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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. An attribute of newer television monitors - where each frame is scanned by the electron beam as a single field. If slowed down - each frame would appear on the monitor in its entirety on the screen - rather than line by line - as is the case with int
Superimposition
Reframing
Progressive scanning
Neutral-density filter
2. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Anime
Close-up
Kuleshov effect
Scene
3. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
180-degree rule
Aperture
Cinerama
Denouement
4. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Cinerama
Aperture
Tilt
Fast motion
5. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Auteur
Apparatus Theory
Fast motion
Text
6. A chemical coating on film stock containing light-sensitive grains
Montage sequence
Tableau shot
Emulsion
Tight framing
7. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Blue screen
Trombone shot
Slow
Closure
8. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Average shot length
B-roll
Emulsion
Denouement
9. Squeezes the image at a ratio of 2:1 horizontally onto a standard film frame. On the projector - it unsqueezes the image - creating a widescreen aspect ratio during presentation
Emulsion
Direct cinema
Anamorphic lens
Evaluative claim
10. The technique of telling the story from an all-knowing character. Films that use restricted narration limit the audience's perception to what one particular character knows - but may insert moments of omniscience
Storyboard
Omniscient narration
German Expressionism
Two-shot
11. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Actualitas
Color consultant
Fog filter
Eyeline match
12. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Eye-level shot
Insert
Travelling matte
Digital compositing
13. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Composition
Eyeline match
Turning point
Sound bridge
14. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Trombone shot
Video assist
Vista Vision
Go-motion
15. Lighting design that provides an even illumination of the subject - with many facial details washed out. High-key lighting tends to create a hopeful mood - in contrast to low-key lighting
High-key lighting
Loose framing
High-angle shot
Low-angle shot
16. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Establishing shot
Ethnographic film
Fast
Telecine
17. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Newsreel
Day for night
Green screen
Letterboxing
18. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Parellel
Establishing shot
Pushing
Superimposition
19. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Pushing
Mockumentary
Synthespian
Gauge
20. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Telecine
Lens
Anamorphic lens
Protagonist
21. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Crane shot
Cameo
Minor studios
Continuity error
22. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Running time
Available light
Freeze frame
Shot
23. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts
Fog filter
Toning
Telephoto lens
Tight framing
24. 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
Flashforward
Wipe
Hue
Lightning mix
25. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Four-part structure
Average shot length
Pushing
Phi phenomenon
26. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Graphic match
Digital cinema
Telecine
Shooting script
27. A technique of filming at a speed faster than projection - the projecting the footage at normal speed of 24 frames per second. Because fewer frames were recorded per second - the action appears to be speeded up
Flashback
Polarizing filters
Slow motion
Composition
28. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Formalist style
Special visual effects
Frame narration
Telephoto lens
29. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated
Low-angle shot
Tinting
Video assist
Evaluative claim
30. 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
Forced development
Subgenre
Formalist style
Medium shot
31. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Set-up
Scene
Reverse shot
Tinting
32. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Fade-out
Aerial Shot
Go-motion
Neutral-density filter
33. A flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Base
Typecasting
Eyeline match
Matte
34. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Soft light
Depth of field
Plot summary
Best boy
35. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Split screen
Editor
Standard shot pattern
Formalist style
36. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Antagonist
Eye-level shot
Outsourcing
Go-motion
37. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Propaganda film
Loose framing
Neutral-density filter
Vertical integration
38. A shot that makes the human subject very small in relation to his or her environment. The entire figure from head to toe is onscreen and dwarfed by the surroundings
Slow
Negative cutter
Extreme long-shot
Aperture
39. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated
Direct cinema
Average shot length
Evaluative claim
Camera distance
40. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Backstage musical
Dissolve
Polarizing filters
Script supervisor
41. 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
Dolly
Fog filter
Recursive action
Blockbuster
42. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Pixel
Base
Camera distance
Backstory
43. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Fade-out
Selective focus
Aspect Ratio
Depth of field
44. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Script supervisor
Intertextual reference
Shutter
Day for night
45. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Special visual effects
Chiaroscuro
Dailies
Tight framing
46. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Orthochromatic
Gauge
Exposition
Telephoto lens
47. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Exposition
Continuity error
Storyboard
Persistence of vision
48. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Wireframe
Antagonist
Runaway production
Descriptive claim
49. 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
Panchromatic
Letterboxing
Masking
Product placement
50. 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
Pixilation
Episodic
Blockbuster
Foley artist