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Film Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. A chemical coating on film stock containing light-sensitive grains






2. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space






3. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height






4. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance






5. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue






6. 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






7. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'






8. 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






9. 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






10. Reels of film that are shipped to movie theaters for exhibition. Digital cinema - which can be distributed via satellite - broadband - or on media such as DVDs - may soon replace film prints because the latter are expensive to create - copy - and dis






11. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image






12. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work






13. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character






14. A narrative approach that limits the audience's view of events to that of the main character(s) in the film. Occasional moments of omniscient narration may give viewers more information than the character shave at specific points in the narrative






15. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen






16. A complete narrative unit within a film - with its own beginning - middle - and end. Often scenes are unified - and distinguished from one another - by time and setting






17. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications






18. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film






19. An alternative to classical and realist styles - formalism is a self-consciously interventionist approach that explores ideas - abstraction - and aesthetics rather than focusing on storytelling (as in classical films) or everyday life (as in realist






20. A machine used to create optical effects such as fades - dissolves - and superimpositions. Most are now created digitally






21. 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






22. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject






23. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography






24. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day






25. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame






26. Invisible editing; a system devised to minimize the audience's awareness of shot transitions - especially cuts - in order to improve the flow of the story and avoid interrupting the viewer's immersion it in






27. An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different. The program calculates the way the image must change in order for the first image to






28. Everything audiences hear when they watch a sound film. The soundtrack is the composite of all three elements of film sound: dialogue - music - and sound effects






29. The person in charge of planning the style and look of the film with the production designer and director of photography - working with actors during principal photography - and collaborating with the editor on the final version






30. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film






31. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters






32. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters






33. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters






34. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts






35. 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






36. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set






37. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view






38. 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






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






40. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images






41. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color






42. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame






43. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time






44. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots






45. A shot that makes the human subject very small in relation to his or her environment. The entire figure from head to toe is onscreen and dwarfed by the surroundings






46. Thin - flexible material comprised of base and emulsion layers - onto which light rays are focused and which is processed in chemicals to produce film images






47. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world






48. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films






49. Optical illusions created during post-production






50. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience