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Film Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences






2. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline






3. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis






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






5. A complete narrative unit within a film - with its own beginning - middle - and end. Often scenes are unified - and distinguished from one another - by time and setting






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons






12. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film






13. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future






14. 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






15. A film style that emerged in the 1910s in Germany. It was heavily indebted to the Expressionist art movement of the time and influenced subsequent horror films and film noir






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






19. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black






20. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution






21. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film






22. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition






23. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested






24. 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






25. 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






26. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black






27. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters






28. 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






29. 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






30. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.






31. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory






32. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time






33. The first step in the process of creating CGI. The wireframe is a three-dimensional computer model of an object - which is then rendered (producing the finished image) and animated (using simulated camera movement frame by frame)






34. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition






35. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests






36. A type of short film that blends elements of documentary and avant-garde film to document and often to celebrate the wonder of the modern city






37. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims






38. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage






39. 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






40. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera






41. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time






42. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up






43. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air






44. 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






45. 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






46. An effect created when more light is required to produce an image strakes the film stock - so that the resulting image exhibits high contrast - glaring light - and washed out shadows. This effect ma or may not be intentional on the filmmaker's part






47. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style






48. 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






49. 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






50. A single take that contains an entire scene







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