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Intro To Film Production
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Study First
Subjects
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performing-arts
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film
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Pulling Focus
Gaffer
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Cover-Set
2. Executing more than one move at a time
Rim Light
Green Room
Cold Reading
Combination Move
3. The order of events in your film
High-Key Lighting
Fine Cut
Plot
Rim Light
4. Expresses the director's visual strategy for every scene in the film. It shows you what shots are used to cover a scene and in how they connect together as an edited scene. Camera angles - shot sizes - camera moves - etc. are all marked.
Shooting (Lined) Script
Motivated Move
Elliptical Editing
Cold Reading
5. Separate comfortable waiting space to put the next-in line actor. A place where actors can relax - drink some water - and go over their lines.
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Green Room
Shot List
Spike
6. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Rendering
Depth of Field
Cable Wrangler
Direct Address
7. All camera moves need to be...
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Circle of Confusion
Combination Move
Motivated Move
8. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Shot List
Cutaway Shot
Peak Meter
Nonlinear Editing System
9. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Overheads
Cable Wrangler
Headshot/Bio
Low-Key Lighting
10. Revolve around conflict - and express ideas and cocepts through stories in which a character who needs to accomplish something encounters obastacles and much struggle to get what they need
Nonlinear Editing System
Peak Meter
Narrative Films
Storyboards
11. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Script Breakdown Sheet
Cold Reading
T-Stops
Key Light
12. Recording is too low
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13. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Art Direction
Rule of Thirds
Headroom
Props
14. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Zooming Out
Rendering
Cable Wrangler
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
15. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Setting Levels
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Nonlinear Editing System
Nondestructive Editing
16. Two-thirds of the depth range along the z-axis is behind the focus point and one-third is in front of the focus point
Protagonist
Fill Light
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Protagonist
17. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Audition
Circle of Confusion
Author's Draft
Protagonist
18. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Sound Recordist
Dramatization
Motivated Lighting
Unmotivated Move
19. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Director of Photography
Setting Levels
Direct Address
Shot Size
20. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Low-Key Lighting
Cutaway Shot
Cold Reading
21. Sound bouncing off surfaces. Results in a booming or echo-y sound as the signal duplicates itself over and over again which is refereed to as 'acoustically live.'
Levels
Green Room
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Reverberation
22. Camera and lens expert. They are responsible for the proper functioning of the camera - which includes setting it up - cleaning the gate - checking and pulling focus - and selecting filters and lenses. They know precise details about what various
Assistant Camera
Script Breakdown Sheet
Art Direction
Dramatization
23. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
'In the Mud'
Props
Key Light
Zooming Out
24. The head of the sound department responsible for recording the best possible quality sound. Chooses the appropriate microphones and mic placement for each and every scene that requires sound. They also monitor and maintain proper recording levels.
Headroom
Sound Recordist
Nondestructive Editing
Motivated Lighting
25. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Headroom
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Motivated Move
Plot
26. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Nondestructive Editing
Reverberation
Key Light
Coverage
27. Closer shots of the subjects in the scene from and angle that includes a portion of the other person's shoulder or head. This is also called and over-the-shoulder shot.
Reverse Shots
'In the Mud'
Dramatization
3/4 Back Light
28. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Narrative Films
Fill Light
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
29. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Cold Reading
Motivated Lighting
Rendering
Location Scouting
30. The ability of a lens to gather light is determined by the largest possible f-stop of that particular lens (a fast lens can open up to allow more light than a slow lens)
Blocking
Reverberation
Lens Speed
Boom Operator
31. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Cross Cutting
Call Sheets
Camera Setup
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
32. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Talent Release
Pick-Ups
Elliptical Editing
Fine Cut
33. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Circle of Confusion
Audition
Rim Light
Lens Speed
34. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Call Sheets
Sound Recordist
Depth of Field
Cross Cutting
35. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Master Shot
Peak Meter
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
36. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Overheads
Back Light
Script Breakdown Sheet
Pick-Ups
37. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Motivated Move
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Rim Light
Headroom
38. Sheets for each shooting day; they detail what portion of the script is being shot on a specific day - who needs to be on the set - when they need to be there - and how to get to the set.
Focus Puller
Call Sheets
Audition
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
39. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Reverse Shots
Circle of Confusion
Four Basic Properties of Sound
40. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Art Direction
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Location Technical Survey
Media File Indicators
41. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Script Breakdown Sheet
Location Scouting
Treatment
Art Direction
42. The order of events in your film
Cross Cutting
3/4 Back Light
Rule of Thirds
Plot
43. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Cover-Set
Author's Draft
Parallel Action
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
44. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Ambient Sound
Levels
45. Often used as a guide for framing human subjects and for composition in general. The frame is divided into thirds with imaginary lines along the horizontal and vertical axes and then place significant objects - focus points - and elements of intere
Rule of Thirds
Spike
Fill Light
Nonlinear Editing System
46. Any cutting - arranging - trimming - corrections - or effects you might perform occur only virtually - in a preview mode. Original media files are not altered in any way. (Digital NLE is an example)
Headshot/Bio
Fill Light
Fine Cut
Nondestructive Editing
47. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Call Sheets
Treatment
48. The person who pulls focus
Back Light
Plot
Focus Puller
Headroom
49. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
Headshot/Bio
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Talent Release
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
50. Removing extraneous time and territory
Talent Release
Headroom
Elliptical Editing
Motivated Move