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Film Vocab

Subjects : performing-arts, film
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1. 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






2. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal






3. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work






4. Assists the editor with various tasks - including taking footage to the lab - checking the condition of the negative - cataloguing footage - and supervising optical effects - often produced by an outside company






5. 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






6. A shot transition that involves the gradual disappearance of the image at the same time that a new image gradually comes into view






7. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis






8. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film






9. 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






10. 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






11. Drawing attention to the process of representation (including narrative and characterization) to break the theatrical illusion and elicit a distanced - intellectual response in the audience






12. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive






13. A term used for any narrative sound - or visual element not contained in the story world. Also called 'extradiegetic'






14. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release






15. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres






16. 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






17. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film






18. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.






19. A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that moves three-dimensionally in a space






20. The rules of character - setting - and narrative that films that belong to a genre - such as Westerns - horror films - and screwball comedies - generally obey.






21. The individual arrangement of lighting and camera placement used for each shot






22. A statement that asserts a judgment that a given film or group of films is good or bad - based on specific criteria - Which may or may not be stated






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots






27. A term for film stock used in early cinema that was insensitive to red hues






28. A technique of leaving empty space around the subject in the frame - in order to covey openness and continuity of visible space and to imply offscreen space






29. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus






30. Dutch angle; a shot resulting from a static camera that is tilted to the right or left - so that the subject in the frame appears at a diagonal






31. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience






32. 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






33. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast






34. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'






35. 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






36. 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






37. A digital technique developed by Industrial Light and Magic - which builds movement sequences from single frames of film






38. A system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal - that is - an electronic signal comprised of 0s and 1s






39. 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






40. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style






41. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting






42. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs






43. An action film cycle of the late 1960s and early 1970s that featured bold - rebellious African American characters






44. A method for producing a widescreen image without special lenses or equipment - using standard film stock and blocking out the top and bottom of the frame to achieve an aspect ration of 1.85:1






45. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work






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






47. Materials intentionally released by studios to attract public attention to films and their stars. Promotion differs from publicity - which is information that is not (or does not appear to be) intentionally disseminated by studios






48. A type of matte shot - created by positioning a pane of optically flawless glass with a painting on it between the camera and the scene to be photographed. This combines the painting on the glass with the set or location - seen through the glass - be






49. A film process that uses 35mm film stock but changes the orientation of the film so that the film moves through the camera horizontally instead of vertically. The larger image is of higher quality than standard 35mm processes






50. 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







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