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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 measure of intensity or purity of a color. Saturated color is purer than desaturated color - which has more white in it and thus offers a washed-out - less intense version of a color
Running time
Saturation
Dailies
Post-production
2. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Prosthesis
Set-up
Color timing
Wide film
3. An effect created when more light is required to produce an image strakes the film stock - so that the resulting image exhibits high contrast - glaring light - and washed out shadows. This effect ma or may not be intentional on the filmmaker's part
Desaturated
Overexposure
Rack focus
Persistence of vision
4. 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
Trombone shot
Storyboard
Three-point lighting
Aperture
5. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Shutter
Cel
Avant-garde film
Aspect Ratio
6. Live action is filmed in front of a blue screen and a matte. It's then joined with the background footage
Depth of field
Bleach bypass
Blue screen
Widescreen
7. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Gaffer
Normal lens
Pushing
Exposure
8. A rule in continuity editing - which dictates that if a cut occurs while a character is in the midst of an action - the subsequent shot must begin so that audiences see the completion of that action
Blockbuster
Runaway production
Blocking
Match on action
9. A scene transition wherein sound from one scene bleeds over into the ext scene - often resulting in a contrast between sound image
Close-up
Canted angle
Sound bridge
Shutter
10. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Interlaced scanning
Tilt
Synthespian
Aspect Ratio
11. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Negative cutter
Grain
Protagonist
Hybrid
12. 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
Offscreen space
Shot transition
Ethnographic film
Rack focus
13. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Aperture
Academy Ratio
Promotion
Selective focus
14. Everything audiences hear when they watch a sound film. The soundtrack is the composite of all three elements of film sound: dialogue - music - and sound effects
B-roll
Aperture
Lightning mix
Soundtrack
15. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Formalist style
Score
Cameo
Travelling matte
16. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space
Evaluative claim
Crane shot
City symphony
Compilation film
17. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Medium long shot
Oeuvre
Backstage musical
Outsourcing
18. 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
Pushing
Visual effects
Negative cutter
Prosthesis
19. Dialogue that restates What is already obvious from images or action
Cel
Mockumentary
On-the-nose dialogue
Block booking
20. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Digital set extension
Compilation film
Continuity editor
Lens
21. A technique of running the motion picture camera at a speed slower than projection speed (24 frames per second) - in order to produce at a fast motion sequence when projected at normal speed. The term derives from early film cameras - which were cran
Filter
High-angle shot
Undercranking
Rear projection
22. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Superimposition
High-key lighting
Overhead shot
Open-ended
23. The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black and white filmmaking
Extreme wide-angle lens
Color timing
Analog Video
Chiaroscuro
24. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Re-establishing shot
Continuity error
Text
Interpretive claim
25. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Re-establishing shot
Line of action
Gaffer
Auteur
26. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Compositing
Line reading
Narrative
Rack focus
27. 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
Typecasting
Establishing shot
High concept film
Deep focus cinematography
28. A measure of the visual and sound quality of a film. Low-budget films tend to have lower production values because they lack the resources to devote to expensive pre- and post-production activities
Available light
Standard shot pattern
Roadshowing
Production values
29. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Runaway production
Actualitas
Video assist
Spec script
30. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Closure
Turning point
Canted angle
Take
31. A computer-generated actor that some speculate will replace flesh and blood actors in the not so distant future
Exposure
Synthespian
Blockbuster
Crane shot
32. An alternative to classical and realist styles - formalism is a self-consciously interventionist approach that explores ideas - abstraction - and aesthetics rather than focusing on storytelling (as in classical films) or everyday life (as in realist
Interlaced scanning
Formalist style
Superimposition
Flashforward
33. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Subtext
Shot/reverse shot
Four-part structure
Narrative
34. The five vertically integrated corporations that exerted the greatest control over film production in the studio era: MGM - Warner Brothers - RKO - Twentieth Century Fox - and Paramount
Widescreen
Reframing
Tilt
Major studios
35. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Handheld shot
Fog filter
Letterboxing
Closure
36. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Trailer
Diffusion filters
ADR
Synthespian
37. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Split screen
Editor
Continuity editor
Fabula
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
Deep focus cinematography
Exposure latitude
Close-up
Master positive
39. A flexible celluloid strip that - along with the emulsion layer - comprises 35mm film stock
Special visual effects
Omniscient narration
Blaxploitation
Base
40. A technique used to join live action with pre-recorded background images. A projector is aimed at a half-silvered mirror that reflects the background - which the camera records as being located behind the actors
Syuzhet
Star system
Graphic match
Front projection
41. 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
Genre conventions
Forced development
Soundtrack
Handheld shot
42. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Matte
Sound bridge
Slow motion
Low-key lighting
43. 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
Take
Gaffer
Second unit
Go-motion
44. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject
Non-diegetic
Low-angle shot
Handheld shot
Masking
45. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Available light
Tableau shot
Tight framing
Aspect Ratio
46. 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
Color timing
Three-point lighting
Chiaroscuro
Frozen time moment
47. The aspect ratio of 1.33:1 - standardized by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences until the development of widescreen formats in the 1950s
Panchromatic
Score
Academy Ratio
Avant-garde film
48. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Subtext
Long take
Post-production
Character actor
49. 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
Method acting
Integrated musical
Telecine
Establishing shot
50. A similarity established between two characters or situations that invites the audience to compare the two. It may involve visual - narrative - and/or sound elements
Rear projection
Academy Ratio
Parellel
Shooting script