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Film Vocab
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Time-lapse photography
Rack focus
Superimposition
Reverse shot
2. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Out-take
Shot transition
Blocking
Gaffer
3. A technique of cutting back and forth between action occurring in two different locations - which often creates the illusion that they are happening simultaneously. Also called 'cross cutting.'
Standard shot pattern
Normal lens
Parellel editing
Script supervisor
4. 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
German Expressionism
Master shot
Fog filter
Brechtian distanciation
5. A change of focus from one plane of depth to another. As the in-focus subject goes out of focus - another object - which has been blurry - comes into focus in either the background or the foreground
Crane shot
Rack focus
30-degree rule
Closure
6. An abrupt - inexplicable shift in time and place of an action not signaled by an appropriate shot transition
Zoom lens
Jump cut
Actualitas
Deep focus cinematography
7. A technique of moving the camera - on a specially built track. Such shots often trace character movement laterally across the frame or in and out of the depth of the frame
Trailer
180-degree rule
Saturation
Tracking shot
8. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Classical style
Score
Anamorphic lens
Fast
9. 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
Superimposition
Soundtrack
Exposure
Cinerama
10. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts
Morphing
Toning
Rotoscope
Polarizing filters
11. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Horizontal integration
Storyboard
Focal length
Cinerama
12. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
Fade-out
Pixilation
30-degree rule
Letterboxing
13. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Compositing
Master positive
Scratching
Kuleshov effect
14. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Insert
Speed
Iris out
Long shot
15. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Color timing
Prosthesis
Animation
Roadshowing
16. 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
Best boy
Soundtrack
Pixel
Aspect Ratio
17. The non-chronological insertion of events from the past into the present day of the story world
Newsreel
Medium close-up
Recursive action
Flashback
18. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Reframing
Freeze frame
Star persona
Scratching
19. Assists the editor with various tasks - including taking footage to the lab - checking the condition of the negative - cataloguing footage - and supervising optical effects - often produced by an outside company
Revisionist
Assistant Editor
Dissolve
Loose framing
20. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Negative
Protagonist
Average shot length
Emulsion
21. 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
Forced perspective
Composition in depth
Speed
Runaway production
22. 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
Forced perspective
Overhead shot
Focal length
Green screen
23. 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
Take
Composition in depth
Realist style
Extra
24. 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
Polarizing filters
Panning and scanning
Close-up
Shot/reverse shot
25. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Figure placement and movement
Tight framing
Interpretive claim
Digital video
26. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Propaganda film
Insert
Narrative
Cameo
27. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Fast
Iris out
Classical style
Tight framing
28. The distance in millimeters from the optical center of a lens to the lane where the sharpest image is formed while focusing on a distant object
Tilt
Match on action
Focal length
Scene
29. 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
Tableau shot
Normal lens
Continuity editor
Parellel editing
30. Sound recorded on a set - on location - or - for documentary film - at an actual real-world event - as opposed to dubbed in post-production through ADR or looping
Green screen
Scene
Direct sound
Eye-level shot
31. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Mixing
Zoom lens
Script supervisor
Speed
32. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Foley artist
Overhead shot
Iris out
Horizontal integration
33. The aspect ratio of 1.33:1 - standardized by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences until the development of widescreen formats in the 1950s
Jump cut
Academy Ratio
Actualitas
Production values
34. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Pre-production
Special visual effects
Oeuvre
First-person narration
35. The use of editing techniques - such as a fade or dissolve - to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another
Low-key lighting
Pre-production
Shot transition
Undercranking
36. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Star filter
Subtext
Green screen
Set-up
37. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Frame narration
Long take
Establishing shot
Dye coupler
38. 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
Descriptive claim
Dye coupler
Depth of field
Release prints
39. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Go-motion
Toning
Out-take
Line of action
40. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Storyboard
Handheld shot
Time-lapse photography
Deep focus cinematography
41. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
High-angle shot
Aperture
Wipe
Low-key lighting
42. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Backstory
Split screen
Pixel
Scratching
43. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Shot/reverse shot
Frozen time moment
Gaffer
Genre
44. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Pixel
Lens
Shooting script
Bleach bypass
45. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Medium close-up
Post-production
Saturation
Loose framing
46. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Panning and scanning
Desaturated
Three-point lighting
Brechtian distanciation
47. 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
Backstage musical
Continuity editing
Low-key lighting
Flashback
48. 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
Three-act structure
Medium long shot
Exposure
Set-up
49. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Compilation film
On-the-nose dialogue
Visual effects
Filter
50. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Optical printer
Extreme long-shot
High-angle shot
Scene