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Film Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A film process that uses 35mm film stock but changes the orientation of the film so that the film moves through the camera horizontally instead of vertically. The larger image is of higher quality than standard 35mm processes
Double exposure
Vista Vision
Continuity editor
Hard light
2. 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
Fade-out
Screenplay
Glass shot
Available light
3. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Negative
Swish pan
Re-establishing shot
Descriptive claim
4. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Saturation
Character actor
Jump cut
Overhead shot
5. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Frame narration
Canted angle
Scene
Newsreel
6. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Pan
Blockbuster
Mixing
Hollywood Blacklist
7. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Lens
Four-part structure
Mixing
Episodic
8. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Steadicam
Fabula
Syuzhet
Normal lens
9. 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
Diegesis
Focal length
Digital cinema
Director
10. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Wide film
Neutral-density filter
Runaway production
Omniscient narration
11. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Two-shot
Desaturated
Eye-level shot
Continuity editor
12. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Orthochromatic
Toning
Shooting script
Emulsion
13. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time
Rear projection
Forced development
Tinting
Morphing
14. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Dye coupler
Trombone shot
Aperture
Brechtian distanciation
15. 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
Low-key lighting
Green screen
Classical style
Descriptive claim
16. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Fog filter
Reverse shot
Cameo
Product placement
17. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Orthochromatic
Emulsion
Forced perspective
Overhead shot
18. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Re-establishing shot
Focal length
180-degree rule
Newsreel
19. A single take that contains an entire scene
Wide-angle lens
Master shot
Frozen time moment
Filter
20. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Go-motion
Hollywood Blacklist
Wide-angle lens
Character actor
21. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Deep focus cinematography
Cameo
Zoom lens
Desaturated
22. A technique of cutting back and forth between action occurring in two different locations - which often creates the illusion that they are happening simultaneously. Also called 'cross cutting.'
Three-point lighting
Parellel editing
Vertical integration
Extra
23. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Minor studios
Turning point
Blocking
Forced perspective
24. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Tilt
Double exposure
Visual effects
Four-part structure
25. Because film stock is sensitive to the color of light - directors work with film labs in post-production to monitor the color scheme of each scene in a film - making adjustments for consistency and aesthetic effect
Auteur
Color timing
Camera distance
Crab dolly
26. Exposed and developed film stock from which the master positive is struck. If projected - the negative would produce a reverse of the image - with dark areas appearing white and vice versa or - if color film - areas of color appearing as their comple
Negative
Parellel
Text
Split screen
27. A flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Production values
Diegesis
Take
Base
28. Assists the editor with various tasks - including taking footage to the lab - checking the condition of the negative - cataloguing footage - and supervising optical effects - often produced by an outside company
Wide-angle lens
Assistant Editor
Revisionist
Subtext
29. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Graphic match
Focal length
Parellel
Line of action
30. Any lens with a focal length approximately equal to the diagonal of the frame. For 35mm filmmaking - a 35-50 mm lens does not distort the angle of vision or depth
Flashback
Genre conventions
Tracking shot
Normal lens
31. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Low-key lighting
Chiaroscuro
Descriptive claim
Closure
32. 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
High-angle shot
Studio system
Syuzhet
Direct sound
33. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Studio system
Shooting script
Omniscient narration
Phi phenomenon
34. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Medium long shot
Out-take
Non-diegetic
Exposition
35. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Negative cutter
Color consultant
Actualitas
Screenplay
36. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Trombone shot
Speed
Major studios
Time-lapse photography
37. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Phi phenomenon
Soundtrack
Subtext
Camera distance
38. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject
Selective focus
Low-angle shot
Vista Vision
Zoom in...
39. 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
Travelling matte
Text
Restricted narration
Medium shot
40. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
30-degree rule
Pan
Rack focus
Narrative
41. 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
Syuzhet
Vertical integration
Overhead shot
Phi phenomenon
42. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Parellel
Desaturated
Vertical integration
Blocking
43. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Slow
Morphing
Hybrid
Parellel editing
44. Thin - flexible material comprised of base and emulsion layers - onto which light rays are focused and which is processed in chemicals to produce film images
Film stock
Runaway production
Base
Lens
45. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Shot/reverse shot
Overlapping dialogue
Low-key lighting
Selective focus
46. A term applied to film stock that is relatively insensitive to light. This stock will not yield acceptable images unless the amount of light can be carefully controlled
30-degree rule
Interlaced scanning
Slow
Day for night
47. A technique used to join live action with a pre-recorded background image. A projector is placed behind a screen and projects an image onto it. Actors stand in front of the screen and the camera records them in front of the projected background
Rear projection
Closure
Iris in...
Re-establishing shot
48. A technique in which the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters. The camera points in the directions the character looks - simulating the character's field of vision
Method acting
Point-of-view shot
Eye-level shot
Telecine
49. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
180-degree rule
Masking
Selective focus
Zoom out
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
Freeze frame
Selective focus
Telephoto lens
Phi phenomenon