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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. 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
Direct sound
Release prints
Kuleshov effect
Star filter
2. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Bleach bypass
Out-take
30-degree rule
Digital compositing
3. Dutch angle; a shot resulting from a static camera that is tilted to the right or left - so that the subject in the frame appears at a diagonal
Parellel editing
Canted angle
Go-motion
Propaganda film
4. A technique of leaving empty space around the subject in the frame - in order to covey openness and continuity of visible space and to imply offscreen space
Loose framing
Anime
Depth of field
Focus puller
5. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Mixing
Color filter
Interlaced scanning
Editor
6. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Vertical integration
Telecine
Selective focus
Aspect Ratio
7. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Iris in...
Flashback
180-degree rule
Continuity editing
8. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Double exposure
Long take
Blocking
Trombone shot
9. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Panning and scanning
Open-ended
High-angle shot
Outsourcing
10. Assists the editor with various tasks - including taking footage to the lab - checking the condition of the negative - cataloguing footage - and supervising optical effects - often produced by an outside company
Dye coupler
Assistant Editor
Subgenre
Wipe
11. 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.'
Out-take
Descriptive claim
Parellel editing
Mockumentary
12. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Closure
Medium long shot
Exposition
Three-point lighting
13. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Integrated musical
Dailies
Best boy
Major studios
14. 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
Lightning mix
Deep focus cinematography
Double exposure
Formalist style
15. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Blockbuster
Narrative sequencing
Digital cinema
Open-ended
16. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Analog Video
Shooting script
Three-point lighting
Out-take
17. 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
Orthochromatic
Tinting
Glass shot
Screenplay
18. An optical effect whereby the eye continues to register a visual stimulus in the brain for a brief period after that stimulus has been removed
Zoom in...
Persistence of vision
Montage sequence
Dye coupler
19. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Star filter
High-angle shot
Tilt
Shot transition
20. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Underexposure
Video assist
Running time
Syuzhet
21. 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
Overhead shot
Steadicam
Slow motion
Standard shot pattern
22. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Cameo
Dye coupler
Motivation
Open-ended
23. 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
Front projection
Lightning mix
Pan
Soviet montage
24. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Zoom in...
Exposition
Blocking
Jump cut
25. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Trailer
Blue screen
Dye coupler
Depth of field
26. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time
Phi phenomenon
Tinting
Animation
Orthochromatic
27. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Character actor
Extreme long-shot
Major studios
Dissolve
28. An alternative to classical and realist styles - formalism is a self-consciously interventionist approach that explores ideas - abstraction - and aesthetics rather than focusing on storytelling (as in classical films) or everyday life (as in realist
Masking
Exposure latitude
Formalist style
Actualitas
29. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Open-ended
Graphic match
Hollywood Blacklist
Blaxploitation
30. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Storyboard
Orthochromatic
Voice-over
Gaffer
31. A group of films within a given genre that share their own specific set of conventions that differentiate them from other films in the genre. For example - the slasher film is a subgenre of the horror genre
Narrative
Subgenre
Rotoscope
Newsreel
32. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Apparatus Theory
Charge coupler device
Masking
Non-diegetic
33. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Oeuvre
Gauge
Method acting
Digital cinema
34. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Chiaroscuro
Aperture
Third-person narration
Exposure latitude
35. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Interpretive claim
Foley artist
Color filter
Star filter
36. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Toning
Handheld shot
On-the-nose dialogue
Composition
37. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Exposition
Reframing
Freeze frame
Direct cinema
38. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Exposition
Third-person narration
Master positive
Fog filter
39. Louis Althusser's term for the way in which a society creates its subjects/citizens through ideological (as opposed to repressive) state apparatuses - which include education - media - religion - and the family
Re-establishing shot
Direct sound
Interpellation
Extra
40. An alternative to classical and realist styles - formalism is a self-consciously interventionist approach that explores ideas - abstraction - and aesthetics rather than focusing on storytelling (as in classical films) or everyday life (as in realist
Formalist style
Special visual effects
Base
Take
41. A system initially developed for marketing films by creating and promoting stars as objects of admiration. The promotion of stars has now become an end in itself
Undercranking
Progressive scanning
Loose framing
Star system
42. 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
Tilt
Take
Handheld shot
Protagonist
43. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Prosthesis
Telephoto lens
Composition in depth
Frame narration
44. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Parellel
Shutter
Panchromatic
Standard shot pattern
45. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Masking
Dolly
Emulsion
Protagonist
46. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Color consultant
Special visual effects
Character actor
Take
47. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Intertextual reference
Anime
Open-ended
Soundtrack
48. 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
Speed
Third-person narration
Blockbuster
49. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Crane shot
Overhead shot
Bleach bypass
Pushing
50. An optical effect whereby the human eye fills in gaps between closely spaced objects - so that two light bulbs flashing on and off are understood as one light moving back and forth
Close-up
Phi phenomenon
Desaturated
Video assist