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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. A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation
Graphic match
Kuleshov effect
Blocking
Overexposure
2. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
High-angle shot
Zoom out
Set-up
Outsourcing
3. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Reverse shot
Tilt
Color filter
Point-of-view shot
4. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Aerial Shot
Standard shot pattern
180-degree rule
Fog filter
5. 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
Lens
Horizontal integration
Typecasting
Forced perspective
6. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Wide film
Oeuvre
Rear projection
Compilation film
7. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Line of action
Special visual effects
High-angle shot
Ethnographic film
8. Louis Althusser's term for the way in which a society creates its subjects/citizens through ideological (as opposed to repressive) state apparatuses - which include education - media - religion - and the family
Fabula
Restricted narration
Voice-over
Interpellation
9. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Cel
Avant-garde film
Omniscient narration
Mixing
10. A technique of moving a zoom lens from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position - which results in a magnification of the subject within the frame - and keeps the subject in focus
Offscreen space
Panchromatic
Gauge
Zoom in...
11. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Blocking
Bleach bypass
Crab dolly
Three-act structure
12. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Hard light
Kuleshov effect
Matte
Continuity editing
13. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
Interpellation
180-degree rule
Continuity editor
Handheld shot
14. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Long take
German Expressionism
Standard shot pattern
Propaganda film
15. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Dolly
Dolly
Blocking
High-key lighting
16. A musical in which some or all musical numbers are not motivated by the narrative; for example - characters sing and dance throughout the film but at least some performances are not staged for an onscreen audience. Examples include Oklahoma - The umb
Emulsion
Eye-level shot
Brechtian distanciation
Integrated musical
17. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Antagonist
Blocking
Digital compositing
Dissolve
18. 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
Slow motion
Interpellation
Saturation
Parellel
19. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Tinting
Screenplay
Pixilation
Average shot length
20. 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
Camera distance
Overhead shot
Formalist style
Grain
21. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Orthochromatic
Hollywood Blacklist
Running time
Camera distance
22. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
First-person narration
Fast
Prosthesis
Take
23. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Direct sound
Extreme wide-angle lens
Parellel
Polarizing filters
24. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Deep focus cinematography
Blaxploitation
Reframing
Forced perspective
25. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Graphic match
Establishing shot
Fast motion
Star persona
26. 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
Promotion
Episodic
Rotoscope
Available light
27. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Vista Vision
Extra
Star filter
Motivation
28. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Spec script
Shot transition
Turning point
Narrative sequencing
29. A single take that contains an entire scene
Turning point
Diegesis
Master shot
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
30. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Pixel
Persistence of vision
Matte painting
Post-production
31. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Jump cut
Sound bridge
Classical style
Eyeline match
32. 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
Star filter
Film stock
Sound bridge
Restricted narration
33. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Swish pan
Color filter
Master positive
Double exposure
34. 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
Visual effects
Filter
Green screen
Actualitas
35. A post-studio era Hollywood film designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience by fusing a simple story line with major movie stars and mounting a lavish marketing campaign
Auteur
High concept film
Propaganda film
Underexposure
36. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Line reading
Composition in depth
Green screen
Hollywood Ten
37. The imagined world of the story
Vista Vision
Star filter
Interlaced scanning
Diegesis
38. 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
Rear projection
Low-key lighting
Lightning mix
Star persona
39. A technique of shooting a scene at a very high speed (96 frames per second) - then adding and subtracting frames in post-production - 'fanning out' the action through the overlapping images
Recursive action
Close-up
Forced perspective
Integrated musical
40. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Oeuvre
Block booking
Third-person narration
Emulsion
41. Lighting design where the key light is somewhat more intense than the fill light - so the fill does not eliminate every shadow. The effect is generally less cheerful than high-key lighting - but not as gloomy as low-key lighting
Crane shot
Depth of field
Natural-key lighting
Star persona
42. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Flashback
Outsourcing
Crab dolly
Special visual effects
43. 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
Letterboxing
Filter
Negative
Master shot
44. 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
Zoom lens
Motivation
Release prints
Underexposure
45. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Plot summary
Newsreel
Extreme wide-angle lens
Descriptive claim
46. 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
Graphic match
Genre conventions
Handheld shot
Narrative
47. 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
Panchromatic
Travelling matte
Studio system
Oeuvre
48. The film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological
180-degree rule
Master shot
Apparatus Theory
Soundtrack
49. A crew member whose job is to measure the distance between the subject and the camera lens - marking the ring on the camera lens - and ensuring the ring is turned precisely so that the image is in focus
Focus puller
Compositing
B-roll
Composition in depth
50. Because film stock is sensitive to the color of light - directors work with film labs in post-production to monitor the color scheme of each scene in a film - making adjustments for consistency and aesthetic effect
Natural-key lighting
Color timing
Dolly
Toning