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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. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Key Light
Levels
Master Shot
Zooming Out
2. Removing extraneous time and territory
Zooming In
Elliptical Editing
Rim Light
Rule of Thirds
3. 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)
Script Breakdown Sheet
Shot List
Sound Recordist
Lens Speed
4. 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.
Call Sheets
Low-Key Lighting
Peak Meter
T-Stops
5. Lens that offers a continuous range of focal lengths in one lens housing
Script Breakdown Sheet
Zooming In
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Audition
6. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Circle of Confusion
Zooming Out
Key Light
Reverberation
7. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Audition
Coverage
T-Stops
Headshot/Bio
8. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Coverage
Rendering
High-Key Lighting
9. First complete version of the narrative in proper screenplay format
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10. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Protagonist
Ambient Sound
Rim Light
Levels
11. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Peak Meter
Elliptical Editing
Headroom
Prime Lens
12. 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
Director of Photography
Parallel Action
Shooting (Lined) Script
Nonlinear Editing System
13. Sets up cables - holds second boom when necessary - and wrangles the cables when the boom operator follows a moving shot
Location Scouting
Treatment
Cable Wrangler
Four Basic Properties of Sound
14. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Peak Meter
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
15. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Gaffer
Pulling Focus
Low-Key Lighting
16. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
High-Key Lighting
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Depth of Field
17. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Pick-Ups
Storyboards
Storyboards
Author's Draft
18. 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
Direct Address
Low-Key Lighting
Media File Indicators
19. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Dramatization
Cable Wrangler
Cutaway Shot
Setting Levels
20. Separate comfortable waiting space to put the next-in line actor. A place where actors can relax - drink some water - and go over their lines.
Low-Key Lighting
Master Shot
Green Room
Elliptical Editing
21. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Rim Light
Master Shot
Peak Meter
Plot
22. Shooting Script - Overheads - and Storyboards
Camera Setup
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Author's Draft
Cover-Set
23. 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.
Call Sheets
Fine Cut
Direct Address
Camera Setup
24. 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
Audition
High-Key Lighting
Cover-Set
25. 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
Peak Meter
Rule of Thirds
Rendering
Side Light
26. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Storyboards
Levels
Parallel Action
Elliptical Editing
27. Deciding where you want to shoot (the look - the access - the logistics - the sound - and securing it)
Blocking
Location Scouting
Pick-Ups
Audition
28. 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
T-Stops
Zooming Out
Nonlinear Editing System
29. The order of events in your film
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Plot
Four Basic Properties of Sound
30. Legal document - signed before cameras roll - simply stating that the performer gives you the right to use his image and voice in your film
Talent Release
Cable Wrangler
Unmotivated Move
Gaffer
31. Refers to the size of your subject in the frame
Storyboards
Shot Size
Green Room
Talent Release
32. Closer shots of the subjects in the scene from and angle that includes a portion of the other person's shoulder or head. This is also called and over-the-shoulder shot.
Setting Levels
Coverage
Treatment
Reverse Shots
33. Frequency - Amplitude - Timbre - and Velocity
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Author's Draft
Rim Light
Circle of Confusion
34. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Combination Move
Cutaway Shot
Motivated Move
T-Stops
35. 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
Depth of Field
Props
Director of Photography
Motivated Lighting
36. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Levels
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Cutaway Shot
Unmotivated Move
37. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Director of Photography
Call Sheets
Reverberation
Master Shot
38. Loud - sudden sound that exceeds 0dB
Spike
Script Breakdown Sheet
Focus Puller
Setting Levels
39. 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
Shooting (Lined) Script
Rim Light
Nonlinear Editing System
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
40. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
Assistant Camera
Shooting (Lined) Script
Depth of Field
Prime Lens
41. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Gaffer
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Motivated Lighting
High-Key Lighting
42. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Cold Reading
Key Light
Combination Move
Boom Operator
43. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Camera Setup
Cutaway Shot
Lens Speed
Ambient Sound
44. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Cutaway Shot
Combination Move
Levels
Talent Release
45. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Reverse Shots
Rendering
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Elliptical Editing
46. 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
Circle of Confusion
Cross Cutting
Shot List
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)
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Boom Operator
Location Scouting
Lens Speed
48. 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
Green Room
Location Scouting
Narrative Films
Motivated Move
49. 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
Key Light
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
Shot List
50. Recording is too low
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