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Film Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Rear projection
Interlaced scanning
Pre-production
High-key lighting
2. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Digital compositing
Camera distance
Interlaced scanning
Green screen
3. 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
Direct cinema
Roadshowing
Turning point
Overexposure
4. A shot transition where shot A slowly disappears as the screen becomes black before shot B appears. A fade-in is the reverse of this process
Lens
Fade-out
Slow motion
Line of action
5. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Cutaway
Sound bridge
Digital set extension
Re-establishing shot
6. A standard shot pattern that dictates that a shot of one character will be followed by a shot of another character - taken from the reverse angle of the first shot
Color timing
Parellel
Iris out
Shot/reverse shot
7. A chemical coating on film stock containing light-sensitive grains
Soundtrack
Spec script
Vertical integration
Emulsion
8. Standard shot pattern: A sequence of shots designed to maintain spatial continuity. Scene begin with an establishing shot - then move to a series of individual shots depicting characters and action - before reestablishing shots re-orient viewers to t
Blaxploitation
Standard shot pattern
Low-angle shot
Hollywood Blacklist
9. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Non-diegetic
Crane shot
Motif
Match on action
10. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Iris out
Focal length
30-degree rule
Optical printer
11. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Interpretive claim
Reverse shot
Star filter
Focus puller
12. 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
Base
Analog Video
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
13. Drawing attention to the process of representation (including narrative and characterization) to break the theatrical illusion and elicit a distanced - intellectual response in the audience
Brechtian distanciation
Pan
Medium shot
Hollywood Blacklist
14. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Saturation
Tracking shot
Loose framing
Panchromatic
15. A pan executed so quickly that it produces a blurred image - indicated rapid activity or - sometimes - the passage of time
Front projection
Master positive
Swish pan
Promotion
16. 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
Low-angle shot
Flashing
Syuzhet
Color filter
17. 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
Film stock
Recursive action
Assistant Editor
Low-angle shot
18. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Tilt
Low-angle shot
Protagonist
Subtext
19. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
B-roll
Classical style
Flashback
Aerial Shot
20. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Animation
Composition in depth
Motivation
Soundtrack
21. 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
Editor
Base
Motif
Aperture
22. A single take that contains an entire scene
Digital video
Average shot length
Master shot
Screenplay
23. The written blueprint for a film - composed of three elements: dialogue - sluglines (setting the place and time of each scene) - and description. Feature-length screenplays typically run 90-130 pages
Wireframe
Spec script
Forced development
Screenplay
24. The first step in the process of creating CGI. The wireframe is a three-dimensional computer model of an object - which is then rendered (producing the finished image) and animated (using simulated camera movement frame by frame)
Insert
Rear projection
Wireframe
Iris out
25. 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
Average shot length
Out-take
Avant-garde film
Point-of-view shot
26. 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
Foley artist
Shutter
Matte painting
27. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Genre conventions
Polarizing filters
Wide film
Crab dolly
28. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
180-degree rule
Motivation
Sound bridge
Hybrid
29. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Soft light
Open-ended
Close-up
Base
30. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Shutter
Vertical integration
Master shot
Intertextual reference
31. 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
Trailer
Green screen
Crane shot
Intertextual reference
32. 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
Academy Ratio
ADR
Overlapping dialogue
33. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
Line reading
Video assist
On-the-nose dialogue
Shot
34. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Continuity editing
Parellel
Turning point
Newsreel
35. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Montage sequence
Mixing
Trombone shot
Matte
36. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Vertical integration
Propaganda film
Product placement
Trailer
37. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Forced development
Oeuvre
Exposure
Backstory
38. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Out-take
Motivation
Deep focus cinematography
Realist style
39. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Fast
Denouement
Antagonist
Superimposition
40. A machine used to create optical effects such as fades - dissolves - and superimpositions. Most are now created digitally
Subgenre
Descriptive claim
Minor studios
Optical printer
41. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Soundtrack
Star persona
Green screen
Method acting
42. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Genre
Continuity editor
Iris in...
Aerial Shot
43. 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
Three-point lighting
Revisionist
Backstage musical
Cameo
44. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Video assist
Continuity error
Average shot length
Zoom in...
45. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Pushing
Speed
Interpellation
Blaxploitation
46. 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
Assistant Editor
Wireframe
Soviet montage
Time-lapse photography
47. Any narrative - visual - or sound element that is repeated and thereby acquires and reflects its significance to the story - characters - or themes of the film.
Extra
Persistence of vision
Subgenre
Motif
48. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Gaffer
Optical printer
Narrative
Soundtrack
49. 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
Composition in depth
Character actor
Frozen time moment
Persistence of vision
50. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Filter
Character actor
Direct cinema
Optical printer