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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. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Negative cutter
Mockumentary
Soft light
Release prints
2. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Pulling
Exposition
Running time
Star system
3. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Compositing
Camera distance
Auteur
Plot summary
4. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Panchromatic
Slow
Block booking
Interpretive claim
5. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Fade-out
Script supervisor
Cameo
Minor studios
6. 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
Panning and scanning
Tight framing
Low-angle shot
Underexposure
7. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Anime
Formalist style
Letterboxing
Hollywood Blacklist
8. 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
Descriptive claim
Take
Digital video
Omniscient narration
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
Front projection
Forced perspective
Overlapping dialogue
Anamorphic lens
10. 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
Three-point lighting
Foley artist
Cel
Analog Video
11. The distance in millimeters from the optical center of a lens to the lane where the sharpest image is formed while focusing on a distant object
Front projection
Extreme long-shot
Focal length
Soundtrack
12. A technique used to join live action with a pre-recorded background image. A projector is placed behind a screen and projects an image onto it. Actors stand in front of the screen and the camera records them in front of the projected background
Omniscient narration
Insert
Offscreen space
Rear projection
13. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Evaluative claim
Split screen
Mixing
Recursive action
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
30-degree rule
Soundtrack
Product placement
Take
15. 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
Interpretive claim
Flashback
Handheld shot
Soviet montage
16. 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
Overlapping dialogue
Dolly
Slow motion
Canted angle
17. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Wide film
Continuity editor
Gauge
Assistant Editor
18. 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
Three-point lighting
Extreme close-up
Parellel
Hard light
19. A film process that uses 35mm film stock but changes the orientation of the film so that the film moves through the camera horizontally instead of vertically. The larger image is of higher quality than standard 35mm processes
Vista Vision
B-roll
Motif
Blocking
20. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
180-degree rule
Fast
Tracking shot
Horizontal integration
21. A term that refers to the organization of an industry wherein one type of corporation also owns corporations in allied industries - for example - film production and video games
Green screen
Four-part structure
Horizontal integration
Mixing
22. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Extradiegetic
Release prints
Auteur
Extra
23. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Storyboard
Script supervisor
Wide film
Narrative
24. 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
Swish pan
Shot
Roadshowing
Loose framing
25. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Oeuvre
Studio system
Classical style
Interpretive claim
26. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Normal lens
Character actor
Studio system
Continuity error
27. 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
Synthespian
Establishing shot
Re-establishing shot
Exposure latitude
28. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Frame narration
Minor studios
Optical printer
Soundtrack
29. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Animation
Anime
Figure placement and movement
Actualitas
30. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Grain
Backstage musical
Interlaced scanning
Low-key lighting
31. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Focus puller
Non-diegetic
Apparatus Theory
Color timing
32. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Parellel
Storyboard
Jump cut
Extra
33. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Flashforward
Line of action
Three-point lighting
Match on action
34. A technique of moving from the telephoto position to the wide-angle position of a zoom lens - which results in the subject appearing to become smaller within the frame - while remaining in focus
Second unit
Front projection
Long shot
Zoom out
35. 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
Eyeline match
Front projection
Aperture
Brechtian distanciation
36. Light emitted from a relatively small source positioned close to the subject. It tends to be unflattering because it creates deep shadows and emphasizes surface imperfections
Studio system
Gaffer
Hard light
Forced development
37. 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
Ethnographic film
Color timing
Travelling matte
Point-of-view shot
38. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Insert
Actualitas
Scene
Low-angle shot
39. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Descriptive claim
Character actor
Eyeline match
Descriptive claim
40. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Medium close-up
Progressive scanning
Matte
Dailies
41. 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
Emulsion
Minor studios
Undercranking
Shot transition
42. 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.
Extreme close-up
Average shot length
Day for night
Point-of-view shot
43. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Two-shot
Montage sequence
Exposure latitude
Outsourcing
44. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Aperture
Dissolve
Neutral-density filter
Negative cutter
45. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Film stock
Iris in...
Exposition
Crab dolly
46. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Fade-out
Telecine
Time-lapse photography
Parellel editing
47. 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
Neutral-density filter
Cutaway
Crab dolly
Take
48. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Matte painting
Backstory
Actualitas
Narrative
49. A cinematography technique that produces an image with many planes of depth in focus. It can be accomplished by using a small aperture - a large distance between camera and subject - and/or a lens of short focal length
Grain
Deep focus cinematography
Matte painting
Intertextual reference
50. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Antagonist
Digital video
Lens
Studio system