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Film Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. 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






2. 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






3. A camera shot taken at a large distance from the subject. Using the human body as the subject - a long shot captures the entire human form






4. An attribute of newer television monitors - where each frame is scanned by the electron beam as a single field. If slowed down - each frame would appear on the monitor in its entirety on the screen - rather than line by line - as is the case with int






5. 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






6. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut






7. An outlawed studio era practice - where studios forced exhibitors to book groups of films at once - thus ensuring a market for their failures along with their successes






8. Sound recorded on a set - on location - or - for documentary film - at an actual real-world event - as opposed to dubbed in post-production through ADR or looping






9. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting






10. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews






11. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world






12. Lighting design in which the greater intensity of the key light makes it impossible for the fill to eliminate shadows - producing a high-contrast image (with many grades of light and dark) - a number of shadows - and a somber mood






13. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next






14. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films






15. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production






16. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image






17. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic






18. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format






19. 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






20. An attribute of newer television monitors - where each frame is scanned by the electron beam as a single field. If slowed down - each frame would appear on the monitor in its entirety on the screen - rather than line by line - as is the case with int






21. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage






22. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work






23. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film






24. 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






25. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s






26. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.






27. 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






28. 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






29. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames






30. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage






31. 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






32. 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






33. The first print made from a film negative






34. 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.






35. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work






36. The written blueprint for a film - composed of three elements: dialogue - sluglines (setting the place and time of each scene) - and description. Feature-length screenplays typically run 90-130 pages






37. The film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological






38. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.






39. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots






40. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.






41. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action






42. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters






43. Experimental film; Underground cinema;






44. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up






45. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'






46. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.






47. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action






48. A production term denoting a single uninterrupted series of frames exposed by a motion picture or video camera between the time it is turned on and the time it is turned off. Filmmakers shoot several takes of any scene and the film editor selects the






49. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images






50. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests