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Film Vocab
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1. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Ethnographic film
Cameo
Scene
First-person narration
2. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Panchromatic
Sound bridge
Spec script
Descriptive claim
3. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Horizontal integration
Medium long shot
Script supervisor
Blockbuster
4. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Medium shot
Hue
Hybrid
Master positive
5. 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
German Expressionism
Protagonist
Split screen
Editor
6. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Typecasting
Hue
Second unit
Crab dolly
7. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Cameo
Avant-garde film
180-degree rule
Soviet montage
8. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Matte
Tight framing
Shot
Crab dolly
9. 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
Antagonist
Frozen time moment
Motif
City symphony
10. 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
Superimposition
Subgenre
Backstage musical
First-person narration
11. The first print made from a film negative
Iris in...
Focal length
Master positive
Fabula
12. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject
Low-angle shot
Avant-garde film
Prosthesis
Blue screen
13. 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
Video assist
Bleach bypass
Hybrid
Tracking shot
14. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
On-the-nose dialogue
Out-take
Morphing
Pixilation
15. A musical in which some or all musical numbers are not motivated by the narrative; for example - characters sing and dance throughout the film but at least some performances are not staged for an onscreen audience. Examples include Oklahoma - The umb
Dolly
Integrated musical
Rear projection
Optical printer
16. 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.
Academy Ratio
Average shot length
Filter
Focal length
17. Prefogging; a cinematographic technique that exposes raw film stock to light before - during - or after shooting - resulting in an image with reduced contrast. This effect can also be created using digital post-production techniques
Match on action
Steadicam
Flashing
Dye coupler
18. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up
Descriptive claim
Wide film
Medium shot
Take
19. 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
Persistence of vision
Eye-level shot
Antagonist
Mockumentary
20. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Academy Ratio
Fog filter
Overhead shot
Negative cutter
21. 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
Three-act structure
Compositing
Vista Vision
Fast
22. 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
Deep focus cinematography
Backstory
Canted angle
Compilation film
23. 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
Composition in depth
Score
Actualitas
Vista Vision
24. 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
Line reading
Wireframe
Deep focus cinematography
Widescreen
25. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Freeze frame
Classical style
Camera distance
Analog Video
26. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Cameo
Narrative sequencing
Plot summary
Iris out
27. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Star persona
Pan
Figure placement and movement
Continuity editing
28. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Depth of field
Fast motion
Chiaroscuro
Mixing
29. A measure of the visual and sound quality of a film. Low-budget films tend to have lower production values because they lack the resources to devote to expensive pre- and post-production activities
Hollywood Blacklist
Digital compositing
Production values
Post-production
30. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Exposure
Frame narration
Panning and scanning
Available light
31. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Newsreel
Interpretive claim
Slow motion
Charge coupler device
32. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
30-degree rule
Tilt
Typecasting
Overhead shot
33. 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
Star persona
ADR
Standard shot pattern
Direct sound
34. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Integrated musical
Composition in depth
Loose framing
Bleach bypass
35. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Rack focus
Morphing
Analog Video
Color consultant
36. A technique of overdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in the chemical bath longer than indicated) in order to increase density and contrast in the image
Evaluative claim
Tableau shot
Pushing
Crane shot
37. 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
Open-ended
Shot transition
Vertical integration
Interpellation
38. 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)
Wireframe
Steadicam
ADR
Front projection
39. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Natural-key lighting
Grain
Product placement
Fabula
40. Optical illusions created during post-production
Visual effects
Base
Motivation
Desaturated
41. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Day for night
Zoom out
Dissolve
Crane shot
42. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Mixing
B-roll
Narrative sequencing
Running time
43. 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
Denouement
Descriptive claim
Screenplay
Progressive scanning
44. 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
Average shot length
Pixel
Chiaroscuro
Matte painting
45. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Graphic match
Toning
Iris out
Filter
46. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Plot summary
Digital video
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Best boy
47. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Insert
Third-person narration
Exposure
Dolly
48. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Gaffer
Cameo
Storyboard
Overlapping dialogue
49. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Green screen
Animation
Closure
Runaway production
50. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Crab dolly
Hybrid
Shutter
Animation
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