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Film Vocab
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1. A single take that contains an entire scene
Double exposure
Scratching
Master shot
Three-act structure
2. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Release prints
Color filter
Four-part structure
Bleach bypass
3. An optical effect whereby the eye continues to register a visual stimulus in the brain for a brief period after that stimulus has been removed
Open-ended
Persistence of vision
Composition in depth
Wide film
4. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Tilt
Narrative
Studio system
Screenplay
5. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Cut
Rear projection
Four-part structure
Assistant Editor
6. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Compilation film
Avant-garde film
Interlaced scanning
Zoom out
7. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Star filter
Second unit
Neutral-density filter
Shot/reverse shot
8. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Best boy
Crab dolly
Overlapping dialogue
Jump cut
9. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Zoom out
Synthespian
Production values
Masking
10. 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
Brechtian distanciation
Progressive scanning
Plot summary
Soviet montage
11. Prefogging; a cinematographic technique that exposes raw film stock to light before - during - or after shooting - resulting in an image with reduced contrast. This effect can also be created using digital post-production techniques
Rear projection
Deep focus cinematography
Flashing
Rotoscope
12. 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
Split screen
Studio system
Fabula
Grain
13. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Newsreel
Turning point
Oeuvre
Morphing
14. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Color filter
Minor studios
Low-angle shot
Flashforward
15. A term applied to film stock that is relatively insensitive to light. This stock will not yield acceptable images unless the amount of light can be carefully controlled
Natural-key lighting
Aperture
Slow
Toning
16. A sound editing technique that links several scenes through parallel and overlapping sounds. Each sound is associated with one scene - unlike a sound bridge - where a sound from one scene bleeds into that of another
Overexposure
Continuity editor
Lightning mix
Zoom in...
17. An outlawed studio era practice - where studios forced exhibitors to book groups of films at once - thus ensuring a market for their failures along with their successes
Telecine
Mockumentary
High-angle shot
Block booking
18. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Third-person narration
Blaxploitation
Zoom in...
Slow motion
19. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Telephoto lens
Negative cutter
Propaganda film
Emulsion
20. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Outsourcing
High-key lighting
Overlapping dialogue
Tight framing
21. A visual effect achieved through the use of photography and digital techniques that appears to stop time and allow the viewer to travel around the subject and view it from a multitude of vantage points
Star persona
Dailies
Frozen time moment
Take
22. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Cinerama
Tilt
Focus puller
Composition
23. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Rack focus
Omniscient narration
Gaffer
Flashforward
24. Light emitted from a relatively small source positioned close to the subject. It tends to be unflattering because it creates deep shadows and emphasizes surface imperfections
Intertextual reference
Analog Video
Descriptive claim
Hard light
25. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Day for night
Exposition
Forced development
Mockumentary
26. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Pixel
180-degree rule
Matte
Cut
27. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
High concept film
Open-ended
Synthespian
Aperture
28. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Iris out
Genre
Trombone shot
ADR
29. Exposed and developed film stock from which the master positive is struck. If projected - the negative would produce a reverse of the image - with dark areas appearing white and vice versa or - if color film - areas of color appearing as their comple
Exposure
Negative
Block booking
Pan
30. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Diegesis
Handheld shot
Backstage musical
Phi phenomenon
31. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Deep focus cinematography
Swish pan
Long shot
Composition
32. A shot taken from a vantage point so close that only a part of the subject is visible. On an actor - it might show only an eye or a portion of the face
Visual effects
Day for night
Extreme close-up
Long shot
33. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Digital video
Jump cut
Extreme close-up
Foley artist
34. A film process that uses 35mm film stock but changes the orientation of the film so that the film moves through the camera horizontally instead of vertically. The larger image is of higher quality than standard 35mm processes
Tight framing
Exposure
Vista Vision
Insert
35. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Extradiegetic
Wireframe
Available light
Polarizing filters
36. 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
Best boy
Three-point lighting
Interlaced scanning
City symphony
37. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Insert
Zoom out
Flashback
Syuzhet
38. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Insert
Color timing
Lens
Mixing
39. A picture element - a measure of image density. There are approximately 18 million pixels in a frame of 35mm film and 300000-400000 in a video image
Voice-over
Score
Pixel
Compositing
40. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Method acting
Color filter
Cut
Pre-production
41. A technique used to join live action with a pre-recorded background image. A projector is placed behind a screen and projects an image onto it. Actors stand in front of the screen and the camera records them in front of the projected background
Digital video
Rear projection
Medium shot
Color timing
42. A system initially developed for marketing films by creating and promoting stars as objects of admiration. The promotion of stars has now become an end in itself
Trombone shot
Digital cinema
Star system
Set-up
43. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images
Post-production
Overexposure
Rotoscope
Wireframe
44. The first step in the process of creating CGI. The wireframe is a three-dimensional computer model of an object - which is then rendered (producing the finished image) and animated (using simulated camera movement frame by frame)
Depth of field
Wireframe
Fast motion
Front projection
45. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Auteur
Interlaced scanning
Aperture
Flashforward
46. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Two-shot
High-key lighting
Wide-angle lens
Video assist
47. The distance in millimeters from the optical center of a lens to the lane where the sharpest image is formed while focusing on a distant object
Focal length
Subtext
Filter
180-degree rule
48. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
180-degree rule
Closure
Backstory
Realist style
49. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Runaway production
Exposure latitude
Lightning mix
Trombone shot
50. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated
Wide film
Non-diegetic
Evaluative claim
Mixing
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