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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.
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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. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Key Light
Props
Motivated Move
Cutaway Shot
2. 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.
Rim Light
Motivated Move
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Reverse Shots
3. 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
Author's Draft
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Prime Lens
4. 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)
Location Technical Survey
Lens Speed
Key Light
Four Basic Properties of Sound
5. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Master Shot
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Location Scouting
6. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Fine Cut
Props
Levels
7. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Prime Lens
Cover-Set
Headroom
Shot List
8. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Dramatization
Location Technical Survey
Shot List
Spike
9. 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.
Location Scouting
Call Sheets
Parallel Action
'In the Mud'
10. The order of events in your film
Plot
Unmotivated Move
Back Light
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
11. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Zooming Out
Fine Cut
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Pick-Ups
12. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
13. 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.
Talent Release
Reverse Shots
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Peak Meter
14. 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
Narrative Films
Ambient Sound
Shot Size
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
15. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Media File Indicators
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Direct Address
Treatment
16. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Levels
Ambient Sound
'In the Mud'
17. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Props
Location Scouting
Art Direction
18. Controlling the strength of the signal
Cold Reading
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Nonlinear Editing System
Setting Levels
19. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Zooming In
Art Direction
Focus Puller
Call Sheets
20. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Zooming Out
Cover-Set
Headshot/Bio
Fill Light
21. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
Key Light
Circle of Confusion
Media File Indicators
Talent Release
22. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Storyboards
Combination Move
Key Light
23. 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.
Fill Light
Cable Wrangler
Call Sheets
Direct Address
24. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Cable Wrangler
Rule of Thirds
Cross Cutting
25. 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.'
Fill Light
Reverberation
Key Light
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
26. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Dramatization
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Depth of Field
27. Removing extraneous time and territory
Sound Recordist
Overheads
Elliptical Editing
Plot
28. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Cross Cutting
Lens Speed
Motivated Lighting
Green Room
29. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Treatment
Cable Wrangler
Prime Lens
Rendering
30. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Storyboards
Gaffer
Motivated Lighting
Zooming In
31. 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
Treatment
Director of Photography
Rendering
T-Stops
32. Lighting unit that is position 90
Elliptical Editing
Side Light
Rendering
Pick-Ups
33. 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)
Zooming In
Reverse Shots
Plot
34. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Motivated Lighting
Director of Photography
Parallel Action
Cutaway Shot
35. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Reverberation
Zooming Out
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Green Room
36. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Shot Size
Cutaway Shot
Cover-Set
Author's Draft
37. 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.'
Prime Lens
Rendering
Reverberation
Combination Move
38. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Back Light
Setting Levels
Back Light
Unmotivated Move
39. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Depth of Field
Peak Meter
High-Key Lighting
Plot
40. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Media File Indicators
Shot List
Direct Address
Call Sheets
41. 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
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Fine Cut
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
42. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Location Scouting
Nonlinear Editing System
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Talent Release
43. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Peak Meter
Location Scouting
Rule of Thirds
Parallel Action
44. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Depth of Field
Talent Release
Spike
45. 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.
Gaffer
Call Sheets
Low-Key Lighting
Pick-Ups
46. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Shot Size
Assistant Camera
Three Essential Elements of Drama
47. Executing more than one move at a time
Depth of Field
'In the Mud'
Combination Move
Sound Recordist
48. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Rule of Thirds
Reverse Shots
Boom Operator
Treatment
49. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Ambient Sound
Fine Cut
Cutaway Shot
Media File Indicators
50. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Location Scouting
Script Breakdown Sheet
Zooming In
Key Light