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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 neutral account of the basic plot and style of a film - a part of a film - or a group of films
Newsreel
Descriptive claim
Grain
Negative
2. A technique of depicting two layered images simultaneously. Images from one frame or several frames of film are added to pre-existing images - using an optical printer - to produce the same effect as a double exposure
Superimposition
Extreme wide-angle lens
Hard light
Diegesis
3. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Star system
Backstage musical
Blaxploitation
Insert
4. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Antagonist
Selective focus
Fade-out
Cel
5. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Dye coupler
Two-shot
Swish pan
Open-ended
6. A type of filter that absorbs certain wavelength but leave others unaffected. On black and white film - color filters lighten or darken tones. On color film - they can produce a range of effects
Production values
Color filter
Matte painting
Digital video
7. 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
Composition
Cinerama
Continuity editing
Point-of-view shot
8. A marketing strategy of screening a blockbuster prior to general release only in premier theaters
Narrative
Roadshowing
Dailies
Backstory
9. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Newsreel
Loose framing
Star system
Narrative
10. A group of films within a given genre that share their own specific set of conventions that differentiate them from other films in the genre. For example - the slasher film is a subgenre of the horror genre
Phi phenomenon
Steadicam
Subgenre
Script supervisor
11. 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
Shooting script
Evaluative claim
Travelling matte
Film stock
12. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Dissolve
Day for night
Out-take
Negative cutter
13. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Major studios
Masking
Graphic match
Storyboard
14. 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
Omniscient narration
Promotion
Direct sound
Genre conventions
15. 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
Forced development
Runaway production
Wide-angle lens
Charge coupler device
16. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
30-degree rule
Extreme long-shot
Narrative sequencing
Exposition
17. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Exposure latitude
Newsreel
Frozen time moment
Closure
18. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Intertextual reference
Insert
Four-part structure
Panchromatic
19. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Classical style
Dolly
Motivation
Saturation
20. 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
Evaluative claim
Pixel
Phi phenomenon
Vista Vision
21. 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
Fast motion
Storyboard
Open-ended
City symphony
22. 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
Composition
German Expressionism
Pixel
Actualitas
23. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Persistence of vision
Montage sequence
Restricted narration
Storyboard
24. The classical model of narrative form. The first act introduces characters and conflicts; the second act offers complication leading to a climax; the third act contains the danouement and resolution
Avant-garde film
Three-act structure
Tracking shot
Frozen time moment
25. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Take
Matte
Insert
Standard shot pattern
26. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Orthochromatic
Direct cinema
Go-motion
Turning point
27. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Episodic
Aspect Ratio
Horizontal integration
Low-angle shot
28. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Blockbuster
Turning point
Go-motion
Product placement
29. 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
Split screen
Neutral-density filter
Loose framing
Close-up
30. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Focus puller
Polarizing filters
Revisionist
Compilation film
31. Light emitted from a relatively small source positioned close to the subject. It tends to be unflattering because it creates deep shadows and emphasizes surface imperfections
Eye-level shot
Wipe
Hard light
Reverse shot
32. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Flashforward
Line of action
Plot summary
Star filter
33. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Pre-production
Digital compositing
Digital set extension
Tableau shot
34. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Digital set extension
Spec script
Denouement
Formalist style
35. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Narrative sequencing
High-angle shot
Avant-garde film
Blaxploitation
36. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Script supervisor
Orthochromatic
Steadicam
Medium long shot
37. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Tilt
Set-up
Gauge
Extra
38. A term that refers to the organization of an industry wherein one type of corporation also owns corporations in allied industries - for example - film production and video games
Outsourcing
Polarizing filters
Horizontal integration
Fog filter
39. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Apparatus Theory
Day for night
Tableau shot
Extreme wide-angle lens
40. 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
Vista Vision
Close-up
Normal lens
Standard shot pattern
41. The first print made from a film negative
Flashback
Scene
Slow motion
Master positive
42. A technique of overdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in the chemical bath longer than indicated) in order to increase density and contrast in the image
Interpellation
Pushing
Product placement
Forced development
43. 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
Blaxploitation
Brechtian distanciation
Forced perspective
Go-motion
44. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Star filter
Polarizing filters
Iris out
Front projection
45. The imagined world of the story
Diegesis
Undercranking
German Expressionism
Descriptive claim
46. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Extradiegetic
Post-production
Cutaway
Saturation
47. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Selective focus
Evaluative claim
Exposure
Product placement
48. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Speed
Selective focus
Crane shot
Aerial Shot
49. 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
Ethnographic film
Reframing
Trailer
Eye-level shot
50. 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
Normal lens
Rotoscope
Wipe
Blocking