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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. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Depth of Field
Shooting (Lined) Script
Storyboards
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
2. The person who pulls focus
Talent Release
Combination Move
Shot Size
Focus Puller
3. 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.'
Assistant Camera
Camera Setup
Reverberation
Headroom
4. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Spike
Props
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Cable Wrangler
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
Peak Meter
3/4 Back Light
Protagonist
Director of Photography
6. Controlling the strength of the signal
Setting Levels
Pulling Focus
Assistant Camera
Low-Key Lighting
7. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Rendering
Reverse Shots
Blocking
Lens Speed
8. Executing more than one move at a time
Rim Light
Direct Address
Back Light
Combination Move
9. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Cover-Set
Plot
Four Basic Properties of Sound
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
10. Closely scrutinizing the location for its technical and aesthetic capabilities
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Location Technical Survey
Three Essential Elements of Drama
11. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Levels
Cross Cutting
Treatment
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
12. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Art Direction
Camera Setup
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Circle of Confusion
13. Revolve around conflict - and express ideas and cocepts through stories in which a character who needs to accomplish something encounters obastacles and much struggle to get what they need
'In the Mud'
Dramatization
Narrative Films
Cover-Set
14. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Boom Operator
Zooming In
Low-Key Lighting
15. 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
Cold Reading
Camera Setup
Combination Move
16. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Motivated Lighting
Boom Operator
Media File Indicators
Art Direction
17. The person who pulls focus
Elliptical Editing
Focus Puller
Boom Operator
'In the Mud'
18. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Master Shot
T-Stops
'In the Mud'
Narrative Films
19. Lighting unit that is position 90
Cutaway Shot
Side Light
Cold Reading
Props
20. The range of apparent focus along the z-axis
Props
Audition
Author's Draft
Depth of Field
21. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Storyboards
Ambient Sound
Treatment
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
22. 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.'
Shooting (Lined) Script
Reverberation
Green Room
Elliptical Editing
23. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Unmotivated Move
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Shooting (Lined) Script
Key Light
24. 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
Zooming In
Director of Photography
Location Technical Survey
Nonlinear Editing System
25. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Fine Cut
Side Light
Low-Key Lighting
26. 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
Media File Indicators
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Fill Light
Cover-Set
27. Shooting a scene from various angles
Cable Wrangler
Coverage
Gaffer
Zooming Out
28. 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.
Sound Recordist
Author's Draft
Pulling Focus
Four Basic Properties of Sound
29. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Shooting (Lined) Script
Depth of Field
Back Light
Boom Operator
30. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Rule of Thirds
Setting Levels
3/4 Back Light
Audition
31. 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
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Motivated Lighting
Nonlinear Editing System
Cutaway Shot
32. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Elliptical Editing
Headroom
Four Basic Properties of Sound
'In the Mud'
33. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Talent Release
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Cold Reading
Camera Setup
34. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Levels
T-Stops
Assistant Camera
Dramatization
35. Removing extraneous time and territory
Elliptical Editing
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Rendering
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
36. 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
Cable Wrangler
Author's Draft
Back Light
37. Revolve around conflict - and express ideas and cocepts through stories in which a character who needs to accomplish something encounters obastacles and much struggle to get what they need
Director of Photography
Storyboards
Setting Levels
Narrative Films
38. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Props
Director of Photography
Treatment
Circle of Confusion
39. 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
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Direct Address
Peak Meter
40. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Camera Setup
Reverse Shots
Gaffer
Reverberation
41. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Rim Light
Shot List
Headroom
Talent Release
42. Lighting unit that is 45
Pulling Focus
Nondestructive Editing
3/4 Back Light
Spike
43. 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
Shot Size
Side Light
Art Direction
44. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Shot Size
Lens Speed
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
45. Any cutting - arranging - trimming - corrections - or effects you might perform occur only virtually - in a preview mode. Original media files are not altered in any way. (Digital NLE is an example)
Ambient Sound
Assistant Camera
Setting Levels
Nondestructive Editing
46. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Motivated Move
Rendering
Rule of Thirds
Low-Key Lighting
47. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
3/4 Back Light
Nondestructive Editing
Zooming Out
Circle of Confusion
48. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Cold Reading
Prime Lens
T-Stops
49. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Low-Key Lighting
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
50. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Unmotivated Move
Headshot/Bio
Fill Light
Art Direction