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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. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Blockbuster
Exposure
Four-part structure
Tableau shot
2. A device worn by a camera operator that holds the motion picture camera - allowing it glide smoothly through spaces unreachable by camera mounted on a crane or other apparatus
Major studios
Open-ended
Steadicam
Normal lens
3. 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
Method acting
Steadicam
Pushing
On-the-nose dialogue
4. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Video assist
Narrative
Director
Offscreen space
5. A non-standard narrative organization that assumes 'day in the life' quality rather than the highly structured three-act or four part narrative - and that features loose or indirect cause-effect relationships
Morphing
Slow motion
Episodic
Star filter
6. The conclusion of the film wraps up - all loose ends in a form of resolution - though not necessarily with a happy ending.
Closure
Hue
Medium long shot
Long shot
7. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Lens
Line reading
Fade-out
Actualitas
8. An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different. The program calculates the way the image must change in order for the first image to
Normal lens
Master shot
Revisionist
Morphing
9. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
B-roll
Fog filter
Flashing
Neutral-density filter
10. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Eyeline match
Grain
Color consultant
Polarizing filters
11. A machine used to create optical effects such as fades - dissolves - and superimpositions. Most are now created digitally
Optical printer
Screenplay
Syuzhet
Compositing
12. The horizontal turning movement of an otherwise immobile camera across a scene from left to right or vice versa
Trombone shot
Zoom lens
Match on action
Pan
13. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Protagonist
Editor
Shutter
Soviet montage
14. A technique of shooting a scene at a very high speed (96 frames per second) - then adding and subtracting frames in post-production - 'fanning out' the action through the overlapping images
Recursive action
Persistence of vision
Compilation film
Panning and scanning
15. The visual arrangement of objects - actors - and space within the frame
Line reading
Composition
Runaway production
Tracking shot
16. Using computer graphics to 'build' structures connected to the actual architecture on set or location
Star system
Fog filter
Digital set extension
Parellel
17. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Dailies
Cut
Tableau shot
Character actor
18. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Travelling matte
German Expressionism
Desaturated
Overlapping dialogue
19. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Second unit
Negative
Telecine
Swish pan
20. A process of transferring film to video tapes or DVDs so that the original aspect ratio of the film is preserved
Letterboxing
Set-up
Shot/reverse shot
Evaluative claim
21. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Minor studios
Fast motion
Glass shot
Phi phenomenon
22. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Montage sequence
Superimposition
Subgenre
Zoom lens
23. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Match on action
Negative
Analog Video
Orthochromatic
24. Early films that documented everyday events - such as workers leaving a factory
Vista Vision
Low-angle shot
Rack focus
Actualitas
25. A technique of underdeveloping exposed film stock (leaving it in a chemical batch a shorter amount of time than usual) in order to achieve the visual effect of reducing contrast
Method acting
Reverse shot
Pixel
Pulling
26. Processes such as Cinemascope and Cinerama - developed during the 1950s to enhance film's size advantage over the smaller television image
Widescreen
Charge coupler device
Iris out
Product placement
27. 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
Pulling
Diffusion filters
Exposure latitude
Cameo
28. A visual effect achieved through the use of photography and digital techniques that appears to stop time and allow the viewer to travel around the subject and view it from a multitude of vantage points
Frozen time moment
Blockbuster
Negative cutter
Base
29. 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
Blocking
Rack focus
Production values
Compositing
30. A technique of shooting a scene at a very high speed (96 frames per second) - then adding and subtracting frames in post-production - 'fanning out' the action through the overlapping images
Recursive action
Subgenre
Backstage musical
Matte painting
31. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Recursive action
Tight framing
Special visual effects
Eye-level shot
32. 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
Composition
Double exposure
Soft light
Omniscient narration
33. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Character actor
Composition in depth
Star filter
Overexposure
34. 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
Production values
Hue
Three-act structure
Hard light
35. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Eyeline match
Progressive scanning
Kuleshov effect
Widescreen
36. 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
Omniscient narration
Front projection
Academy Ratio
Set-up
37. A term that refers to the organization of an industry wherein one type of corporation also owns corporations in allied industries - for example - film production and video games
Aerial Shot
Horizontal integration
Chiaroscuro
Denouement
38. 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
Available light
Promotion
Digital video
City symphony
39. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Compilation film
Best boy
Plot summary
Auteur
40. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Forced perspective
Best boy
Overlapping dialogue
Insert
41. The chronological accounting of all events presented and suggested
Fabula
Jump cut
Charge coupler device
Wipe
42. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Aerial Shot
Neutral-density filter
Speed
Cutaway
43. A crew member responsible for logging the details of each take on the set so as to ensure continuity
Script supervisor
Subgenre
Roadshowing
Pan
44. A visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set
Tight framing
Cameo
Fade-out
Camera distance
45. 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
Flashforward
Green screen
Extreme wide-angle lens
Exposure
46. The details of a character's past that emerge as the film unfolds - and which often play a role in character motivation
Soviet montage
Backstory
Medium long shot
Progressive scanning
47. A scene filmed and processed but not selected to appear in the final version of the film
Out-take
Text
Closure
Three-act structure
48. 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
Formalist style
Recursive action
Kuleshov effect
Running time
49. An early color process that replaced silver halide grains with colored salts
Antagonist
Frozen time moment
Toning
Diegesis
50. 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
Visual effects
High concept film
Genre
Roadshowing