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Film Vocab
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1. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Motif
Post-production
Studio system
Syuzhet
2. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Letterboxing
Open-ended
Parellel
Script supervisor
3. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Synthespian
Hard light
Hybrid
Graphic match
4. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Line of action
Pixilation
Depth of field
Wide-angle lens
5. 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
Interpretive claim
Pushing
Eye-level shot
Editor
6. Optical illusions created during post-production
Depth of field
High-angle shot
Visual effects
Aperture
7. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Lightning mix
Descriptive claim
Direct cinema
Medium shot
8. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Restricted narration
Kuleshov effect
Tableau shot
Fade-out
9. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Color filter
Frozen time moment
Compilation film
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
10. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Vertical integration
Synthespian
Swish pan
Aspect Ratio
11. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Horizontal integration
Pulling
Special visual effects
Underexposure
12. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Saturation
Focal length
Color timing
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
13. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Widescreen
Anime
Extra
Fast
14. The imagined world of the story
Soviet montage
Diegesis
High-key lighting
Medium long shot
15. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Match on action
Emulsion
Subtext
Tilt
16. 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
Standard shot pattern
Long take
Anime
Tight framing
17. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Protagonist
Screenplay
Forced perspective
High-angle shot
18. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Reframing
Montage sequence
Star filter
Compilation film
19. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Dolly
Continuity error
Dye coupler
Best boy
20. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Take
Jump cut
Deep focus cinematography
Revisionist
21. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Backstage musical
Grain
Pan
Turning point
22. A term that refers to the organization of an industry wherein one type of corporation also owns corporations in allied industries - for example - film production and video games
Academy Ratio
Progressive scanning
Horizontal integration
Video assist
23. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Open-ended
Crab dolly
Actualitas
Minor studios
24. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Pre-production
Pan
Protagonist
Assistant Editor
25. A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation
Kuleshov effect
Realist style
Lightning mix
Star persona
26. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Frame narration
Dissolve
Matte
Dye coupler
27. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Second unit
Four-part structure
Crab dolly
Scene
28. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Handheld shot
Minor studios
Grain
30-degree rule
29. 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
Minor studios
German Expressionism
Telephoto lens
Newsreel
30. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Roadshowing
Two-shot
Pan
Visual effects
31. 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
Narrative
Medium close-up
Foley artist
Animation
32. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Major studios
Vista Vision
Shutter
Pan
33. 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
Newsreel
Exposure
Direct sound
Shot transition
34. 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
Pre-production
Composition in depth
Video assist
Vertical integration
35. 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
Closure
Master positive
Overlapping dialogue
Pixel
36. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated
Pixilation
Brechtian distanciation
Digital cinema
Evaluative claim
37. 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
Evaluative claim
Assistant Editor
Sound bridge
Pixel
38. The first print made from a film negative
Desaturated
Master positive
Cinerama
Star filter
39. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Graphic match
Syuzhet
Four-part structure
Bleach bypass
40. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Apparatus Theory
Spec script
Crane shot
Frozen time moment
41. 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
Extreme wide-angle lens
Emulsion
Director
Production values
42. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Travelling matte
Interlaced scanning
Out-take
Tilt
43. 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
Character actor
Star filter
Low-key lighting
Hue
44. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Scratching
Plot summary
Storyboard
Cinerama
45. 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
Motivation
Neutral-density filter
Zoom in...
Slow
46. 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
Glass shot
Director
Standard shot pattern
Travelling matte
47. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Crane shot
Auteur
Brechtian distanciation
Script supervisor
48. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Tinting
Running time
Go-motion
Focal length
49. A technique of filming at a speed faster than projection - the projecting the footage at normal speed of 24 frames per second. Because fewer frames were recorded per second - the action appears to be speeded up
Slow motion
Intertextual reference
Motif
Crane shot
50. 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
Block booking
Exposition
Blue screen
Split screen
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