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Film Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different. The program calculates the way the image must change in order for the first image to
Dissolve
Rack focus
Morphing
Running time
2. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Genre
Anamorphic lens
Chiaroscuro
Camera distance
3. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Prosthesis
Tinting
Aperture
Filter
4. 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
Horizontal integration
Desaturated
Exposition
Direct sound
5. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
Continuity editor
On-the-nose dialogue
Orthochromatic
Blue screen
6. A non-standard narrative organization that assumes 'day in the life' quality rather than the highly structured three-act or four part narrative - and that features loose or indirect cause-effect relationships
Fade-out
Exposure latitude
Morphing
Episodic
7. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Lens
Crane shot
Medium shot
Medium close-up
8. A technique of shooting a scene at a very high speed (96 frames per second) - then adding and subtracting frames in post-production - 'fanning out' the action through the overlapping images
Recursive action
Masking
Trailer
Bleach bypass
9. A film style that - in contrast to the classical and formalist styles - focuses characters - place - and the spontaneity and digressiveness of life - rather than on highly structured stories or aesthetic abstraction
Realist style
Extra
Shutter
Extreme long-shot
10. A post-studio era Hollywood film designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience by fusing a simple story line with major movie stars and mounting a lavish marketing campaign
High concept film
Scratching
Tight framing
Low-angle shot
11. 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
Normal lens
Steadicam
Aspect Ratio
Runaway production
12. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Line reading
Wide film
Backstage musical
Reframing
13. 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
Filter
Pre-production
Long shot
Backstory
14. The imagined world of the story
Flashback
Depth of field
Diegesis
Swish pan
15. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Animation
Low-angle shot
Wide film
Avant-garde film
16. A lens with a shorter focal length than a normal or telephoto lens (usually between 15-35mm). The subject appears smaller as a result - but the angle of vision is wider and an illusion is created of greater depth in the frame
Dailies
Wide-angle lens
Mockumentary
Anime
17. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
Plot summary
Eye-level shot
First-person narration
Assistant Editor
18. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Speed
Exposure
Travelling matte
Digital video
19. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Anamorphic lens
Emulsion
Narrative
Shutter
20. Also called 'full screen -' the technique of re-shooting a widescreen film in order to convert it to the original television aspect ration of 1.33 to 1. Rather than reproduce the original aspect ratio - as a letterboxed version does - a panned and sc
Assistant Editor
Restricted narration
Panning and scanning
Script supervisor
21. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Digital video
Tight framing
Orthochromatic
Recursive action
22. 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
Assistant Editor
Line of action
Two-shot
City symphony
23. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Typecasting
Fast motion
Panchromatic
Three-act structure
24. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Chiaroscuro
Dissolve
Classical style
Crane shot
25. Lighting design where the key light is somewhat more intense than the fill light - so the fill does not eliminate every shadow. The effect is generally less cheerful than high-key lighting - but not as gloomy as low-key lighting
Natural-key lighting
Cut
Apparatus Theory
Horizontal integration
26. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Reframing
Graphic match
Speed
Parellel editing
27. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Shooting script
Dissolve
Crane shot
High-angle shot
28. A single take that contains an entire scene
Plot summary
Orthochromatic
Master shot
Outsourcing
29. 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
Director
Descriptive claim
Backstage musical
Cut
30. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Travelling matte
German Expressionism
Reverse shot
Recursive action
31. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Reframing
Studio system
Eye-level shot
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32. 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
Cutaway
Shot
Star system
Foley artist
33. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Zoom out
Masking
Chiaroscuro
Crab dolly
34. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Iris in...
Running time
Genre conventions
Tinting
35. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Swish pan
Avant-garde film
Antagonist
Dolly
36. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Episodic
Compilation film
Assistant Editor
Cel
37. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Motivation
Gauge
Cut
Antagonist
38. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Revisionist
Desaturated
Wireframe
Aperture
39. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Natural-key lighting
Forced development
Aerial Shot
Kuleshov effect
40. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Set-up
Zoom lens
Emulsion
Ethnographic film
41. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Matte painting
Color consultant
Iris out
Digital compositing
42. 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
Direct sound
Iris in...
Jump cut
Low-angle shot
43. 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
Product placement
Toning
Gaffer
Three-point lighting
44. An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting set-up - the key light illuminates the subject - the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light - and the back light separates the subject from the background
Three-point lighting
Telecine
Avant-garde film
Fabula
45. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Charge coupler device
Blaxploitation
Out-take
Panning and scanning
46. A shot taken when the camera is so close to a subject that it fills the frame. It is most commonly used for a shot that isolates and encompasses a single actor's face - to emphasize the expression of emotion
Neutral-density filter
Iris out
Close-up
Selective focus
47. The measurement of how forgiving a film stock is. It determines whether an acceptable image will be produced when the film stock is exposed to too little or too much light
Exposure latitude
Crab dolly
Digital video
Graphic match
48. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Mixing
Split screen
Phi phenomenon
Actualitas
49. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Script supervisor
Two-shot
Evaluative claim
Blaxploitation
50. The five vertically integrated corporations that exerted the greatest control over film production in the studio era: MGM - Warner Brothers - RKO - Twentieth Century Fox - and Paramount
Formalist style
Interpellation
Major studios
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