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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. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Depth of Field
Zooming Out
Cold Reading
Location Scouting
2. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Overheads
Low-Key Lighting
Shot Size
Cold Reading
3. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Author's Draft
Peak Meter
Master Shot
Pulling Focus
4. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Headroom
Rim Light
Assistant Camera
Side Light
5. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Script Breakdown Sheet
Motivated Lighting
Ambient Sound
6. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Fill Light
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Location Technical Survey
Gaffer
7. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Art Direction
Rendering
Motivated Lighting
Storyboards
8. 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
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Reverse Shots
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
9. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Depth of Field
Script Breakdown Sheet
3/4 Back Light
Three Essential Elements of Drama
10. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Direct Address
Reverse Shots
Rendering
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
11. Lighting unit that is 45
3/4 Back Light
Shot List
Location Scouting
Circle of Confusion
12. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Reverse Shots
Cable Wrangler
Elliptical Editing
Side Light
13. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Shot List
Director of Photography
Key Light
Pick-Ups
14. Executing more than one move at a time
Combination Move
Rendering
Cross Cutting
Cold Reading
15. Controlling the strength of the signal
Sound Recordist
3/4 Back Light
Spike
Setting Levels
16. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Art Direction
Spike
T-Stops
Camera Setup
17. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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18. 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
Pick-Ups
Director of Photography
Levels
Gaffer
19. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Media File Indicators
Cable Wrangler
Cross Cutting
'In the Mud'
20. 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.'
Call Sheets
Rule of Thirds
Headroom
Reverberation
21. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Shooting (Lined) Script
Circle of Confusion
Levels
Art Direction
22. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Fill Light
Nondestructive Editing
Spike
Circle of Confusion
23. Lighting unit that is position 90
Side Light
High-Key Lighting
Green Room
Nondestructive Editing
24. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
3/4 Back Light
Headroom
Elliptical Editing
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
25. 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
Reverberation
Call Sheets
Blocking
26. 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.
Shot Size
Call Sheets
Director of Photography
Coverage
27. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Key Light
Master Shot
Nondestructive Editing
28. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Fill Light
Media File Indicators
Dramatization
Motivated Move
29. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Pick-Ups
Rule of Thirds
Low-Key Lighting
Location Technical Survey
30. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Prime Lens
Pick-Ups
Rendering
Call Sheets
31. 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
High-Key Lighting
Nonlinear Editing System
Pick-Ups
Cold Reading
32. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Peak Meter
T-Stops
Back Light
Low-Key Lighting
33. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Reverse Shots
Gaffer
High-Key Lighting
Rule of Thirds
34. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Spike
Gaffer
Levels
T-Stops
35. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Narrative Films
Media File Indicators
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Side Light
36. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Assistant Camera
Circle of Confusion
Zooming Out
'In the Mud'
37. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Blocking
Cover-Set
Depth of Field
Nonlinear Editing System
38. Shooting a scene from various angles
Rim Light
Sound Recordist
Script Breakdown Sheet
Coverage
39. 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.
Art Direction
Nonlinear Editing System
Peak Meter
Setting Levels
40. 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.
Art Direction
Direct Address
Reverse Shots
Coverage
41. 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.
Call Sheets
Art Direction
Ambient Sound
Sound Recordist
42. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Shooting (Lined) Script
Master Shot
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Key Light
43. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Zooming In
Unmotivated Move
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Low-Key Lighting
44. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Depth of Field
Treatment
'In the Mud'
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
45. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Green Room
Circle of Confusion
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
46. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Headroom
Unmotivated Move
Cross Cutting
Talent Release
47. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Cross Cutting
Audition
Gaffer
Location Scouting
48. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Cover-Set
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Circle of Confusion
49. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Green Room
Author's Draft
High-Key Lighting
Storyboards
50. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Nonlinear Editing System
Zooming In
Cold Reading
Prime Lens