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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. Executing more than one move at a time
Protagonist
Nonlinear Editing System
Combination Move
Storyboards
2. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Reverberation
Pulling Focus
Cold Reading
Key Light
3. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Script Breakdown Sheet
Gaffer
Cold Reading
Parallel Action
4. Shooting a scene from various angles
High-Key Lighting
Depth of Field
Coverage
Rule of Thirds
5. 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.
Dramatization
Treatment
Media File Indicators
Sound Recordist
6. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Boom Operator
Levels
Cover-Set
7. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Fill Light
Props
Three Essential Elements of Drama
8. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Audition
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Reverberation
Rim Light
9. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Shot List
Rim Light
Script Breakdown Sheet
Gaffer
10. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Fill Light
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Green Room
Ambient Sound
11. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Cable Wrangler
Overheads
Narrative Films
Four Basic Properties of Sound
12. All camera moves need to be...
Motivated Move
Shot Size
Unmotivated Move
Author's Draft
13. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Side Light
Combination Move
Unmotivated Move
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
14. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Rule of Thirds
3/4 Back Light
T-Stops
Key Light
15. The order of events in your film
'In the Mud'
Call Sheets
Talent Release
Plot
16. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Parallel Action
Shot Size
Script Breakdown Sheet
Ambient Sound
17. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Call Sheets
Nondestructive Editing
Shot List
Shot Size
18. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Cover-Set
Circle of Confusion
Spike
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
19. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Master Shot
T-Stops
Sound Recordist
Four Basic Properties of Sound
20. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Peak Meter
Blocking
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Protagonist
21. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Sound Recordist
Master Shot
'In the Mud'
Fine Cut
22. Controlling the strength of the signal
Props
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Setting Levels
Audition
23. 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
Circle of Confusion
Zooming Out
Parallel Action
Call Sheets
24. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Green Room
Assistant Camera
Media File Indicators
Direct Address
25. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Call Sheets
Motivated Lighting
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Parallel Action
26. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Rule of Thirds
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Audition
Media File Indicators
27. 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
High-Key Lighting
Depth of Field
Parallel Action
Cross Cutting
28. The movement of characters in the space
Blocking
Location Scouting
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Author's Draft
29. 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.
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Call Sheets
Unmotivated Move
Overheads
30. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Overheads
Motivated Lighting
Levels
Art Direction
31. 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.
Talent Release
Author's Draft
Blocking
Art Direction
32. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Camera Setup
Cutaway Shot
Dramatization
33. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Pick-Ups
Audition
Cover-Set
Fine Cut
34. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
3/4 Back Light
Shooting (Lined) Script
Back Light
35. 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.
Script Breakdown Sheet
Direct Address
Gaffer
Shooting (Lined) Script
36. 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.
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Back Light
Location Scouting
Nonlinear Editing System
37. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Fine Cut
Depth of Field
Shooting (Lined) Script
38. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Motivated Lighting
Pulling Focus
Cutaway Shot
Master Shot
39. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Fill Light
Pick-Ups
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Fine Cut
40. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Rim Light
Protagonist
Gaffer
Pulling Focus
41. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Media File Indicators
Depth of Field
Motivated Move
Script Breakdown Sheet
42. Often used as a guide for framing human subjects and for composition in general. The frame is divided into thirds with imaginary lines along the horizontal and vertical axes and then place significant objects - focus points - and elements of intere
Rule of Thirds
Reverberation
Overheads
Location Technical Survey
43. Controlling the strength of the signal
Author's Draft
Setting Levels
Low-Key Lighting
Audition
44. 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
Combination Move
Elliptical Editing
Reverse Shots
45. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Dramatization
Cable Wrangler
Depth of Field
46. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Sound Recordist
Rendering
Boom Operator
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
47. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Gaffer
Spike
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Shot Size
48. 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
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Side Light
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
49. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Call Sheets
Protagonist
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Shot List
50. 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
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Treatment
Motivated Lighting