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Film Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image
Diffusion filters
Pre-production
Anime
Interlaced scanning
2. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Studio system
Color consultant
Phi phenomenon
Shot transition
3. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Iris in...
Protagonist
Blocking
Orthochromatic
4. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Scratching
Method acting
City symphony
Blue screen
5. A non-standard narrative organization that assumes 'day in the life' quality rather than the highly structured three-act or four part narrative - and that features loose or indirect cause-effect relationships
Episodic
Match on action
Narrative
Digital cinema
6. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Medium long shot
Intertextual reference
Montage sequence
Direct cinema
7. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Cel
Fabula
Selective focus
Trombone shot
8. Drawing attention to the process of representation (including narrative and characterization) to break the theatrical illusion and elicit a distanced - intellectual response in the audience
Rotoscope
Interpellation
Brechtian distanciation
Exposure latitude
9. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Focus puller
Overlapping dialogue
Letterboxing
Foley artist
10. The aspect ratio of 1.33:1 - standardized by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences until the development of widescreen formats in the 1950s
Cut
Typecasting
Major studios
Academy Ratio
11. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Blaxploitation
Tableau shot
Denouement
Base
12. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Special visual effects
Aperture
Method acting
Reframing
13. A model of industrial organization in the film industry from about 1915 to 1946 - characterized by the development of major and minor studios that produced - distributed - and exhibited films - and held film actors - directors - art directors - and o
Speed
Video assist
Protagonist
Studio system
14. Any narrative - visual - or sound element that is repeated and thereby acquires and reflects its significance to the story - characters - or themes of the film.
Motif
Trailer
Low-key lighting
Shooting script
15. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Cinerama
Lightning mix
Restricted narration
Backstory
16. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Spec script
Shooting script
Post-production
Orthochromatic
17. Dutch angle; a shot resulting from a static camera that is tilted to the right or left - so that the subject in the frame appears at a diagonal
Compositing
Negative
Canted angle
Charge coupler device
18. A technique of overdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in the chemical bath longer than indicated) in order to increase density and contrast in the image
Fade-out
Pushing
Composition in depth
Progressive scanning
19. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Hollywood Blacklist
Voice-over
Optical printer
Focal length
20. Lighting design that provides an even illumination of the subject - with many facial details washed out. High-key lighting tends to create a hopeful mood - in contrast to low-key lighting
High-key lighting
Chiaroscuro
Overexposure
Figure placement and movement
21. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Omniscient narration
Dolly
Medium close-up
Three-act structure
22. The first print made from a film negative
Master positive
Motif
Analog Video
Out-take
23. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Desaturated
Master shot
Color timing
Fast motion
24. A technique of moving the camera - on a specially built track. Such shots often trace character movement laterally across the frame or in and out of the depth of the frame
Insert
Tracking shot
Focal length
Storyboard
25. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Eye-level shot
Extreme wide-angle lens
Descriptive claim
Underexposure
26. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Line of action
Flashforward
Orthochromatic
Flashing
27. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Color consultant
Diegesis
Trailer
Evaluative claim
28. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Storyboard
Analog Video
Pulling
Selective focus
29. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Overhead shot
Long shot
Subtext
Text
30. The use of editing techniques - such as a fade or dissolve - to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another
Forced development
Shot transition
Screenplay
Fabula
31. Fish-eye lens; With a focal length of 15mm or less - this lens presents an extremely distorted image - where objects in the center of the frame appear to bulge toward the camera
Desaturated
Aspect Ratio
Shot transition
Extreme wide-angle lens
32. A property of older television monitors - where each frame was scanned as two fields: One consisting of all the odd numbered lines - the other all the even lines. If slowed down - the television image would appear to sweep down the screen one line at
Visual effects
Continuity editor
Interlaced scanning
Undercranking
33. An alternative to continuity editing - this style of editing was developed in silent Soviet cinema - based on the theory that editing should exploit the difference between shots to generate intellectual and emotional responses in the audience
Soviet montage
Undercranking
Character actor
Time-lapse photography
34. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Freeze frame
Three-act structure
Actualitas
Flashing
35. A term that refers to the organization of an industry wherein one type of corporation also owns corporations in allied industries - for example - film production and video games
Brechtian distanciation
Direct cinema
Horizontal integration
Out-take
36. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Jump cut
Front projection
Syuzhet
Time-lapse photography
37. A similarity established between two characters or situations that invites the audience to compare the two. It may involve visual - narrative - and/or sound elements
Tracking shot
Special visual effects
Parellel
Continuity error
38. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Aperture
Canted angle
Intertextual reference
Dissolve
39. The measurement of how forgiving a film stock is. It determines whether an acceptable image will be produced when the film stock is exposed to too little or too much light
Front projection
Editor
Exposure latitude
Genre conventions
40. A technique of running the motion picture camera at a speed slower than projection speed (24 frames per second) - in order to produce at a fast motion sequence when projected at normal speed. The term derives from early film cameras - which were cran
Assistant Editor
Time-lapse photography
Undercranking
Storyboard
41. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Synthespian
Restricted narration
Letterboxing
30-degree rule
42. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Medium shot
Newsreel
Descriptive claim
Turning point
43. A lens with a shorter focal length than a normal or telephoto lens (usually between 15-35mm). The subject appears smaller as a result - but the angle of vision is wider and an illusion is created of greater depth in the frame
Pixilation
Wide-angle lens
Foley artist
Figure placement and movement
44. A shot taken by a camera that is held manually rather than supported by a tripod - crane or Steadicam. Generally - such shots are shaky - owing to the motion of the camera operator
Extra
Hue
Three-point lighting
Handheld shot
45. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Reframing
Three-act structure
Script supervisor
Dye coupler
46. A type of matte shot - created by positioning a pane of optically flawless glass with a painting on it between the camera and the scene to be photographed. This combines the painting on the glass with the set or location - seen through the glass - be
Film stock
Glass shot
Digital compositing
Continuity error
47. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
B-roll
Pixilation
Parellel editing
Cameo
48. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Interlaced scanning
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Shooting script
Swish pan
49. A cinematography technique that produces an image with many planes of depth in focus. It can be accomplished by using a small aperture - a large distance between camera and subject - and/or a lens of short focal length
Cameo
B-roll
Motif
Deep focus cinematography
50. A system for combining two separately filmed images in the same frame that involves create a matte (a black mask that covers a portion of the image) for a live action sequence and using it to block out a portion of the frame when filming the backgrou
Rear projection
Eyeline match
Travelling matte
Matte