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Intro To Film Production
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
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performing-arts
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film
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
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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. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Master Shot
Location Scouting
Peak Meter
Script Breakdown Sheet
2. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Setting Levels
Props
Fill Light
'In the Mud'
3. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
Unmotivated Move
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Talent Release
4. 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
Levels
Talent Release
Key Light
5. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Cold Reading
Key Light
Call Sheets
Side Light
6. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Motivated Lighting
Fine Cut
Cable Wrangler
Focus Puller
7. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Direct Address
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Script Breakdown Sheet
8. Lighting unit that is 45
Ambient Sound
Zooming In
Nonlinear Editing System
3/4 Back Light
9. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Rendering
Motivated Move
Parallel Action
Rim Light
10. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Side Light
Blocking
Boom Operator
11. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Shot List
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Location Technical Survey
Spike
12. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Cutaway Shot
Low-Key Lighting
Nondestructive Editing
Direct Address
13. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Cover-Set
Camera Setup
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Motivated Lighting
14. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Narrative Films
Dramatization
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Headroom
15. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Zooming Out
Rule of Thirds
Cross Cutting
Combination Move
16. 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
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
3/4 Back Light
Reverse Shots
17. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Shot List
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Storyboards
Key Light
18. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Parallel Action
High-Key Lighting
Rendering
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
19. 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)
Rendering
Sound Recordist
Audition
Nondestructive Editing
20. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Headroom
Author's Draft
Boom Operator
Peak Meter
21. 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.
Cover-Set
Art Direction
Location Scouting
Pulling Focus
22. The movement of characters in the space
Master Shot
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Blocking
High-Key Lighting
23. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Storyboards
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Talent Release
Back Light
24. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Protagonist
Author's Draft
Media File Indicators
25. 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
Media File Indicators
Assistant Camera
'In the Mud'
Combination Move
26. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Gaffer
Blocking
Talent Release
Fine Cut
27. 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
Media File Indicators
'In the Mud'
Headshot/Bio
28. Lighting unit that is position 90
Setting Levels
Cold Reading
Side Light
Storyboards
29. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Sound Recordist
Prime Lens
Spike
Rule of Thirds
30. 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)
Rim Light
Nondestructive Editing
Direct Address
Lens Speed
31. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Cutaway Shot
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Direct Address
Talent Release
32. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Rule of Thirds
Reverberation
Headshot/Bio
Four Basic Properties of Sound
33. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Combination Move
Dramatization
Props
Headroom
34. The person who pulls focus
High-Key Lighting
Key Light
Focus Puller
Media File Indicators
35. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Direct Address
Gaffer
Cable Wrangler
36. The movement of characters in the space
Blocking
Peak Meter
Zooming In
Cutaway Shot
37. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
T-Stops
Low-Key Lighting
Key Light
Peak Meter
38. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Location Technical Survey
Shot Size
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Cover-Set
39. Controlling the strength of the signal
Setting Levels
Location Scouting
Narrative Films
Focus Puller
40. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Cable Wrangler
Boom Operator
Combination Move
Motivated Lighting
41. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Zooming In
Protagonist
Reverse Shots
Key Light
42. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Motivated Lighting
Ambient Sound
Green Room
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
43. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Plot
Ambient Sound
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Cable Wrangler
44. 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
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Narrative Films
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
45. 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
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Location Scouting
Coverage
46. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Rendering
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Key Light
Call Sheets
47. 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.
Pick-Ups
Coverage
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Green Room
48. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Location Scouting
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Boom Operator
Blocking
49. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Rim Light
Levels
T-Stops
Cable Wrangler
50. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Peak Meter
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Master Shot