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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. The measure of intensity or purity of a color. Saturated color is purer than desaturated color - which has more white in it and thus offers a washed-out - less intense version of a color
Saturation
Negative cutter
Gaffer
Cutaway
2. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Shot
Non-diegetic
Actualitas
Anamorphic lens
3. 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
Focal length
Restricted narration
Deep focus cinematography
Glass shot
4. The first print made from a film negative
Typecasting
Hard light
Progressive scanning
Master positive
5. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Kuleshov effect
Gauge
Flashback
Negative cutter
6. 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
Scene
Direct sound
Wireframe
Production values
7. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Trailer
Saturation
Flashforward
Persistence of vision
8. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Formalist style
Auteur
Time-lapse photography
Tilt
9. A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so that they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background - which creates the illusion of depth
Long shot
Forced perspective
Omniscient narration
Tinting
10. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Green screen
Interpretive claim
Newsreel
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
11. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Promotion
Crane shot
Continuity editor
Low-key lighting
12. A technique of shooting a scene at a very high speed (96 frames per second) - then adding and subtracting frames in post-production - 'fanning out' the action through the overlapping images
Promotion
Recursive action
Composition
Aspect Ratio
13. 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
Time-lapse photography
Undercranking
Slow
Vertical integration
14. The five vertically integrated corporations that exerted the greatest control over film production in the studio era: MGM - Warner Brothers - RKO - Twentieth Century Fox - and Paramount
Major studios
Crab dolly
Point-of-view shot
Neutral-density filter
15. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Pixilation
Avant-garde film
Lightning mix
Auteur
16. 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
Negative cutter
Extradiegetic
Sound bridge
Soviet montage
17. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Backstage musical
Score
Fast motion
High concept film
18. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Star filter
Blue screen
Split screen
Forced perspective
19. 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
Composition in depth
Iris in...
Toning
Shot/reverse shot
20. 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
High-key lighting
Undercranking
Spec script
Ethnographic film
21. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Cut
Plot summary
Video assist
Third-person narration
22. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
Analog Video
Voice-over
B-roll
30-degree rule
23. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
Closure
30-degree rule
Star system
Close-up
24. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Base
Vertical integration
Auteur
Negative cutter
25. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Low-key lighting
Lens
Prosthesis
Color timing
26. 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
Foley artist
Undercranking
Desaturated
Montage sequence
27. A technique of cutting back and forth between action occurring in two different locations - which often creates the illusion that they are happening simultaneously. Also called 'cross cutting.'
Hard light
Extreme wide-angle lens
Cut
Parellel editing
28. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Digital cinema
Telecine
Gauge
Green screen
29. A lens with a shorter focal length than a normal or telephoto lens (usually between 15-35mm). The subject appears smaller as a result - but the angle of vision is wider and an illusion is created of greater depth in the frame
Wide-angle lens
Dye coupler
Time-lapse photography
Pulling
30. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Medium shot
Voice-over
Slow motion
Polarizing filters
31. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Color filter
Film stock
Progressive scanning
Mockumentary
32. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Realist style
Mixing
Script supervisor
Slow motion
33. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Closure
Scratching
Rotoscope
Intertextual reference
34. A device worn by a camera operator that holds the motion picture camera - allowing it glide smoothly through spaces unreachable by camera mounted on a crane or other apparatus
Blockbuster
Third-person narration
Pan
Steadicam
35. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Exposition
Extra
Cameo
Shooting script
36. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Gaffer
Backstory
Continuity error
Extreme wide-angle lens
37. A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so that they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background - which creates the illusion of depth
Rack focus
Grain
Forced perspective
Flashing
38. 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
Director
Zoom out
Panchromatic
Go-motion
39. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Storyboard
180-degree rule
Front projection
Propaganda film
40. 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
Pulling
Point-of-view shot
Cel
Star system
41. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Three-point lighting
Tinting
Blocking
Neutral-density filter
42. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Continuity error
Roadshowing
Digital compositing
Shooting script
43. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Lightning mix
Tight framing
Speed
Continuity error
44. An outlawed studio era practice - where studios forced exhibitors to book groups of films at once - thus ensuring a market for their failures along with their successes
Exposure
Time-lapse photography
Focal length
Block booking
45. A post-studio era Hollywood film designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience by fusing a simple story line with major movie stars and mounting a lavish marketing campaign
High concept film
Oeuvre
Bleach bypass
Extreme wide-angle lens
46. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Compositing
Freeze frame
Canted angle
Color timing
47. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
First-person narration
Eyeline match
Product placement
Saturation
48. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Visual effects
Chiaroscuro
Polarizing filters
Green screen
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
Deep focus cinematography
Rotoscope
Iris in...
Cutaway
50. The measure of intensity or purity of a color. Saturated color is purer than desaturated color - which has more white in it and thus offers a washed-out - less intense version of a color
Close-up
Saturation
Trombone shot
Descriptive claim