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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 film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological
Recursive action
Apparatus Theory
Best boy
Academy Ratio
2. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Montage sequence
Low-angle shot
Revisionist
Orthochromatic
3. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Natural-key lighting
Hollywood Blacklist
Flashforward
Jump cut
4. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Interpretive claim
Go-motion
Long take
Graphic match
5. An effect created when too little light strikes the film during shooting. As a result the image will contain dark areas that appear very dense and dark (including shadows) and the overall contrast will be less than with a properly exposed image
Scene
Flashback
Visual effects
Underexposure
6. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Re-establishing shot
Flashforward
Soundtrack
Master shot
7. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Analog Video
Continuity editor
Parellel editing
Wireframe
8. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Best boy
Vertical integration
Interpretive claim
Speed
9. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Video assist
Actualitas
Mockumentary
Speed
10. 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
Rotoscope
Filter
Promotion
Outsourcing
11. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Two-shot
Second unit
Figure placement and movement
Saturation
12. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Voice-over
Narrative sequencing
Direct sound
City symphony
13. 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
Glass shot
High-key lighting
Set-up
Emulsion
14. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Forced development
Actualitas
B-roll
Extradiegetic
15. 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
Focus puller
Scratching
Gauge
Undercranking
16. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Color consultant
Recursive action
Continuity error
Pixilation
17. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Second unit
Animation
Intertextual reference
Travelling matte
18. 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
Forced perspective
Long shot
Base
Telephoto lens
19. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Gauge
Hollywood Blacklist
Slow motion
Score
20. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Crane shot
Take
Academy Ratio
Color consultant
21. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Brechtian distanciation
Minor studios
Low-key lighting
Storyboard
22. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Focus puller
Pre-production
Roadshowing
Extradiegetic
23. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Best boy
Typecasting
Loose framing
Exposition
24. A technique used to join live action with pre-recorded background images. A projector is aimed at a half-silvered mirror that reflects the background - which the camera records as being located behind the actors
Offscreen space
Front projection
Shot transition
Ethnographic film
25. 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
Post-production
First-person narration
Wipe
26. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Rotoscope
Canted angle
Animation
Gauge
27. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Superimposition
Front projection
Graphic match
Runaway production
28. 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
Integrated musical
Iris in...
Formalist style
Digital cinema
29. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Lightning mix
Motivation
Color timing
Interpellation
30. 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
Lightning mix
Neutral-density filter
Text
31. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Genre
Animation
Three-act structure
Interlaced scanning
32. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Exposure
Open-ended
Frozen time moment
Handheld shot
33. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Antagonist
Continuity error
Color timing
Travelling matte
34. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Fast
Runaway production
Mixing
Color consultant
35. A compositing method that allows cinematographers to combine live action and settings that are filmed or created separately. Actors are filmed against a green or blue background. During post-production - this background is filled in with an image thr
Green screen
Dolly
Digital video
Aperture
36. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Second unit
Academy Ratio
Establishing shot
Mixing
37. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Brechtian distanciation
Charge coupler device
Sound bridge
Neutral-density filter
38. 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
Avant-garde film
Aspect Ratio
Interpretive claim
Soundtrack
39. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Closure
Interpretive claim
Underexposure
Swish pan
40. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Tilt
Focal length
Neutral-density filter
Available light
41. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Dailies
Wide film
Pre-production
Iris in...
42. 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
Production values
On-the-nose dialogue
Soviet montage
Crane shot
43. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Optical printer
Syuzhet
Analog Video
Interpretive claim
44. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Zoom out
Soundtrack
Oeuvre
Medium close-up
45. A machine used to create optical effects such as fades - dissolves - and superimpositions. Most are now created digitally
Flashback
Double exposure
Optical printer
Blue screen
46. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Genre conventions
Director
Swish pan
Subtext
47. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image
Overlapping dialogue
Diffusion filters
Auteur
Assistant Editor
48. 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
Foley artist
Recursive action
Insert
Focus puller
49. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Soft light
Scene
Front projection
Cameo
50. Optical illusions created during post-production
Visual effects
Integrated musical
Low-angle shot
Lightning mix