key Light
Headroom
High-Key Lighting
46. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Reverberation
Sound Recordist
Media File Indicators
Shot List
47. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Plot
Location Technical Survey
Shooting (Lined) Script
Cutaway Shot
48. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Back Light
Circle of Confusion
Peak Meter
Dramatization
49. 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
3/4 Back Light
Nonlinear Editing System
Parallel Action
50. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
3/4 Back Light
Assistant Camera
Props
Dramatization