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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 technique in which the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters. The camera points in the directions the character looks - simulating the character's field of vision
Academy Ratio
Shooting script
Integrated musical
Point-of-view shot
2. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images
Backstory
Optical printer
Minor studios
Rotoscope
3. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Forced perspective
Spec script
Re-establishing shot
Color filter
4. 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
Filter
German Expressionism
Propaganda film
Film stock
5. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Narrative
Script supervisor
Formalist style
Neutral-density filter
6. 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
Gaffer
Green screen
Focal length
Telecine
7. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Wide film
Loose framing
Auteur
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
8. A machine used to create optical effects such as fades - dissolves - and superimpositions. Most are now created digitally
Genre conventions
Average shot length
Optical printer
Emulsion
9. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Extreme close-up
Denouement
Synthespian
Cel
10. 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
Newsreel
Wide film
Narrative sequencing
11. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Day for night
Selective focus
Storyboard
Continuity editing
12. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Chiaroscuro
Method acting
Production values
Grain
13. Fish-eye lens; With a focal length of 15mm or less - this lens presents an extremely distorted image - where objects in the center of the frame appear to bulge toward the camera
Text
Wide-angle lens
Open-ended
Extreme wide-angle lens
14. A film style that - in contrast to the classical and formalist styles - focuses characters - place - and the spontaneity and digressiveness of life - rather than on highly structured stories or aesthetic abstraction
Star filter
Negative cutter
Double exposure
Realist style
15. An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting set-up - the key light illuminates the subject - the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light - and the back light separates the subject from the background
Crane shot
Three-point lighting
Pan
Forced development
16. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Medium close-up
Tilt
Selective focus
Four-part structure
17. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Grain
Color consultant
Second unit
Filter
18. The five vertically integrated corporations that exerted the greatest control over film production in the studio era: MGM - Warner Brothers - RKO - Twentieth Century Fox - and Paramount
Lens
Video assist
Narrative sequencing
Major studios
19. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Rack focus
Polarizing filters
Cameo
Montage sequence
20. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Propaganda film
Long shot
Restricted narration
Medium close-up
21. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
High-angle shot
Zoom lens
Pre-production
Closure
22. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Shutter
Motif
Swish pan
Pixilation
23. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Desaturated
Realist style
Cinerama
Voice-over
24. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Aspect Ratio
Medium shot
Two-shot
Vertical integration
25. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Diegesis
Blaxploitation
Polarizing filters
Travelling matte
26. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Crab dolly
Plot summary
Slow
Fog filter
27. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Crane shot
Text
Cinerama
Pixel
28. 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
Trailer
Release prints
High concept film
Promotion
29. 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
Method acting
Superimposition
High-angle shot
Voice-over
30. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Tight framing
Set-up
Formalist style
Ethnographic film
31. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
Eye-level shot
Extradiegetic
30-degree rule
Third-person narration
32. 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
Aerial Shot
Fast motion
Classical style
Interpellation
33. 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
Soft light
Interpretive claim
Text
Rack focus
34. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Forced development
Syuzhet
Toning
Master shot
35. A person responsible for putting a film together from a mass of developed footage - making decisions regarding pace - shot transitions - and which scenes and shots will be used
Pixilation
Interlaced scanning
Visual effects
Editor
36. A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation
Kuleshov effect
Visual effects
Studio system
Compilation film
37. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Special visual effects
Continuity editing
Optical printer
Direct cinema
38. 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
Ethnographic film
Depth of field
Character actor
Freeze frame
39. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Flashing
Continuity error
City symphony
Protagonist
40. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Aperture
Plot summary
Running time
Morphing
41. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Blockbuster
Aspect Ratio
Mockumentary
Product placement
42. 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
Digital cinema
Reverse shot
Extradiegetic
Handheld shot
43. A shot that interrupts a scene's master shot and may include character reactions
Genre conventions
Dailies
Scene
Insert
44. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
German Expressionism
Double exposure
Set-up
Sound bridge
45. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Panchromatic
Trailer
Fabula
Widescreen
46. Lighting design that provides an even illumination of the subject - with many facial details washed out. High-key lighting tends to create a hopeful mood - in contrast to low-key lighting
High-key lighting
Extra
Cel
Digital video
47. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Fog filter
Reframing
High concept film
Persistence of vision
48. 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
Long shot
High concept film
Natural-key lighting
Extra
49. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Color timing
Digital set extension
Selective focus
Split screen
50. 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
Focal length
Low-angle shot
Close-up
Fog filter