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Film Vocab
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1. 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
Newsreel
Panning and scanning
Compositing
Shot/reverse shot
2. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Match on action
Extradiegetic
Tight framing
Canted angle
3. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Revisionist
Video assist
Frame narration
Montage sequence
4. A picture element - a measure of image density. There are approximately 18 million pixels in a frame of 35mm film and 300000-400000 in a video image
Runaway production
Crab dolly
30-degree rule
Pixel
5. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Offscreen space
Restricted narration
High-key lighting
Grain
6. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Storyboard
Editor
Gauge
Crane shot
7. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Phi phenomenon
Tinting
Denouement
Intertextual reference
8. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Split screen
Direct cinema
Character actor
Integrated musical
9. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Overexposure
Flashback
Optical printer
Iris out
10. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Outsourcing
Trailer
Morphing
Ethnographic film
11. 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
Four-part structure
Parellel
Running time
Master shot
12. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Frame narration
Denouement
Digital video
Low-key lighting
13. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Matte painting
Aperture
Two-shot
Soft light
14. Dutch angle; a shot resulting from a static camera that is tilted to the right or left - so that the subject in the frame appears at a diagonal
Canted angle
Low-key lighting
Minor studios
Glass shot
15. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Aperture
Natural-key lighting
Phi phenomenon
Iris in...
16. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Forced development
30-degree rule
Avant-garde film
Aperture
17. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Classical style
Minor studios
Aspect Ratio
Emulsion
18. 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
Star system
Exposure
Cel
Third-person narration
19. 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
Letterboxing
Steadicam
Take
ADR
20. A technique of running the motion picture camera at a speed slower than projection speed (24 frames per second) - in order to produce at a fast motion sequence when projected at normal speed. The term derives from early film cameras - which were cran
Flashing
Film stock
Negative cutter
Undercranking
21. 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
Minor studios
Tight framing
Master positive
High concept film
22. A technique of arranging the actors on the set to take advantage of deep focus cinematography - which allows for many planes of depth in the film frame to remain in focus
Re-establishing shot
Composition in depth
Swish pan
Set-up
23. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
Propaganda film
B-roll
Spec script
Dolly
24. 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
Swish pan
Time-lapse photography
Soviet montage
Dye coupler
25. 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
Saturation
Three-point lighting
Gaffer
Genre conventions
26. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Diffusion filters
Protagonist
Flashback
Star persona
27. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested
Fabula
Pushing
Animation
Tracking shot
28. 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
Subtext
Pushing
Release prints
Overhead shot
29. A group of films within a given genre that share their own specific set of conventions that differentiate them from other films in the genre. For example - the slasher film is a subgenre of the horror genre
Trombone shot
Lens
Frame narration
Subgenre
30. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Descriptive claim
Hybrid
Pulling
Roadshowing
31. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Intertextual reference
Episodic
Digital set extension
Actualitas
32. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Gaffer
Crab dolly
Turning point
Third-person narration
33. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
On-the-nose dialogue
30-degree rule
Figure placement and movement
Lightning mix
34. 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
Telephoto lens
Underexposure
Fast motion
Genre conventions
35. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Soundtrack
Fast motion
Bleach bypass
Direct sound
36. A scene transition in which the first frame of the incoming scene appears to push the last frame of the previous scene off the screen horizontally
Episodic
Wipe
Realist style
Progressive scanning
37. 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
Low-angle shot
Visual effects
Camera distance
38. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Animation
Undercranking
Interpellation
Genre
39. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Matte painting
Emulsion
Direct cinema
Overlapping dialogue
40. The classical model of narrative form. The first act introduces characters and conflicts; the second act offers complication leading to a climax; the third act contains the danouement and resolution
Line of action
Loose framing
Three-act structure
Vista Vision
41. 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
Re-establishing shot
Natural-key lighting
Shooting script
Anime
42. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Take
Storyboard
Shot transition
City symphony
43. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Omniscient narration
Line reading
Fabula
Available light
44. Invisible editing; a system devised to minimize the audience's awareness of shot transitions - especially cuts - in order to improve the flow of the story and avoid interrupting the viewer's immersion it in
Digital cinema
Continuity editing
Minor studios
Tinting
45. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Grain
Kuleshov effect
Four-part structure
Orthochromatic
46. Then Hollywood writers and directors cited for Contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities' attempts to root out Communists in the film industry
Available light
Gaffer
Hollywood Ten
Digital set extension
47. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject
Star system
Low-angle shot
Insert
Motivation
48. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Fog filter
First-person narration
Eyeline match
Screenplay
49. Dutch angle; a shot resulting from a static camera that is tilted to the right or left - so that the subject in the frame appears at a diagonal
Focus puller
Canted angle
Prosthesis
Two-shot
50. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
Filter
Antagonist
First-person narration
Non-diegetic