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Film Vocab
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1. A large-budget film whose strategy is to swamp the competition through market saturation
Blockbuster
First-person narration
Blue screen
Rear projection
2. A shot taken from a level camera located approximately 5' to 6' from the ground - simulating the perspective of a person standing before the action presented
Eye-level shot
Episodic
Tight framing
Hybrid
3. A narrative - visual - or sound element that refers viewers to other films or works of art
Rotoscope
Day for night
Pre-production
Intertextual reference
4. 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
Speed
On-the-nose dialogue
Plot summary
Depth of field
5. A videotape system that records images onto magnetic tape - using electronic signals
Pixilation
Analog Video
Soundtrack
Formalist style
6. A machine used to create optical effects such as fades - dissolves - and superimpositions. Most are now created digitally
Formalist style
Orthochromatic
Optical printer
Video assist
7. 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
Descriptive claim
Gaffer
Interpretive claim
8. 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
Anime
Crab dolly
Dailies
Digital cinema
9. A shot that appears during or near the end of a scene and reorients viewers to the setting
Line reading
Re-establishing shot
Forced development
Voice-over
10. A statement that presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance
Extra
Script supervisor
Interpretive claim
Take
11. 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
Subtext
Fog filter
Camera distance
12. A musical in which some or all musical numbers are not motivated by the narrative; for example - characters sing and dance throughout the film but at least some performances are not staged for an onscreen audience. Examples include Oklahoma - The umb
Integrated musical
Saturation
Zoom in...
Genre conventions
13. Any noticeable but unintended discrepancy from one shot to the next in costume - props - hairstyle - posture - etc.
Promotion
Plot summary
Hollywood Ten
Continuity error
14. Exposed and developed film stock from which the master positive is struck. If projected - the negative would produce a reverse of the image - with dark areas appearing white and vice versa or - if color film - areas of color appearing as their comple
Negative
Mockumentary
Extreme long-shot
Motif
15. 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
Standard shot pattern
Roadshowing
Realist style
Fast motion
16. The imagined world of the story
Digital video
Diegesis
Outsourcing
Handheld shot
17. A technique of intentionally adding scratches in a film's emulsion layer for aesthetic purposes - such as to simulate home movie footage
Cutaway
Evaluative claim
Scratching
Minor studios
18. An optical technique that divides the screen into two or more frames
Subtext
Cut
Split screen
Blockbuster
19. Experimental film; Underground cinema;
Avant-garde film
Optical printer
Studio system
Trailer
20. Author; A term popularized by French film critics and refers to film directors with their own distinctive style
Auteur
Orthochromatic
Bleach bypass
Genre
21. A series of individual drawings that provides a blueprint for the shooting of a scene
Backstory
Storyboard
Camera distance
Revisionist
22. An unstated meaning that underlies and is implied by spoken dialogue
Subtext
Master shot
Re-establishing shot
Shooting script
23. A filter that simply reduces the amount of light entering the lens - without affecting the color characteristics
Compilation film
Neutral-density filter
Direct sound
City symphony
24. 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
Exposure
Green screen
Four-part structure
First-person narration
25. A shot taken from a camera position above the subject - looking down at it
Loose framing
Sound bridge
Protagonist
High-angle shot
26. 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
Depth of field
Exposure latitude
Masking
Establishing shot
27. The falling or unraveling action after the climax of a narrative that leads to resolution
Reframing
Available light
Green screen
Denouement
28. A long shot in which the film frame resembles the proscenium arch of the stage - distancing the audience
Tableau shot
Double exposure
City symphony
Four-part structure
29. A change of focus from one plane of depth to another. As the in-focus subject goes out of focus - another object - which has been blurry - comes into focus in either the background or the foreground
Anime
Rack focus
Scene
Dolly
30. A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it
Star persona
Reverse shot
Pan
Ethnographic film
31. A direct vocal address to the audience - Which may emanate from a character or from a narrative voice apparently unrelated to the diegesis
Aperture
Widescreen
Blue screen
Voice-over
32. A form of shot transition - generally concluding a scene - where a circular mask constricts around the image until the entire frame is black
Wipe
Iris in...
Interpellation
Saturation
33. The person in charge of planning the style and look of the film with the production designer and director of photography - working with actors during principal photography - and collaborating with the editor on the final version
Post-production
Director
Figure placement and movement
Optical printer
34. A musical film in which each song and dance number is narratively motivated by a plot that situates characters in performance contexts
Extradiegetic
Roadshowing
Hollywood Ten
Backstage musical
35. Glass filters whose surface is etched with spots that refract light - so they create the appearance of water droplets in the air
Grain
Extreme wide-angle lens
Rear projection
Fog filter
36. 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
Wide film
Director
Promotion
Panchromatic
37. 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
Subgenre
Superimposition
High concept film
Fast motion
38. A model of industrial organization in the film industry from about 1915 to 1946 - characterized by the development of major and minor studios that produced - distributed - and exhibited films - and held film actors - directors - art directors - and o
Re-establishing shot
Interpellation
Long take
Studio system
39. A black masking device used to black out a portion of the frame - usually for the insertion of other images
Overhead shot
Parellel editing
Exposition
Matte
40. The space between the camera and subject it is filming.
Camera distance
Mixing
Compositing
Dissolve
41. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Trailer
Loose framing
Aperture
Tilt
42. 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
Line reading
Travelling matte
Long take
Synthespian
43. A small - variable opening on a camera lens that regulates the amount of light entering the camera and striking the surface of the film
Aperture
Production values
Extra
Tight framing
44. 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
Classical style
Offscreen space
Iris out
Long shot
45. The selection and ordering of narrative events presented in a film
Backstory
Out-take
Subgenre
Syuzhet
46. A continuity editing technique that preserves spatial continuity by using a character's line of vision as motivation for a cut
Eyeline match
Exposure
Soft light
Handheld shot
47. 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
Pan
Pan
Parellel editing
Omniscient narration
48. Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image - which appears to stop the action
Pixel
Restricted narration
Freeze frame
Academy Ratio
49. A story; a chain of events linked by cause-and-effect logic
Narrative sequencing
Narrative
Negative cutter
Ethnographic film
50. The length in minutes for a film to play in its entirety (for example - 120 minutes). Also referred to as 'screen time.'
Running time
Lens
Genre conventions
Diegesis
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