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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. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Headshot/Bio
Depth of Field
Parallel Action
Shot List
2. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Focus Puller
Location Scouting
Circle of Confusion
Blocking
3. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Director of Photography
Ambient Sound
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Cold Reading
4. 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.
Location Scouting
Cold Reading
Green Room
Low-Key Lighting
5. 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.
Lens Speed
Blocking
Art Direction
Reverberation
6. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Cover-Set
Circle of Confusion
Protagonist
Combination Move
7. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Motivated Move
Sound Recordist
Cold Reading
Prime Lens
8. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Storyboards
Key Light
Key Light
Rule of Thirds
9. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Sound Recordist
'In the Mud'
Key Light
Dramatization
10. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Cutaway Shot
Side Light
Protagonist
Blocking
11. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Overheads
Circle of Confusion
Media File Indicators
Direct Address
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
Reverse Shots
Cable Wrangler
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Shot Size
13. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Rendering
Boom Operator
Nondestructive Editing
14. 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.
Rule of Thirds
Circle of Confusion
Camera Setup
Back Light
15. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Storyboards
Cross Cutting
Cable Wrangler
16. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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17. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Zooming In
Narrative Films
Nondestructive Editing
Setting Levels
18. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Prime Lens
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
T-Stops
Spike
19. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Coverage
Peak Meter
Treatment
Reverberation
20. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Pulling Focus
Audition
Elliptical Editing
Rendering
21. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Rendering
Plot
Circle of Confusion
Parallel Action
22. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Zooming Out
Rule of Thirds
Pick-Ups
Direct Address
23. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Coverage
Script Breakdown Sheet
Cold Reading
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
24. The movement of characters in the space
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Dramatization
Boom Operator
Blocking
25. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Plot
Zooming In
Cover-Set
Reverse Shots
26. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Depth of Field
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Levels
27. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Cross Cutting
Rule of Thirds
Zooming Out
Nondestructive Editing
28. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Peak Meter
Art Direction
Shooting (Lined) Script
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
29. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Direct Address
Treatment
Storyboards
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
30. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Motivated Lighting
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Zooming Out
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
31. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Headroom
Coverage
Peak Meter
Side Light
32. 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.
Rendering
Four Basic Properties of Sound
'In the Mud'
Call Sheets
33. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Green Room
Lens Speed
Headshot/Bio
34. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Key Light
Blocking
Spike
Fill Light
35. Controlling the strength of the signal
T-Stops
Master Shot
Setting Levels
Rim Light
36. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Overheads
Side Light
Pick-Ups
Three Essential Elements of Drama
37. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Media File Indicators
T-Stops
Call Sheets
High-Key Lighting
38. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Overheads
Props
Side Light
Call Sheets
39. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Treatment
Audition
Rim Light
Depth of Field
40. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Shot Size
Cutaway Shot
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Cold Reading
41. Lighting unit that is position 90
Cross Cutting
Plot
Side Light
Lens Speed
42. 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
Zooming Out
Director of Photography
Direct Address
Gaffer
43. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Unmotivated Move
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Levels
Four Basic Properties of Sound
44. 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)
Nondestructive Editing
Fine Cut
Shot Size
Assistant Camera
45. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Location Scouting
Side Light
Overheads
Master Shot
46. 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
Low-Key Lighting
Setting Levels
Reverberation
47. 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.'
Reverberation
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Cable Wrangler
Blocking
48. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Parallel Action
T-Stops
Pulling Focus
Headroom
49. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Zooming Out
3/4 Back Light
Fill Light
50. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Key Light
Fill Light
Prime Lens
Ambient Sound