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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Two-shot
Method acting
Four-part structure
Double exposure
2. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Split screen
Exposition
Graphic match
Panning and scanning
3. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Continuity error
Star persona
Grain
Neutral-density filter
4. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Out-take
Long take
Steadicam
Narrative sequencing
5. 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
Figure placement and movement
Polarizing filters
Phi phenomenon
Match on action
6. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Digital set extension
Montage sequence
Crab dolly
ADR
7. Squeezes the image at a ratio of 2:1 horizontally onto a standard film frame. On the projector - it unsqueezes the image - creating a widescreen aspect ratio during presentation
Charge coupler device
Anamorphic lens
Recursive action
Matte
8. Leaving the silver grains in the emulsion rather than bleaching them out - which produces desaturated color
Selective focus
Optical printer
Bleach bypass
Re-establishing shot
9. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Orthochromatic
Medium close-up
Plot summary
Out-take
10. The aspect ratio of 1.33:1 - standardized by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences until the development of widescreen formats in the 1950s
Academy Ratio
Hybrid
Dailies
Morphing
11. 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
Cel
Figure placement and movement
Assistant Editor
German Expressionism
12. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Hybrid
Antagonist
Gaffer
Line reading
13. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Mockumentary
Point-of-view shot
On-the-nose dialogue
Panchromatic
14. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Protagonist
Focus puller
Blaxploitation
Progressive scanning
15. 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
Front projection
Matte
Chiaroscuro
Lightning mix
16. The first print made from a film negative
Hollywood Ten
Shot transition
Text
Master positive
17. Any lens with a focal length approximately equal to the diagonal of the frame. For 35mm filmmaking - a 35-50 mm lens does not distort the angle of vision or depth
Propaganda film
Compositing
Normal lens
Pan
18. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Matte
Frozen time moment
Score
Cinerama
19. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Line of action
Flashing
Method acting
Loose framing
20. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images
Pixel
Lightning mix
Third-person narration
Rotoscope
21. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Underexposure
180-degree rule
Color consultant
Ethnographic film
22. A technique of moving from the telephoto position to the wide-angle position of a zoom lens - which results in the subject appearing to become smaller within the frame - while remaining in focus
Zoom out
Iris in...
Tilt
Product placement
23. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Brechtian distanciation
Shooting script
Jump cut
City symphony
24. A similarity established between two characters or situations that invites the audience to compare the two. It may involve visual - narrative - and/or sound elements
Dolly
Script supervisor
Parellel
Script supervisor
25. An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting set-up - the key light illuminates the subject - the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light - and the back light separates the subject from the background
Director
Close-up
Three-point lighting
Pixel
26. The use of editing techniques - such as a fade or dissolve - to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another
Shot transition
Eye-level shot
Saturation
Post-production
27. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Negative cutter
Shot transition
Post-production
Evaluative claim
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
Cinerama
Jump cut
Montage sequence
Rear projection
29. 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
Medium close-up
Aerial Shot
Graphic match
Production values
30. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Letterboxing
Time-lapse photography
First-person narration
Typecasting
31. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Voice-over
Slow
Continuity error
Continuity editor
32. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Flashback
Set-up
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Exposition
33. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Jump cut
Figure placement and movement
Tinting
Fast motion
34. 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
Fast motion
Front projection
Rear projection
Master positive
35. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Screenplay
Digital set extension
Polarizing filters
Low-key lighting
36. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Extreme close-up
Steadicam
Backstory
Cut
37. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Telephoto lens
Typecasting
Trombone shot
Cel
38. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
B-roll
Deep focus cinematography
Cutaway
Method acting
39. An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting set-up - the key light illuminates the subject - the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light - and the back light separates the subject from the background
Normal lens
Time-lapse photography
Three-point lighting
Text
40. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Overexposure
Take
Line of action
Jump cut
41. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Shooting script
Letterboxing
Film stock
Flashback
42. 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
Masking
Hard light
Panning and scanning
Crab dolly
43. The aspect ratio of 1.33:1 - standardized by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences until the development of widescreen formats in the 1950s
Montage sequence
Reverse shot
Split screen
Academy Ratio
44. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Set-up
Compositing
Analog Video
Handheld shot
45. 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
Overexposure
Product placement
Subgenre
46. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts
Overhead shot
City symphony
Toning
Zoom out
47. 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
Outsourcing
Zoom in...
Typecasting
Diegesis
48. 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
Star filter
Recursive action
Charge coupler device
Omniscient narration
49. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Double exposure
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Star system
Open-ended
50. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Insert
Scene
Subgenre
Tinting