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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. 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
Persistence of vision
Academy Ratio
Phi phenomenon
Subgenre
2. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
180-degree rule
Steadicam
Gauge
Storyboard
3. A person responsible for putting a film together from a mass of developed footage - making decisions regarding pace - shot transitions - and which scenes and shots will be used
Editor
B-roll
Digital video
Fabula
4. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Fog filter
Color consultant
Handheld shot
Digital cinema
5. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Integrated musical
Narrative sequencing
Chiaroscuro
Auteur
6. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Shooting script
Actualitas
Continuity error
Blaxploitation
7. 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
Tilt
Bleach bypass
Canted angle
Dailies
8. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested
Persistence of vision
Newsreel
Reframing
Fabula
9. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Academy Ratio
Overlapping dialogue
Post-production
Flashforward
10. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Cutaway
Kuleshov effect
Ethnographic film
Four-part structure
11. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Match on action
Backstage musical
Outsourcing
Three-act structure
12. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Graphic match
Close-up
Interlaced scanning
Assistant Editor
13. 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
Letterboxing
Camera distance
Close-up
Major studios
14. A lens with a shorter focal length than a normal or telephoto lens (usually between 15-35mm). The subject appears smaller as a result - but the angle of vision is wider and an illusion is created of greater depth in the frame
Base
Best boy
Wide-angle lens
Glass shot
15. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Blocking
Text
Insert
Camera distance
16. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Realist style
ADR
Apparatus Theory
B-roll
17. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Interpretive claim
Soundtrack
Open-ended
Iris in...
18. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
Rotoscope
Formalist style
First-person narration
Master shot
19. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Cameo
Shutter
Telecine
Hard light
20. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Reverse shot
Tilt
Split screen
Propaganda film
21. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Genre
Major studios
Average shot length
Zoom in...
22. Then Hollywood writers and directors cited for Contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities' attempts to root out Communists in the film industry
Standard shot pattern
Integrated musical
Pushing
Hollywood Ten
23. An effect created when more light is required to produce an image strakes the film stock - so that the resulting image exhibits high contrast - glaring light - and washed out shadows. This effect ma or may not be intentional on the filmmaker's part
Overexposure
Continuity editing
Blaxploitation
Emulsion
24. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Crane shot
Line reading
Tableau shot
Reframing
25. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Line of action
Natural-key lighting
Voice-over
Figure placement and movement
26. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Reframing
Backstage musical
Narrative sequencing
Letterboxing
27. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Superimposition
Emulsion
Mockumentary
Gaffer
28. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Syuzhet
Gauge
Shot/reverse shot
Pan
29. 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
Tilt
Cinerama
Third-person narration
Formalist style
30. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Interpretive claim
Extradiegetic
Vista Vision
Composition
31. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Best boy
Formalist style
German Expressionism
Script supervisor
32. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Star filter
Jump cut
Wide film
Extreme wide-angle lens
33. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Film stock
Pre-production
Fast motion
Intertextual reference
34. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Morphing
Medium close-up
Set-up
Pixilation
35. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Realist style
Charge coupler device
Insert
Medium close-up
36. A technique of depicting two layered images simultaneously. Images from one frame or several frames of film are added to pre-existing images - using an optical printer - to produce the same effect as a double exposure
Storyboard
High concept film
Motif
Superimposition
37. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Camera distance
Voice-over
B-roll
Interlaced scanning
38. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Motif
Shot/reverse shot
Go-motion
Aperture
39. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Wipe
Iris in...
Front projection
Blockbuster
40. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Morphing
Composition in depth
Dye coupler
Text
41. 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
Exposition
Green screen
Blue screen
Natural-key lighting
42. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Re-establishing shot
High concept film
Aspect Ratio
Polarizing filters
43. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Intertextual reference
Ethnographic film
Pixilation
Hard light
44. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Orthochromatic
Color timing
Figure placement and movement
Tableau shot
45. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Offscreen space
Letterboxing
Hollywood Blacklist
Iris in...
46. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Narrative
Phi phenomenon
Motif
High-angle shot
47. 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
Academy Ratio
Deep focus cinematography
Horizontal integration
Eye-level shot
48. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images
Rotoscope
Dye coupler
Filter
Iris out
49. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Interpretive claim
Out-take
Camera distance
Wide film
50. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested
Best boy
Fabula
Non-diegetic
Subgenre