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Film Vocab
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1. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Score
Third-person narration
Roadshowing
Hollywood Blacklist
2. 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
Travelling matte
Post-production
Parellel editing
Dye coupler
3. 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.
Average shot length
Double exposure
Blockbuster
Deep focus cinematography
4. 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
High concept film
Motivation
Direct sound
Anamorphic lens
5. 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
Dolly
Standard shot pattern
Crane shot
Oeuvre
6. 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
Deep focus cinematography
Post-production
Compositing
Synthespian
7. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Mixing
Long take
30-degree rule
Script supervisor
8. 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
Scratching
Zoom in...
Persistence of vision
Green screen
9. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
Outsourcing
Trailer
Fast
B-roll
10. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Three-point lighting
Natural-key lighting
Production values
Cel
11. A shot taken by a camera that is held manually rather than supported by a tripod - crane or Steadicam. Generally - such shots are shaky - owing to the motion of the camera operator
Propaganda film
Handheld shot
Auteur
Pixel
12. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Intertextual reference
Out-take
Classical style
Recursive action
13. 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
Assistant Editor
Color filter
Dissolve
Mockumentary
14. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Promotion
Soviet montage
First-person narration
Widescreen
15. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Handheld shot
Intertextual reference
B-roll
Method acting
16. 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
Oeuvre
Scene
Intertextual reference
Eye-level shot
17. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Propaganda film
Reverse shot
Interlaced scanning
Matte painting
18. 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
City symphony
Progressive scanning
Second unit
Fabula
19. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Negative cutter
Lens
Integrated musical
Overexposure
20. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Narrative sequencing
Reframing
Digital compositing
Spec script
21. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Digital video
Wide-angle lens
Rear projection
Jump cut
22. A crew member whose job is to measure the distance between the subject and the camera lens - marking the ring on the camera lens - and ensuring the ring is turned precisely so that the image is in focus
Focus puller
Production values
Propaganda film
Editor
23. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
30-degree rule
Match on action
Wipe
Bleach bypass
24. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Avant-garde film
Wide film
Canted angle
Medium long shot
25. 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
Scratching
Shot
Focal length
Hollywood Blacklist
26. 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
Extra
Shot
Telephoto lens
Interpretive claim
27. 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
Standard shot pattern
180-degree rule
Promotion
28. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Frozen time moment
30-degree rule
Tilt
Soundtrack
29. 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
Shot
Natural-key lighting
Bleach bypass
Exposition
30. 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
Episodic
Green screen
Vertical integration
Persistence of vision
31. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Digital video
Star persona
High concept film
Ethnographic film
32. 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
Anamorphic lens
Analog Video
Zoom lens
Method acting
33. A technique of underdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in a chemical batch a shorter amount of time than usual) in order to achieve the visual effect of reducing contrast
Direct cinema
Line of action
Pulling
Direct cinema
34. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Text
Widescreen
Actualitas
Color timing
35. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Fog filter
Script supervisor
Motif
Pulling
36. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Offscreen space
Medium shot
Fade-out
Chiaroscuro
37. The written blueprint for a film - composed of three elements: dialogue - sluglines (setting the place and time of each scene) - and description. Feature-length screenplays typically run 90-130 pages
Double exposure
Exposition
Screenplay
Assistant Editor
38. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Aspect Ratio
Wireframe
Letterboxing
Cut
39. 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
Oeuvre
Interpellation
Zoom lens
Negative
40. A technique of depicting two layered images simultaneously. Images from one frame or several frames of film are added to pre-existing images - using an optical printer - to produce the same effect as a double exposure
Superimposition
Plot summary
Reverse shot
Academy Ratio
41. An alternative to classical and realist styles - formalism is a self-consciously interventionist approach that explores ideas - abstraction - and aesthetics rather than focusing on storytelling (as in classical films) or everyday life (as in realist
Set-up
Formalist style
Extradiegetic
Telephoto lens
42. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Animation
Panchromatic
Widescreen
Tilt
43. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Morphing
Fast
Emulsion
Eyeline match
44. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Swish pan
Product placement
Non-diegetic
Cameo
45. 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
Crab dolly
Normal lens
Four-part structure
High-key lighting
46. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Recursive action
Charge coupler device
Digital video
Master positive
47. Everything audiences hear when they watch a sound film. The soundtrack is the composite of all three elements of film sound: dialogue - music - and sound effects
Cinerama
Synthespian
Score
Soundtrack
48. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Selective focus
Forced development
Travelling matte
Master shot
49. 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
Montage sequence
Omniscient narration
Trombone shot
Undercranking
50. 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
Color timing
Hollywood Ten
Medium shot
Optical printer