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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. Non-diegetic; any element in the film that is not part of the imagined story world
Figure placement and movement
Extradiegetic
Narrative sequencing
Direct cinema
2. Invisible editing; a system devised to minimize the audience's awareness of shot transitions - especially cuts - in order to improve the flow of the story and avoid interrupting the viewer's immersion it in
Continuity editing
Blue screen
Cutaway
Four-part structure
3. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Lens
Episodic
Tableau shot
Frozen time moment
4. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Flashforward
Available light
Pixilation
Fog filter
5. A shot filmed from an airplane or helicopter
Narrative
Charge coupler device
Aerial Shot
Pixel
6. A shot taken when the camera is so close to a subject that it fills the frame. It is most commonly used for a shot that isolates and encompasses a single actor's face - to emphasize the expression of emotion
Digital cinema
Extradiegetic
Figure placement and movement
Close-up
7. 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
Release prints
Compilation film
Hard light
Two-shot
8. Optical illusions created during post-production
Visual effects
Interpretive claim
Mockumentary
Toning
9. A fiction film (often a comedy) that uses documentary conventions on fictional rather than real-world subject matter
Out-take
Camera distance
Focus puller
Mockumentary
10. A documentary or occasionally - a narrative film that presents only one side of an argument or one approach to a subject
Standard shot pattern
Slow
Pushing
Propaganda film
11. A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue
Wide-angle lens
Blocking
Editor
Low-key lighting
12. Also called 'd-cinema.' Not to be confused with digital cinematography (shooting movies on digital video) - this term refers to using digital technologies for exhibition
Open-ended
Camera distance
Iris in...
Digital cinema
13. The shape of the image onscreen as determined by the width of the frame relative to its height
Standard shot pattern
Aspect Ratio
Double exposure
High-key lighting
14. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Tableau shot
Zoom out
Low-key lighting
Denouement
15. The practice or repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films
Undercranking
Filter
Typecasting
Close-up
16. 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
Pulling
Negative cutter
Brechtian distanciation
Extradiegetic
17. A transparent sheet on which animation artists draw images.
Extreme long-shot
Continuity error
Aperture
Cel
18. Any narrative - visual - or sound element that is repeated and thereby acquires and reflects its significance to the story - characters - or themes of the film.
Parellel
Motif
Morphing
Method acting
19. A technique of manipulating focus to direct the viewer's attention
Long take
Selective focus
Sound bridge
Grain
20. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Studio system
Iris in...
Wide-angle lens
Point-of-view shot
21. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Blue screen
Underexposure
Mixing
Matte
22. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Interpellation
Focus puller
Fast
Runaway production
23. A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation
Kuleshov effect
Descriptive claim
Cameo
Line reading
24. Images that originate from computer graphics technology - rather than photography
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Tableau shot
Formalist style
Parellel
25. A shot that depicts a human body from the feet up
Video assist
Hollywood Ten
Medium long shot
Flashforward
26. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Iris in...
Aerial Shot
Long shot
Reverse shot
27. The camera should move at least 30 degrees any time there is a cut within a scene
30-degree rule
Extradiegetic
Continuity error
Running time
28. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Base
Day for night
Master shot
Loose framing
29. A glass element on a camera that focuses light rays so that the image of the object appears on the surface of the film
Character actor
Emulsion
Lens
Close-up
30. Reels of film that are shipped to movie theaters for exhibition. Digital cinema - which can be distributed via satellite - broadband - or on media such as DVDs - may soon replace film prints because the latter are expensive to create - copy - and dis
Tracking shot
Release prints
Line of action
Video assist
31. A lens with a variable focal length that allows changes of focal length while keeping the subject in focus
180-degree rule
Graphic match
Zoom lens
Flashing
32. A person responsible for putting a film together from a mass of developed footage - making decisions regarding pace - shot transitions - and which scenes and shots will be used
Editor
Parellel editing
Product placement
Frozen time moment
33. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Subtext
Genre conventions
Re-establishing shot
Vista Vision
34. 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
Brechtian distanciation
Rack focus
Denouement
Avant-garde film
35. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Evaluative claim
Propaganda film
Exposure latitude
Voice-over
36. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Match on action
Cutaway
Analog Video
Desaturated
37. 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
Four-part structure
Synthespian
Negative
38. Lighting design that provides an even illumination of the subject - with many facial details washed out. High-key lighting tends to create a hopeful mood - in contrast to low-key lighting
High-key lighting
Assistant Editor
Emulsion
Revisionist
39. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Negative
Prosthesis
Go-motion
Classical style
40. A shot that includes a human figure from the shoulders up
Method acting
Digital compositing
Medium close-up
Integrated musical
41. 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
Cameo
Phi phenomenon
Morphing
Blaxploitation
42. The first shot in a standard shot sequence. Its purpose is to provide a clear representation of the location of the action
Establishing shot
Base
Analog Video
B-roll
43. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Two-shot
Polarizing filters
Forced perspective
Motivation
44. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Focal length
Hollywood Blacklist
Screenplay
Graphic match
45. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Major studios
Parellel
Cel
Neutral-density filter
46. A description of film stock that is highly sensitive to light
Fast
Production values
Typecasting
Loose framing
47. 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
Vertical integration
Master shot
Parellel editing
Canted angle
48. A group of films within a given genre that share their own specific set of conventions that differentiate them from other films in the genre. For example - the slasher film is a subgenre of the horror genre
Subgenre
Telephoto lens
Extreme wide-angle lens
Text
49. An abrupt shot transition that occurs when Shot A is instantaneously replaced by Shot B.
Extreme long-shot
Cut
Spec script
Tableau shot
50. 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
Wide-angle lens
Exposition
Mockumentary
Pushing