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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. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Medium shot
Cut
Rack focus
Lightning mix
2. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Lightning mix
Pixel
Line reading
Digital set extension
3. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Denouement
Star filter
Video assist
Color consultant
4. 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
Release prints
Brechtian distanciation
Depth of field
Closure
5. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Digital video
Time-lapse photography
Zoom out
Third-person narration
6. A group of films within a given genre that share their own specific set of conventions that differentiate them from other films in the genre. For example - the slasher film is a subgenre of the horror genre
Subgenre
Director
Classical style
Flashforward
7. 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
Persistence of vision
Flashforward
Backstory
Pulling
8. 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
Backstage musical
Normal lens
Out-take
9. A crew member who works in post-production in a specially equipped studio to create the sounds of the story world - such as the shuffling of shoes on various surfaces for footsteps
Figure placement and movement
Major studios
Foley artist
Product placement
10. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Method acting
Motivation
Wide-angle lens
Extreme long-shot
11. 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
Antagonist
Narrative sequencing
Zoom out
Genre conventions
12. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Continuity error
Prosthesis
Extreme long-shot
Dailies
13. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Promotion
City symphony
Matte painting
Cel
14. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Propaganda film
Cel
Polarizing filters
Travelling matte
15. 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
Extra
Score
Canted angle
Pushing
16. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Camera distance
Blocking
Line of action
Narrative
17. 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 video
Progressive scanning
Extreme wide-angle lens
Handheld shot
18. A technique of moving a zoom lens from a wide-angle position to a telephoto position - which results in a magnification of the subject within the frame - and keeps the subject in focus
Zoom in...
Exposure
Slow
Blocking
19. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Freeze frame
Set-up
Out-take
Roadshowing
20. The building block of a scene; an uninterrupted sequence of frames that viewers experience as they watch a film - ending with a cut - fade - dissolve - etc. See also Take
Shot
Three-point lighting
Dailies
Flashback
21. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Eyeline match
Diegesis
Runaway production
Morphing
22. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Blockbuster
Animation
Typecasting
Video assist
23. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
180-degree rule
Cinerama
Line reading
Extradiegetic
24. Any lens with a focal length approximately equal to the diagonal of the frame. For 35mm filmmaking - a 35-50 mm lens does not distort the angle of vision or depth
Filter
Persistence of vision
Extradiegetic
Normal lens
25. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Matte
Score
Establishing shot
Text
26. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Narrative sequencing
Extreme long-shot
Genre conventions
Cel
27. 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
Subgenre
Genre conventions
Zoom out
Scene
28. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Motivation
Third-person narration
Newsreel
Digital video
29. 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
Backstory
Canted angle
Narrative
Animation
30. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Hollywood Ten
Front projection
Camera distance
Mixing
31. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Low-angle shot
Editor
Toning
Pre-production
32. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Mockumentary
Zoom lens
On-the-nose dialogue
Scratching
33. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Spec script
Realist style
Iris in...
Superimposition
34. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Film stock
Undercranking
Newsreel
Pixel
35. An optical effect whereby the human eye fills in gaps between closely spaced objects - so that two light bulbs flashing on and off are understood as one light moving back and forth
Negative
ADR
Phi phenomenon
Major studios
36. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Spec script
Compilation film
Color consultant
Freeze frame
37. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Narrative
Outsourcing
Minor studios
Visual effects
38. A widescreen process that uses three cameras - three projectors - and a wide - curved screen
Compositing
Front projection
Recursive action
Cinerama
39. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Soundtrack
Normal lens
Text
Digital video
40. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated
Four-part structure
Sound bridge
Evaluative claim
Scene
41. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Long take
Recursive action
Pre-production
Continuity error
42. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Brechtian distanciation
Three-act structure
Soundtrack
Revisionist
43. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Outsourcing
Widescreen
Telecine
Script supervisor
44. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Syuzhet
Rotoscope
Filter
Product placement
45. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Aerial Shot
Genre
Green screen
Cameo
46. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Storyboard
Special visual effects
Color timing
Chiaroscuro
47. 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
Synthespian
Backstage musical
Wipe
Progressive scanning
48. 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.
Average shot length
Masking
Aerial Shot
Slow
49. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Pushing
Compilation film
Reframing
Dissolve
50. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Deep focus cinematography
Special visual effects
Genre
Blaxploitation