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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 term applied to film stock that is relatively insensitive to light. This stock will not yield acceptable images unless the amount of light can be carefully controlled
Saturation
Realist style
Slow
Horizontal integration
2. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Line of action
Forced development
Go-motion
Pixilation
3. The measurement of how forgiving a film stock is. It determines whether an acceptable image will be produced when the film stock is exposed to too little or too much light
Base
Offscreen space
Syuzhet
Exposure latitude
4. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Motif
Exposition
Front projection
Analog Video
5. 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
Low-key lighting
Overhead shot
Low-angle shot
Negative
6. A shot taken when the camera is so close to a subject that it fills the frame. It is most commonly used for a shot that isolates and encompasses a single actor's face - to emphasize the expression of emotion
B-roll
Steadicam
Extreme close-up
Close-up
7. 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
Split screen
Pulling
Steadicam
Exposure
8. 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
Wide film
Reframing
Visual effects
9. 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
Eyeline match
Canted angle
Episodic
Synthespian
10. 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
Pulling
Color consultant
Long shot
Iris out
11. 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
Revisionist
Pixilation
Trombone shot
12. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Depth of field
Anamorphic lens
Overhead shot
Extra
13. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Telephoto lens
180-degree rule
Slow motion
Tableau shot
14. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Continuity editor
Aerial Shot
Minor studios
Star persona
15. 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
Vertical integration
Eye-level shot
Wide-angle lens
Natural-key lighting
16. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Desaturated
Antagonist
Chiaroscuro
Star system
17. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Desaturated
Storyboard
Fast
Cinerama
18. Any narrative - visual - or sound element that is repeated and thereby acquires and reflects its significance to the story - characters - or themes of the film.
Blue screen
Direct sound
Motif
Promotion
19. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Four-part structure
Crab dolly
Loose framing
High-key lighting
20. A film style that emerged in the 1910s in Germany. It was heavily indebted to the Expressionist art movement of the time and influenced subsequent horror films and film noir
Academy Ratio
German Expressionism
Handheld shot
Pixilation
21. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Script supervisor
Color filter
Soviet montage
Voice-over
22. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Insert
Runaway production
Interpretive claim
Runaway production
23. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Time-lapse photography
Spec script
Slow motion
Cut
24. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Blocking
Scratching
Composition
Color filter
25. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
ADR
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Backstage musical
Motivation
26. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Studio system
Freeze frame
Flashback
Film stock
27. 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
Direct cinema
Continuity editing
Sound bridge
Normal lens
28. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Split screen
Vista Vision
Go-motion
Cameo
29. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Star filter
Blaxploitation
Outsourcing
Re-establishing shot
30. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Zoom in...
Blockbuster
Crane shot
Natural-key lighting
31. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Polarizing filters
Continuity editor
Widescreen
Compilation film
32. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Freeze frame
Fast
Avant-garde film
Cutaway
33. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Re-establishing shot
Foley artist
Optical printer
Jump cut
34. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Scratching
Focus puller
Swish pan
Formalist style
35. Everything audiences hear when they watch a sound film. The soundtrack is the composite of all three elements of film sound: dialogue - music - and sound effects
Antagonist
Soundtrack
Turning point
Subgenre
36. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Medium long shot
Take
Set-up
Open-ended
37. 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
Color timing
Omniscient narration
Forced development
Travelling matte
38. 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
Cinerama
Color timing
Zoom in...
Film stock
39. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Classical style
Blaxploitation
Extra
Shot
40. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Cameo
Director
Parellel editing
Wipe
41. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Reframing
Medium long shot
Glass shot
Animation
42. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Digital cinema
High concept film
Steadicam
Genre
43. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Pre-production
Digital set extension
Flashing
Forced perspective
44. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Underexposure
Auteur
Character actor
Rotoscope
45. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Frozen time moment
Zoom out
Flashforward
Running time
46. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Digital compositing
Wide-angle lens
Backstage musical
Direct sound
47. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Realist style
Focus puller
Turning point
Crab dolly
48. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Front projection
Gaffer
Matte
Digital cinema
49. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Subgenre
Neutral-density filter
Depth of field
Tight framing
50. 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
Speed
Offscreen space
Overexposure
Prosthesis