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Film Vocab
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1. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Synthespian
Narrative sequencing
Wide film
Syuzhet
2. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Emulsion
Master positive
Interpellation
Scratching
3. 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
Filter
Four-part structure
Soundtrack
Selective focus
4. 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
Cut
Saturation
Gauge
Pixilation
5. A technique of depicting two layered images simultaneously. Images from one frame or several frames of film are added to pre-existing images - using an optical printer - to produce the same effect as a double exposure
Masking
Superimposition
Auteur
Desaturated
6. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Dye coupler
Cameo
Graphic match
Formalist style
7. The measurement of how forgiving a film stock is. It determines whether an acceptable image will be produced when the film stock is exposed to too little or too much light
Backstage musical
Exposure latitude
Double exposure
Denouement
8. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Analog Video
High concept film
Closure
Evaluative claim
9. A genre film that radically modifies accepted genre conventions for dramatic effect
Animation
Pan
Revisionist
Exposition
10. Filters that increase color saturation and contrast in outdoor shots
Polarizing filters
Close-up
Restricted narration
Sound bridge
11. A technique of moving from the telephoto position to the wide-angle position of a zoom lens - which results in the subject appearing to become smaller within the frame - while remaining in focus
Zoom out
Fog filter
Line of action
Shot/reverse shot
12. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Cel
Gaffer
Three-point lighting
Dye coupler
13. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Minor studios
Cut
Slow motion
Pan
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
Subgenre
Rotoscope
Progressive scanning
15. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Scene
Text
Interlaced scanning
Aspect Ratio
16. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Out-take
Episodic
Scene
Line of action
17. An alternative to continuity editing - this style of editing was developed in silent Soviet cinema - based on the theory that editing should exploit the difference between shots to generate intellectual and emotional responses in the audience
Soviet montage
Interpellation
Omniscient narration
Cameo
18. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Second unit
Undercranking
Tinting
Oeuvre
19. A shot depicting the human body from the waist up
Zoom lens
Vertical integration
Vista Vision
Medium shot
20. 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
Zoom in...
Tinting
Loose framing
Pixel
21. A film composed entirely of footage from other films.
Trailer
Deep focus cinematography
Compilation film
Cut
22. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Restricted narration
Voice-over
Actualitas
Speed
23. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Aerial Shot
Color filter
Aspect Ratio
Orthochromatic
24. A narrative moment that signals an important shift of some kind in character or situation
Toning
Optical printer
Ethnographic film
Turning point
25. Standard shot pattern: A sequence of shots designed to maintain spatial continuity. Scene begin with an establishing shot - then move to a series of individual shots depicting characters and action - before reestablishing shots re-orient viewers to t
Standard shot pattern
Line reading
Glass shot
Superimposition
26. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Evaluative claim
Out-take
Eye-level shot
Subtext
27. A camera device that opens and closes to regulate the length of time the film is exposed to light
Shutter
Non-diegetic
Zoom lens
Tight framing
28. A technique of 'pushing' the film (overdeveloping it) to correct problems of underexposure (resulting from insufficient light during shooting) by increasing image contrast
Scratching
Special visual effects
Forced development
Forced perspective
29. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Blockbuster
Two-shot
Special visual effects
Telephoto lens
30. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Dolly
Medium long shot
Grain
Ethnographic film
31. The central cause(s) behind a character's actions
Emulsion
Motivation
Three-act structure
Progressive scanning
32. A crew member whose job is to measure the distance between the subject and the camera lens - marking the ring on the camera lens - and ensuring the ring is turned precisely so that the image is in focus
Exposure latitude
Focus puller
Reverse shot
Three-act structure
33. A shot taken from a level camera located approximately 5' to 6' from the ground - simulating the perspective of a person standing before the action presented
Eye-level shot
Figure placement and movement
Trailer
Analog Video
34. A short screen appearance by a celebrity - playing himself or herself
Storyboard
Composition
Cameo
Letterboxing
35. 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
Director
Long take
Denouement
Handheld shot
36. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Medium shot
Subtext
High-key lighting
Oeuvre
37. 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
Line of action
Screenplay
Post-production
Color consultant
38. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Dolly
Director
Genre
Dissolve
39. The narrative path of the main or supporting characters - also called a plotline. Complex films may have several lines of action
Exposure latitude
Assistant Editor
Revisionist
Line of action
40. 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
Overlapping dialogue
Travelling matte
Graphic match
Realist style
41. A shot that focuses audience attention on precise details that may or may not be the focus of characters
Cutaway
Tracking shot
Revisionist
Non-diegetic
42. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Panchromatic
Master positive
Studio system
Extradiegetic
43. 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)
Polarizing filters
Rack focus
Continuity error
Wireframe
44. Creating the appearance of movement by drawing a series of frames that are projected sequentially - rather than photographing a series of still images
Widescreen
Rack focus
Animation
Scene
45. A crew member who works in post-production in a specially equipped studio to create the sounds of the story world - such as the shuffling of shoes on various surfaces for footsteps
Medium shot
Foley artist
Extreme long-shot
Color filter
46. The average length in seconds of a series of shots - covering a portion of a film or an entire film; a measure of pace within a scene or in the film as a whole.
Take
Average shot length
Iris out
Kuleshov effect
47. 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
Shooting script
Roadshowing
Master positive
Deep focus cinematography
48. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Star persona
Screenplay
High concept film
Denouement
49. 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
Tableau shot
Star filter
Deep focus cinematography
Star system
50. 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
Digital compositing
Roadshowing
Roadshowing
Loose framing
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