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Film Vocab
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1. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Take
Character actor
Iris out
Plot summary
2. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Analog Video
Narrative sequencing
Tableau shot
Rotoscope
3. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Eyeline match
Cutaway
Ethnographic film
Lightning mix
4. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Soft light
Neutral-density filter
Line of action
30-degree rule
5. A sound editing technique that links several scenes through parallel and overlapping sounds. Each sound is associated with one scene - unlike a sound bridge - where a sound from one scene bleeds into that of another
Lens
Lightning mix
Matte painting
Widescreen
6. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Overhead shot
Swish pan
Runaway production
Oeuvre
7. A camera shot taken at a large distance from the subject. Using the human body as the subject - a long shot captures the entire human form
Long shot
Rotoscope
Low-key lighting
Deep focus cinematography
8. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Subgenre
Speed
Bleach bypass
Post-production
9. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Subgenre
Scene
Scratching
Third-person narration
10. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Panchromatic
Video assist
Masking
Zoom lens
11. 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
Normal lens
Trombone shot
Pushing
Split screen
12. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Auteur
Scratching
Propaganda film
Typecasting
13. 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
Forced development
Re-establishing shot
Best boy
Glass shot
14. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Blocking
Depth of field
Insert
Classical style
15. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
30-degree rule
Superimposition
Split screen
Gaffer
16. 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
Non-diegetic
Toning
Montage sequence
17. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Overhead shot
Matte painting
Text
Episodic
18. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Protagonist
Trailer
High-key lighting
Apparatus Theory
19. A shot taken from a vantage point so close that only a part of the subject is visible. On an actor - it might show only an eye or a portion of the face
Star filter
Extreme close-up
Running time
City symphony
20. A narrative approach that limits the audience's view of events to that of the main character(s) in the film. Occasional moments of omniscient narration may give viewers more information than the character shave at specific points in the narrative
B-roll
Tracking shot
Restricted narration
Double exposure
21. 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
Rear projection
Third-person narration
Matte painting
Product placement
22. 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
Recursive action
Assistant Editor
Studio system
Tracking shot
23. A standard shot pattern that dictates that a shot of one character will be followed by a shot of another character - taken from the reverse angle of the first shot
Standard shot pattern
Graphic match
Wipe
Shot/reverse shot
24. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Non-diegetic
Scene
Re-establishing shot
Subtext
25. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Fog filter
Flashforward
Available light
Narrative
26. 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
Front projection
Iris in...
Negative
Shot transition
27. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Medium shot
Newsreel
Color consultant
Shot transition
28. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Orthochromatic
Masking
Selective focus
Frozen time moment
29. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Exposition
Editor
Aerial Shot
Matte
30. 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
Narrative
Ethnographic film
Pulling
Omniscient narration
31. Standard shot pattern: A sequence of shots designed to maintain spatial continuity. Scene begin with an establishing shot - then move to a series of individual shots depicting characters and action - before reestablishing shots re-orient viewers to t
Deep focus cinematography
Spec script
Iris out
Standard shot pattern
32. 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
Realist style
Integrated musical
Third-person narration
Tinting
33. 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
Wipe
German Expressionism
Deep focus cinematography
Four-part structure
34. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Medium close-up
Reverse shot
Kuleshov effect
Star filter
35. The person in charge of planning the style and look of the film with the production designer and director of photography - working with actors during principal photography - and collaborating with the editor on the final version
Director
Composition
Jump cut
Hollywood Ten
36. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Handheld shot
Eyeline match
Medium close-up
Promotion
37. A shot transition where shot A slowly disappears as the screen becomes black before shot B appears. A fade-in is the reverse of this process
Mixing
Fade-out
B-roll
Color consultant
38. 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
Widescreen
Master shot
Low-key lighting
Hard light
39. The person in charge of planning the style and look of the film with the production designer and director of photography - working with actors during principal photography - and collaborating with the editor on the final version
Horizontal integration
Long shot
Zoom lens
Director
40. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Pan
Steadicam
Direct sound
Synthespian
41. 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
Medium close-up
Actualitas
Orthochromatic
Slow
42. 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
Deep focus cinematography
Wipe
Extreme wide-angle lens
High-key lighting
43. 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
Soft light
Depth of field
Episodic
Shot
44. Materials intentionally released by studios to attract public attention to films and their stars. Promotion differs from publicity - which is information that is not (or does not appear to be) intentionally disseminated by studios
Two-shot
Promotion
Apparatus Theory
Best boy
45. A film style that - in contrast to the classical and formalist styles - focuses characters - place - and the spontaneity and digressiveness of life - rather than on highly structured stories or aesthetic abstraction
Realist style
Insert
Compilation film
Overhead shot
46. 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
Master shot
Charge coupler device
Loose framing
Glass shot
47. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Kuleshov effect
Subtext
Hard light
Cameo
48. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Telecine
Omniscient narration
Apparatus Theory
Masking
49. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Fast motion
Blocking
Pixilation
Color timing
50. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Digital cinema
Storyboard
Selective focus
Script supervisor
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