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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. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
On-the-nose dialogue
Optical printer
Tinting
Negative
2. The use of editing techniques - such as a fade or dissolve - to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another
Slow motion
Continuity editing
Shot transition
Natural-key lighting
3. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Genre conventions
Storyboard
Pre-production
Frame narration
4. A scene transition in which the first frame of the incoming scene appears to push the last frame of the previous scene off the screen horizontally
Restricted narration
Dissolve
Sound bridge
Wipe
5. 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
Bleach bypass
Zoom out
Focus puller
Phi phenomenon
6. An effect created when more light is required to produce an image strakes the film stock - so that the resulting image exhibits high contrast - glaring light - and washed out shadows. This effect ma or may not be intentional on the filmmaker's part
Normal lens
Overexposure
First-person narration
Overhead shot
7. 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
ADR
Studio system
Zoom out
Long take
8. 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
Handheld shot
Focus puller
Undercranking
Brechtian distanciation
9. 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
Direct sound
Pushing
Shot
Compositing
10. A single take that contains an entire scene
Master shot
Time-lapse photography
Oeuvre
Color timing
11. 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
Wide-angle lens
Soviet montage
Master shot
Formalist style
12. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Propaganda film
Realist style
Medium long shot
Steadicam
13. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Frozen time moment
Reverse shot
Auteur
Hybrid
14. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
ADR
Re-establishing shot
Base
Vertical integration
15. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Animation
Dye coupler
Long take
Newsreel
16. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Roadshowing
Aperture
Star filter
Pre-production
17. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Promotion
Academy Ratio
Matte
Negative cutter
18. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Crane shot
Telecine
Hollywood Blacklist
Pushing
19. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Backstage musical
Integrated musical
Gauge
Graphic match
20. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Cutaway
Tight framing
Negative cutter
Jump cut
21. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Reframing
Compositing
Pulling
Figure placement and movement
22. 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
Hollywood Blacklist
Forced perspective
Best boy
Eyeline match
23. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Telecine
Crane shot
Line reading
Apparatus Theory
24. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Line reading
Script supervisor
Composition
Avant-garde film
25. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Gauge
Polarizing filters
Matte painting
Script supervisor
26. 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
Depth of field
Composition in depth
Mockumentary
Open-ended
27. 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
Telephoto lens
Composition in depth
Production values
Toning
28. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Protagonist
Aperture
Extradiegetic
Telecine
29. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Morphing
Spec script
Set-up
Flashforward
30. 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
Pushing
Screenplay
Release prints
Shooting script
31. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Bleach bypass
Trailer
Composition in depth
Progressive scanning
32. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Tableau shot
Close-up
Wide film
Star filter
33. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Recursive action
Descriptive claim
Chiaroscuro
Figure placement and movement
34. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Grain
Assistant Editor
Point-of-view shot
35. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Cutaway
Storyboard
Genre conventions
Extreme long-shot
36. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Newsreel
Loose framing
Product placement
Tight framing
37. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Post-production
Lightning mix
Animation
Normal lens
38. A crew member who works in post-production in a specially equipped studio to create the sounds of the story world - such as the shuffling of shoes on various surfaces for footsteps
Negative cutter
Cutaway
Medium close-up
Foley artist
39. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Frozen time moment
Interpellation
Tight framing
Fast
40. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Reframing
Frozen time moment
Digital compositing
Hue
41. 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
Director
City symphony
Flashing
Prosthesis
42. 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
Visual effects
Long take
Motivation
Low-key lighting
43. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Extreme close-up
Academy Ratio
Color filter
Motivation
44. 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
Closure
Panning and scanning
Wide-angle lens
Intertextual reference
45. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Anime
Intertextual reference
Matte
Lens
46. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Widescreen
First-person narration
Promotion
Best boy
47. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Color filter
Split screen
Continuity editing
Scratching
48. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Special visual effects
Open-ended
Promotion
Crane shot
49. 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
Second unit
Exposure
Director
Saturation
50. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Running time
Fast motion
Long shot
Second unit