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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 short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Direct sound
Color consultant
Newsreel
Dailies
2. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Blocking
Speed
Shutter
Focus puller
3. A scene transition in which the first frame of the incoming scene appears to push the last frame of the previous scene off the screen horizontally
Wipe
Actualitas
Revisionist
Best boy
4. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Day for night
Shutter
Medium long shot
Time-lapse photography
5. A shot taken from a level camera located approximately 5' to 6' from the ground - simulating the perspective of a person standing before the action presented
Long shot
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Eye-level shot
Continuity editor
6. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Protagonist
Pre-production
Score
Master positive
7. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Iris out
Grain
Tinting
Dissolve
8. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Pixilation
Genre
Selective focus
Production values
9. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Special visual effects
Brechtian distanciation
Offscreen space
Denouement
10. 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
Syuzhet
Four-part structure
Depth of field
Two-shot
11. 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
ADR
Soviet montage
Zoom out
Rack focus
12. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Flashback
Three-point lighting
B-roll
Exposure latitude
13. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Tight framing
Take
Backstage musical
Line reading
14. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Handheld shot
Take
B-roll
Newsreel
15. 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
Filter
Grain
Flashing
Montage sequence
16. The building block of a scene; an uninterrupted sequence of frames that viewers experience as they watch a film - ending with a cut - fade - dissolve - etc. See also Take
Blaxploitation
Forced development
Shot
Slow motion
17. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Flashback
Compilation film
Forced perspective
Narrative sequencing
18. Standard shot pattern: A sequence of shots designed to maintain spatial continuity. Scene begin with an establishing shot - then move to a series of individual shots depicting characters and action - before reestablishing shots re-orient viewers to t
Line of action
Undercranking
Camera distance
Standard shot pattern
19. 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
Exposition
Persistence of vision
Overexposure
Frame narration
20. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time
Double exposure
Deep focus cinematography
Focus puller
Tinting
21. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
High concept film
Orthochromatic
ADR
Zoom out
22. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Trailer
Superimposition
Actualitas
Reverse shot
23. 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
Restricted narration
Blocking
Video assist
Base
24. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Aspect Ratio
Vertical integration
Fast
Third-person narration
25. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Kuleshov effect
Backstage musical
Neutral-density filter
Animation
26. 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
Handheld shot
Zoom out
Set-up
Cut
27. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Front projection
Voice-over
Closure
Mockumentary
28. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Telephoto lens
Sound bridge
German Expressionism
Long take
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
Time-lapse photography
Restricted narration
Insert
Newsreel
30. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Sound bridge
Vertical integration
Rotoscope
Color filter
31. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Rear projection
German Expressionism
Wipe
Day for night
32. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Digital compositing
Best boy
Go-motion
Letterboxing
33. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Scene
Eyeline match
Dolly
Storyboard
34. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Evaluative claim
Cameo
Analog Video
Production values
35. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Out-take
Screenplay
Natural-key lighting
Letterboxing
36. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Point-of-view shot
Dye coupler
Extreme long-shot
Extreme wide-angle lens
37. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Rack focus
Deep focus cinematography
Point-of-view shot
Trombone shot
38. 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
Assistant Editor
Eyeline match
On-the-nose dialogue
39. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Diffusion filters
Filter
Soundtrack
Eyeline match
40. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Score
Phi phenomenon
Compilation film
Shot/reverse shot
41. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Base
Cutaway
Selective focus
Reframing
42. A type of matte shot - created by positioning a pane of optically flawless glass with a painting on it between the camera and the scene to be photographed. This combines the painting on the glass with the set or location - seen through the glass - be
Video assist
Dolly
Glass shot
Release prints
43. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Match on action
Base
Gauge
Fog filter
44. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Go-motion
30-degree rule
High-key lighting
Voice-over
45. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Ethnographic film
Gaffer
Offscreen space
Continuity error
46. The measure of intensity or purity of a color. Saturated color is purer than desaturated color - which has more white in it and thus offers a washed-out - less intense version of a color
Diegesis
Saturation
Four-part structure
Negative
47. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Out-take
Oeuvre
Wireframe
Evaluative claim
48. The classical model of narrative form. The first act introduces characters and conflicts; the second act offers complication leading to a climax; the third act contains the danouement and resolution
Hard light
Mockumentary
Three-act structure
Protagonist
49. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Compositing
Medium close-up
Blockbuster
Oeuvre
50. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Syuzhet
Gauge
Set-up
Avant-garde film