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Film Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. 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






2. 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






3. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting






4. A crew member who works in post-production in a specially equipped studio to create the sounds of the story world - such as the shuffling of shoes on various surfaces for footsteps






5. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film






6. A business model adopted by the major studios during the Hollywood studio era - in which studios controlled all aspects of the film business - from production to distribution and exhibition






7. The film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological






8. Exposed and developed film stock from which the master positive is struck. If projected - the negative would produce a reverse of the image - with dark areas appearing white and vice versa or - if color film - areas of color appearing as their comple






9. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it






10. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image






11. A lens with a focal length greater than 50 mm (usually between 80mm and 20mm) - which provides a larger image of the subject than a normal or wide-angle lens but which narrows the angle of vision and flattens the depth of the image relative to normal






12. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm






13. Fish-eye lens; With a focal length of 15mm or less - this lens presents an extremely distorted image - where objects in the center of the frame appear to bulge toward the camera






14. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot






15. 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






16. A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so that they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background - which creates the illusion of depth






17. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height






18. 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






19. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted






20. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene






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






22. An outlawed studio era practice - where studios forced exhibitors to book groups of films at once - thus ensuring a market for their failures along with their successes






23. 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






24. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement






25. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue






26. 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






27. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films






28. A compositing method that allows cinematographers to combine live action and settings that are filmed or created separately. Actors are filmed against a green or blue background. During post-production - this background is filled in with an image thr






29. The imagined world of the story






30. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next






31. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal






32. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.






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






34. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences






35. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.






36. 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






37. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject






42. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter






43. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale






44. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll






45. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive






46. 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






47. A system for combining two separately filmed images in the same frame that involves create a matte (a black mask that covers a portion of the image) for a live action sequence and using it to block out a portion of the frame when filming the backgrou






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






49. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images






50. Drawing attention to the process of representation (including narrative and characterization) to break the theatrical illusion and elicit a distanced - intellectual response in the audience