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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 vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Tilt
Studio system
Optical printer
Motif
2. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Revisionist
Available light
City symphony
Re-establishing shot
3. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
ADR
Continuity editing
Ethnographic film
Narrative sequencing
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
Direct sound
Color consultant
Diffusion filters
5. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Close-up
Charge coupler device
Scene
Kuleshov effect
6. 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
Score
Sound bridge
Foley artist
Split screen
7. 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
Normal lens
Negative cutter
Overhead shot
Parellel
8. Invisible editing; a system devised to minimize the audience's awareness of shot transitions - especially cuts - in order to improve the flow of the story and avoid interrupting the viewer's immersion it in
Open-ended
Soviet montage
Continuity editing
Syuzhet
9. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Flashforward
Pixel
Revisionist
Integrated musical
10. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Blue screen
Jump cut
Front projection
Typecasting
11. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Denouement
Line reading
Mockumentary
Saturation
12. 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
Non-diegetic
Out-take
Director
Backstage musical
13. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Overlapping dialogue
Exposure latitude
Lens
Soviet montage
14. A single take that contains an entire scene
Flashforward
Master shot
Actualitas
Restricted narration
15. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Recursive action
Tilt
Studio system
Wide-angle lens
16. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Promotion
Compositing
Soft light
Anime
17. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Fast
Fog filter
Aperture
Fast motion
18. The building block of a scene; an uninterrupted sequence of frames that viewers experience as they watch a film - ending with a cut - fade - dissolve - etc. See also Take
Wide-angle lens
Vertical integration
Slow
Shot
19. A narrative approach that limits the audience's view of events to that of the main character(s) in the film. Occasional moments of omniscient narration may give viewers more information than the character shave at specific points in the narrative
Interpretive claim
Soundtrack
Restricted narration
Episodic
20. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Kuleshov effect
Flashback
Fast
Subgenre
21. 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
Second unit
Ethnographic film
Pixel
Deep focus cinematography
22. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Focal length
Fast
Third-person narration
Direct cinema
23. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Fabula
Synthespian
Exposure
Genre conventions
24. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Voice-over
Direct cinema
Rear projection
Medium long shot
25. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Gauge
Editor
Compilation film
Soundtrack
26. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Saturation
Dolly
Backstory
Go-motion
27. Materials intentionally released by studios to attract public attention to films and their stars. Promotion differs from publicity - which is information that is not (or does not appear to be) intentionally disseminated by studios
Promotion
Horizontal integration
Cinerama
Low-angle shot
28. The average length in seconds of a series of shots - covering a portion of a film or an entire film; a measure of pace within a scene or in the film as a whole.
Production values
Tinting
Telephoto lens
Average shot length
29. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Hue
Slow motion
Cutaway
Orthochromatic
30. A production term denoting a single uninterrupted series of frames exposed by a motion picture or video camera between the time it is turned on and the time it is turned off. Filmmakers shoot several takes of any scene and the film editor selects the
Anime
Promotion
Take
Blaxploitation
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
Zoom out
Foley artist
Color consultant
Iris out
32. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Flashing
Zoom in...
Wide-angle lens
Score
33. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Optical printer
Double exposure
Dolly
Chiaroscuro
34. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Third-person narration
Swish pan
Hard light
Turning point
35. 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
Film stock
Ethnographic film
Persistence of vision
Low-key lighting
36. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Emulsion
Special visual effects
Auteur
Anamorphic lens
37. An agreement made between filmmakers and those who license the use of commercial products to feature those products in films - generally as props used by characters
Frame narration
Pushing
Product placement
Three-act structure
38. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Available light
Speed
Subtext
Offscreen space
39. A narrative approach that limits the audience's view of events to that of the main character(s) in the film. Occasional moments of omniscient narration may give viewers more information than the character shave at specific points in the narrative
Restricted narration
Emulsion
Subtext
Star system
40. Lighting design where the key light is somewhat more intense than the fill light - so the fill does not eliminate every shadow. The effect is generally less cheerful than high-key lighting - but not as gloomy as low-key lighting
Standard shot pattern
Natural-key lighting
Telephoto lens
Integrated musical
41. 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
Typecasting
Color consultant
Point-of-view shot
Rear projection
42. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Four-part structure
Compilation film
Academy Ratio
Genre
43. 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
Neutral-density filter
Fog filter
Recursive action
Pushing
44. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested
Method acting
180-degree rule
Fabula
Denouement
45. 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
Progressive scanning
Genre conventions
Forced perspective
Flashforward
46. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Method acting
Shot/reverse shot
Tracking shot
Day for night
47. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Widescreen
Backstage musical
Newsreel
Rack focus
48. 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
Post-production
Interpretive claim
Zoom out
Product placement
49. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Continuity editor
Storyboard
Roadshowing
Editor
50. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Standard shot pattern
Actualitas
Fog filter
Re-establishing shot