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Film Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Method acting
Two-shot
Trailer
Chiaroscuro
2. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Time-lapse photography
Brechtian distanciation
Camera distance
Episodic
3. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Re-establishing shot
Speed
Cut
Roadshowing
4. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
ADR
Morphing
Day for night
Fast
5. An alternative to continuity editing - this style of editing was developed in silent Soviet cinema - based on the theory that editing should exploit the difference between shots to generate intellectual and emotional responses in the audience
Ethnographic film
Soviet montage
Exposition
Rear projection
6. A visual effect achieved through the use of photography and digital techniques that appears to stop time and allow the viewer to travel around the subject and view it from a multitude of vantage points
Frozen time moment
Protagonist
Vertical integration
Interlaced scanning
7. The first print made from a film negative
Master positive
Star system
Matte
Superimposition
8. 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
Crane shot
Charge coupler device
Analog Video
Horizontal integration
9. A system for combining two separately filmed images in the same frame that involves create a matte (a black mask that covers a portion of the image) for a live action sequence and using it to block out a portion of the frame when filming the backgrou
Travelling matte
Low-angle shot
Parellel editing
Line reading
10. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Star persona
Frame narration
Long take
Post-production
11. 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
Fast motion
Parellel
German Expressionism
Oeuvre
12. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time
Tinting
Fast
Shot/reverse shot
Day for night
13. 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
Realist style
Reverse shot
Pulling
Dissolve
14. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Establishing shot
Descriptive claim
Two-shot
Subtext
15. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Widescreen
Base
Point-of-view shot
Bleach bypass
16. 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
Gaffer
Major studios
Slow motion
On-the-nose dialogue
17. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Front projection
Synthespian
Hollywood Ten
Cameo
18. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up
Establishing shot
Medium shot
Scratching
Continuity error
19. A property of older television monitors - where each frame was scanned as two fields: One consisting of all the odd numbered lines - the other all the even lines. If slowed down - the television image would appear to sweep down the screen one line at
Interlaced scanning
Negative cutter
Matte painting
Composition
20. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Reverse shot
Special visual effects
Tracking shot
Hybrid
21. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Ethnographic film
30-degree rule
Line reading
Blocking
22. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Frame narration
Rear projection
Morphing
Saturation
23. A technique of shifting the camera angle - height - or distance to take into account the motion of actors or objects within the frame
Antagonist
Panchromatic
Reframing
Montage sequence
24. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Hybrid
180-degree rule
Running time
Star persona
25. The use of editing techniques - such as a fade or dissolve - to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another
Shot transition
Actualitas
Underexposure
Standard shot pattern
26. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view
Hue
Speed
Dissolve
Camera distance
27. 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
Graphic match
Depth of field
Auteur
Color filter
28. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Production values
Available light
Narrative sequencing
Split screen
29. An attribute of newer television monitors - where each frame is scanned by the electron beam as a single field. If slowed down - each frame would appear on the monitor in its entirety on the screen - rather than line by line - as is the case with int
Polarizing filters
Base
Progressive scanning
Selective focus
30. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Spec script
Aperture
Pre-production
Rotoscope
31. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Non-diegetic
Point-of-view shot
Interpretive claim
Shooting script
32. 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
Oeuvre
German Expressionism
Director
High-key lighting
33. Light emitted from a larger source that is scattered over a bigger area or reflected off a surface before it strikes the subject. Soft light minimizes facial details - including wrinkles
Soft light
Mixing
Crane shot
Hollywood Blacklist
34. 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
Extreme wide-angle lens
Overexposure
Interpellation
Close-up
35. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Gauge
Slow motion
Closure
Parellel
36. A single take that contains an entire scene
Master shot
Anamorphic lens
Post-production
Descriptive claim
37. 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
Out-take
Screenplay
Continuity editing
Color filter
38. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Extradiegetic
Dolly
Pixilation
Animation
39. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Selective focus
180-degree rule
Dye coupler
Go-motion
40. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Promotion
Turning point
Zoom out
Anime
41. An alternative to continuity editing - this style of editing was developed in silent Soviet cinema - based on the theory that editing should exploit the difference between shots to generate intellectual and emotional responses in the audience
Cameo
Soviet montage
Flashing
Anamorphic lens
42. A technique of recording very few images over a long period of time - say - one frame per minute or per day
Fast
Time-lapse photography
Method acting
Genre
43. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Set-up
Day for night
Vertical integration
Crab dolly
44. A technique of underdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in a chemical batch a shorter amount of time than usual) in order to achieve the visual effect of reducing contrast
Genre
Pulling
Deep focus cinematography
Evaluative claim
45. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Revisionist
Mockumentary
Graphic match
Frame narration
46. Dutch angle; a shot resulting from a static camera that is tilted to the right or left - so that the subject in the frame appears at a diagonal
Best boy
Canted angle
Saturation
Oeuvre
47. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Gaffer
Green screen
City symphony
Dailies
48. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Tight framing
Narrative sequencing
Genre
On-the-nose dialogue
49. 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
Script supervisor
Pixel
Continuity error
Figure placement and movement
50. An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different. The program calculates the way the image must change in order for the first image to
Director
Natural-key lighting
Morphing
Telephoto lens