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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 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
Turning point
Wipe
Score
Parellel
2. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Third-person narration
Score
Non-diegetic
Emulsion
3. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Superimposition
Continuity error
Parellel editing
Iris in...
4. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Graphic match
Open-ended
Lens
Integrated musical
5. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Time-lapse photography
Auteur
Matte painting
Shutter
6. 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
Intertextual reference
Score
Star system
Digital compositing
7. 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
Interlaced scanning
Phi phenomenon
Long shot
Digital video
8. 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
Long shot
Dissolve
Gaffer
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
9. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Ethnographic film
Major studios
Character actor
Horizontal integration
10. 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
Tracking shot
Tilt
Insert
Forced perspective
11. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Depth of field
Neutral-density filter
Closure
Optical printer
12. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Film stock
Freeze frame
Shutter
High-key lighting
13. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Speed
Overhead shot
Camera distance
Digital video
14. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Product placement
Intertextual reference
Hollywood Ten
Camera distance
15. 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
Antagonist
Trombone shot
Wide-angle lens
16. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Extradiegetic
Pre-production
Shot
Crab dolly
17. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Protagonist
Diegesis
Backstory
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
18. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Cameo
Vertical integration
Anime
Actualitas
19. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Zoom lens
Time-lapse photography
Mixing
Tableau shot
20. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Trailer
Panchromatic
Rack focus
Motif
21. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Available light
Two-shot
Narrative sequencing
180-degree rule
22. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Saturation
Propaganda film
Screenplay
Soundtrack
23. A shot that makes the human subject very small in relation to his or her environment. The entire figure from head to toe is onscreen and dwarfed by the surroundings
Avant-garde film
Extreme long-shot
Rack focus
Auteur
24. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Chiaroscuro
Extreme wide-angle lens
Aperture
Gauge
25. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Low-angle shot
Dailies
Master positive
Editor
26. A non-standard narrative organization that assumes 'day in the life' quality rather than the highly structured three-act or four part narrative - and that features loose or indirect cause-effect relationships
Travelling matte
Focal length
Episodic
Green screen
27. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Interpretive claim
Descriptive claim
Negative cutter
Crab dolly
28. A technique used to join live action with a pre-recorded background image. A projector is placed behind a screen and projects an image onto it. Actors stand in front of the screen and the camera records them in front of the projected background
Extra
Exposition
Restricted narration
Rear projection
29. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Editor
Out-take
Forced perspective
Animation
30. A technique used to join live action with a pre-recorded background image. A projector is placed behind a screen and projects an image onto it. Actors stand in front of the screen and the camera records them in front of the projected background
Sound bridge
Go-motion
Digital video
Rear projection
31. A technique in which the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters. The camera points in the directions the character looks - simulating the character's field of vision
Superimposition
Point-of-view shot
Evaluative claim
Tableau shot
32. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Set-up
Match on action
Two-shot
Figure placement and movement
33. 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
Overexposure
Overhead shot
Neutral-density filter
Iris in...
34. Also called 'full screen -' the technique of re-shooting a widescreen film in order to convert it to the original television aspect ration of 1.33 to 1. Rather than reproduce the original aspect ratio - as a letterboxed version does - a panned and sc
High concept film
Interpellation
Vista Vision
Panning and scanning
35. A complete narrative unit within a film - with its own beginning - middle - and end. Often scenes are unified - and distinguished from one another - by time and setting
Mixing
Oeuvre
Scene
Wide film
36. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Integrated musical
Director
Interpellation
Running time
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
Freeze frame
Shot/reverse shot
Long shot
Saturation
38. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Line reading
Aerial Shot
Pixilation
Two-shot
39. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Negative cutter
Studio system
Continuity error
Interlaced scanning
40. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
Swish pan
Direct cinema
30-degree rule
High-angle shot
41. The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes - character development - emotional content - and visual motifs
Figure placement and movement
Freeze frame
Crab dolly
Fast
42. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Frozen time moment
Blue screen
Persistence of vision
Star persona
43. 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
Assistant Editor
Fade-out
Four-part structure
Analog Video
44. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Minor studios
Overhead shot
Soviet montage
Episodic
45. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Re-establishing shot
Take
Set-up
Studio system
46. 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
Film stock
Extreme wide-angle lens
Aerial Shot
Tinting
47. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images
Outsourcing
Blue screen
Medium shot
Rotoscope
48. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Trombone shot
Charge coupler device
Prosthesis
Canted angle
49. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
On-the-nose dialogue
Color timing
Iris in...
Chiaroscuro
50. Optical illusions created during post-production
Cut
Ethnographic film
Visual effects
Pushing