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Intro To Film Production
Start Test
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 ability of a lens to gather light is determined by the largest possible f-stop of that particular lens (a fast lens can open up to allow more light than a slow lens)
Author's Draft
Levels
Lens Speed
Plot
2. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Boom Operator
Unmotivated Move
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
3. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Low-Key Lighting
Call Sheets
4. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Headshot/Bio
Cable Wrangler
Zooming In
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
5. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Unmotivated Move
Dramatization
Rendering
T-Stops
6. The order of events in your film
Zooming Out
Master Shot
Call Sheets
Plot
7. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Cable Wrangler
Reverberation
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Talent Release
8. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Reverberation
Direct Address
Nonlinear Editing System
Circle of Confusion
9. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Protagonist
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Back Light
Props
10. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Treatment
Overheads
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Plot
11. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Peak Meter
Pulling Focus
3/4 Back Light
Cross Cutting
12. 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
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Shooting (Lined) Script
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
13. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Reverberation
Fine Cut
Boom Operator
Storyboards
14. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Parallel Action
Shooting (Lined) Script
Green Room
Headroom
15. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Unmotivated Move
Reverberation
Depth of Field
Headshot/Bio
16. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Unmotivated Move
Reverberation
Reverberation
Low-Key Lighting
17. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Gaffer
Storyboards
Coverage
Media File Indicators
18. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Narrative Films
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Fill Light
Audition
19. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Treatment
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
20. Shooting a scene from various angles
Coverage
Location Scouting
Rendering
Location Technical Survey
21. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
'In the Mud'
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Assistant Camera
Cross Cutting
22. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Plot
High-Key Lighting
Side Light
Zooming Out
23. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Circle of Confusion
Overheads
Location Scouting
24. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Reverberation
High-Key Lighting
Elliptical Editing
Cover-Set
25. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Pulling Focus
Back Light
Camera Setup
Low-Key Lighting
26. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Audition
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Script Breakdown Sheet
Overheads
27. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Boom Operator
Green Room
Parallel Action
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
28. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Unmotivated Move
Cold Reading
High-Key Lighting
Script Breakdown Sheet
29. 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.
Props
Rim Light
Media File Indicators
Shooting (Lined) Script
30. 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.
Back Light
Overheads
Key Light
Sound Recordist
31. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Protagonist
Call Sheets
Unmotivated Move
Fine Cut
32. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Combination Move
Prime Lens
Zooming In
T-Stops
33. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Narrative Films
Treatment
Direct Address
Cold Reading
34. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Motivated Move
Circle of Confusion
Media File Indicators
Call Sheets
35. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Ambient Sound
Levels
Script Breakdown Sheet
Green Room
36. The movement of characters in the space
Blocking
Peak Meter
T-Stops
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
37. All camera moves need to be...
Motivated Move
Lens Speed
Motivated Lighting
Nonlinear Editing System
38. 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.
Reverse Shots
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Cross Cutting
Narrative Films
39. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Location Scouting
Overheads
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Sound Recordist
40. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Setting Levels
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Plot
Rendering
41. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Focus Puller
Headshot/Bio
Location Scouting
Treatment
42. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Assistant Camera
Parallel Action
Motivated Move
Headshot/Bio
43. Removing extraneous time and territory
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Elliptical Editing
Narrative Films
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
44. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Media File Indicators
Spike
Camera Setup
45. 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.
Boom Operator
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
'In the Mud'
Sound Recordist
46. Shooting a scene from various angles
Location Scouting
Rim Light
Coverage
Location Technical Survey
47. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Overheads
Author's Draft
Location Scouting
Focus Puller
48. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Levels
Author's Draft
Key Light
Script Breakdown Sheet
49. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Cable Wrangler
Media File Indicators
Depth of Field
Props
50. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Location Scouting
Location Technical Survey
Low-Key Lighting
Pick-Ups