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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. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Reverse Shots
Ambient Sound
Storyboards
T-Stops
2. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Prime Lens
Rim Light
Props
Low-Key Lighting
3. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Zooming Out
Assistant Camera
Key Light
Peak Meter
4. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Direct Address
Media File Indicators
Props
Pick-Ups
5. 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
Plot
Ambient Sound
Assistant Camera
Rendering
6. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Motivated Lighting
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Fine Cut
Reverse Shots
7. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Sound Recordist
Circle of Confusion
Spike
Shooting (Lined) Script
8. Removing extraneous time and territory
Prime Lens
T-Stops
Master Shot
Elliptical Editing
9. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Low-Key Lighting
Headshot/Bio
Shot List
Master Shot
10. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
'In the Mud'
Cover-Set
Zooming Out
Media File Indicators
11. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Sound Recordist
Depth of Field
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Lens Speed
12. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Script Breakdown Sheet
Talent Release
Reverberation
Green Room
13. 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.'
Art Direction
Reverberation
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Spike
14. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Script Breakdown Sheet
Director of Photography
Back Light
Boom Operator
15. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Pick-Ups
Art Direction
'In the Mud'
Depth of Field
16. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Pulling Focus
Protagonist
Headroom
Unmotivated Move
17. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Fill Light
Boom Operator
3/4 Back Light
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
18. 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.
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
'In the Mud'
Audition
Call Sheets
19. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Peak Meter
Reverberation
High-Key Lighting
'In the Mud'
20. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Pulling Focus
Blocking
'In the Mud'
Key Light
21. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Rule of Thirds
Key Light
Motivated Lighting
Location Technical Survey
22. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Key Light
Audition
Treatment
Unmotivated Move
23. 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.
Fine Cut
Back Light
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Spike
24. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
3/4 Back Light
Cold Reading
Setting Levels
Four Basic Properties of Sound
25. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Call Sheets
Nonlinear Editing System
Fine Cut
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
26. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Spike
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Unmotivated Move
Audition
27. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Combination Move
Rendering
T-Stops
Circle of Confusion
28. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Prime Lens
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Rim Light
Motivated Lighting
29. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
Gaffer
Low-Key Lighting
Talent Release
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
30. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Nonlinear Editing System
Gaffer
Fine Cut
Audition
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
Spike
Director of Photography
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
'In the Mud'
32. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Reverberation
Back Light
Unmotivated Move
Reverse Shots
33. Recording is too low
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34. Executing more than one move at a time
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Protagonist
Shot List
Combination Move
35. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Coverage
Focus Puller
High-Key Lighting
Cold Reading
36. 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
Low-Key Lighting
Back Light
Narrative Films
Overheads
37. 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.
Low-Key Lighting
Director of Photography
Motivated Move
Lens Speed
38. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Plot
Parallel Action
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Cover-Set
39. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Author's Draft
Motivated Move
Cutaway Shot
Lens Speed
40. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
'In the Mud'
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Location Technical Survey
Master Shot
41. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Parallel Action
Shot Size
Motivated Move
Location Technical Survey
42. The movement of characters in the space
Pulling Focus
Coverage
Sound Recordist
Blocking
43. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Side Light
Coverage
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
44. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Overheads
Cover-Set
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Location Scouting
45. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Pulling Focus
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Location Scouting
Back Light
46. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Back Light
T-Stops
'In the Mud'
Focus Puller
47. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Side Light
Blocking
Rule of Thirds
Cross Cutting
48. The person who pulls focus
Focus Puller
Fine Cut
Circle of Confusion
Sound Recordist
49. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Media File Indicators
Headroom
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Nondestructive Editing
50. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Prime Lens
Narrative Films
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Fill Light