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Intro To Film Production
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
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performing-arts
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film
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
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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. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Narrative Films
Director of Photography
Headshot/Bio
Direct Address
2. Yields very dark and prominent shadow areas. Occurs when the fill light is considerable lower than the key - allowing areas to be submerged in shadows.
Assistant Camera
Prime Lens
Low-Key Lighting
Director of Photography
3. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Peak Meter
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Zooming In
Back Light
4. Controlling the strength of the signal
Location Technical Survey
Cable Wrangler
Setting Levels
Motivated Move
5. The order of events in your film
Art Direction
Zooming In
Fine Cut
Plot
6. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Assistant Camera
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Direct Address
Reverse Shots
7. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Media File Indicators
Rule of Thirds
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
'In the Mud'
8. 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
Key Light
Plot
Prime Lens
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
9. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Sound Recordist
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Key Light
Fill Light
10. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Headshot/Bio
Depth of Field
Prime Lens
Elliptical Editing
11. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Rule of Thirds
Unmotivated Move
Talent Release
Treatment
12. 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
Talent Release
Script Breakdown Sheet
Side Light
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
13. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Cross Cutting
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Pulling Focus
Nondestructive Editing
14. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Shot Size
High-Key Lighting
High-Key Lighting
Direct Address
15. 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.
Treatment
Audition
Shooting (Lined) Script
Overheads
16. The order of events in your film
Lens Speed
Plot
Zooming Out
Blocking
17. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Media File Indicators
Sound Recordist
High-Key Lighting
Key Light
18. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Lens Speed
T-Stops
Fine Cut
Cover-Set
19. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Key Light
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
3/4 Back Light
Combination Move
20. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Location Scouting
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Zooming Out
Cable Wrangler
21. 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.
Media File Indicators
Director of Photography
Call Sheets
Props
22. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Cold Reading
Fill Light
Gaffer
Master Shot
23. Works closely with the director on the visual interprataino of the script and the photographic look of the movie (cinematography). This involves lighting - film stocks - video format - expressive camera angles - compositions - exposures - and f
Back Light
Levels
Zooming In
Director of Photography
24. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Props
Side Light
Headshot/Bio
Key Light
25. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Camera Setup
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
3/4 Back Light
Plot
26. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Setting Levels
Ambient Sound
Master Shot
Protagonist
27. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Storyboards
Gaffer
Fine Cut
28. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Cross Cutting
Headshot/Bio
Media File Indicators
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
29. Lighting unit that is position 90
Overheads
Fine Cut
Side Light
Blocking
30. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Overheads
Peak Meter
Coverage
Lens Speed
31. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Headroom
T-Stops
Cutaway Shot
Storyboards
32. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Side Light
Cold Reading
'In the Mud'
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
33. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Fine Cut
Location Scouting
Overheads
Shot List
34. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Direct Address
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Motivated Move
Cable Wrangler
35. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
High-Key Lighting
Master Shot
Protagonist
Fine Cut
36. All camera moves need to be...
Dramatization
Back Light
High-Key Lighting
Motivated Move
37. Drawings of each scene from a bird's eye perspective. They help figure out important details like the axis of action - camera placement - and blocking.
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Overheads
Talent Release
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
38. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Coverage
T-Stops
Back Light
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
39. Lighting unit that is 45
Plot
Setting Levels
Location Scouting
3/4 Back Light
40. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Nondestructive Editing
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Sound Recordist
Props
41. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Location Scouting
Pick-Ups
Headroom
Ambient Sound
42. 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
Cable Wrangler
Coverage
Boom Operator
43. Removing extraneous time and territory
Fine Cut
Elliptical Editing
Assistant Camera
Talent Release
44. Not limited by the linear characteristics of video tape. We can move around in the footage in any direction - instantaneously. All film projects - whether shot on film of DV are edited on NLE. All visual and aural components must be turned into dig
Cover-Set
Author's Draft
Nonlinear Editing System
Audition
45. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Green Room
Coverage
Zooming In
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
46. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Script Breakdown Sheet
Call Sheets
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Pick-Ups
47. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Spike
Audition
Key Light
Unmotivated Move
48. Controlling the strength of the signal
High-Key Lighting
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Setting Levels
Side Light
49. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Headroom
Gaffer
Location Scouting
Rendering
50. Shooting a scene from various angles
Nonlinear Editing System
Combination Move
Coverage
Reverse Shots