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Film Vocab
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1. 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
Telephoto lens
Chiaroscuro
Parellel editing
Academy Ratio
2. The distance that appears in focus in front of and behind the subject. It is determined by the aperture - distance and focal length of lens
Synthespian
Available light
Star filter
Depth of field
3. Any lens with a focal length approximately equal to the diagonal of the frame. For 35mm filmmaking - a 35-50 mm lens does not distort the angle of vision or depth
Normal lens
Pre-production
Blockbuster
Vertical integration
4. A short documentary on current events - show in movie theaters along with cartoons and feature films beginning in the 1930s
Digital video
Subgenre
Medium close-up
Newsreel
5. 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
Telecine
Extreme long-shot
Masking
Narrative
6. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
30-degree rule
Ethnographic film
Dye coupler
Classical style
7. 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
Masking
Motivation
Dolly
Blocking
8. The reverse of Iris in: an iris expands outward until the next shot takes up the entire screen
Jump cut
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Matte
Iris out
9. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Letterboxing
Intertextual reference
Tilt
Minor studios
10. Sound design that blends the speech of several characters talking simultaneously - used to create spontaneity - although it may also confuse the audience
Overlapping dialogue
Figure placement and movement
Steadicam
Zoom out
11. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Shot
Anime
Steadicam
Master shot
12. A painting used on the set as a portion of the background
Digital set extension
Dailies
Matte painting
Mixing
13. A lens with a shorter focal length than a normal or telephoto lens (usually between 15-35mm). The subject appears smaller as a result - but the angle of vision is wider and an illusion is created of greater depth in the frame
Aspect Ratio
Wide-angle lens
Realist style
Best boy
14. The way an actor delivers a line of dialogue - including pauses - inflection - and emotion
Four-part structure
Panning and scanning
Overhead shot
Line reading
15. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Swish pan
Digital cinema
Focal length
Plot summary
16. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Prosthesis
Swish pan
Screenplay
Re-establishing shot
17. 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
Forced development
Backstory
18. 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
Progressive scanning
Vertical integration
Parellel
Master positive
19. A filter that creates points of light that streak outward from a light source
Spec script
Star filter
Pixilation
Aperture
20. 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
Kuleshov effect
Newsreel
Interpellation
Tilt
21. A style associated with Hollywood filmmaking of the studio and post-studio era - in which efficient storytelling - rather than gritty realism or aesthetic innovation - is of paramount importance
High concept film
Subtext
Avant-garde film
Classical style
22. 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
Three-act structure
Production values
Undercranking
Graphic match
23. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Protagonist
Mockumentary
180-degree rule
Blue screen
24. A technique of exposing film frames - then rewinding the film and exposing it again - which results in an image that combines two shots in a single frame
Double exposure
Standard shot pattern
Continuity editing
Subgenre
25. A production crew responsible not for shooting the primary footage but - instead - for remote location shooting and B-roll. See also B-roll
Focus puller
Cutaway
Second unit
Cinerama
26. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Deep focus cinematography
Digital compositing
Genre
Frame narration
27. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Blocking
Turning point
Oeuvre
Master shot
28. These filters bend the light coming into lens - softening and blurring the image
Diffusion filters
ADR
Video assist
Animation
29. A type of filter that absorbs certain wavelength but leave others unaffected. On black and white film - color filters lighten or darken tones. On color film - they can produce a range of effects
180-degree rule
Color filter
Continuity error
Travelling matte
30. 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
Intertextual reference
Exposure
Medium shot
Hard light
31. A technique used to join live action with a pre-recorded background image. A projector is placed behind a screen and projects an image onto it. Actors stand in front of the screen and the camera records them in front of the projected background
Visual effects
Day for night
Rear projection
Chiaroscuro
32. A sound editing technique that links several scenes through parallel and overlapping sounds. Each sound is associated with one scene - unlike a sound bridge - where a sound from one scene bleeds into that of another
Lightning mix
Soviet montage
Episodic
Blockbuster
33. 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
Actualitas
Extreme wide-angle lens
Promotion
Special visual effects
34. The plotline that surrounds an embedded tale. The frame narration may or may not be as fully developed as the embedded tale
Frame narration
Third-person narration
Compositing
Composition in depth
35. The term for a film's spoken dialogue - as opposed to the underlying meaning contained in the subtext
Subtext
Undercranking
Diffusion filters
Text
36. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Reverse shot
Zoom in...
Major studios
Widescreen
37. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Orthochromatic
Plot summary
Lens
Product placement
38. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Interlaced scanning
Roadshowing
Low-angle shot
Long take
39. 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
Glass shot
Dissolve
Interlaced scanning
Time-lapse photography
40. An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles
Soundtrack
Character actor
Roadshowing
Iris in...
41. A type of film stock that is sensitive to (in other words - registers) all tones in the color spectrum
Master shot
Average shot length
Panchromatic
Star persona
42. 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
Green screen
Foley artist
Loose framing
Match on action
43. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
Integrated musical
Mockumentary
Trailer
Cel
44. The technique of telling the story from an all-knowing character. Films that use restricted narration limit the audience's perception to what one particular character knows - but may insert moments of omniscience
Flashforward
Line of action
Third-person narration
Omniscient narration
45. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Depth of field
Typecasting
Dissolve
46. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Cut
Visual effects
Reverse shot
Shutter
47. 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
Three-point lighting
Double exposure
Zoom out
Extradiegetic
48. A shot taken fro a position directly above the action - also called a 'birds' eye shot'
Zoom lens
Freeze frame
Time-lapse photography
Overhead shot
49. A film's main characters - one whose conflicts and motives drive the story forward
Mockumentary
Non-diegetic
High concept film
Protagonist
50. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Matte
Tracking shot
Academy Ratio
Pushing
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