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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. 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
Re-establishing shot
Syuzhet
Film stock
Tracking shot
2. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Charge coupler device
Canted angle
Academy Ratio
Formalist style
3. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Steadicam
Digital compositing
Fog filter
Hybrid
4. 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
Apparatus Theory
Exposure latitude
Wide-angle lens
Antagonist
5. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Flashforward
Digital video
Chiaroscuro
Soundtrack
6. Individuals who were prevented from working in the film industry because of their suspected involvement with Communist interests
Take
Actualitas
Medium long shot
Hollywood Blacklist
7. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Base
Swish pan
Exposition
Polarizing filters
8. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Eyeline match
Slow
Trombone shot
Lens
9. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Match on action
Rack focus
Cel
Plot summary
10. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Focal length
Undercranking
Dye coupler
Time-lapse photography
11. 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
Recursive action
Four-part structure
Screenplay
Film stock
12. Then Hollywood writers and directors cited for Contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities' attempts to root out Communists in the film industry
Reverse shot
Hollywood Ten
Extra
Depth of field
13. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Color timing
Genre
Director
Go-motion
14. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Iris in...
Minor studios
Tinting
Widescreen
15. The distance that appears in focus in front of and behind the subject. It is determined by the aperture - distance and focal length of lens
Depth of field
Progressive scanning
Continuity editing
Loose framing
16. Drawing attention to the process of representation (including narrative and characterization) to break the theatrical illusion and elicit a distanced - intellectual response in the audience
Intertextual reference
Brechtian distanciation
Set-up
Running time
17. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Extra
Antagonist
Turning point
Neutral-density filter
18. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
German Expressionism
Iris in...
Cinerama
Synthespian
19. 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
Emulsion
Pan
Three-point lighting
Exposure latitude
20. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Aperture
Subtext
Mixing
Star filter
21. 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
Tilt
Close-up
Phi phenomenon
Soviet montage
22. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Prosthesis
Backstage musical
Tableau shot
Medium close-up
23. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Interlaced scanning
Overhead shot
Widescreen
Underexposure
24. An alternative to continuity editing - this style of editing was developed in silent Soviet cinema - based on the theory that editing should exploit the difference between shots to generate intellectual and emotional responses in the audience
Studio system
Tableau shot
German Expressionism
Soviet montage
25. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
Continuity editor
Subtext
Realist style
First-person narration
26. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Continuity error
Compositing
Fast
Insert
27. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Interpretive claim
Pan
Compilation film
Character actor
28. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up
Animation
Medium shot
Compilation film
Undercranking
29. 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
Recursive action
Letterboxing
Aspect Ratio
Crane shot
30. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Cinerama
Scratching
Medium shot
Base
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
Parellel editing
Running time
Fog filter
Foley artist
32. A method for producing a widescreen image without special lenses or equipment - using standard film stock and blocking out the top and bottom of the frame to achieve an aspect ration of 1.85:1
Masking
Swish pan
Go-motion
Glass shot
33. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Backstory
Iris in...
Wide film
Scratching
34. An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different. The program calculates the way the image must change in order for the first image to
Green screen
Protagonist
Morphing
Interlaced scanning
35. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Storyboard
Running time
Master shot
Double exposure
36. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Lens
Open-ended
Glass shot
Mockumentary
37. 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
180-degree rule
Panchromatic
Natural-key lighting
Slow
38. 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
Denouement
Mockumentary
Integrated musical
Zoom in...
39. A shot taken by a camera that is held manually rather than supported by a tripod - crane or Steadicam. Generally - such shots are shaky - owing to the motion of the camera operator
Exposure
Rack focus
Steadicam
Handheld shot
40. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Analog Video
Extreme long-shot
Aerial Shot
180-degree rule
41. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Fast
Digital set extension
Line of action
Overexposure
42. 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.
Turning point
Special visual effects
Continuity error
Motif
43. The measure of intensity or purity of a color. Saturated color is purer than desaturated color - which has more white in it and thus offers a washed-out - less intense version of a color
Direct sound
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Saturation
Backstory
44. 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
Ethnographic film
Voice-over
Iris out
Pixel
45. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Master positive
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Crab dolly
Denouement
46. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Character actor
Omniscient narration
Progressive scanning
Tableau shot
47. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Aerial Shot
Best boy
Selective focus
Flashing
48. 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
Canted angle
Production values
Base
Academy Ratio
49. 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
Promotion
Composition in depth
Superimposition
Overlapping dialogue
50. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Filter
Genre
Director
Digital video