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Film Vocab
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1. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Fabula
Cel
Pre-production
Iris in...
2. The distance in millimeters from the optical center of a lens to the lane where the sharpest image is formed while focusing on a distant object
Studio system
Aperture
Focal length
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
3. 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
Animation
Studio system
Overlapping dialogue
4. 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
Digital set extension
First-person narration
Long take
Interlaced scanning
5. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
First-person narration
Three-act structure
Trailer
Revisionist
6. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Director
Compilation film
Four-part structure
Color timing
7. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Fast motion
Three-point lighting
Shot
Color consultant
8. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Mixing
Horizontal integration
Telecine
Closure
9. 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
Digital video
Canted angle
Wipe
Aperture
10. A change of focus from one plane of depth to another. As the in-focus subject goes out of focus - another object - which has been blurry - comes into focus in either the background or the foreground
Panchromatic
Release prints
High concept film
Rack focus
11. The annotated script - containing information about set-ups used during shooting
Charge coupler device
Video assist
Shooting script
Fog filter
12. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Method acting
Offscreen space
Score
Formalist style
13. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Extreme wide-angle lens
Hard light
Script supervisor
Grain
14. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Cut
Reverse shot
Double exposure
Backstory
15. 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
Motif
Screenplay
Wide film
Anamorphic lens
16. The film medium's technological apparatus is inherently ideological
Turning point
Genre
Apparatus Theory
Canted angle
17. Natural light; The process of suing sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming
Vista Vision
Available light
Negative
Outsourcing
18. Louis Althusser's term for the way in which a society creates its subjects/citizens through ideological (as opposed to repressive) state apparatuses - which include education - media - religion - and the family
Continuity editor
Tinting
Front projection
Interpellation
19. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Extreme long-shot
Hue
Parellel
High-angle shot
20. A camera shot taken at a large distance from the subject. Using the human body as the subject - a long shot captures the entire human form
Long shot
Sound bridge
Pushing
Anime
21. Also called 'full screen -' the technique of re-shooting a widescreen film in order to convert it to the original television aspect ration of 1.33 to 1. Rather than reproduce the original aspect ratio - as a letterboxed version does - a panned and sc
Panning and scanning
Genre conventions
Anamorphic lens
Vertical integration
22. 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
Rotoscope
Camera distance
Set-up
Editor
23. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images
Long take
Rotoscope
Motivation
Dailies
24. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Actualitas
Long take
Handheld shot
Running time
25. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Three-point lighting
Realist style
Orthochromatic
B-roll
26. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Second unit
Pixilation
Running time
Establishing shot
27. 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
Phi phenomenon
Production values
Pixilation
Color filter
28. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Trombone shot
Establishing shot
Aperture
Direct sound
29. 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
Denouement
Telephoto lens
30. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Desaturated
Canted angle
Eyeline match
Product placement
31. Also called 'd-cinema.' Not to be confused with digital cinematography (shooting movies on digital video) - this term refers to using digital technologies for exhibition
Product placement
Digital cinema
Letterboxing
Third-person narration
32. Squeezes the image at a ratio of 2:1 horizontally onto a standard film frame. On the projector - it unsqueezes the image - creating a widescreen aspect ratio during presentation
Anamorphic lens
Long shot
Glass shot
Apparatus Theory
33. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Open-ended
Soviet montage
Production values
Storyboard
34. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Oeuvre
Propaganda film
Desaturated
Shot/reverse shot
35. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Synthespian
Avant-garde film
Base
Flashback
36. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Grain
Overlapping dialogue
Split screen
Tableau shot
37. The imagined world of the story
Digital compositing
Bleach bypass
Diegesis
Video assist
38. A shot taken when the camera is so close to a subject that it fills the frame. It is most commonly used for a shot that isolates and encompasses a single actor's face - to emphasize the expression of emotion
Close-up
Editor
High concept film
Star filter
39. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Mixing
Offscreen space
Sound bridge
Tinting
40. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Text
Soft light
Orthochromatic
Freeze frame
41. An effect created when too little light strikes the film during shooting. As a result the image will contain dark areas that appear very dense and dark (including shadows) and the overall contrast will be less than with a properly exposed image
Digital set extension
Overhead shot
Underexposure
Establishing shot
42. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
High concept film
Tracking shot
Dye coupler
Time-lapse photography
43. 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
Turning point
Pushing
Flashforward
Pixilation
44. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Go-motion
Genre
Standard shot pattern
Product placement
45. Assists the gaffer in managing lighting crews
Trailer
Best boy
Text
Double exposure
46. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Eyeline match
Propaganda film
Trombone shot
Motif
47. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Iris in...
Focal length
Character actor
Aerial Shot
48. 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
Closure
Film stock
Reframing
Pan
49. 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
Interpretive claim
Storyboard
High-key lighting
Saturation
50. A business model adopted by the major studios during the Hollywood studio era - in which studios controlled all aspects of the film business - from production to distribution and exhibition
Pan
Digital cinema
Turning point
Vertical integration