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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. 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.'
Cutaway Shot
Dramatization
Reverberation
Spike
2. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Back Light
Overheads
Storyboards
Talent Release
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.'
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Depth of Field
Reverberation
Pick-Ups
4. Clearly shows both subjects in the scene and defines the spatial relationship of the two to each other and the space around them
Location Technical Survey
Overheads
Zooming Out
Master Shot
5. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Levels
Call Sheets
Media File Indicators
6. Process of combining the video and audio with the applied effect to create a new media file
Coverage
Unmotivated Move
Rendering
Motivated Move
7. A type of location sound that isn't recorded simultaneously with the picture. Two types are Ambient Sound and Location Sound.
Pulling Focus
Circle of Confusion
Wild Sound (Non-Sync Sound)
Peak Meter
8. 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
Fine Cut
Reverberation
Cable Wrangler
Assistant Camera
9. 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.
Master Shot
Peak Meter
Narrative Films
Call Sheets
10. 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
Focus Puller
Location Scouting
Blocking
11. The things that our characters actually handle in a scene
Assistant Camera
High-Key Lighting
Cable Wrangler
Props
12. 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.
Art Direction
T-Stops
Pulling Focus
Peak Meter
13. The person who pulls focus
Cover-Set
Rendering
Ambient Sound
Focus Puller
14. Primary source of illumination in your scene. Usually it is a motivated light source.
Media File Indicators
Depth of Field
Key Light
Location Technical Survey
15. 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
Media File Indicators
Circle of Confusion
Ambient Sound
16. Drawings of shots - arranged on paper in the order they appear in a sequence
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Storyboards
Shot Size
Art Direction
17. The person who pulls focus
Location Technical Survey
Pick-Ups
Focus Puller
3/4 Back Light
18. A shot of a detail within your scene other than the characters' faces
Shot Size
Cutaway Shot
Headshot/Bio
'In the Mud'
19. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Direct Address
Audition
Circle of Confusion
Fine Cut
20. 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
Art Direction
Setting Levels
Rendering
Parallel Action
21. Finessing all of the edits one-by-one
Fine Cut
Setting Levels
Media File Indicators
Shooting (Lined) Script
22. 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.
Assistant Camera
Spike
Art Direction
Props
23. Character - Goal - and Conflict or Obstacles
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Coverage
Motivated Lighting
Storyboards
24. 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.
Assistant Camera
Coverage
Reverse Shots
Camera Setup
25. 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
Assistant Camera
Zooming Out
Peak Meter
26. Lighting unit that is position 90
Side Light
Narrative Films
Pick-Ups
Spike
27. Changing the plane of critical focus during a take while the camera is running
Rendering
Assistant Camera
Pulling Focus
T-Stops
28. 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.
Location Scouting
Pulling Focus
Rendering
Back Light
29. 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)
Fill Light
Lens Speed
Fine Cut
Shot List
30. Shots that don't require any actors to be present like landscapes - location-establishing shots - and shots of objects and cutaways
Pick-Ups
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
Protagonist
Spike
31. List of all the shots that make up the film in the order in which they will be shot
Talent Release
Shot List
Storyboards
Motivated Lighting
32. 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)
Narrative Films
Sound Recordist
Lens Speed
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
33. A shot in which the subject looks directly at the camera
Direct Address
'In the Mud'
Three Essential Elements of Drama
Elliptical Editing
34. All camera moves need to be...
Motivated Move
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Cutaway Shot
Boom Operator
35. Lighting unit that is position 90
Author's Draft
Call Sheets
Key Light
Side Light
36. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Side Light
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Prime Lens
Cutaway Shot
37. Adjusting the optical center back toward the focal plane causing the image to become more wide-angle
Zooming Out
Nonlinear Editing System
Talent Release
Blocking
38. 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
Nonlinear Editing System
3/4 Back Light
High-Key Lighting
39. Point to the original data without altering the media file
Three Pre-Visualization Tools
Nondestructive Editing
Audition
Media File Indicators
40. This type of move breaks the promise of showing something else to the viewer
Zooming Out
Headroom
Rule of Thirds
Unmotivated Move
41. The physical placement of the camera on the set necessary to get each shot in your shooting script
Camera Setup
Call Sheets
Ambient Sound
1/3 - 2/3 Rule
42. Sound that includes both room acoustics and background noise
Four Basic Properties of Sound
Four Basic Elements in the Visual Language of Cinema
Ambient Sound
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
43. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Gaffer
Boom Operator
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
Coverage
44. The recording of sync dialogue in a studio in cases where the production sound is not usable
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
Prime Lens
Levels
3/4 Back Light
45. Organized process by which you schedule and work with a number of potential performers to determine their suitability to your film
Focus Puller
Coverage
Audition
Zoom Lens (Variable Focal Length Lens)
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
Nonlinear Editing System
Rule of Thirds
Boom Operator
Headshot/Bio
47. Standard calling card. 8x10 photograph on one side and a resume on the other.
Props
Headshot/Bio
Location Scouting
Circle of Confusion
48. Responsible for the proper use and actual placement of the microphones for optimal quality
Boom Operator
Coverage
Director of Photography
Headroom
49. Adjusting the optical center away from the focal plane and therefore increasing the magnification power of the lens (telephoto)
Zooming In
Combination Move
Motivated Lighting
Five Ways to Create a Parallel Action Sequence
50. Removing extraneous time and territory
Elliptical Editing
Camera Setup
Rendering
Parallel Action