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Terminology Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aleatory Techniques | Technique that depends on the element of chance. Images not planned. Usually employed in documentary or improvisatory situations. |
| Allegory | A technique where characters and situations represent rather obvious ideas. A popular genre in German cinema. |
| Aspect Ratio | The ratio between the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the frame. |
| Buddy Film | A male-oriented action genre, especially popular in the 1970's, dealing with the adventures of two or more men. |
| Cinema Verite | A method of documentary filmaking using chance elements that don't interfere with the way events are taking place in reality. Made with minimum equipment, usually hand-held cameras. |
| Cinematographer | Director of photograph. The artist or technician responsible for the lighting of a shot and the quality of the photography. |
| Classical Cinema | General term describing fiction films produced in America, mid-1910s to the late 1960s |
| Close Up | A detailed view of a person or object, usually without much context provided. |
| Crane Shot | A shot taken from a special device called a crane, which resembles a huge mechanical arm. |
| Cross Cutting | The alternating of shots from two sequences, often in different locales, suggesting that they are taking place at the same time. |
| Dolly Shot, Tracking Shot, Truck Shot | A shot taken from a moving vehicle. Originally tracks were laid on the set to permit a smoother movement of the camera. |
| Editing | The joining of one shot with another. The shots can picture events and objects in different places at different times. |
| Epic | A film genre characterized by bold and sweeping themes, usually in heroic proportions. Dignified tones ex. Westerns. |
| Establishing Shot | Usually an extreme long or long shot offered at the beginning of a scene, providing the viewer with the context of the subsequent closer shots. |
| Extreme Long Shot | A panoramic view of an exterior location, photographed from a great distance. |
| Film Noir | French term "Black Cinema" Revolve around an existentially despairing universe where there is no escape from mean city streets, loneliness, and death. |
| First Run | A film's initial release pattern, in which most of its profits are earned. |
| Flashback | An editing technique that suggests the interruption of the present by a shot or series of shots representing the past. |
| Full shot | A type of long shot that includes the human body in full, with the head near the top of the frame and the feet near the bottom. |
| Genre | A recognizable type of movie, characterized by certain preestablished conventions. |
| High Angle Shot | A shot in which the subject is photographed from above. |
| Independent Producer | A producer not affiliated with a studio or large commercial firm. Many stars and directors have been independent producers to ensure their artistic autonomy. |
| Jump Cut | An abrupt transition between shots, sometimes deliberate, which is disorienting in terms of the continuity of space and time. |
| Key Light | The main source of illumination for a shot. |
| Long Take | A shot of lengthy duration |
| Long Shot | Includes an area within the frame that roughly corresponds to the audience's view of the area within the proscenium arch in a live theater. |
| Low Angle Shot | A shot in which the subject is photographed from below. |
| Medium Shot | A relatively close shot revealing a moderate amount of detail. A medium shot of a figure generally includes the body from the knees of waist up. |
| Method Acting | An interior style of acting derived from the theories of Constantin Stanislavsky, emphasizing emotional intensity, psychological truth, ensemble playing, and the illusion of spontaneity. |
| Mise En Scene | The arrangement of visual weights and movements within a given space. |
| Motif | Any unobtrusive technique, object, or thematic idea that is systematically repeated throughtout a film. |
| New Wave | A group of young French filmmakers who came to prominence during the late 1950s. |
| Oblique Angle, Tilt Shot | A shot photographed by a tilted camera. When the image is projected on the screen, the subject seems to be tilted on a diagonal. |
| Pan, Panning Shot | Short for panorama, this is a revolving horizontal movement of the camera from left to right or vice versa. |
| Point of View Shot | Any shot that is taken from the vantage poin of a character in the film. |
| Producer | A term referring to the individual or company that controls the financing of a film and often the way it is made. |
| Production Values | The box office appeal of the physical mounting of a film, such as sets, costumes, and special effects. |
| Realism | A style of filmmaking that attempts to duplicate the look of reality as it's ordinarily perceived, with emphasis on authentic locations and details. Minimum of editing and special effects. |
| Reverse Angle Shot | A shot taken from an angle 180 degrees opposed to the previous shot. That is, the camera is placed opposite its previous position. |
| Revisionist | The latter phase of a genre's evolution in which many of its values and conventions are challenged or subjected to skeptical scrutiny. |
| Rush, Dailies | The selected footage of the previous day's shooting, which is usually evaluated by the director and cinematographer before the start of the next day's shooting. |
| Script, Screenplay, Scenario | A written description of a movie's dialogue and action, which occasionally includes camera instructions. |
| Soft Focus | The blurring out of focus of all except one desired distance range. |
| Special effects | Trick photography and optical effects, usually employed in fantasy films, especially science fiction. |
| Star | A film actor or actress of great popularity. |
| Subtext | A term used in drama and film to signify the dramatic implications beneath the language of a play or movie. Often the subtext concerns ideas and emotions that are totally independent of the language of the text. |
| Surrealism | A movement in the arts stressing Freudian and Marxist ideas, unconscious elements, irrationalism, and the symbolic association of ideas. |
| Take | A variation on a specific shot. The final shot is often selected from a number of possible takes. |
| Underscoring | Music behind film action was a staple of silent films, usually a live orchestra or, in modest circumstances, an organist or piano player. |
| Voice Over | A nonsynchronous spoken commentary in a movie, often used to convey a character's thoughts or memories. |
| Zoom Lens | A lens of variable focal length that permits the cinematographer to change from wide angle to telephoto shots in one continuous movement, thus suggesting the camera's plunging into or withdrawing from a scene. |
| Extreme Closeup | A minutely detailed view of an object or person. Anextreme closup of an actor generally includes only his or her eyes or mouth. |
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