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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.
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1. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Pick-Ups
Spike
Green Room
Art Direction
2. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Rim Light
Shot List
Shooting (Lined) Script
T-Stops
3. 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.
Overheads
Talent Release
Sound Recordist
Blocking
4. Narrative technique that involves intercutting between two or more separate areas of action in such a way that the viewer assumes the scenes are occurring simulataneously
Parallel Action
Talent Release
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Art Direction
5. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Media File Indicators
Setting Levels
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Talent Release
6. 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
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Audition
Rule of Thirds
Ambient Sound
7. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Gaffer
Camera Setup
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Lens Speed
8. 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.
Low-Key Lighting
Call Sheets
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Key Light
9. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Audition
Zooming Out
Combination Move
Location Technical Survey
10. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Cross Cutting
Back Light
Key Light
Motivated Lighting
11. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Depth of Field
Spike
Rule of Thirds
Pulling Focus
12. Lighting unit that is position 90
Side Light
Nondestructive Editing
T-Stops
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
13. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Motivated Move
High-Key Lighting
Zooming In
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
14. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Low-Key Lighting
Zooming Out
Rendering
Rule of Thirds
15. 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.
Call Sheets
Reverse Shots
Motivated Move
Side Light
16. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Rim Light
Cable Wrangler
'In the Mud'
Protagonist
17. Controlling the strength of the signal
Setting Levels
Zooming In
Boom Operator
Combination Move
18. 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.
Master Shot
Focus Puller
Low-Key Lighting
Author's Draft
19. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Assistant Camera
Plot
Pulling Focus
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
20. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Side Light
Media File Indicators
Fine Cut
21. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Zooming Out
3/4 Back Light
Low-Key Lighting
Rim Light
22. The person who pulls focus
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Headshot/Bio
Reverse Shots
Focus Puller
23. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Treatment
Audition
T-Stops
Circle of Confusion
24. 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.
Green Room
Gaffer
3/4 Back Light
Focus Puller
25. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Pick-Ups
Audition
Cross Cutting
Boom Operator
26. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Motivated Lighting
Back Light
Direct Address
27. Removing extraneous time and territory
Ambient Sound
Elliptical Editing
Shot Size
Headroom
28. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Storyboards
Side Light
Ambient Sound
29. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Depth of Field
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Blocking
Dramatization
30. Shooting a scene from various angles
Key Light
Director of Photography
Coverage
Master Shot
31. Light that separates the subject from the background by positioning a somewhat lower intensity light at a high angle and behind the subject. It traces the edges of the figure and creates depth.
Props
Coverage
Cable Wrangler
Back Light
32. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Combination Move
Boom Operator
Master Shot
Rim Light
33. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Unmotivated Move
Cutaway Shot
Location Scouting
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
34. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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35. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Cutaway Shot
Location Technical Survey
Media File Indicators
Rule of Thirds
36. 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
Reverberation
T-Stops
Director of Photography
Shot List
37. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
Talent Release
Boom Operator
3/4 Back Light
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
38. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Fine Cut
Rim Light
Assistant Camera
39. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Elliptical Editing
Blocking
Shot List
Cover-Set
40. 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.
Direct Address
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Gaffer
Overheads
41. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Shot Size
Cross Cutting
Combination Move
Headshot/Bio
42. The look of the environment in which your scenes take place - and the choice and design of the objects and costumes employed in the film have a profound impact on the tone - the characterizations - and the meaning of your movie.
Location Technical Survey
Shot Size
Art Direction
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
43. Removing extraneous time and territory
Elliptical Editing
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Unmotivated Move
Plot
44. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Back Light
Shot Size
Nonlinear Editing System
Headshot/Bio
45. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Elliptical Editing
Protagonist
Rim Light
Spike
46. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Audition
Overheads
Peak Meter
47. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Media File Indicators
Rule of Thirds
Script Breakdown Sheet
Lens Speed
48. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Talent Release
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Cold Reading
Four Basic Properties of Sound
49. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Audition
Side Light
Nondestructive Editing
Script Breakdown Sheet
50. Executing more than one move at a time
Combination Move
High-Key Lighting
Pulling Focus
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)