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Film Vocab
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1. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Omniscient narration
Syuzhet
Classical style
Handheld shot
2. 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
Promotion
Flashing
Product placement
Normal lens
3. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Trombone shot
Crab dolly
Ethnographic film
Extreme long-shot
4. 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
Formalist style
Persistence of vision
Graphic match
5. A technique of moving the camera - on a specially built track. Such shots often trace character movement laterally across the frame or in and out of the depth of the frame
Tracking shot
Extradiegetic
Underexposure
Special visual effects
6. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Gaffer
Steadicam
Spec script
Point-of-view shot
7. A cinematography technique that produces an image with many planes of depth in focus. It can be accomplished by using a small aperture - a large distance between camera and subject - and/or a lens of short focal length
High-key lighting
Deep focus cinematography
Aperture
Soundtrack
8. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Wide film
Animation
Shutter
Lightning mix
9. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Color consultant
Frame narration
Fast
Trailer
10. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Iris out
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Genre conventions
Exposition
11. 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
Handheld shot
Zoom in...
Travelling matte
Narrative
12. 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
Classical style
Color timing
Wireframe
Selective focus
13. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Actualitas
Digital set extension
Normal lens
High-key lighting
14. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Cutaway
Handheld shot
Point-of-view shot
Auteur
15. 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
Brechtian distanciation
Soft light
Matte
Shot
16. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Phi phenomenon
Zoom lens
Frame narration
Blockbuster
17. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Color timing
Video assist
High concept film
Zoom out
18. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Star persona
Overhead shot
Aerial Shot
Fog filter
19. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Intertextual reference
Newsreel
Steadicam
Extreme wide-angle lens
20. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Persistence of vision
Overhead shot
Dye coupler
Wide-angle lens
21. 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
Establishing shot
Fast motion
Video assist
Tracking shot
22. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Underexposure
Prosthesis
Running time
Standard shot pattern
23. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Gauge
Match on action
Actualitas
Episodic
24. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Closure
Color filter
Mixing
Avant-garde film
25. 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
Foley artist
Ethnographic film
Fabula
High concept film
26. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Voice-over
30-degree rule
ADR
Analog Video
27. 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
Diegesis
Subgenre
City symphony
Digital set extension
28. 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
Screenplay
Extradiegetic
Offscreen space
Depth of field
29. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Undercranking
Hybrid
Post-production
Go-motion
30. 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
Focal length
Star persona
Diegesis
Soft light
31. Wheeled platform with wheels that rotate - so the dolly can change direction
Crab dolly
Film stock
Direct sound
Omniscient narration
32. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Wide-angle lens
Release prints
Fog filter
Descriptive claim
33. 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
Promotion
Telephoto lens
Major studios
Montage sequence
34. 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
Dissolve
Polarizing filters
Script supervisor
Omniscient narration
35. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Three-point lighting
Double exposure
Iris in...
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
36. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Digital video
Analog Video
Ethnographic film
Low-angle shot
37. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Studio system
Iris out
Exposure
Shutter
38. 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
Scene
First-person narration
Lightning mix
Shot
39. A class or type of film - such as the Western or the horror movie. They share narrative - visual - and/or sound conventions
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Avant-garde film
Avant-garde film
Genre
40. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Underexposure
Star persona
Desaturated
Neutral-density filter
41. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Compositing
Extra
Text
Post-production
42. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Aspect Ratio
Character actor
Desaturated
Star persona
43. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Revisionist
Minor studios
Toning
Telecine
44. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Forced development
Telecine
Genre conventions
Glass shot
45. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Insert
Realist style
Lens
Flashforward
46. (Automatic dialogue replacement) recording synchronized dialogue in post-production - cutting several identical lengths of developed film and having actors record the dialogue repeatedly
Green screen
Third-person narration
Director
ADR
47. A technician responsible for splicing and assembling the film negative to the editor's specifications
Dailies
Episodic
Prosthesis
Negative cutter
48. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Set-up
Best boy
Neutral-density filter
Pan
49. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
B-roll
Parellel editing
Trombone shot
Letterboxing
50. Secondary footage that is interspersed with master shots - sometimes in the form of footage shot for another production or archival footage
B-roll
Cutaway
Flashback
Hollywood Ten
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