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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.
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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. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Cutaway Shot
Script Breakdown Sheet
Unmotivated Move
Cover-Set
2. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Unmotivated Move
3/4 Back Light
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
3. Controlling the strength of the signal
Setting Levels
Location Technical Survey
Call Sheets
Low-Key Lighting
4. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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5. 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.
Blocking
Overheads
Motivated Lighting
Cover-Set
6. 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.
Circle of Confusion
Shooting (Lined) Script
Rim Light
Nondestructive Editing
7. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Peak Meter
Setting Levels
Prime Lens
Depth of Field
8. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
Call Sheets
Direct Address
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Location Technical Survey
9. 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.
Location Technical Survey
Direct Address
Sound Recordist
Low-Key Lighting
10. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Location Technical Survey
Dramatization
Narrative Films
Peak Meter
11. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Ambient Sound
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Cutaway Shot
12. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Back Light
Audition
Assistant Camera
Headroom
13. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Key Light
Focus Puller
Storyboards
Lens Speed
14. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Assistant Camera
Direct Address
Depth of Field
Fine Cut
15. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Rendering
Nondestructive Editing
Rim Light
Prime Lens
16. 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)
Peak Meter
Talent Release
Art Direction
Lens Speed
17. The movement of characters in the space
Shot List
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Blocking
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
18. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Pulling Focus
Back Light
Fill Light
Headshot/Bio
19. 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.
Prime Lens
Back Light
Side Light
Shooting (Lined) Script
20. Executing more than one move at a time
Props
Combination Move
Reverse Shots
Art Direction
21. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Blocking
Cutaway Shot
Media File Indicators
Shot Size
22. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Treatment
Master Shot
Cable Wrangler
23. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Levels
Circle of Confusion
Narrative Films
Key Light
24. Lighting unit that is 45
3/4 Back Light
Cross Cutting
Location Scouting
Storyboards
25. All camera moves need to be...
Motivated Move
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Shot List
26. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Fill Light
Headroom
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Audition
27. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Rim Light
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Nonlinear Editing System
28. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Art Direction
Shot Size
Script Breakdown Sheet
Combination Move
29. Recording is too low
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30. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Script Breakdown Sheet
Depth of Field
Depth of Field
31. 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.'
Call Sheets
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Reverberation
Rule of Thirds
32. Controlling the strength of the signal
Setting Levels
Focus Puller
Location Scouting
Shot List
33. 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
Focus Puller
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Location Technical Survey
34. The order of events in your film
Plot
Cross Cutting
Art Direction
Elliptical Editing
35. All camera moves need to be...
Sound Recordist
Zooming Out
Motivated Move
Cable Wrangler
36. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
3/4 Back Light
Key Light
Motivated Lighting
Cover-Set
37. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Side Light
Director of Photography
Coverage
Rendering
38. Measures the strength of the incoming signal.
Location Technical Survey
Coverage
Peak Meter
Nonlinear Editing System
39. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Reverberation
Shot List
High-Key Lighting
Cutaway Shot
40. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Sound Recordist
Master Shot
Nonlinear Editing System
Levels
41. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Coverage
Zooming Out
Treatment
Cable Wrangler
42. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Zooming In
Overheads
Cable Wrangler
High-Key Lighting
43. 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.
Shooting (Lined) Script
Circle of Confusion
Pulling Focus
Lens Speed
44. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Shooting (Lined) Script
Pulling Focus
Director of Photography
Direct Address
45. 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.
Rule of Thirds
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Art Direction
'In the Mud'
46. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
Director of Photography
Pulling Focus
Cross Cutting
Talent Release
47. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Side Light
Storyboards
Reverse Shots
Headroom
48. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Shot Size
Depth of Field
Cold Reading
Direct Address
49. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Protagonist
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Rendering
Headroom
50. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Shot List
Director of Photography
Rendering
Coverage