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Intro To Film Production
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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.
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1. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Fine Cut
Location Scouting
Circle of Confusion
2. 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
Rule of Thirds
Audition
Cable Wrangler
Media File Indicators
3. 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.
Headroom
Props
Reverse Shots
Audition
4. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Zooming Out
Location Scouting
Green Room
High-Key Lighting
5. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Treatment
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Reverberation
Fill Light
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.
Master Shot
Setting Levels
Overheads
Location Scouting
7. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Direct Address
Assistant Camera
Script Breakdown Sheet
Rendering
8. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Assistant Camera
T-Stops
9. Shooting a scene from various angles
Peak Meter
Cover-Set
Coverage
Rendering
10. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Motivated Lighting
T-Stops
Shot Size
3/4 Back Light
11. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Pulling Focus
Cover-Set
Four Basic Properties of Sound
T-Stops
12. Recording is too low
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13. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Headroom
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Gaffer
Rule of Thirds
14. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Cutaway Shot
Shooting (Lined) Script
Dramatization
Direct Address
15. 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.
Call Sheets
Media File Indicators
Shot Size
T-Stops
16. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Author's Draft
Rim Light
Dramatization
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
17. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Rendering
Parallel Action
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
3/4 Back Light
18. 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)
Protagonist
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Green Room
19. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Spike
Key Light
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
20. Executing more than one move at a time
Combination Move
Nondestructive Editing
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Green Room
21. Removing extraneous time and territory
Levels
Elliptical Editing
Low-Key Lighting
Green Room
22. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Media File Indicators
Cutaway Shot
Lens Speed
Location Technical Survey
23. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Shot List
Peak Meter
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Elliptical Editing
24. Lighting unit that is 45
3/4 Back Light
Motivated Move
High-Key Lighting
Author's Draft
25. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Cover-Set
Media File Indicators
Prime Lens
Shot List
26. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Headshot/Bio
Cover-Set
Location Technical Survey
Setting Levels
27. Lighting unit that is position 90
Setting Levels
Side Light
Location Technical Survey
Location Scouting
28. 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.
Nonlinear Editing System
Motivated Move
Prime Lens
Low-Key Lighting
29. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Cross Cutting
Shot Size
Four Basic Properties of Sound
30. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Master Shot
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Treatment
31. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Rule of Thirds
Headshot/Bio
Audition
Motivated Lighting
32. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Rim Light
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Spike
Reverse Shots
33. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Camera Setup
Dramatization
Levels
Gaffer
34. 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
Rendering
Overheads
Focus Puller
35. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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36. 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
Nonlinear Editing System
'In the Mud'
Plot
Zooming Out
37. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Pulling Focus
Shot Size
Cable Wrangler
38. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Pick-Ups
Reverberation
Combination Move
'In the Mud'
39. 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
Props
Location Technical Survey
Media File Indicators
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
40. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Master Shot
Props
Protagonist
Reverberation
41. 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
Zooming In
Narrative Films
Motivated Move
Reverberation
42. 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.
Boom Operator
Art Direction
Zooming In
Blocking
43. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Zooming In
Side Light
Sound Recordist
Lens Speed
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
Zooming Out
Coverage
Cold Reading
45. Executing more than one move at a time
Author's Draft
Reverberation
Peak Meter
Combination Move
46. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Rim Light
Coverage
Art Direction
Protagonist
47. The person who pulls focus
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Nondestructive Editing
Cover-Set
Focus Puller
48. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Fine Cut
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Treatment
49. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Fill Light
Rim Light
Blocking
Blocking
50. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Prime Lens
Circle of Confusion
Rim Light
Fine Cut