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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. 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
Wide-angle lens
Tracking shot
Establishing shot
Syuzhet
2. 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
Focal length
180-degree rule
Front projection
Handheld shot
3. 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
Hollywood Blacklist
First-person narration
Omniscient narration
Shot/reverse shot
4. 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
Script supervisor
Travelling matte
Undercranking
Recursive action
5. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Desaturated
Camera distance
Grain
Trailer
6. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Motif
Normal lens
Blocking
Panchromatic
7. 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
Iris in...
Telephoto lens
Soft light
Soviet montage
8. A picture element - a measure of image density. There are approximately 18 million pixels in a frame of 35mm film and 300000-400000 in a video image
Pixel
Diffusion filters
Line reading
B-roll
9. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
Wipe
180-degree rule
Apparatus Theory
Exposure latitude
10. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Promotion
Focus puller
Backstory
Offscreen space
11. Thin - flexible material comprised of base and emulsion layers - onto which light rays are focused and which is processed in chemicals to produce film images
Emulsion
Film stock
Cel
Narrative
12. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Propaganda film
Matte painting
Method acting
Long shot
13. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Line reading
Fast
Zoom out
Close-up
14. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
Slow
Extreme wide-angle lens
30-degree rule
Standard shot pattern
15. 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
Flashforward
On-the-nose dialogue
Overexposure
Camera distance
16. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Auteur
Exposition
Plot summary
Depth of field
17. 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
Method acting
Travelling matte
Promotion
Depth of field
18. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Star persona
Tight framing
Dailies
Crane shot
19. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
High-angle shot
Aspect Ratio
Block booking
Three-act structure
20. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Normal lens
Widescreen
Three-point lighting
Propaganda film
21. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Minor studios
Horizontal integration
Grain
High-angle shot
22. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Average shot length
Pixilation
Persistence of vision
Plot summary
23. 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
Visual effects
High concept film
Exposure latitude
First-person narration
24. A film process that uses 35mm film stock but changes the orientation of the film so that the film moves through the camera horizontally instead of vertically. The larger image is of higher quality than standard 35mm processes
Prosthesis
Reverse shot
Vista Vision
Medium close-up
25. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Blockbuster
Day for night
Four-part structure
Overlapping dialogue
26. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Iris in...
Reframing
Episodic
Three-act structure
27. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
City symphony
Forced development
Motif
Eyeline match
28. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Gaffer
Exposure latitude
Descriptive claim
Syuzhet
29. A property of older television monitors - where each frame was scanned as two fields: One consisting of all the odd numbered lines - the other all the even lines. If slowed down - the television image would appear to sweep down the screen one line at
Interlaced scanning
Color consultant
Masking
Narrative sequencing
30. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Extra
Animation
Aspect Ratio
Vista Vision
31. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Blaxploitation
Digital video
Turning point
Medium close-up
32. 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
Plot summary
High-key lighting
Roadshowing
Panning and scanning
33. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Shot/reverse shot
Oeuvre
Denouement
Pulling
34. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Rotoscope
Outsourcing
Negative cutter
Fast
35. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Line of action
Integrated musical
Gaffer
Analog Video
36. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Flashing
Continuity error
Typecasting
Turning point
37. 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
Master positive
High concept film
Forced development
Shot/reverse shot
38. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Master shot
Composition
Polarizing filters
Parellel editing
39. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Backstory
Restricted narration
Flashback
Analog Video
40. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Third-person narration
Parellel editing
Blocking
Day for night
41. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Reframing
Antagonist
Composition in depth
Rack focus
42. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Apparatus Theory
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Reverse shot
Promotion
43. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Hollywood Blacklist
Dailies
Natural-key lighting
Extradiegetic
44. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Saturation
Focus puller
Emulsion
Trailer
45. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Canted angle
Spec script
Line of action
Vista Vision
46. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Backstory
Medium long shot
Handheld shot
Wireframe
47. 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
Green screen
Soundtrack
Slow
Close-up
48. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Direct sound
Widescreen
Split screen
Anamorphic lens
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
Blue screen
Average shot length
Undercranking
Close-up
50. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Selective focus
Narrative
Deep focus cinematography
Saturation