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Film Vocab
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1. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Trailer
Digital compositing
Hybrid
Medium long shot
2. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Assistant Editor
Visual effects
Two-shot
Cutaway
3. 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
Formalist style
Iris out
Frozen time moment
Composition in depth
4. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Blocking
Orthochromatic
Eye-level shot
Neutral-density filter
5. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Medium shot
Backstory
Cinerama
Three-point lighting
6. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Digital compositing
Horizontal integration
Standard shot pattern
Classical style
7. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
High concept film
Frozen time moment
Masking
Four-part structure
8. A camera shot taken at a large distance from the subject. Using the human body as the subject - a long shot captures the entire human form
Zoom lens
Long shot
Matte painting
Outsourcing
9. An effect created when more light is required to produce an image strakes the film stock - so that the resulting image exhibits high contrast - glaring light - and washed out shadows. This effect ma or may not be intentional on the filmmaker's part
Exposure latitude
Overexposure
Protagonist
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
10. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Widescreen
Synthespian
Master positive
Release prints
11. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Parellel editing
Figure placement and movement
Classical style
ADR
12. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Plot summary
Non-diegetic
Horizontal integration
Compositing
13. 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
Evaluative claim
Handheld shot
Shutter
Iris out
14. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Color timing
Best boy
Post-production
Extreme close-up
15. A model of industrial organization in the film industry from about 1915 to 1946 - characterized by the development of major and minor studios that produced - distributed - and exhibited films - and held film actors - directors - art directors - and o
Diegesis
Soundtrack
Subtext
Studio system
16. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Spec script
Morphing
Block booking
Scratching
17. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Graphic match
Aerial Shot
Digital cinema
Lightning mix
18. Lighting design where the key light is somewhat more intense than the fill light - so the fill does not eliminate every shadow. The effect is generally less cheerful than high-key lighting - but not as gloomy as low-key lighting
Natural-key lighting
Best boy
Forced perspective
Newsreel
19. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Chiaroscuro
Spec script
Extreme wide-angle lens
Second unit
20. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Depth of field
Fast
Exposure latitude
Go-motion
21. An agreement made between filmmakers and those who license the use of commercial products to feature those products in films - generally as props used by characters
Iris out
Foley artist
Product placement
Lens
22. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Promotion
Direct cinema
Exposure latitude
Continuity editing
23. A single take that contains an entire scene
Hollywood Ten
Master shot
Exposure
Underexposure
24. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Orthochromatic
Genre
Overlapping dialogue
Denouement
25. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Motivation
Digital set extension
First-person narration
Tight framing
26. 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
Zoom in...
Interlaced scanning
Bleach bypass
Take
27. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
Overhead shot
30-degree rule
Classical style
Re-establishing shot
28. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Toning
Exposition
Matte
29. 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
Star persona
Steadicam
German Expressionism
Flashing
30. 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
Freeze frame
Handheld shot
Star filter
Dissolve
31. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Post-production
Compilation film
Eye-level shot
Re-establishing shot
32. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Prosthesis
Set-up
Montage sequence
Trombone shot
33. A technique of filming at a speed faster than projection - the projecting the footage at normal speed of 24 frames per second. Because fewer frames were recorded per second - the action appears to be speeded up
Classical style
Shooting script
Natural-key lighting
Slow motion
34. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Animation
Method acting
Tableau shot
Aerial Shot
35. 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
Low-key lighting
Zoom in...
Foley artist
Blue screen
36. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Intertextual reference
Optical printer
Base
Cut
37. A technique used to join live action with pre-recorded background images. A projector is aimed at a half-silvered mirror that reflects the background - which the camera records as being located behind the actors
Iris in...
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Front projection
Glass shot
38. 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
Aerial Shot
Recursive action
Backstory
Average shot length
39. 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
Running time
Assistant Editor
Digital cinema
Anamorphic lens
40. A technique of running the motion picture camera at a speed slower than projection speed (24 frames per second) - in order to produce at a fast motion sequence when projected at normal speed. The term derives from early film cameras - which were cran
Undercranking
Continuity error
Auteur
Protagonist
41. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Intertextual reference
Character actor
Tracking shot
Oeuvre
42. 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
Non-diegetic
Hue
Telephoto lens
Available light
43. A film process that uses 35mm film stock but changes the orientation of the film so that the film moves through the camera horizontally instead of vertically. The larger image is of higher quality than standard 35mm processes
Recursive action
Intertextual reference
Figure placement and movement
Vista Vision
44. A cinematography technique that produces an image with many planes of depth in focus. It can be accomplished by using a small aperture - a large distance between camera and subject - and/or a lens of short focal length
Deep focus cinematography
City symphony
Re-establishing shot
Swish pan
45. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Medium long shot
Diegesis
Eye-level shot
Exposition
46. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Four-part structure
Fog filter
Pre-production
Soundtrack
47. Optical illusions created during post-production
Panchromatic
Telephoto lens
Direct cinema
Visual effects
48. A shot taken from a vantage point so close that only a part of the subject is visible. On an actor - it might show only an eye or a portion of the face
Extreme close-up
Panchromatic
Subgenre
Kuleshov effect
49. A narrative approach that limits the audience's view of events to that of the main character(s) in the film. Occasional moments of omniscient narration may give viewers more information than the character shave at specific points in the narrative
Restricted narration
Kuleshov effect
B-roll
Zoom lens
50. Because film stock is sensitive to the color of light - directors work with film labs in post-production to monitor the color scheme of each scene in a film - making adjustments for consistency and aesthetic effect
Realist style
Ethnographic film
Method acting
Color timing