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Film Vocab
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1. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Out-take
Propaganda film
Soft light
Interpretive claim
2. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Flashback
Star system
Wireframe
Dailies
3. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Revisionist
Dailies
Grain
Pulling
4. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Product placement
Gaffer
30-degree rule
Intertextual reference
5. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Orthochromatic
Fog filter
Hard light
Revisionist
6. Any lens with a focal length approximately equal to the diagonal of the frame. For 35mm filmmaking - a 35-50 mm lens does not distort the angle of vision or depth
Horizontal integration
Normal lens
Establishing shot
Block booking
7. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Selective focus
Plot summary
Continuity editor
Out-take
8. 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
Hard light
Tracking shot
Denouement
Soundtrack
9. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Undercranking
Animation
Grain
Academy Ratio
10. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Formalist style
Block booking
Canted angle
Analog Video
11. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Trombone shot
Cameo
Foley artist
Closure
12. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Frozen time moment
High concept film
Standard shot pattern
Direct cinema
13. A film style that emerged in the 1910s in Germany. It was heavily indebted to the Expressionist art movement of the time and influenced subsequent horror films and film noir
Persistence of vision
German Expressionism
Charge coupler device
Average shot length
14. A style associated with Hollywood filmmaking of the studio and post-studio era - in which efficient storytelling - rather than gritty realism or aesthetic innovation - is of paramount importance
Overexposure
Mixing
Classical style
Color filter
15. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Four-part structure
Progressive scanning
Digital compositing
Animation
16. 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
Extreme close-up
Exposure latitude
Shooting script
Parellel
17. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Pixilation
Blaxploitation
Montage sequence
Actualitas
18. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
B-roll
Color consultant
Film stock
Backstage musical
19. 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
Parellel
Compilation film
Roadshowing
Realist style
20. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Crane shot
Extradiegetic
Digital set extension
Reverse shot
21. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Recursive action
Frame narration
Shooting script
Blue screen
22. 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
Persistence of vision
Screenplay
Cel
Depth of field
23. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Depth of field
Reframing
Cameo
Freeze frame
24. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Normal lens
Negative cutter
Widescreen
Dolly
25. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Line of action
Release prints
Special visual effects
Split screen
26. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Freeze frame
Ethnographic film
Long take
Panchromatic
27. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Fast
Backstory
Tableau shot
Direct sound
28. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Overexposure
Overhead shot
Undercranking
Flashforward
29. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Typecasting
Backstage musical
Point-of-view shot
Avant-garde film
30. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Composition in depth
Green screen
Four-part structure
Gaffer
31. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Blue screen
Reframing
Outsourcing
Aperture
32. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Cutaway
Vertical integration
Avant-garde film
Episodic
33. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Crab dolly
Trombone shot
Emulsion
Slow motion
34. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
Point-of-view shot
First-person narration
Ethnographic film
Post-production
35. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Release prints
Third-person narration
Tracking shot
Backstory
36. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Digital set extension
Steadicam
Figure placement and movement
Morphing
37. A change of focus from one plane of depth to another. As the in-focus subject goes out of focus - another object - which has been blurry - comes into focus in either the background or the foreground
Widescreen
Morphing
Rack focus
Editor
38. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Overlapping dialogue
Foley artist
Matte
Shot
39. 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
Block booking
Overlapping dialogue
Long take
Hollywood Ten
40. An agreement made between filmmakers and those who license the use of commercial products to feature those products in films - generally as props used by characters
Fast
Compilation film
Product placement
Backstory
41. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Continuity editing
Diffusion filters
Wipe
Script supervisor
42. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Syuzhet
Subgenre
Hollywood Ten
Standard shot pattern
43. 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
Pixel
German Expressionism
Morphing
Tableau shot
44. A technique of arranging the actors on the set to take advantage of deep focus cinematography - which allows for many planes of depth in the film frame to remain in focus
B-roll
Blaxploitation
Spec script
Composition in depth
45. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Auteur
Horizontal integration
Bleach bypass
Digital video
46. Optical illusions created during post-production
Matte
Visual effects
Second unit
Handheld shot
47. A compositing method that allows cinematographers to combine live action and settings that are filmed or created separately. Actors are filmed against a green or blue background. During post-production - this background is filled in with an image thr
Green screen
Standard shot pattern
Subgenre
Mixing
48. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Frame narration
Masking
Narrative sequencing
Camera distance
49. 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
Negative
Subgenre
Montage sequence
Color timing
50. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Character actor
Forced development
Antagonist
Medium close-up
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