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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 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
Blaxploitation
Flashforward
Telephoto lens
Exposition
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
Oeuvre
Depth of field
Narrative
Focal length
3. 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
Interlaced scanning
Exposition
Grain
Slow motion
4. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters
Overhead shot
Selective focus
Running time
Blaxploitation
5. The person in charge of planning the style and look of the film with the production designer and director of photography - working with actors during principal photography - and collaborating with the editor on the final version
Motivation
Charge coupler device
Shot/reverse shot
Director
6. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Video assist
Cutaway
Studio system
Mockumentary
7. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Take
Animation
Antagonist
Slow motion
8. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Protagonist
Realist style
Screenplay
Hybrid
9. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Dissolve
Blaxploitation
Antagonist
Desaturated
10. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Propaganda film
Tinting
Insert
Flashforward
11. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Letterboxing
Flashback
Travelling matte
Swish pan
12. A post-studio era Hollywood film designed to appeal to the broadest possible audience by fusing a simple story line with major movie stars and mounting a lavish marketing campaign
High concept film
Studio system
Compilation film
Wireframe
13. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Digital set extension
Script supervisor
Post-production
Reverse shot
14. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Open-ended
Shutter
Soft light
Soundtrack
15. 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)
Minor studios
Wireframe
30-degree rule
Release prints
16. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Cinerama
Extreme wide-angle lens
Selective focus
Analog Video
17. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Out-take
Gaffer
Eye-level shot
Revisionist
18. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Close-up
Re-establishing shot
Focal length
Optical printer
19. 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.
Motif
Color filter
Product placement
Color timing
20. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Swish pan
Digital cinema
Fog filter
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
21. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested
Fabula
Third-person narration
Mixing
Natural-key lighting
22. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues
Animation
Cutaway
Orthochromatic
Realist style
23. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Fabula
Major studios
Crab dolly
Interlaced scanning
24. A device worn by a camera operator that holds the motion picture camera - allowing it glide smoothly through spaces unreachable by camera mounted on a crane or other apparatus
Steadicam
Continuity editing
Subgenre
Set-up
25. Then Hollywood writers and directors cited for Contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities' attempts to root out Communists in the film industry
Hollywood Ten
Tinting
Digital video
Cinerama
26. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
180-degree rule
Propaganda film
Hollywood Ten
Flashforward
27. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Shutter
Montage sequence
Auteur
Progressive scanning
28. 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
Dolly
Interpretive claim
Telephoto lens
Blockbuster
29. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Extreme close-up
Flashing
Subtext
Split screen
30. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Forced perspective
Flashing
Eye-level shot
Day for night
31. 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
Parellel editing
Film stock
Masking
Day for night
32. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Cameo
Time-lapse photography
Digital set extension
Protagonist
33. A lens with a shorter focal length than a normal or telephoto lens (usually between 15-35mm). The subject appears smaller as a result - but the angle of vision is wider and an illusion is created of greater depth in the frame
Handheld shot
Insert
Wide-angle lens
Product placement
34. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Eye-level shot
Medium shot
Cutaway
Matte
35. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Tilt
Long take
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Exposure
36. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Overhead shot
Pixel
Panning and scanning
Animation
37. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Episodic
Frame narration
Episodic
Visual effects
38. 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
Diffusion filters
Screenplay
Cel
Tinting
39. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Tight framing
Ethnographic film
Prosthesis
Progressive scanning
40. The imagined world of the story
Descriptive claim
Underexposure
Low-key lighting
Diegesis
41. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Dye coupler
Gaffer
Cinerama
Cameo
42. The period of time before principal photography during which actors are signed - sets and costumes designed - and locations scouted
Vista Vision
Aspect Ratio
Pre-production
Dailies
43. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Trailer
Out-take
Four-part structure
Anime
44. A part of the story world implied by visual or sound techniques rather than being revealed by the camera
Average shot length
Offscreen space
Handheld shot
Actualitas
45. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Crane shot
Eyeline match
ADR
Second unit
46. A system initially developed for marketing films by creating and promoting stars as objects of admiration. The promotion of stars has now become an end in itself
Aspect Ratio
Tinting
Narrative
Star system
47. 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
Motivation
Vista Vision
Superimposition
Rear projection
48. A single take that contains an entire scene
Master shot
Wide-angle lens
Intertextual reference
Soviet montage
49. 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
Slow
Soft light
Spec script
Natural-key lighting
50. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Plot summary
Crane shot
Gaffer
Trombone shot