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Intro To Film Production
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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. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Ambient Sound
Zooming In
Audition
2. 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.
Script Breakdown Sheet
High-Key Lighting
Props
Sound Recordist
3. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Motivated Move
T-Stops
Levels
Key Light
4. 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.
Media File Indicators
Overheads
Key Light
3/4 Back Light
5. Reading from the script pages that actors are given minutes before the audition
Rule of Thirds
Master Shot
Fill Light
Cold Reading
6. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Location Technical Survey
Camera Setup
Audition
Cutaway Shot
7. 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
Elliptical Editing
Zooming In
Zooming Out
8. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Author's Draft
Assistant Camera
Rendering
Fine Cut
9. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
High-Key Lighting
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Fill Light
Spike
10. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Motivated Move
Unmotivated Move
Direct Address
Boom Operator
11. 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
Nonlinear Editing System
Direct Address
Levels
12. Shooting a scene from various angles
Pulling Focus
Coverage
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
13. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Headroom
Combination Move
Storyboards
Peak Meter
14. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Zooming Out
Reverse Shots
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
'In the Mud'
15. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Prime Lens
Shooting (Lined) Script
Narrative Films
16. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Headshot/Bio
Circle of Confusion
Dramatization
Green Room
17. Recording is too low
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18. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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19. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Motivated Lighting
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Overheads
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
20. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Dramatization
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Cutaway Shot
Boom Operator
21. Lighting unit that is position 90
Assistant Camera
Side Light
Camera Setup
Pick-Ups
22. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Lens Speed
Coverage
Prime Lens
Four Basic Properties of Sound
23. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Cover-Set
Fine Cut
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Ambient Sound
24. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Shot Size
Side Light
Cold Reading
Motivated Lighting
25. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Camera Setup
Direct Address
Fill Light
Dramatization
26. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Pick-Ups
High-Key Lighting
Storyboards
Assistant Camera
27. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Boom Operator
Gaffer
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Back Light
28. To alternate between two or more scenes when editing a sequence
Sound Recordist
Overheads
Cold Reading
Cross Cutting
29. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Author's Draft
Key Light
Props
Cable Wrangler
30. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Narrative Films
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Cold Reading
Protagonist
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
Pick-Ups
Shot List
Props
Nonlinear Editing System
32. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Reverberation
Depth of Field
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Parallel Action
33. 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.
Overheads
Rule of Thirds
Green Room
Setting Levels
34. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Props
Shot List
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Circle of Confusion
35. 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
Nonlinear Editing System
Talent Release
Overheads
36. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Rim Light
Camera Setup
Three Essential Elements of Drama
37. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Pulling Focus
Ambient Sound
Focus Puller
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
38. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Narrative Films
Unmotivated Move
Spike
Circle of Confusion
39. An interior scene that can be used in case your exterior shoot is cancelled because of bad weather
Shooting (Lined) Script
Focus Puller
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Cover-Set
40. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Peak Meter
Motivated Move
Call Sheets
High-Key Lighting
41. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Rule of Thirds
Sound Recordist
Shot Size
Zooming Out
42. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Gaffer
Shot List
Fine Cut
Low-Key Lighting
43. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Coverage
Direct Address
Pick-Ups
Art Direction
44. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Spike
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Prime Lens
Shot Size
45. The strategy of using movie lights to duplicate where light would logically be emanating from
Sound Recordist
Nonlinear Editing System
Motivated Lighting
Parallel Action
46. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Script Breakdown Sheet
Motivated Move
Unmotivated Move
Media File Indicators
47. 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
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Reverberation
'In the Mud'
Narrative Films
48. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Media File Indicators
Props
Cutaway Shot
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
49. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Boom Operator
Media File Indicators
Combination Move
Cross Cutting
50. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Key Light
Rendering
Master Shot