Film

Front 1

a shot, showing the spatial relations among important figures, objects and setting in the scene

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establishing shot

Front 2

adjusts how much light strikes each frame of film passing through the aperture

Back 2

exposure

Front 3

a cut obeying the axis of action principle - person looks left, next shot should depict off screen light

Back 3

eyeline match

Front 4

screen gradually brightens or darkens as a shot begins/ends

Back 4

fade

Front 5

used to soften shadows in the scene. less bright than the key light

Back 5

fill light

Front 6

film, one side is clear based coated while the other is light sensitive emulsion

Back 6

film stock

Front 7

relating to motion pictures

Back 7

filmic

Front 8

a piece of glass or gelatin to alter the quality or quantity of light striking the film

Back 8

filters

Front 9

no contrast that provides little or no shadowing

Back 9

flat lighting

Front 10

the place where sound effects are recorded

Back 10

foley stage

Front 11

theory of film study focusing on lighting, scoring, sound, and set design and editing

Back 11

formalism

Front 12

two successive cuts are joined so as to create a strong similarity of compositional elements

Back 12

graphic match

Front 13

trying to overcome to 2d nature of film

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invisible style

Front 14

illumination that creates little contrast between light and dark

Back 14

high key lighting

Front 15

a round, moving mask that can close to end a scene or emphasize detail, or open to reveal more details or begin a scene

Back 15

iris

Front 16

cut that appears to be an interruption of a single shot, figures or background change when the background/figures stay constant

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jump cut

Front 17

the brightest light coming into the scene

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key light

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montage editing

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Kuleshov effect

Front 19

tells the audience when to laugh and draws their attention... "the glance"

Back 19

laugh track

Front 20

elements placed before the camera and recorded

Back 20

profilmic

Front 21

shifting the area of focus from one plane to another

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rack focus

Front 22

used as a show before television

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radio

Front 23

meant to appear as everyday life, without embellishment

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realism

Front 24

combining background action filmed earlier with foreground action. foreground is filmed in a studio, against a screen, where the background image is projected

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rear projection

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allows only one plane to be in sharp focus

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shallow focus

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a take, an uninterrupted run of the camera

Back 26

the shot

Front 27

two or more shots edited together that alternate characters, typically in a conversation

Back 27

shot/reverse shot

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sound from a previous scene carries onto the beginning of the new scene

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sound bridge

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recreation of sound

Back 29

sound fidelity

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process of combining many sounds into the final film

Back 30

sound mixing

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stars perceived image to the public

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star persona

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comic-like drawings of individual shots or phases of shots with descriptions below each

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storyboarding

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sound from speakers around the viewers, making the film more realistic

Back 33

surround sound

Front 34

from behind (backlighting), one bright source (key light) and one less bright source (fill light)

Back 34

3-point lighting

Front 35

a camera movement upward or downward. scans vertically

Back 35

tilt

Front 36

process of adding color to black and white film

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tinting

Front 37

process of replacing silver particles with colored silver salts

Back 37

toning

Front 38

framing that travels through space forward, backward or laterally

Back 38

tracking shot

Front 39

casting someone to play a character the public views him as ; Bruce Willis, action hero

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typecasting

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recording image and sound onto a magnetic video tape

Back 40

video tape

Front 41

distorts straight lines near the edge of the frame by exaggerating the distance between foreground and background

Back 41

wide angle lens

Front 42

a transition between shots where a line passes through the screen, eliminating one shot to make way for the next

Back 42

wipe

Front 43

lens with a focal point that can be changed throughout the shot, either magnifies or opens up the scene

Back 43

zoom lens

Front 44

the imaginary line that passes from side to side through the main actors, defining the spatial relations of all the elements of the scene as being to the right or left. the camera is not supposed the axis at a cut and thus reverse those spatial relations

Back 44

180-degree line

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the relationship of the frame's width to its height. the standard "Academy" ratio is 1.85 to 1.

Back 45

aspect ratio

Front 46

creates a thin outline of highlighting, cast from the opposite side of the camera

Back 46

back light

Front 47

cases that enclose the camera, keeping the loud camera sound from being picked up in the shot

Back 47

blimps

Front 48

microphones suspended on a pole that can be suspended above the scene during filming, and can be adjusted throughout

Back 48

boom microphones

Front 49

contrast between light and dark

Back 49

chiaroscuro

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a general term for all manipulations of the film strip by the camera in the shooting phase and by the laboratory in the developing phase

Back 50

cinematography

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a system of cutting to maintain continuous and clear narrative action. continuity editing relies on matching screen direction, position and temporal relations from shot to shot.

Back 51

continuity editing

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shooting a scene from a variety of angles and distances so you have raw material necessary to edit

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coverage

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editing that alternates shots of two or more lines occurring in different places, usually simultaneously

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crosscutting

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the joining of two film strips together with a splice. in finished film, a sudden change from once scene to another.

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cut

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shooting a night scene during the day using special filters

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"day for night"

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a use of the camera lens and lighting that keeps objects in both close and distant planes in sharp focus

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deep focus

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a shot that continues for an unusually lengthy time before the transition to the next shot (Elephant)

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long take

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illumination that creates strong contrast between light and dark areas of the shot, with deep shadows and little fill light

Back 58

low-key lighting

Front 59

a continuity cut that splices two different view of the same action together at the same moment in the movement, making it seem to continue uninterrupted

Back 59

match on action

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a type of shot where actors and settings are photographed separately and combined in laboratory work

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matte

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recording songs before hand and having the actors lip-sync during the actual take

Back 61

mickey mousing

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all the elements in front of the camera; the setting, props, lighting, costumes, make-up, and figure behavior

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mise-en-scene

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a segment of film that summarizes a topic or compresses a passage of time in brief symbolic or typical images

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montage sequence

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several cameras employed and simultaneously used

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multiple camera

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music in a film repeated in a significant way

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music motif

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a shot or series of shots cut into a sequence, showing objects that are represented as being outside the world of the narrative

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non-diegetic insert

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the six areas blocked from being visible but still are part of the space of the scene: each side, above, below, behind the set and behind the camera

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offscreen space