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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 person who pulls focus
Focus Puller
Back Light
Storyboards
Cover-Set
2. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Director of Photography
Low-Key Lighting
Headroom
Boom Operator
3. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Narrative Films
Gaffer
Headroom
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
4. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Direct Address
Props
Headroom
Sound Recordist
5. Lighting unit that is position 90
Side Light
Cross Cutting
Low-Key Lighting
Unmotivated Move
6. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Boom Operator
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Setting Levels
Side Light
7. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Media File Indicators
Camera Setup
Cross Cutting
Elliptical Editing
8. Recording is too low
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9. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Unmotivated Move
Narrative Films
Boom Operator
Motivated Lighting
10. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Plot
3/4 Back Light
Depth of Field
Master Shot
11. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Key Light
Boom Operator
Cold Reading
Headshot/Bio
12. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Peak Meter
Call Sheets
Script Breakdown Sheet
Media File Indicators
13. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Pulling Focus
Direct Address
Narrative Films
Fine Cut
14. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Focus Puller
Prime Lens
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
15. 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.'
Coverage
Reverberation
Cover-Set
Cable Wrangler
16. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Fill Light
Treatment
Dramatization
17. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Direct Address
Elliptical Editing
Narrative Films
Circle of Confusion
18. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Reverberation
Cable Wrangler
Author's Draft
Protagonist
19. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Shot Size
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Media File Indicators
20. 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
Peak Meter
Spike
Camera Setup
21. 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.
Boom Operator
Blocking
Talent Release
Back Light
22. 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.
Peak Meter
Circle of Confusion
Director of Photography
Overheads
23. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Camera Setup
Boom Operator
High-Key Lighting
Key Light
24. 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)
Parallel Action
Treatment
Lens Speed
Cover-Set
25. 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
Focus Puller
Setting Levels
Nonlinear Editing System
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
26. 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
Motivated Lighting
Narrative Films
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Headshot/Bio
27. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Talent Release
'In the Mud'
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Depth of Field
28. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Narrative Films
Headshot/Bio
Green Room
Cable Wrangler
29. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Cable Wrangler
Audition
Pick-Ups
Lens Speed
30. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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31. 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
Props
Narrative Films
Assistant Camera
Storyboards
32. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Fill Light
Reverberation
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Director of Photography
33. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Camera Setup
Pick-Ups
Shot List
Cold Reading
34. Removing extraneous time and territory
Green Room
Focus Puller
Protagonist
Elliptical Editing
35. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Treatment
Shooting (Lined) Script
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
36. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Rendering
High-Key Lighting
Script Breakdown Sheet
Media File Indicators
37. 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.
Shooting (Lined) Script
Fill Light
Direct Address
Reverse Shots
38. The person who pulls focus
Sound Recordist
Focus Puller
Rim Light
Call Sheets
39. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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40. 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.
Reverse Shots
Storyboards
Spike
Call Sheets
41. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Cold Reading
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Elliptical Editing
High-Key Lighting
42. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Pulling Focus
Combination Move
Ambient Sound
Pulling Focus
43. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Cross Cutting
Setting Levels
Cover-Set
Overheads
44. 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)
Unmotivated Move
Rule of Thirds
Location Technical Survey
Lens Speed
45. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Back Light
Shot Size
Storyboards
Author's Draft
46. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Cross Cutting
Rendering
Combination Move
Levels
47. The movement of characters in the space
Combination Move
Overheads
Blocking
Zooming In
48. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Author's Draft
High-Key Lighting
Zooming In
Focus Puller
49. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Location Technical Survey
Spike
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Shot Size
50. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Rim Light
Media File Indicators
Headroom
Ambient Sound