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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. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Morphing
Diegesis
Second unit
Chiaroscuro
2. A screenplay written and submitted to a studio or production company without a prior contract or agreement
Newsreel
Blue screen
Overhead shot
Spec script
3. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject
Subgenre
Narrative sequencing
Low-angle shot
Exposure
4. A compositing method that allows cinematographers to combine live action and settings that are filmed or created separately. Actors are filmed against a green or blue background. During post-production - this background is filled in with an image thr
Overexposure
Pushing
Green screen
Close-up
5. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Integrated musical
Out-take
Runaway production
Lightning mix
6. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Compositing
Academy Ratio
Iris in...
Flashing
7. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Panchromatic
Out-take
Fast motion
Montage sequence
8. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Overexposure
Intertextual reference
Avant-garde film
Voice-over
9. 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
Speed
Establishing shot
Overhead shot
10. 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
Best boy
Newsreel
Forced perspective
11. 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
Dissolve
Steadicam
Parellel editing
Zoom in...
12. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Star filter
Tight framing
On-the-nose dialogue
Widescreen
13. 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
Frozen time moment
Hollywood Ten
Continuity editing
High concept film
14. 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
Digital cinema
Compilation film
15. 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
Diegesis
Aspect Ratio
Interlaced scanning
Split screen
16. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot
Selective focus
Loose framing
Antagonist
Set-up
17. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Major studios
Hue
Slow motion
Dye coupler
18. A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so that they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background - which creates the illusion of depth
Forced perspective
First-person narration
On-the-nose dialogue
Widescreen
19. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s
Score
Digital video
Product placement
Slow motion
20. A specialist who monitors the processing of color on the se and in the film lab
Integrated musical
Interlaced scanning
Insert
Color consultant
21. Light emitted from a relatively small source positioned close to the subject. It tends to be unflattering because it creates deep shadows and emphasizes surface imperfections
Bleach bypass
Hard light
Post-production
Evaluative claim
22. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Blocking
Cameo
Compositing
Optical printer
23. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.
Forced perspective
Genre conventions
Newsreel
Bleach bypass
24. A picture element - a measure of image density. There are approximately 18 million pixels in a frame of 35mm film and 300000-400000 in a video image
Canted angle
Composition
Orthochromatic
Pixel
25. An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting set-up - the key light illuminates the subject - the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light - and the back light separates the subject from the background
Master shot
Three-point lighting
Slow
Script supervisor
26. A term describing a conclusion that does not answer all the questions raised regarding characters or storylines - nor tie up all loose ends
Take
Revisionist
Open-ended
Standard shot pattern
27. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts
Toning
Crane shot
Pushing
Loose framing
28. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Pan
Digital cinema
Neutral-density filter
Interlaced scanning
29. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Interpretive claim
Lens
Subtext
Second unit
30. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Take
Post-production
Cameo
Pixel
31. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
Eye-level shot
Analog Video
Gaffer
First-person narration
32. The first print made from a film negative
Post-production
Academy Ratio
Closure
Master positive
33. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Minor studios
Emulsion
Graphic match
Undercranking
34. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Dissolve
Zoom lens
Dolly
Underexposure
35. A process of blending the three elements of the sound track (dialogue - music - and effects) in post-production
Mixing
Jump cut
Tinting
Major studios
36. A musical in which some or all musical numbers are not motivated by the narrative; for example - characters sing and dance throughout the film but at least some performances are not staged for an onscreen audience. Examples include Oklahoma - The umb
Non-diegetic
Rack focus
Integrated musical
Vertical integration
37. A production term denoting a single uninterrupted series of frames exposed by a motion picture or video camera between the time it is turned on and the time it is turned off. Filmmakers shoot several takes of any scene and the film editor selects the
Hue
Natural-key lighting
Oeuvre
Take
38. 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
Jump cut
Pixilation
39. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Negative
Saturation
Morphing
Polarizing filters
40. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Aerial Shot
Soviet montage
Grain
Deep focus cinematography
41. 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
Method acting
Video assist
Soft light
Protagonist
42. The camera does not move across an imagined line drawn between two characters
Special visual effects
Protagonist
180-degree rule
Trombone shot
43. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Analog Video
Running time
Superimposition
Digital set extension
44. A shot that makes the human subject very small in relation to his or her environment. The entire figure from head to toe is onscreen and dwarfed by the surroundings
Extreme long-shot
Star persona
Progressive scanning
Backstory
45. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Method acting
Offscreen space
Visual effects
German Expressionism
46. A production term denoting a single uninterrupted series of frames exposed by a motion picture or video camera between the time it is turned on and the time it is turned off. Filmmakers shoot several takes of any scene and the film editor selects the
Mockumentary
Take
Re-establishing shot
Rotoscope
47. The classical model of narrative form. The first act introduces characters and conflicts; the second act offers complication leading to a climax; the third act contains the danouement and resolution
Charge coupler device
Forced perspective
Montage sequence
Three-act structure
48. A narrative approach that limits the audience's view of events to that of the main character(s) in the film. Occasional moments of omniscient narration may give viewers more information than the character shave at specific points in the narrative
Kuleshov effect
Lightning mix
Restricted narration
Gauge
49. A story narrated by one of the characters within the story - using the 'I' voice
First-person narration
Text
Motif
Forced perspective
50. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Jump cut
Extra
Turning point
Blockbuster