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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. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Peak Meter
Prime Lens
T-Stops
Reverberation
2. 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
Cross Cutting
Elliptical Editing
Parallel Action
'In the Mud'
3. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Audition
Ambient Sound
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
4. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Protagonist
Rule of Thirds
Ambient Sound
Elliptical Editing
5. Executing more than one move at a time
Overheads
Audition
Combination Move
Unmotivated Move
6. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Plot
Cable Wrangler
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Overheads
7. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Nonlinear Editing System
Cutaway Shot
Key Light
Low-Key Lighting
8. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Boom Operator
Pulling Focus
Levels
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
9. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Cutaway Shot
Props
Pulling Focus
Dramatization
10. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Art Direction
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Fine Cut
Author's Draft
11. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Treatment
Circle of Confusion
Cutaway Shot
Audition
12. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Dramatization
Cross Cutting
Treatment
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
13. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Cable Wrangler
Fine Cut
Headroom
Setting Levels
14. 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.
Low-Key Lighting
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Sound Recordist
Cutaway Shot
15. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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16. Lighting unit that is position 90
Side Light
Motivated Move
Reverse Shots
Rule of Thirds
17. 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.
Lens Speed
Fine Cut
Location Technical Survey
Low-Key Lighting
18. Point to the original data without altering the media file
T-Stops
Media File Indicators
Direct Address
Location Scouting
19. 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
Talent Release
Rule of Thirds
Master Shot
Director of Photography
20. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Props
Shot Size
Shot List
'In the Mud'
21. 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.
Cutaway Shot
Back Light
Pulling Focus
Dramatization
22. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Fine Cut
Zooming Out
Cutaway Shot
Four Basic Properties of Sound
23. The person who pulls focus
T-Stops
Location Scouting
Dramatization
Focus Puller
24. 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
Art Direction
Shot List
Combination Move
25. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Rendering
Parallel Action
Pulling Focus
Props
26. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Props
Back Light
Overheads
27. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Unmotivated Move
Zooming Out
Camera Setup
28. The movement of characters in the space
Zooming Out
Blocking
Audition
Rim Light
29. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Audition
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Direct Address
30. Shot - Shot Sequence - Scene - and Dramatic Sequence
Unmotivated Move
Media File Indicators
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Setting Levels
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
Nonlinear Editing System
Camera Setup
Back Light
Shot List
32. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Spike
Cutaway Shot
Rim Light
Direct Address
33. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Rim Light
Rule of Thirds
Call Sheets
Nondestructive Editing
34. Lighting unit that is 45
Four Basic Properties of Sound
3/4 Back Light
Talent Release
Director of Photography
35. Dramatic Structure Matches - Content and Activity Matches - Matched Action Cuts - Graphic Matches - and Sound Bridges
Reverse Shots
Cutaway Shot
Reverberation
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
36. 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)
Author's Draft
Protagonist
Elliptical Editing
Nondestructive Editing
37. Controlling the strength of the signal
Circle of Confusion
Location Technical Survey
Audition
Setting Levels
38. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Lens Speed
Cover-Set
Camera Setup
Pick-Ups
39. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
T-Stops
Treatment
Rendering
40. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Sound Recordist
Green Room
Shooting (Lined) Script
41. The order of events in your film
Plot
Key Light
Pick-Ups
Cover-Set
42. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Master Shot
Script Breakdown Sheet
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Rule of Thirds
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
Back Light
Assistant Camera
Zooming In
Focus Puller
44. 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
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Location Technical Survey
Rule of Thirds
Key Light
45. 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.
Treatment
Low-Key Lighting
Director of Photography
Gaffer
46. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Elliptical Editing
Headshot/Bio
Levels
Key Light
47. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Levels
Back Light
Spike
Reverberation
48. The movement of characters in the space
Cover-Set
Blocking
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Protagonist
49. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Back Light
Headroom
Rim Light
Cutaway Shot
50. 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.
Gaffer
3/4 Back Light
Call Sheets
Automatic Dialogue Replacement