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Film Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. 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






2. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film






3. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue






4. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action






5. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background






6. 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.'






7. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation






8. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.






9. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly






10. Louis Althusser's term for the way in which a society creates its subjects/citizens through ideological (as opposed to repressive) state apparatuses - which include education - media - religion - and the family






11. A technique of moving from the telephoto position to the wide-angle position of a zoom lens - which results in the subject appearing to become smaller within the frame - while remaining in focus






12. 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






13. 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






14. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience






15. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s






16. A crew member who works in post-production in a specially equipped studio to create the sounds of the story world - such as the shuffling of shoes on various surfaces for footsteps






17. An optical effect whereby the eye continues to register a visual stimulus in the brain for a brief period after that stimulus has been removed






18. 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






19. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage






20. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene






21. An agreement made between filmmakers and those who license the use of commercial products to feature those products in films - generally as props used by characters






22. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film






23. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography






24. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters






25. 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






26. A standard shot pattern that dictates that a shot of one character will be followed by a shot of another character - taken from the reverse angle of the first shot






27. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera






28. Materials intentionally released by studios to attract public attention to films and their stars. Promotion differs from publicity - which is information that is not (or does not appear to be) intentionally disseminated by studios






29. 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






30. Reels of film that are shipped to movie theaters for exhibition. Digital cinema - which can be distributed via satellite - broadband - or on media such as DVDs - may soon replace film prints because the latter are expensive to create - copy - and dis






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






32. 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.'






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






34. 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






35. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time






36. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action






37. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage






38. 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






39. A sound editing technique that links several scenes through parallel and overlapping sounds. Each sound is associated with one scene - unlike a sound bridge - where a sound from one scene bleeds into that of another






40. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation






41. 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






42. Fish-eye lens; With a focal length of 15mm or less - this lens presents an extremely distorted image - where objects in the center of the frame appear to bulge toward the camera






43. Experimental film; Underground cinema;






44. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.






45. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions






46. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.






47. 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






48. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage






49. A visual effect achieved through the use of photography and digital techniques that appears to stop time and allow the viewer to travel around the subject and view it from a multitude of vantage points






50. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up