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Film Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Vista Vision
Star persona
Turning point
Match on action
2. A technique used to join live action with pre-recorded background images. A projector is aimed at a half-silvered mirror that reflects the background - which the camera records as being located behind the actors
Digital set extension
Front projection
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Cinerama
3. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
High-key lighting
Anamorphic lens
Digital set extension
Wide-angle lens
4. 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
Dissolve
Slow motion
Rack focus
Phi phenomenon
5. 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
Tight framing
Negative
Standard shot pattern
Aspect Ratio
6. A technique of overdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in the chemical bath longer than indicated) in order to increase density and contrast in the image
Vertical integration
Pushing
Base
Emulsion
7. 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
Formalist style
Major studios
Exposure latitude
Syuzhet
8. 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
Forced perspective
Figure placement and movement
Wide-angle lens
Handheld shot
9. An effect created when too little light strikes the film during shooting. As a result the image will contain dark areas that appear very dense and dark (including shadows) and the overall contrast will be less than with a properly exposed image
Crane shot
Underexposure
Apparatus Theory
Toning
10. A device worn by a camera operator that holds the motion picture camera - allowing it glide smoothly through spaces unreachable by camera mounted on a crane or other apparatus
High-angle shot
Steadicam
Superimposition
Second unit
11. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Graphic match
Set-up
Exposure
Zoom lens
12. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Trailer
Dolly
Underexposure
Denouement
13. A method for producing a widescreen image without special lenses or equipment - using standard film stock and blocking out the top and bottom of the frame to achieve an aspect ration of 1.85:1
Two-shot
Masking
Three-act structure
Deep focus cinematography
14. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Cameo
Text
Three-point lighting
Intertextual reference
15. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Letterboxing
ADR
Auteur
Trailer
16. 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
Prosthesis
Director
Academy Ratio
Figure placement and movement
17. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Available light
Widescreen
Outsourcing
Rear projection
18. 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
Screenplay
Glass shot
Insert
Continuity editor
19. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Interpretive claim
Toning
Pixel
Optical printer
20. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Genre
Desaturated
Deep focus cinematography
Three-act structure
21. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Cutaway
Narrative sequencing
Continuity editing
Matte painting
22. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Out-take
Blockbuster
Continuity editing
Two-shot
23. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Blockbuster
Orthochromatic
Visual effects
Protagonist
24. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Canted angle
Digital compositing
Turning point
Compositing
25. A type of filter that absorbs certain wavelength but leave others unaffected. On black and white film - color filters lighten or darken tones. On color film - they can produce a range of effects
Extra
Color filter
Selective focus
Rotoscope
26. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Star system
Superimposition
Motivation
Lens
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
Direct sound
Formalist style
Studio system
Star system
28. A change of focus from one plane of depth to another. As the in-focus subject goes out of focus - another object - which has been blurry - comes into focus in either the background or the foreground
Wipe
Undercranking
Extreme wide-angle lens
Rack focus
29. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
Gaffer
Shooting script
30-degree rule
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
30. 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
Star filter
Digital video
Flashing
Studio system
31. A technique of exposing film frames - then rewinding the film and exposing it again - which results in an image that combines two shots in a single frame
Newsreel
Double exposure
Typecasting
30-degree rule
32. 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
Medium shot
Split screen
Episodic
Progressive scanning
33. The first print made from a film negative
Master positive
Close-up
Hollywood Blacklist
Brechtian distanciation
34. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Video assist
Actualitas
Iris out
Narrative
35. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Intertextual reference
Scratching
Oeuvre
Composition
36. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Omniscient narration
Matte painting
Base
Digital cinema
37. 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
Saturation
Composition in depth
Crab dolly
Four-part structure
38. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Hue
Glass shot
Academy Ratio
Exposure latitude
39. A shot that makes the human subject very small in relation to his or her environment. The entire figure from head to toe is onscreen and dwarfed by the surroundings
Digital set extension
Extreme long-shot
Prosthesis
Masking
40. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Storyboard
Outsourcing
Extreme close-up
Three-point lighting
41. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Storyboard
Genre
Aperture
Split screen
42. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Insert
Point-of-view shot
Montage sequence
Selective focus
43. A technique of leaving empty space around the subject in the frame - in order to covey openness and continuity of visible space and to imply offscreen space
Loose framing
Shot
Out-take
Swish pan
44. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Slow
Trombone shot
Underexposure
Backstory
45. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Turning point
Re-establishing shot
Scene
Saturation
46. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Wireframe
Spec script
Star system
Swish pan
47. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Go-motion
Tableau shot
Character actor
Apparatus Theory
48. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Revisionist
Standard shot pattern
Iris in...
Film stock
49. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Spec script
Cameo
Masking
Antagonist
50. A system initially developed for marketing films by creating and promoting stars as objects of admiration. The promotion of stars has now become an end in itself
Extra
Grain
Star system
Natural-key lighting