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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 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
Grain
Star filter
Long take
2. The practice of shooting during the day but using filters and underexposure to create the illusion of nighttime
Rotoscope
Antagonist
Motivation
Day for night
3. Creating images during post-production by joining together photographic or CGI material shot or created at different times and places
Compositing
Filter
Negative cutter
Release prints
4. A shot transition that emphasizes the visual similarities between two consecutive shots
Graphic match
Three-act structure
Dolly
Non-diegetic
5. Devices that attach to actors' faces and/or bodies to change their appearance
Digital video
Phi phenomenon
Medium shot
Prosthesis
6. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Selective focus
Dolly
Dye coupler
Turning point
7. A character who in some way opposes the protagonist - leading to protracted conflict
Canted angle
Score
Antagonist
Extradiegetic
8. 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
Available light
Flashing
Screenplay
9. Smaller corporations that did not own distribution and/or exhibition companies in the studio era - including Universal - Columbia - and United Artists
Newsreel
Minor studios
Iris out
Masking
10. 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
Cutaway
Recursive action
Deep focus cinematography
Reframing
11. The period after principal photography during which editing and looping take place - and special visual effects are added to the film
Closure
Matte
Post-production
Go-motion
12. A device used to manipulate the amount and/or color of light entering the lens
Filter
High concept film
Parellel
Camera distance
13. A machine that converts film prints to videotape format
Pixilation
Telecine
Camera distance
Mixing
14. A relatively long - uninterrupted sot - generally of a minute or more
Long take
Standard shot pattern
Continuity error
Morphing
15. Light striking the emulsion layer of the film - activating light-sensitive grains
Product placement
Exposure
Shot
Mockumentary
16. Creating an image by combining several elements created separately using computer graphics rather than photographic means
Slow motion
Pan
Digital compositing
Propaganda film
17. 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
Production values
Cel
High-key lighting
Undercranking
18. A type of documentary film whose purpose is to present the way of life of a culture or subculture
Hollywood Ten
Hue
Ethnographic film
Parellel editing
19. A platform on wheels - used for mobile camera shots
Loose framing
Best boy
Dolly
Out-take
20. 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
Storyboard
Color filter
Backstage musical
Gaffer
21. 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
Denouement
Soundtrack
Genre conventions
Jump cut
22. The practice of Hollywood studios contracting out post-production work to individuals or firms outside the U.S.
Outsourcing
Exposure
Auteur
Continuity editing
23. 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
Re-establishing shot
Character actor
Rear projection
Digital cinema
24. 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
Saturation
Chiaroscuro
Travelling matte
Tilt
25. An early color process - involving bathing lengths of processed film in dye one scene at a time
Tinting
ADR
Shutter
Avant-garde film
26. The distance in millimeters from the optical center of a lens to the lane where the sharpest image is formed while focusing on a distant object
Letterboxing
Focal length
Aerial Shot
Blue screen
27. Recording images at a slower speed than the speed of projection (24 frames per second). Before cameras were motorized - this was called undercranking. Fewer frames are exposed in one minute - so - when projected at 24 f.p.s. - that action takes less
Three-act structure
Fast motion
Aperture
Depth of field
28. A shot combining two kinds of movement: the camera tracks in toward the subject wile the lens zooms out
Antagonist
Telephoto lens
Trombone shot
Avant-garde film
29. 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
Chiaroscuro
Computer-generated imagery (CGI)
Superimposition
Video assist
30. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Four-part structure
On-the-nose dialogue
Running time
Intertextual reference
31. A brief chronological description of the basic events and characters in a film. It does not include interpretive or evaluative claims
Medium close-up
Plot summary
Superimposition
Cut
32. A short segment of film used to promote an upcoming release
ADR
Cinerama
Trailer
Tinting
33. 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
Pushing
Video assist
Graphic match
Gauge
34. The chip in a video camera that converts the incoming light to an electronic signal
Hollywood Ten
Iris out
Charge coupler device
Digital set extension
35. A technique of cutting back and forth between action occurring in two different locations - which often creates the illusion that they are happening simultaneously. Also called 'cross cutting.'
Pre-production
Parellel editing
Exposure
Average shot length
36. A style of Japanese animation - distinguished primarily by the fact that it is not all geared for young audiences
Travelling matte
Three-point lighting
Anime
Subtext
37. A film that fuses the conventions of two or more genres
Point-of-view shot
Hybrid
Three-act structure
Neutral-density filter
38. A device attached to the film camera that records videotape of what has been filmed - allowing the director immediate access to video footage
Cutaway
ADR
Video assist
Third-person narration
39. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Post-production
Tableau shot
High-angle shot
Three-act structure
40. Also called 'stop motion photography.' A technique of photographing a scene one frame at a time and moving the model between each shot
Pixilation
High-angle shot
Denouement
Negative
41. 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
Re-establishing shot
Academy Ratio
Normal lens
42. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Zoom lens
Neutral-density filter
Gauge
Spec script
43. A crew member who reports to the Director of Photography (DP) and is in charge of tasks involving lighting and electrical needs
Open-ended
Rear projection
Shutter
Gaffer
44. The first print made from a film negative
Exposition
Wipe
Master positive
Interpellation
45. A shot that contains two characters within the frame
Intertextual reference
Realist style
Two-shot
Grain
46. Dense accumulation of detail conveyed in the opening moments of a film
Figure placement and movement
Exposition
Extradiegetic
Negative
47. A measure of a film stock's sensitivity to light. 'Fast' refers to sensitive film stock - while slow film is relatively insensitive
Graphic match
Non-diegetic
Set-up
Speed
48. The use of editing techniques - such as a fade or dissolve - to indicate the end of one scene and the beginning of another
Three-point lighting
Omniscient narration
Typecasting
Shot transition
49. A technique of moving the camera - on a specially built track. Such shots often trace character movement laterally across the frame or in and out of the depth of the frame
Shot/reverse shot
Vista Vision
Composition
Tracking shot
50. The first print made from a film negative
Master positive
Diegesis
Focus puller
Visual effects