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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 that depicts a human body from the feet up
Medium long shot
Low-angle shot
Negative cutter
Genre
2. 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
Medium shot
Cutaway
Diegesis
Color timing
3. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Classical style
Gaffer
Trailer
Cel
4. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Pixilation
Forced development
Synthespian
Persistence of vision
5. A technique of overdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in the chemical bath longer than indicated) in order to increase density and contrast in the image
Line reading
Charge coupler device
Pushing
Overexposure
6. A technique used to join live action with a pre-recorded background image. A projector is placed behind a screen and projects an image onto it. Actors stand in front of the screen and the camera records them in front of the projected background
Rear projection
Cinerama
Hard light
Text
7. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Wipe
Score
Cut
Long shot
8. 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
Pixel
Exposure
Star persona
Anamorphic lens
9. 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
Continuity editing
Extra
Exposure latitude
Extradiegetic
10. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Aspect Ratio
Narrative
Shot
Runaway production
11. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Undercranking
Gaffer
Parellel editing
Direct cinema
12. The average length in seconds of a series of shots - covering a portion of a film or an entire film; a measure of pace within a scene or in the film as a whole.
Front projection
Overlapping dialogue
Average shot length
Pulling
13. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Non-diegetic
Frame narration
Method acting
Grain
14. A non-standard narrative organization that assumes 'day in the life' quality rather than the highly structured three-act or four part narrative - and that features loose or indirect cause-effect relationships
Jump cut
Episodic
Shutter
Two-shot
15. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Evaluative claim
Post-production
Parellel
ADR
16. 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
Take
Typecasting
Screenplay
Composition
17. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Best boy
Travelling matte
Revisionist
Exposition
18. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Synthespian
Trombone shot
Oeuvre
Fast motion
19. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Score
Avant-garde film
Jump cut
Neutral-density filter
20. An outlawed studio era practice - where studios forced exhibitors to book groups of films at once - thus ensuring a market for their failures along with their successes
Recursive action
Block booking
Close-up
Swish pan
21. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Steadicam
Outsourcing
Emulsion
22. 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
Go-motion
Soft light
Point-of-view shot
Slow
23. 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
Block booking
Telephoto lens
Blockbuster
Exposition
24. 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
Morphing
Persistence of vision
City symphony
Front projection
25. A crew member whose job is to measure the distance between the subject and the camera lens - marking the ring on the camera lens - and ensuring the ring is turned precisely so that the image is in focus
B-roll
Gauge
Focus puller
Runaway production
26. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Propaganda film
Flashforward
Swish pan
Blockbuster
27. 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
Narrative
Direct sound
Close-up
Three-point lighting
28. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Extreme long-shot
Master positive
Protagonist
Parellel editing
29. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Compilation film
Ethnographic film
Extreme wide-angle lens
Orthochromatic
30. 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
Synthespian
Actualitas
Visual effects
31. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Cel
Camera distance
Script supervisor
Diffusion filters
32. 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
Motivation
Protagonist
Compositing
Editor
33. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Vista Vision
Natural-key lighting
Second unit
Syuzhet
34. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Special visual effects
Soundtrack
Composition
Recursive action
35. A vertical - up-and-down - motion of an otherwise stationary camera
Overlapping dialogue
Pre-production
Tilt
Foley artist
36. A technique of moving from the telephoto position to the wide-angle position of a zoom lens - which results in the subject appearing to become smaller within the frame - while remaining in focus
Anamorphic lens
Parellel
Zoom out
Jump cut
37. A scene transition in which the first frame of the incoming scene appears to push the last frame of the previous scene off the screen horizontally
Chiaroscuro
Post-production
Wipe
Dye coupler
38. 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
Optical printer
Figure placement and movement
Establishing shot
Telephoto lens
39. Color. The strength of a hue is measured by its saturation or desaturation
Line of action
Vista Vision
Outsourcing
Hue
40. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Blockbuster
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Toning
Zoom lens
41. Cinema verite; a documentary style in which the filmmaker attempts to remain as unobtrusive as possible - recording without obvious editorial comment
Pan
Dolly
Script supervisor
Direct cinema
42. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Point-of-view shot
Motivation
Editor
Canted angle
43. The width of the film stock - measured across the frame. Typical sizes are 8mm - 16mm - 35mm - and 70mm
Gauge
Extradiegetic
On-the-nose dialogue
Subgenre
44. 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
Character actor
Running time
Revisionist
Morphing
45. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Dissolve
Aspect Ratio
Narrative
Continuity editing
46. 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
Depth of field
ADR
Omniscient narration
Medium close-up
47. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Voice-over
Aspect Ratio
Double exposure
Studio system
48. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Chiaroscuro
Split screen
Foley artist
Three-point lighting
49. A single take that contains an entire scene
Tracking shot
Grain
Pixel
Master shot
50. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Iris in...
Insert
Panning and scanning
Non-diegetic