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Film Vocab
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1. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Shot/reverse shot
Syuzhet
Grain
Focal length
2. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Special visual effects
Chiaroscuro
Cut
Polarizing filters
3. A standard shot pattern that dictates that a shot of one character will be followed by a shot of another character - taken from the reverse angle of the first shot
Sound bridge
Shot/reverse shot
Revisionist
Persistence of vision
4. A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so that they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background - which creates the illusion of depth
Forced perspective
Slow motion
Genre conventions
Syuzhet
5. Fish-eye lens; With a focal length of 15mm or less - this lens presents an extremely distorted image - where objects in the center of the frame appear to bulge toward the camera
Polarizing filters
Crane shot
Analog Video
Extreme wide-angle lens
6. 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
Special visual effects
Parellel
Recursive action
Swish pan
7. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Persistence of vision
Studio system
Propaganda film
Three-point lighting
8. The average length in seconds of a series of shots - covering a portion of a film or an entire film; a measure of pace within a scene or in the film as a whole.
Average shot length
Overhead shot
Continuity error
Aspect Ratio
9. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Jump cut
Overexposure
Forced development
Speed
10. 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
Fade-out
Formalist style
Diffusion filters
Descriptive claim
11. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Exposure latitude
Speed
Bleach bypass
Steadicam
12. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Classical style
Wide film
Oeuvre
Cinerama
13. 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
Crane shot
Continuity editing
Medium close-up
Aperture
14. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Genre conventions
Digital cinema
Motivation
Compilation film
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
Widescreen
Director
Second unit
Pulling
16. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Charge coupler device
Newsreel
Tinting
Blaxploitation
17. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Fast
Gaffer
Go-motion
Cameo
18. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Panchromatic
Tilt
Composition in depth
Closure
19. An alternative to continuity editing - this style of editing was developed in silent Soviet cinema - based on the theory that editing should exploit the difference between shots to generate intellectual and emotional responses in the audience
Propaganda film
Soviet montage
Shooting script
Masking
20. A technique of filming at a speed faster than projection - the projecting the footage at normal speed of 24 frames per second. Because fewer frames were recorded per second - the action appears to be speeded up
Overlapping dialogue
Hollywood Ten
Establishing shot
Slow motion
21. 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
Phi phenomenon
Hollywood Blacklist
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Episodic
22. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Protagonist
Interlaced scanning
Blue screen
Motivation
23. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Product placement
Optical printer
Cutaway
Chiaroscuro
24. 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
Fabula
Flashing
Filter
High concept film
25. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Figure placement and movement
Blue screen
Hollywood Blacklist
Aerial Shot
26. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Interlaced scanning
Lens
Turning point
Pulling
27. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
High-key lighting
Roadshowing
Mixing
Denouement
28. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Closure
Digital video
Standard shot pattern
Score
29. 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
Swish pan
Re-establishing shot
Restricted narration
Revisionist
30. The distance that appears in focus in front of and behind the subject. It is determined by the aperture - distance and focal length of lens
Forced development
Swish pan
Cut
Depth of field
31. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Syuzhet
Director
Evaluative claim
Interpretive claim
32. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Charge coupler device
Apparatus Theory
Fade-out
Avant-garde film
33. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Pixilation
Graphic match
Mixing
Loose framing
34. Fish-eye lens; With a focal length of 15mm or less - this lens presents an extremely distorted image - where objects in the center of the frame appear to bulge toward the camera
Digital video
On-the-nose dialogue
Emulsion
Extreme wide-angle lens
35. 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
Depth of field
Persistence of vision
Color filter
Blockbuster
36. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Dissolve
Panning and scanning
Oeuvre
Prosthesis
37. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Swish pan
Oeuvre
Wide film
Aspect Ratio
38. 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
Propaganda film
Insert
Hard light
Blaxploitation
39. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Saturation
Blue screen
180-degree rule
Four-part structure
40. A technique of running the motion picture camera at a speed slower than projection speed (24 frames per second) - in order to produce at a fast motion sequence when projected at normal speed. The term derives from early film cameras - which were cran
Day for night
Release prints
Undercranking
Medium long shot
41. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Tilt
Letterboxing
Long shot
Open-ended
42. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Actualitas
Synthespian
Split screen
Interlaced scanning
43. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Outsourcing
Major studios
Selective focus
Gaffer
44. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Jump cut
Master positive
Mixing
Hollywood Ten
45. The imagined world of the story
Narrative
Point-of-view shot
Diegesis
Realist style
46. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Minor studios
Tableau shot
Day for night
Typecasting
47. 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
Frame narration
Long take
Color timing
Focus puller
48. Also called 'd-cinema.' Not to be confused with digital cinematography (shooting movies on digital video) - this term refers to using digital technologies for exhibition
Digital cinema
Freeze frame
Genre
Restricted narration
49. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Prosthesis
Desaturated
Typecasting
Avant-garde film
50. 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
German Expressionism
Visual effects
High-angle shot
Pixilation