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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. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
3/4 Back Light
Ambient Sound
Media File Indicators
Combination Move
2. 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.
Camera Setup
Call Sheets
Side Light
Elliptical Editing
3. 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.
Narrative Films
Cross Cutting
Location Technical Survey
Green Room
4. 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.
Dramatization
High-Key Lighting
Depth of Field
Low-Key Lighting
5. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Cross Cutting
Fill Light
Rendering
Pick-Ups
6. 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.
High-Key Lighting
Art Direction
Dramatization
Reverse Shots
7. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Gaffer
'In the Mud'
Dramatization
Storyboards
8. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Art Direction
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Master Shot
Peak Meter
9. 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.
Low-Key Lighting
Cable Wrangler
Talent Release
Director of Photography
10. 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.
Sound Recordist
Cover-Set
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Rendering
11. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
'In the Mud'
Cable Wrangler
Boom Operator
Reverberation
12. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Shot List
Gaffer
Rule of Thirds
13. 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
Props
Boom Operator
Zooming In
Nonlinear Editing System
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.
Fill Light
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
'In the Mud'
Back Light
15. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Depth of Field
Location Scouting
Ambient Sound
16. The order of events in your film
Setting Levels
Author's Draft
Plot
Dramatization
17. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Rule of Thirds
Fine Cut
Art Direction
Green Room
18. The person who pulls focus
Director of Photography
Fill Light
Direct Address
Focus Puller
19. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Audition
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Spike
Call Sheets
20. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Direct Address
Cable Wrangler
Cross Cutting
Props
21. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Cover-Set
Director of Photography
Green Room
Back Light
22. 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.
Sound Recordist
Reverse Shots
Circle of Confusion
Shot List
23. 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.
Author's Draft
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Cutaway Shot
Overheads
24. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Location Technical Survey
Parallel Action
Assistant Camera
Gaffer
25. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Props
Treatment
Coverage
Setting Levels
26. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Low-Key Lighting
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Cover-Set
27. Executing more than one move at a time
Combination Move
Reverse Shots
Key Light
Blocking
28. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Low-Key Lighting
Cutaway Shot
Audition
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
29. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Setting Levels
Rim Light
Pulling Focus
High-Key Lighting
30. 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)
Sound Recordist
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Elliptical Editing
31. Lighting unit that is 45
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
3/4 Back Light
Ambient Sound
Motivated Move
32. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Talent Release
Fine Cut
Ambient Sound
Three Essential Elements of Drama
33. 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
Cable Wrangler
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Motivated Lighting
Assistant Camera
34. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Audition
Cross Cutting
Protagonist
Setting Levels
35. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Circle of Confusion
Audition
Green Room
Gaffer
36. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Depth of Field
3/4 Back Light
Media File Indicators
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
37. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
3/4 Back Light
Camera Setup
Zooming Out
Peak Meter
38. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Back Light
Pulling Focus
Audition
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
39. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Cover-Set
Spike
Storyboards
Headshot/Bio
40. 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
Rule of Thirds
Elliptical Editing
Audition
41. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Master Shot
Props
Headroom
Setting Levels
42. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Master Shot
Protagonist
Side Light
Pick-Ups
43. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Levels
Fill Light
Nondestructive Editing
Rendering
44. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Prime Lens
Cross Cutting
Cutaway Shot
Three Essential Elements of Drama
45. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Plot
Boom Operator
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Cold Reading
46. Controlling the strength of the signal
Back Light
Author's Draft
Nondestructive Editing
Setting Levels
47. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Ambient Sound
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Fill Light
Unmotivated Move
48. The movement of characters in the space
Art Direction
Blocking
Elliptical Editing
Headshot/Bio
49. 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.
Rule of Thirds
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Reverse Shots
Setting Levels
50. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Sound Recordist
Zooming In
Parallel Action
Three Essential Elements of Drama