SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Intro To Film Production
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
performing-arts
,
film
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
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. 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)
Nondestructive Editing
Storyboards
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Peak Meter
2. The movement of characters in the space
Sound Recordist
Rendering
Protagonist
Blocking
3. 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
Green Room
Master Shot
3/4 Back Light
Nonlinear Editing System
4. Transforming what is vague and internal into a series of viewable and audible actions and events
Dramatization
Prime Lens
Nonlinear Editing System
Assistant Camera
5. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Prime Lens
Script Breakdown Sheet
Unmotivated Move
Narrative Films
6. 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
Rule of Thirds
Prime Lens
Shot List
7. The measurement of acceptable diameter which creates the appearance of focus
Parallel Action
Pulling Focus
Key Light
Circle of Confusion
8. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Headshot/Bio
Levels
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Audition
9. 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.
Rule of Thirds
Blocking
Low-Key Lighting
Headroom
10. 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
Media File Indicators
Motivated Lighting
Ambient Sound
11. 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.
Rendering
Combination Move
Call Sheets
Audition
12. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Pick-Ups
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Nondestructive Editing
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
13. 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)
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Overheads
Lens Speed
'In the Mud'
14. Adjusted to take into account the amount of light that is lost - dissipated - or absorbed by that particular lens
Pick-Ups
T-Stops
Treatment
Cutaway Shot
15. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Storyboards
Circle of Confusion
High-Key Lighting
Nondestructive Editing
16. 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
Shooting (Lined) Script
Rule of Thirds
Storyboards
Lens Speed
17. 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
Pick-Ups
Ambient Sound
Combination Move
Narrative Films
18. Simple but comprehensive prose description of a film's plot
Spike
Cover-Set
Treatment
Director of Photography
19. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
High-Key Lighting
T-Stops
Pulling Focus
Ambient Sound
20. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Coverage
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Shot Size
21. The range between -12dB and 0dB that gives a buffer for any unforeseen audio spikes
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Headroom
Zooming In
Zooming Out
22. The person who pulls focus
Shot List
Peak Meter
Focus Puller
Unmotivated Move
23. Refers to the loudness of a signal as it enters the audio recorder which determines the strength of the recorded audio signal
Shot List
Circle of Confusion
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Levels
24. Ensures visibility in all parts of your scene with overall bright and even illumination. Minimizes shadows - texture and dimensionality.
Zooming In
Rim Light
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
High-Key Lighting
25. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Coverage
Art Direction
Camera Setup
Cross Cutting
26. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Peak Meter
T-Stops
Protagonist
27. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Coverage
Rendering
Author's Draft
Elliptical Editing
28. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Pick-Ups
T-Stops
Script Breakdown Sheet
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
29. Another name for backlight because of the effect it gives the actor
Zooming In
Rim Light
Depth of Field
Three Essential Elements of Drama
30. 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
Direct Address
Prime Lens
Talent Release
Rule of Thirds
31. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Peak Meter
Master Shot
Key Light
Elliptical Editing
32. Hands-on lighting person who implements the lighting designs of the Director of Photography. In charge of setup and proper functioning of the lights.
Rim Light
Gaffer
Nondestructive Editing
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
33. Form used in film production to keep track of all the mise-en-sc
Storyboards
Focus Puller
Green Room
Script Breakdown Sheet
34. Recording is too low
35. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Blocking
Rule of Thirds
Overheads
Ambient Sound
36. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Director of Photography
Plot
Ambient Sound
Elliptical Editing
37. The person who pulls focus
Nonlinear Editing System
Treatment
Master Shot
Focus Puller
38. Lens that has one fixed focal length for more precise manipulation of image quality
High-Key Lighting
Setting Levels
Circle of Confusion
Prime Lens
39. Soft light that fills in the shadows created by the Key Light
Side Light
Call Sheets
Fill Light
Side Light
40. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Props
Motivated Move
Narrative Films
41. 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.
Parallel Action
Protagonist
Green Room
Motivated Move
42. 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
Cover-Set
Rim Light
Art Direction
Nonlinear Editing System
43. The subject of the story - the central character whom the audience will follow as they attempt to achieve their goal
Headroom
Peak Meter
3/4 Back Light
Protagonist
44. The order of events in your film
Plot
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Audition
Location Scouting
45. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Headshot/Bio
Talent Release
Storyboards
Camera Setup
46. Controlling the strength of the signal
Setting Levels
Depth of Field
Rule of Thirds
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
47. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Fine Cut
Location Scouting
Side Light
Shot List
48. 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.'
Pick-Ups
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Shot List
Reverberation
49. All camera moves need to be...
Low-Key Lighting
Shooting (Lined) Script
Art Direction
Motivated Move
50. Executing more than one move at a time
Combination Move
Assistant Camera
Setting Levels
Plot