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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. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Coverage
Rim Light
Rule of Thirds
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
2. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Call Sheets
Camera Setup
Dramatization
Props
3. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Shot Size
Depth of Field
Lens Speed
Rim Light
4. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Dramatization
Cross Cutting
Lens Speed
Depth of Field
5. Works closely with the director on the visual interprataino of the script and the photographic look of the movie (cinematography). This involves lighting - film stocks - video format - expressive camera angles - compositions - exposures - and f
Reverberation
Key Light
Director of Photography
Zooming Out
6. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Rendering
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Audition
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
7. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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8. 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.
Nondestructive Editing
Pulling Focus
Narrative Films
Overheads
9. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Circle of Confusion
Audition
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Cutaway Shot
10. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Dramatization
Dramatization
Location Scouting
11. The person who pulls focus
Focus Puller
Nonlinear Editing System
High-Key Lighting
Media File Indicators
12. 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
Circle of Confusion
Green Room
Director of Photography
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
13. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Shot Size
Cold Reading
Boom Operator
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
14. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Script Breakdown Sheet
Headroom
Protagonist
Dramatization
15. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Green Room
Headshot/Bio
Zooming Out
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
16. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Peak Meter
Media File Indicators
Pick-Ups
Audition
17. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Boom Operator
Plot
Camera Setup
Low-Key Lighting
18. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Lens Speed
Circle of Confusion
Headroom
Shooting (Lined) Script
19. 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
Parallel Action
Zooming Out
Location Technical Survey
Author's Draft
20. The movement of characters in the space
Zooming In
Blocking
Cold Reading
Peak Meter
21. Controlling the strength of the signal
'In the Mud'
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Setting Levels
Narrative Films
22. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Art Direction
Nondestructive Editing
Prime Lens
Peak Meter
23. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Ambient Sound
Shot Size
Protagonist
Blocking
24. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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25. 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.
Script Breakdown Sheet
Call Sheets
Unmotivated Move
High-Key Lighting
26. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Treatment
Pick-Ups
Back Light
Fine Cut
27. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Side Light
Overheads
28. 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.
Script Breakdown Sheet
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Fill Light
Back Light
29. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Circle of Confusion
Storyboards
Focus Puller
High-Key Lighting
30. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Low-Key Lighting
Fine Cut
Media File Indicators
Three Essential Elements of Drama
31. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Assistant Camera
Boom Operator
Cable Wrangler
Location Technical Survey
32. All camera moves need to be...
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Side Light
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Motivated Move
33. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Cover-Set
Media File Indicators
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Direct Address
34. Removing extraneous time and territory
Cutaway Shot
Peak Meter
Elliptical Editing
Headroom
35. 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
Fill Light
Narrative Films
Four Basic Properties of Sound
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
36. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Cutaway Shot
Treatment
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Rule of Thirds
37. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Green Room
Pick-Ups
Overheads
Gaffer
38. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Reverberation
Shot List
Circle of Confusion
Prime Lens
39. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Cold Reading
Motivated Lighting
Reverberation
Parallel Action
40. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Location Technical Survey
Cable Wrangler
Rim Light
Spike
41. 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
Treatment
Direct Address
Nonlinear Editing System
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
42. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Zooming In
Fine Cut
Treatment
Spike
43. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Props
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Unmotivated Move
Direct Address
44. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Director of Photography
Unmotivated Move
Side Light
Fine Cut
45. 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.
Camera Setup
Shot List
Audition
Green Room
46. Works closely with the director on the visual interprataino of the script and the photographic look of the movie (cinematography). This involves lighting - film stocks - video format - expressive camera angles - compositions - exposures - and f
Low-Key Lighting
Camera Setup
Pulling Focus
Director of Photography
47. 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.
Cold Reading
Overheads
Rule of Thirds
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
48. Lighting unit that is 45
Low-Key Lighting
3/4 Back Light
Zooming In
Pick-Ups
49. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Zooming In
Reverse Shots
Shooting (Lined) Script
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
50. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Circle of Confusion
Treatment
Talent Release
Three Essential Elements of Drama