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Film Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
Pixilation
Exposure latitude
Cutaway
Composition
2. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Kuleshov effect
Blaxploitation
Graphic match
Pixilation
3. 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
Pushing
Point-of-view shot
Close-up
Establishing shot
4. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Prosthesis
Focus puller
180-degree rule
Undercranking
5. 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
Day for night
Continuity error
Digital set extension
6. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
ADR
Reverse shot
Editor
Compilation film
7. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Ethnographic film
Point-of-view shot
Third-person narration
Eye-level shot
8. A technique of moving the camera - on a specially built track. Such shots often trace character movement laterally across the frame or in and out of the depth of the frame
Pulling
Video assist
Tracking shot
Spec script
9. 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
Episodic
Normal lens
Shot transition
Dye coupler
10. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Crane shot
Forced development
Shot/reverse shot
Widescreen
11. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Digital set extension
Script supervisor
Blocking
Zoom in...
12. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Aerial Shot
Frozen time moment
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Composition
13. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Depth of field
Synthespian
Descriptive claim
Editor
14. 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
Compilation film
Glass shot
Selective focus
Genre
15. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Orthochromatic
Evaluative claim
Direct sound
City symphony
16. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Bleach bypass
Narrative sequencing
Orthochromatic
Denouement
17. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up
Master shot
Vista Vision
Medium shot
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
18. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Avant-garde film
Day for night
Rack focus
Narrative sequencing
19. 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
Soviet montage
Re-establishing shot
Speed
Outsourcing
20. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Avant-garde film
Interpellation
Avant-garde film
Negative cutter
21. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time
Product placement
Continuity editor
Interlaced scanning
Tinting
22. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Parellel
Overlapping dialogue
Camera distance
Exposition
23. 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
High-angle shot
Normal lens
Canted angle
Integrated musical
24. 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.
Average shot length
Day for night
ADR
Flashback
25. 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
Front projection
Soft light
Pan
Progressive scanning
26. 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
Negative
Release prints
Fog filter
Best boy
27. The imagined world of the story
Diegesis
Release prints
Masking
Direct cinema
28. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
High-angle shot
Actualitas
Interpretive claim
Subtext
29. 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
Scene
Interpellation
Narrative sequencing
Loose framing
30. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Zoom out
Dolly
Plot summary
Best boy
31. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Mockumentary
Overhead shot
Scratching
Offscreen space
32. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Text
Storyboard
Pixilation
Digital video
33. 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
Propaganda film
Offscreen space
Color timing
Episodic
34. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Set-up
Base
Recursive action
Orthochromatic
35. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Eyeline match
Standard shot pattern
Subgenre
Digital video
36. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Shot transition
Speed
Narrative sequencing
Flashing
37. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Rear projection
Two-shot
Selective focus
Script supervisor
38. A single take that contains an entire scene
Plot summary
Digital compositing
Master shot
Screenplay
39. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Anime
Camera distance
Analog Video
Go-motion
40. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Turning point
Backstory
Shooting script
Digital compositing
41. The aspect ratio of 1.33:1 - standardized by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences until the development of widescreen formats in the 1950s
Academy Ratio
Double exposure
Telecine
B-roll
42. 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
Voice-over
Interpellation
Frozen time moment
Oeuvre
43. 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
Blocking
Medium long shot
Tinting
44. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Long take
Green screen
Extreme close-up
Progressive scanning
45. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Standard shot pattern
Propaganda film
Orthochromatic
Zoom out
46. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Anamorphic lens
Pixilation
Character actor
Cut
47. A shot taken from a level camera located approximately 5' to 6' from the ground - simulating the perspective of a person standing before the action presented
Color consultant
Orthochromatic
Eye-level shot
Depth of field
48. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
Telecine
Newsreel
Reframing
On-the-nose dialogue
49. 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
Take
Integrated musical
Tight framing
Academy Ratio
50. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Deep focus cinematography
Prosthesis
Film stock
Shutter