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Film Vocab
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
Anamorphic lens
Panning and scanning
Pushing
Open-ended
2. 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
Rack focus
Roadshowing
Frozen time moment
Backstory
3. 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
Spec script
Score
Composition
Depth of field
4. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
On-the-nose dialogue
Syuzhet
Vista Vision
Aspect Ratio
5. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Natural-key lighting
Mockumentary
Backstory
Motivation
6. 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
Matte
Telephoto lens
Frame narration
Long shot
7. A type of short film that blends elements of documentary and avant-garde film to document and often to celebrate the wonder of the modern city
Graphic match
City symphony
Natural-key lighting
Three-act structure
8. 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
Progressive scanning
Persistence of vision
Motif
Studio system
9. 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
Trailer
Re-establishing shot
Scene
Telephoto lens
10. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Motif
Phi phenomenon
Extreme wide-angle lens
Compilation film
11. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Speed
Soviet montage
Shutter
Eyeline match
12. 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
Hard light
Realist style
Crab dolly
Day for night
13. 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
Bleach bypass
Fabula
Underexposure
Overexposure
14. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Chiaroscuro
Set-up
Frame narration
Kuleshov effect
15. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Average shot length
Genre
Hollywood Ten
Crane shot
16. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Digital compositing
Cameo
Focus puller
Typecasting
17. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Telecine
Descriptive claim
Three-act structure
Shot
18. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Scratching
Animation
Zoom lens
Base
19. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts
Eye-level shot
Dissolve
Toning
Flashforward
20. A sound editing technique that links several scenes through parallel and overlapping sounds. Each sound is associated with one scene - unlike a sound bridge - where a sound from one scene bleeds into that of another
Post-production
First-person narration
Vertical integration
Lightning mix
21. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Polarizing filters
Base
Jump cut
Mixing
22. 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
Backstory
Wide-angle lens
Day for night
Travelling matte
23. 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
Classical style
Shutter
Base
24. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Long take
Desaturated
Shot
Closure
25. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'
Matte painting
Camera distance
Jump cut
Non-diegetic
26. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Realist style
On-the-nose dialogue
Available light
Two-shot
27. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Star persona
Trailer
Sound bridge
Slow
28. The technique of telling the story from an all-knowing character. Films that use restricted narration limit the audience's perception to what one particular character knows - but may insert moments of omniscience
Superimposition
Anime
Omniscient narration
Sound bridge
29. 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-key lighting
Parellel
Color filter
Extreme wide-angle lens
30. A similarity established between two characters or situations that invites the audience to compare the two. It may involve visual - narrative - and/or sound elements
Point-of-view shot
Screenplay
Parellel
Text
31. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Hollywood Blacklist
Descriptive claim
Revisionist
Crane shot
32. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Academy Ratio
Trombone shot
Orthochromatic
Reverse shot
33. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Star persona
Character actor
Flashforward
High-angle shot
34. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Shutter
Zoom out
On-the-nose dialogue
Roadshowing
35. 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.
Third-person narration
Average shot length
Genre
Scene
36. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Iris in...
Academy Ratio
Undercranking
Aerial Shot
37. 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
Revisionist
Restricted narration
Montage sequence
Morphing
38. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
German Expressionism
Character actor
Four-part structure
Color timing
39. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Exposure
Negative cutter
Widescreen
Pushing
40. A technique of exposing film frames - then rewinding the film and exposing it again - which results in an image that combines two shots in a single frame
Composition in depth
Offscreen space
Double exposure
Parellel editing
41. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Eye-level shot
Pan
Matte painting
Widescreen
42. Materials intentionally released by studios to attract public attention to films and their stars. Promotion differs from publicity - which is information that is not (or does not appear to be) intentionally disseminated by studios
Flashforward
Promotion
Line of action
Brechtian distanciation
43. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Promotion
Dolly
Freeze frame
Diffusion filters
44. 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
Focus puller
Fabula
Motif
Editor
45. 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
Revisionist
Soundtrack
Freeze frame
46. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Medium shot
Extra
Underexposure
Lightning mix
47. Public identity created by marketing a film actor's performances - press coverage - and 'personal' information to fans as the star's personality
Star persona
B-roll
Swish pan
Pixel
48. An uncredited actor - usually hired for crowd scenes
Fog filter
Overexposure
Continuity editor
Extra
49. Everything audiences hear when they watch a sound film. The soundtrack is the composite of all three elements of film sound: dialogue - music - and sound effects
Flashback
Establishing shot
Exposition
Soundtrack
50. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Post-production
Antagonist
Turning point
Special visual effects