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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. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Fast motion
Flashforward
Aperture
Prosthesis
2. 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
Eye-level shot
Undercranking
Master positive
Offscreen space
3. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Digital video
Video assist
Graphic match
Camera distance
4. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Hollywood Blacklist
Bleach bypass
Underexposure
Tableau shot
5. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
30-degree rule
Aspect Ratio
Revisionist
Compositing
6. 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
Canted angle
Production values
Saturation
Emulsion
7. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Shot
Standard shot pattern
Cel
On-the-nose dialogue
8. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
180-degree rule
Turning point
Prosthesis
Recursive action
9. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Day for night
Ethnographic film
Freeze frame
Hollywood Blacklist
10. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Compositing
Product placement
Denouement
High concept film
11. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Spec script
Out-take
Blockbuster
Genre
12. Standard shot pattern: A sequence of shots designed to maintain spatial continuity. Scene begin with an establishing shot - then move to a series of individual shots depicting characters and action - before reestablishing shots re-orient viewers to t
Character actor
Shot/reverse shot
Standard shot pattern
Best boy
13. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Parellel editing
Cut
Soundtrack
Non-diegetic
14. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
B-roll
Dye coupler
Continuity error
Spec script
15. The first print made from a film negative
Tinting
Rack focus
Hard light
Master positive
16. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Scratching
Toning
Shot/reverse shot
Production values
17. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Trailer
Dissolve
Iris in...
Montage sequence
18. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Interpretive claim
Matte
Integrated musical
Parellel editing
19. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Formalist style
Open-ended
Screenplay
Roadshowing
20. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Character actor
Genre
Episodic
Assistant Editor
21. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Academy Ratio
Subtext
Freeze frame
Eye-level shot
22. 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
Overexposure
Motivation
Telecine
Omniscient narration
23. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Telephoto lens
Blue screen
Non-diegetic
German Expressionism
24. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated
Runaway production
Cameo
Evaluative claim
Normal lens
25. Reels of film that are shipped to movie theaters for exhibition. Digital cinema - which can be distributed via satellite - broadband - or on media such as DVDs - may soon replace film prints because the latter are expensive to create - copy - and dis
Diffusion filters
Release prints
180-degree rule
Color filter
26. A technique of arranging the actors on the set to take advantage of deep focus cinematography - which allows for many planes of depth in the film frame to remain in focus
Composition in depth
Star system
Flashback
Matte painting
27. A neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Wide-angle lens
Descriptive claim
Long take
Pushing
28. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images
Average shot length
Rotoscope
ADR
Cel
29. Lighting design that provides an even illumination of the subject - with many facial details washed out. High-key lighting tends to create a hopeful mood - in contrast to low-key lighting
Available light
Bleach bypass
Split screen
High-key lighting
30. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Split screen
Panchromatic
Glass shot
Extreme wide-angle lens
31. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Kuleshov effect
Genre conventions
Backstage musical
Pan
32. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Zoom out
Pulling
Narrative sequencing
Day for night
33. A compositing method that allows cinematographers to combine live action and settings that are filmed or created separately. Actors are filmed against a green or blue background. During post-production - this background is filled in with an image thr
Green screen
Four-part structure
Tableau shot
30-degree rule
34. 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
Production values
Propaganda film
Color consultant
Shot transition
35. Exposed and developed film stock from which the master positive is struck. If projected - the negative would produce a reverse of the image - with dark areas appearing white and vice versa or - if color film - areas of color appearing as their comple
Negative
Day for night
Pixel
Production values
36. 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
Panning and scanning
Fabula
Telephoto lens
Pan
37. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Speed
Four-part structure
Tableau shot
Long shot
38. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Three-act structure
Special visual effects
Fade-out
Fast motion
39. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Color consultant
Hybrid
Negative cutter
Rear projection
40. A type of short film that blends elements of documentary and avant-garde film to document and often to celebrate the wonder of the modern city
City symphony
Zoom in...
Rack focus
Deep focus cinematography
41. The first print made from a film negative
Color consultant
Color timing
Grain
Master positive
42. 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
Take
Double exposure
City symphony
Revisionist
43. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
On-the-nose dialogue
Day for night
Graphic match
High-key lighting
44. 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
Aperture
Screenplay
Release prints
Take
45. A business model adopted by the major studios during the Hollywood studio era - in which studios controlled all aspects of the film business - from production to distribution and exhibition
Pushing
Oeuvre
Diffusion filters
Vertical integration
46. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Auteur
Reverse shot
Director
Vertical integration
47. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Revisionist
Video assist
Color filter
Pixilation
48. 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
Phi phenomenon
Low-key lighting
Mixing
Episodic
49. A lens with a focal length greater than 50 mm (usually between 80mm and 20mm) - which provides a larger image of the subject than a normal or wide-angle lens but which narrows the angle of vision and flattens the depth of the image relative to normal
Block booking
Telephoto lens
Normal lens
Extradiegetic
50. A film style that - in contrast to the classical and formalist styles - focuses characters - place - and the spontaneity and digressiveness of life - rather than on highly structured stories or aesthetic abstraction
Reverse shot
German Expressionism
Realist style
Eye-level shot