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Film Vocab
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performing-arts
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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. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Closure
Anime
Assistant Editor
Shot transition
2. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Actualitas
Saturation
Morphing
Hue
3. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Go-motion
Brechtian distanciation
Reframing
Crab dolly
4. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Cel
Iris in...
Fast
Insert
5. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Non-diegetic
Figure placement and movement
Film stock
Polarizing filters
6. 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
Neutral-density filter
Panchromatic
Product placement
City symphony
7. 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)
Negative
Overexposure
Three-act structure
Wireframe
8. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Digital set extension
Video assist
Steadicam
Pixel
9. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Graphic match
Synthespian
Diegesis
Optical printer
10. A film style that - in contrast to the classical and formalist styles - focuses characters - place - and the spontaneity and digressiveness of life - rather than on highly structured stories or aesthetic abstraction
Realist style
Evaluative claim
Vertical integration
Extreme long-shot
11. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Standard shot pattern
Flashing
Foley artist
Re-establishing shot
12. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Average shot length
Standard shot pattern
Establishing shot
Hybrid
13. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Voice-over
Interpretive claim
Zoom lens
Parellel
14. 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
Composition
Oeuvre
Actualitas
15. 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
Hybrid
Shot
Dye coupler
Director
16. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Freeze frame
Integrated musical
Diegesis
Hue
17. A shot taken when the camera is so close to a subject that it fills the frame. It is most commonly used for a shot that isolates and encompasses a single actor's face - to emphasize the expression of emotion
Newsreel
Close-up
Recursive action
Exposure
18. 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
Kuleshov effect
Lightning mix
Auteur
Pixel
19. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Backstage musical
Re-establishing shot
Blue screen
Medium long shot
20. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Shutter
Steadicam
Masking
Script supervisor
21. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
ADR
Scene
Voice-over
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
22. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Fast
Typecasting
Emulsion
Hybrid
23. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Foley artist
Average shot length
Masking
Iris in...
24. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Lens
Line reading
Flashforward
Figure placement and movement
25. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Interpretive claim
Star filter
Color filter
Negative cutter
26. 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
Overlapping dialogue
Master positive
Production values
Canted angle
27. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Protagonist
Line reading
Narrative sequencing
Long shot
28. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Insert
Fast
Composition
Genre
29. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Wide film
Vertical integration
Medium shot
Narrative sequencing
30. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Fade-out
Fast motion
Blocking
Plot summary
31. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Wipe
Revisionist
Backstory
Omniscient narration
32. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Out-take
Cel
Promotion
Eyeline match
33. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Filter
Antagonist
Exposition
Narrative sequencing
34. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Extreme close-up
On-the-nose dialogue
Letterboxing
Cameo
35. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Lens
Fade-out
Day for night
Neutral-density filter
36. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Color consultant
Dailies
Close-up
Syuzhet
37. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Subtext
Revisionist
Master shot
Pixilation
38. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Gauge
Three-point lighting
Cut
Kuleshov effect
39. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Runaway production
Crab dolly
Standard shot pattern
Pixilation
40. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Hard light
Blaxploitation
Pre-production
Widescreen
41. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Extreme wide-angle lens
Aperture
Narrative
Syuzhet
42. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Time-lapse photography
Available light
Speed
Shot
43. The imagined world of the story
Pan
Diegesis
Iris out
Master positive
44. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Denouement
Fast motion
Tight framing
Shutter
45. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Second unit
Compositing
Set-up
Long take
46. An effect created when too little light strikes the film during shooting. As a result the image will contain dark areas that appear very dense and dark (including shadows) and the overall contrast will be less than with a properly exposed image
Underexposure
Trombone shot
Soviet montage
Runaway production
47. 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 out
Release prints
Trailer
Closure
48. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Recursive action
Superimposition
Pan
Camera distance
49. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Cutaway
Blocking
Sound bridge
Anamorphic lens
50. An optical effect whereby the human eye fills in gaps between closely spaced objects - so that two light bulbs flashing on and off are understood as one light moving back and forth
Swish pan
Star persona
Phi phenomenon
Fog filter