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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 brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Pushing
Plot summary
Front projection
Rear projection
2. Literary narration from a viewpoint beyond that of any one individual character
Animation
Realist style
Third-person narration
Parellel editing
3. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Interpretive claim
Cameo
Exposure
Narrative sequencing
4. 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
Natural-key lighting
Steadicam
Genre
Running time
5. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
30-degree rule
Extreme wide-angle lens
Forced development
Filter
6. Optical illusions created during post-production
Cameo
German Expressionism
Visual effects
Blockbuster
7. 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
Zoom in...
Exposure latitude
Handheld shot
Composition in depth
8. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Gaffer
Blue screen
Genre
Storyboard
9. 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
Average shot length
Base
Omniscient narration
Dolly
10. A shot taken from a vantage point so close that only a part of the subject is visible. On an actor - it might show only an eye or a portion of the face
Re-establishing shot
Outsourcing
Extreme close-up
Film stock
11. A contemporary modification of the standard three-act structure that identifies a critical turning point at the halfway mark of most narrative films
Vista Vision
Four-part structure
Loose framing
Extreme wide-angle lens
12. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Depth of field
Subtext
Hollywood Blacklist
Average shot length
13. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Text
Matte
Shooting script
Wireframe
14. A format that uses a larger film stock than standard 35mm. IMAX - Omnimax - and Showscan are shot on 70mm film
Dissolve
Wide film
Typecasting
Loose framing
15. A technique of arranging the actors on the set to take advantage of deep focus cinematography - which allows for many planes of depth in the film frame to remain in focus
Composition in depth
Zoom out
German Expressionism
Fast
16. A technique in which the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters. The camera points in the directions the character looks - simulating the character's field of vision
Point-of-view shot
Classical style
Toning
Production values
17. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Dolly
Denouement
Loose framing
Intertextual reference
18. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Open-ended
Fast motion
Camera distance
Matte
19. 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
Blocking
Widescreen
Pixel
Foley artist
20. A shot taken from a camera position below the subject
Overlapping dialogue
Cameo
Forced perspective
Low-angle shot
21. A machine used to create optical effects such as fades - dissolves - and superimpositions. Most are now created digitally
Fast
Anime
Scene
Optical printer
22. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Formalist style
Medium long shot
Backstory
Hollywood Blacklist
23. Also called 'rushes.' Footage exposed and developed quickly so that the director can assess the day's work
Fabula
Diegesis
Close-up
Dailies
24. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Mockumentary
Pixilation
Cut
Subgenre
25. A scene transition in which the first frame of the incoming scene appears to push the last frame of the previous scene off the screen horizontally
Extra
Anime
Genre
Wipe
26. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Set-up
Ethnographic film
On-the-nose dialogue
High-angle shot
27. A consistent style - theme - and subject matter developed over the course of a director's body of work
Oeuvre
Slow motion
Syuzhet
Soviet montage
28. A chemical coating on film stock containing light-sensitive grains
Re-establishing shot
German Expressionism
Emulsion
Camera distance
29. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Anamorphic lens
Low-angle shot
Continuity error
30. A chemical embedded in the emulsion layer of film stock that - when developed after exposure - releases a particular color dye (red - green - or blue)
Progressive scanning
Dye coupler
Digital compositing
Major studios
31. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Storyboard
Spec script
Subtext
Master shot
32. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Gaffer
Minor studios
Roadshowing
Grain
33. Film productions shot outside the U.S. for economic reasons
Runaway production
Non-diegetic
Synthespian
Voice-over
34. A series of related scene joined through elliptical editing that indicates the passage of time
Frame narration
Iris in...
Dye coupler
Montage sequence
35. Muted - washed out color that contains more white than a saturated color
Blockbuster
Camera distance
Desaturated
Soviet montage
36. 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
Shooting script
Grain
Classical style
Matte painting
37. The imagined world of the story
Scene
Diegesis
Best boy
Three-point lighting
38. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Method acting
Apparatus Theory
Digital compositing
Letterboxing
39. The non-chronological insertion of scenes of events yet to happen into the present day of the story world
Jump cut
Saturation
Flashforward
Average shot length
40. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
Digital cinema
Zoom lens
Master shot
Toning
41. A device that projects photographs or footage onto glass so that images can be traced by hand to create animated images
Base
Letterboxing
High concept film
Rotoscope
42. 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
Animation
Episodic
Normal lens
Promotion
43. Suspended particles of silver in the film's emulsion - Which may become visible in the final image as dots
Genre conventions
Parellel
Grain
Flashforward
44. 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
Normal lens
Three-point lighting
Synthespian
Gauge
45. Optical illusions created during production - including the use of matte paintings - glass shots - models - and prosthesis
Academy Ratio
Polarizing filters
Special visual effects
High-angle shot
46. 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
Turning point
Pushing
Focus puller
Standard shot pattern
47. A business model adopted by the major studios during the Hollywood studio era - in which studios controlled all aspects of the film business - from production to distribution and exhibition
Morphing
Open-ended
Vertical integration
First-person narration
48. 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
Panning and scanning
Focus puller
Rotoscope
Toning
49. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Digital set extension
Running time
Direct sound
Natural-key lighting
50. A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky - which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory
Fabula
Set-up
Split screen
Method acting