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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 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
Soft light
Focus puller
Dolly
2. Louis Althusser's term for the way in which a society creates its subjects/citizens through ideological (as opposed to repressive) state apparatuses - which include education - media - religion - and the family
Zoom lens
Diegesis
Interpellation
Neutral-density filter
3. A crew member whose job is to maintain consistency in visual details from one shot to the next
Continuity editor
Slow
Extreme long-shot
Motivation
4. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Reverse shot
Direct sound
Saturation
Production values
5. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Avant-garde film
Three-point lighting
Editor
Integrated musical
6. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image
Fast
Classical style
Flashing
Diffusion filters
7. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Continuity editing
Analog Video
Dye coupler
Letterboxing
8. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Phi phenomenon
Long shot
Line reading
Typecasting
9. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Hollywood Ten
Shutter
Day for night
Pan
10. 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
Available light
Slow
Narrative sequencing
Rack focus
11. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Freeze frame
Color timing
180-degree rule
Hard light
12. The arrangement of images to depict a unified storyline
Animation
Narrative sequencing
Backstory
Revisionist
13. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Iris in...
Open-ended
Hollywood Ten
Wipe
14. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
First-person narration
Mockumentary
Travelling matte
Direct cinema
15. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Handheld shot
Desaturated
Episodic
Fade-out
16. 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
Closure
Assistant Editor
Available light
Fade-out
17. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Day for night
Forced perspective
Camera distance
Flashback
18. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Overhead shot
Matte
Freeze frame
Undercranking
19. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Motif
Extra
Director
Digital set extension
20. A post-studio era Hollywood film designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience by fusing a simple story line with major movie stars and mounting a lavish marketing campaign
Close-up
Orthochromatic
High concept film
Omniscient narration
21. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Kuleshov effect
Tinting
High-key lighting
Time-lapse photography
22. Prefogging; a cinematographic technique that exposes raw film stock to light before - during - or after shooting - resulting in an image with reduced contrast. This effect can also be created using digital post-production techniques
Spec script
Realist style
Flashing
Newsreel
23. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Mockumentary
Re-establishing shot
Minor studios
Eye-level shot
24. 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
Flashforward
Cel
Formalist style
Standard shot pattern
25. A musical in which some or all musical numbers are not motivated by the narrative; for example - characters sing and dance throughout the film but at least some performances are not staged for an onscreen audience. Examples include Oklahoma - The umb
Low-angle shot
Integrated musical
Camera distance
Turning point
26. 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
Undercranking
Production values
Continuity editing
Mixing
27. A type of matte shot - created by positioning a pane of optically flawless glass with a painting on it between the camera and the scene to be photographed. This combines the painting on the glass with the set or location - seen through the glass - be
Omniscient narration
Apparatus Theory
Eye-level shot
Glass shot
28. An optical effect whereby the eye continues to register a visual stimulus in the brain for a brief period after that stimulus has been removed
Persistence of vision
Tight framing
Roadshowing
Scene
29. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Special visual effects
Extreme wide-angle lens
Digital cinema
Aperture
30. 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
Deep focus cinematography
Speed
Parellel editing
Film stock
31. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Wide film
Genre
Star persona
Character actor
32. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Three-act structure
Wipe
Exposition
Kuleshov effect
33. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Diffusion filters
Tableau shot
Medium close-up
Crab dolly
34. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Parellel editing
Narrative
Apparatus Theory
Focal length
35. 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
Narrative
Hard light
Compositing
Anamorphic lens
36. 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
Vertical integration
Motif
Long shot
Method acting
37. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Continuity error
Camera distance
Hue
Underexposure
38. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Compositing
Post-production
Hybrid
Subgenre
39. A musical accompaniment written specifically for a film
Score
Lens
Jump cut
Hybrid
40. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Open-ended
Direct cinema
Blocking
Genre conventions
41. 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
Fast motion
Canted angle
Script supervisor
42. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Master shot
Overlapping dialogue
Underexposure
Orthochromatic
43. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Gaffer
Blockbuster
Digital set extension
Zoom lens
44. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Saturation
Flashforward
Neutral-density filter
Wide film
45. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Tight framing
Continuity editor
Master shot
Insert
46. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Pixilation
Color filter
Omniscient narration
Visual effects
47. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Trombone shot
Focal length
Four-part structure
Graphic match
48. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Cut
Screenplay
Cinerama
Low-key lighting
49. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Overhead shot
Slow motion
Fast
Apparatus Theory
50. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film
Re-establishing shot
Go-motion
Negative
Film stock