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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. 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
Grain
Three-point lighting
Persistence of vision
Focal length
2. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Letterboxing
Visual effects
Tableau shot
Out-take
3. 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
Natural-key lighting
Editor
Composition
Exposure latitude
4. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Out-take
Low-angle shot
Point-of-view shot
Method acting
5. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Subtext
Foley artist
Product placement
ADR
6. Assists the editor with various tasks - including taking footage to the lab - checking the condition of the negative - cataloguing footage - and supervising optical effects - often produced by an outside company
Zoom in...
High-angle shot
Fog filter
Assistant Editor
7. 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
Apparatus Theory
Panning and scanning
Grain
Dailies
8. 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
Saturation
Lightning mix
Extradiegetic
Composition in depth
9. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Phi phenomenon
Focal length
Voice-over
Aerial Shot
10. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
City symphony
Freeze frame
Hybrid
Wide-angle lens
11. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Three-act structure
Script supervisor
Aerial Shot
Text
12. A chemical coating on film stock containing light-sensitive grains
Kuleshov effect
Figure placement and movement
Fast motion
Emulsion
13. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Formalist style
Extradiegetic
Zoom lens
Rack focus
14. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Flashforward
Character actor
Composition
Orthochromatic
15. A technique in which the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters. The camera points in the directions the character looks - simulating the character's field of vision
Dailies
Point-of-view shot
Wipe
Selective focus
16. 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
Brechtian distanciation
Analog Video
Pre-production
Director
17. A technique of moving a zoom lens from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position - which results in a magnification of the subject within the frame - and keeps the subject in focus
Zoom in...
Anime
Exposition
Gauge
18. An optical effect whereby the eye continues to register a visual stimulus in the brain for a brief period after that stimulus has been removed
Character actor
Persistence of vision
Interlaced scanning
Composition in depth
19. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
Four-part structure
Motivation
Aspect Ratio
B-roll
20. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Medium close-up
Extreme wide-angle lens
Shooting script
Interpretive claim
21. Also called 'd-cinema.' Not to be confused with digital cinematography (shooting movies on digital video) - this term refers to using digital technologies for exhibition
Digital cinema
Vertical integration
Anime
Production values
22. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Narrative
Pushing
Exposure latitude
Desaturated
23. 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
Crab dolly
Extra
Digital set extension
Three-point lighting
24. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Selective focus
Panchromatic
Antagonist
Character actor
25. The first print made from a film negative
Average shot length
Foley artist
On-the-nose dialogue
Master positive
26. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Green screen
Anime
Toning
Fog filter
27. 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
Blockbuster
Out-take
Horizontal integration
Direct cinema
28. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Long take
Apparatus Theory
Cameo
Filter
29. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Formalist style
Frame narration
Subgenre
Formalist style
30. Lighting design in which the greater intensity of the key light makes it impossible for the fill to eliminate shadows - producing a high-contrast image (with many grades of light and dark) - a number of shadows - and a somber mood
Synthespian
Post-production
Handheld shot
Low-key lighting
31. A type of filter that absorbs certain wavelength but leave others unaffected. On black and white film - color filters lighten or darken tones. On color film - they can produce a range of effects
Three-point lighting
Color filter
Travelling matte
Fade-out
32. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Text
Studio system
Shot
Script supervisor
33. 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
Emulsion
Motif
Handheld shot
Extreme long-shot
34. A term applied to film stock that is relatively insensitive to light. This stock will not yield acceptable images unless the amount of light can be carefully controlled
Omniscient narration
Runaway production
Slow
Continuity editor
35. 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
Genre conventions
Undercranking
High-angle shot
Line of action
36. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Swish pan
Underexposure
Denouement
Plot summary
37. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Syuzhet
Restricted narration
Optical printer
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
38. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Speed
Iris out
Prosthesis
Block booking
39. A technique in which the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters. The camera points in the directions the character looks - simulating the character's field of vision
Continuity editing
High-key lighting
Point-of-view shot
Out-take
40. 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
Re-establishing shot
Plot summary
Block booking
41. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Text
Score
Closure
Graphic match
42. A model of industrial organization in the film industry from about 1915 to 1946 - characterized by the development of major and minor studios that produced - distributed - and exhibited films - and held film actors - directors - art directors - and o
Studio system
Trailer
Undercranking
Flashback
43. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Avant-garde film
Average shot length
Diegesis
Available light
44. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Pan
Second unit
Panning and scanning
Shot transition
45. 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
Close-up
Trailer
Interpellation
Evaluative claim
46. 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
Overexposure
Undercranking
Dailies
Deep focus cinematography
47. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Analog Video
Letterboxing
Re-establishing shot
Digital video
48. 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
Star filter
High-key lighting
Genre conventions
Soft light
49. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Promotion
Parellel
Vertical integration
Two-shot
50. An optical effect whereby the human eye fills in gaps between closely spaced objects - so that two light bulbs flashing on and off are understood as one light moving back and forth
Actualitas
Pushing
Flashing
Phi phenomenon