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IB Film Vocabulary
IB HL English Year 1 Film Vocabuary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A film | a big budget film with famous actors |
| angle | camera's view relative to the object being photographed |
| animation | a form of film making; photographing still images with slight variations which, when played back, appear to move |
| art director | set coordinator, sometimes interior design and overall visual styling |
| back lot | standing exterior sets of common locales |
| B film | low budget movie with no name stars who were being tested on film. Often fell into popular genres. |
| buddy film | a male-oriented action film of their adventures. usually lacking in significant female roles. |
| cinematographer | lighting coordinator responsible for the quality of the shot |
| creative producer | producer who supervises filming with extreme detail |
| distributor | someone who books movies in theaters (go-betweens) |
| epic | a film genre with bold, heroic themes where the protagonist represents a culture (national/religious/regional) |
| faithful adaption | a film based on a book that captures the essence of the original |
| final cut | the version of a film that will be released |
| flashback | editing technique where a "past" clip/image interrupts the sequence of the present |
| flash-forward | editing technique where a "future" clip/image interrupts the sequence of the present |
| foley artist | discovers sound effects that make up background noise and are edited in to replace original sound and call attention to a visual item |
| genre | a recognizable type of movie with preset elements |
| independent producer | a producer not affiliated with a big name studio |
| literal adaptation | movie based on a play, most dialogue/actions are the same |
| loose adaptation | movie based on some medium, only superficial resemblance |
| majors | main production studios of a certain era |
| outtakes | shots that are not used in the final cut |
| producer | someone who finances a film and controls how its made |
| producer-director | filmmaker who finances their film independently. |
| production values | the box office appeal of the physical mounting of a film |
| property | anything with a profit-making potential in movies, though generally used to describe a story of some kind: screenplay, novel, etc |
| rough cut | crudely edited footage; rough draft film sequence |
| rushes/dailies | footage from the previous day selected before the filming of the next day |
| scene | imprecise unit of film composed of any number f interrelated shots |
| screwball comedy | often characterized by zany lovers, plots are improbable and tend to veer out of control. Usually include aggressive/charming heroines, outlandish secondary characters, and "slapstick comedy scenes" |
| script/screenplay/scenario | film's written description of dialogue and action |
| shooting script | film's description of individual shots and technical instructions |
| star | an actor/actress of great popularity |
| star system | using star actors to increase box office appeal |
| star vehicle | a movie meant to show off the skills of a star actor |
| story values | the narrative appeal of a movie |
| studio | a large corp. specializing in the production of movies |
| vertical integration | when film production/distribution/exhibition are controlled by the same corp. (1940s -> America outlawed) |
| widescreen | movie image w/ a ratio (horiz.:vert.) of approx. 5:3 |
| women's pictures | film genre focusing on womanly problems (i.e. career vs family conflict) |
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