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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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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. Controlling the strength of the signal
Shot Size
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Setting Levels
2. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Nonlinear Editing System
Ambient Sound
Shot List
Circle of Confusion
3. Lighting unit that is position 90
Side Light
Fine Cut
Prime Lens
Key Light
4. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Nonlinear Editing System
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Levels
Cross Cutting
5. 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.
Location Technical Survey
Prime Lens
Lens Speed
Reverse Shots
6. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Rim Light
Boom Operator
Focus Puller
Low-Key Lighting
7. 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
Cable Wrangler
Blocking
Narrative Films
Ambient Sound
8. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Narrative Films
Parallel Action
Circle of Confusion
Cover-Set
9. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Treatment
Motivated Lighting
Headroom
Blocking
10. Executing more than one move at a time
Overheads
Master Shot
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Combination Move
11. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Shooting (Lined) Script
Motivated Lighting
Focus Puller
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
12. 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
Props
Direct Address
Rule of Thirds
Director of Photography
13. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Rendering
Spike
Cutaway Shot
14. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Spike
Motivated Lighting
Dramatization
Fine Cut
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.
Setting Levels
Unmotivated Move
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Shooting (Lined) Script
16. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Key Light
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Media File Indicators
17. 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)
Levels
Nondestructive Editing
Camera Setup
Protagonist
18. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Parallel Action
Green Room
Key Light
Gaffer
19. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Treatment
Script Breakdown Sheet
Storyboards
Shot List
20. The person who pulls focus
3/4 Back Light
Narrative Films
Talent Release
Focus Puller
21. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Talent Release
Cover-Set
Gaffer
Shooting (Lined) Script
22. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Author's Draft
Media File Indicators
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Location Technical Survey
23. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Unmotivated Move
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Motivated Move
Cold Reading
24. 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.
Call Sheets
Plot
Circle of Confusion
Pulling Focus
25. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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26. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Camera Setup
High-Key Lighting
Art Direction
Camera Setup
27. 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
Reverse Shots
Peak Meter
Zooming In
Narrative Films
28. Lighting unit that is 45
Rim Light
Focus Puller
Headroom
3/4 Back Light
29. 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
Director of Photography
T-Stops
Treatment
Prime Lens
30. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Focus Puller
Art Direction
Location Scouting
Shot Size
31. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Direct Address
Protagonist
Key Light
Shot Size
32. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Assistant Camera
Prime Lens
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
T-Stops
33. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Parallel Action
Motivated Lighting
Combination Move
Boom Operator
34. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Circle of Confusion
Zooming Out
Cover-Set
35. Removing extraneous time and territory
Camera Setup
Elliptical Editing
Audition
Lens Speed
36. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Pulling Focus
High-Key Lighting
Reverberation
Elliptical Editing
37. The movement of characters in the space
Prime Lens
Blocking
High-Key Lighting
Props
38. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Prime Lens
Combination Move
Coverage
Location Scouting
39. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Coverage
Cover-Set
Focus Puller
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
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.
Assistant Camera
Overheads
Combination Move
Low-Key Lighting
41. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Master Shot
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Cutaway Shot
Talent Release
42. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Unmotivated Move
Rim Light
Shot List
Blocking
43. All camera moves need to be...
Key Light
Shot List
Motivated Move
Fine Cut
44. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Fill Light
Green Room
Headroom
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
45. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Shot List
Zooming In
Cover-Set
'In the Mud'
46. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Storyboards
Focus Puller
Peak Meter
Fine Cut
47. The order of events in your film
Lens Speed
Dramatization
Nonlinear Editing System
Plot
48. 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
Assistant Camera
Narrative Films
Lens Speed
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
49. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Blocking
Spike
Direct Address
Setting Levels
50. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Director of Photography
Circle of Confusion
Peak Meter
Narrative Films