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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. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Rule of Thirds
Lens Speed
Headroom
2. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Camera Setup
Spike
Rendering
Four Basic Properties of Sound
3. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Location Scouting
Circle of Confusion
Unmotivated Move
Direct Address
4. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Shot Size
Camera Setup
Nondestructive Editing
5. All camera moves need to be...
Motivated Move
Rim Light
Art Direction
Back Light
6. 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
Narrative Films
Rule of Thirds
Blocking
Back Light
7. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Pick-Ups
Rendering
Dramatization
'In the Mud'
8. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Plot
Motivated Lighting
Blocking
Shot Size
9. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Audition
Pick-Ups
Lens Speed
Levels
10. Shooting a scene from various angles
Dramatization
Nondestructive Editing
Coverage
Gaffer
11. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Circle of Confusion
Nonlinear Editing System
Cable Wrangler
Props
12. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Cold Reading
Side Light
Key Light
Coverage
13. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Protagonist
Rim Light
Overheads
Zooming In
14. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Cutaway Shot
Pick-Ups
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Nonlinear Editing System
15. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Key Light
T-Stops
Headshot/Bio
Gaffer
16. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Ambient Sound
Nondestructive Editing
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
17. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Cold Reading
Plot
Prime Lens
3/4 Back Light
18. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Combination Move
Parallel Action
Unmotivated Move
Treatment
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
Pulling Focus
Coverage
Depth of Field
20. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Call Sheets
Fill Light
Master Shot
Props
21. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Narrative Films
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Location Scouting
Depth of Field
22. 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.
Back Light
Reverse Shots
Gaffer
Props
23. 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
Reverse Shots
Boom Operator
Direct Address
24. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Zooming Out
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Cover-Set
25. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
High-Key Lighting
Blocking
Overheads
Boom Operator
26. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Shot Size
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Treatment
Depth of Field
27. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Nondestructive Editing
Treatment
Cold Reading
Author's Draft
28. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Motivated Lighting
Cover-Set
Unmotivated Move
'In the Mud'
29. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Storyboards
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Reverse Shots
Green Room
30. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Cold Reading
Side Light
Circle of Confusion
Ambient Sound
31. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Motivated Lighting
Reverse Shots
Pick-Ups
Key Light
32. Lighting unit that is 45
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
3/4 Back Light
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Cutaway Shot
33. The person who pulls focus
Shooting (Lined) Script
Fine Cut
Gaffer
Focus Puller
34. 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.
Author's Draft
Side Light
Cover-Set
Back Light
35. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Unmotivated Move
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Assistant Camera
36. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Headshot/Bio
Motivated Move
Protagonist
Setting Levels
37. 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
Elliptical Editing
Spike
Overheads
38. The order of events in your film
Zooming Out
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Fine Cut
Plot
39. 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
Nonlinear Editing System
Peak Meter
Parallel Action
Director of Photography
40. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Cross Cutting
Green Room
Coverage
Fine Cut
41. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Media File Indicators
Props
Rendering
Camera Setup
42. 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
Shooting (Lined) Script
Script Breakdown Sheet
Spike
43. 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
Circle of Confusion
Rule of Thirds
Rim Light
Cold Reading
44. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Cover-Set
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Peak Meter
Motivated Lighting
45. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Dramatization
Green Room
Direct Address
Plot
46. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Cold Reading
Overheads
Cutaway Shot
Narrative Films
47. 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)
Lens Speed
Unmotivated Move
Circle of Confusion
Camera Setup
48. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Headshot/Bio
Zooming In
Call Sheets
Gaffer
49. Removing extraneous time and territory
Author's Draft
Green Room
Pick-Ups
Elliptical Editing
50. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Media File Indicators
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Shot List
Gaffer