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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. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
T-Stops
Treatment
Call Sheets
Low-Key Lighting
2. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Media File Indicators
Cold Reading
Ambient Sound
Art Direction
3. Shooting a scene from various angles
Protagonist
Art Direction
Cable Wrangler
Coverage
4. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Camera Setup
Assistant Camera
High-Key Lighting
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
5. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Headshot/Bio
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Four Basic Properties of Sound
6. Recording is too low
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7. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Camera Setup
Location Scouting
Side Light
8. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Media File Indicators
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Gaffer
Three Essential Elements of Drama
9. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Lens Speed
Unmotivated Move
Setting Levels
Assistant Camera
10. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Shooting (Lined) Script
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Treatment
11. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Narrative Films
Shooting (Lined) Script
Direct Address
12. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Pick-Ups
Elliptical Editing
Prime Lens
Storyboards
13. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Plot
Storyboards
Zooming In
Pulling Focus
14. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Master Shot
Talent Release
Zooming In
Protagonist
15. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Focus Puller
Cross Cutting
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Zooming In
16. 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
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Combination Move
Gaffer
Nonlinear Editing System
17. 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)
'In the Mud'
Nonlinear Editing System
Lens Speed
Blocking
18. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Direct Address
Rim Light
Cover-Set
T-Stops
19. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Blocking
Peak Meter
Overheads
Spike
20. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Narrative Films
Cutaway Shot
Rim Light
Circle of Confusion
21. The order of events in your film
Shot Size
Circle of Confusion
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Plot
22. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Blocking
Shot Size
Headroom
Master Shot
23. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
3/4 Back Light
Motivated Move
Key Light
Zooming In
24. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
'In the Mud'
Rim Light
Narrative Films
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
25. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Narrative Films
Cover-Set
Headshot/Bio
Direct Address
26. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Fine Cut
Lens Speed
Key Light
T-Stops
27. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Rendering
Cutaway Shot
Location Technical Survey
Direct Address
28. 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.
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Combination Move
Location Technical Survey
Reverse Shots
29. 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
Three Essential Elements of Drama
T-Stops
Assistant Camera
Plot
30. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Location Scouting
Cross Cutting
Dramatization
Depth of Field
31. The movement of characters in the space
Blocking
Headshot/Bio
Cable Wrangler
Depth of Field
32. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Author's Draft
Protagonist
'In the Mud'
Shot Size
33. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Ambient Sound
Unmotivated Move
Props
Cold Reading
34. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Cover-Set
Headroom
Cable Wrangler
Narrative Films
35. 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
Assistant Camera
Overheads
Audition
36. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Plot
Coverage
Cover-Set
Props
37. 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)
Cover-Set
Pulling Focus
Art Direction
38. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Shot List
Prime Lens
Script Breakdown Sheet
Ambient Sound
39. 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.
Back Light
'In the Mud'
Cutaway Shot
Green Room
40. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Shooting (Lined) Script
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Boom Operator
Key Light
41. The order of events in your film
Plot
Rendering
Master Shot
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
42. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Script Breakdown Sheet
Lens Speed
Media File Indicators
Audition
43. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Motivated Lighting
Master Shot
Script Breakdown Sheet
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
44. Removing extraneous time and territory
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Media File Indicators
Elliptical Editing
Assistant Camera
45. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Blocking
Depth of Field
Director of Photography
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
46. The movement of characters in the space
Spike
Unmotivated Move
Cross Cutting
Blocking
47. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Cable Wrangler
Sound Recordist
Master Shot
Four Basic Properties of Sound
48. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Cross Cutting
Talent Release
Camera Setup
Cold Reading
49. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Side Light
Cross Cutting
Camera Setup
Low-Key Lighting
50. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Direct Address
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Motivated Lighting
'In the Mud'