Exam 2

Question 1

Low-angle shot

Answer 1

A shot in which the camera looks upward toward the subject

Question 2

Melodrama

Answer 2

A popular narrative form that is characterized by intense emotions and romantic, sensational incidents and that draws strong, vivid distinctions between good and evil

Question 3

Neorealism

Answer 3

“New realism” characterized by location shooting, scripted dialogue that sounds improvised, the use of nonprofessional actors in the majority roles, an emphasis on the everyday struggles of common people and the unvarnished look of non studio reality, the rejection of bourgeois fantasy as well as of Expressionism, and the determination to present the characters in relation to their real social environments and political and economic conditions.

Question 4

New Wave

Answer 4

(1) the sudden appearance, on many fronts, of a host of brilliant films by directors who had not previously made features or whose earlier work had gone unnoticed. (2) Any sudden appearance of many exciting new filmmakers in a country whose films have been unremarkable for a long time.

Question 5

Offscreen

Answer 5

Outside of camera range

Question 6

Parallel montage

Answer 6

Cross-cutting between two or more separate actions(different enough to “collide” when juxtaposed) to imply that they are dramatically or thematically related

Question 7

Persistence of vision

Answer 7

Retinal retention of a bright image that is followed by darkness

Question 8

Post-production

Answer 8

The phase of filmmaking during which picture and sound are augmented and edited into final form, after the conclusion of principal photography.

Question 9

Pre-production

Answer 9

The practical planning phase of filmmaking, including all the work (location scouting, set construction, costume design, etc.) that must be done before shooting can begin.

Question 10

Producer

Answer 10

(1) The person who selects and hires the creative team to write and shoot a film, pays all the costs of filmmaking, owns the finished product, and arranges for the film’s distribution. (3) The studio or production-company executive who authorizes and directly or indirectly supervises the making of a film.

Question 11

Production designer

Answer 11

An art director responsible for designing the complete look of a film, coordinating and integrating its sets, dressings, props, costumes, and color schemes

Question 12

Reverse motion

Answer 12

Action that runs backward, achieved by printing or projecting a shot from last frame to first

Question 13

Scene

Answer 13

(1)A dramatic action or interaction that takes place in a single location (2) A complete unit of action that is capable of being covered in a single shot, regardless of how many shots are actually used to cover it. (3) The shot(s) in which a scene is presented.

Question 14

Score

Answer 14

(1) The original music composed for a film (2) The music arranged for a film

Question 15

Screenwriter

Answer 15

The author or co-author of a screenplay; the artist who first determines the structure, characters, themes, events, and dialogue of a film as as many of its crucial images.

Question 16

Set

Answer 16

(1) A decorated sound stage. (2) An artificially constructed setting, whether interior or exterior. (3) Any site where a movie is shot.

Question 17

Set dressing

Answer 17

(1) Furniture, fixtures, and objects attached to the walls or floor of an interior a set. (2) Integral parts of an exterior set

Question 18

Slow motion

Answer 18

The effect of slowed-down movement, achieved by exposing more than the normal number of frames per second

Question 19

Soundtrack

Answer 19

(1) The final sound composite; all the sounds heard in a film. (2) The optical, digital, or magnetic track(s) in which that composite is stored usually an integral part of the release print.

Question 20

Split screen

Answer 20

Any frame containing two or more separate and distinct frames or images

Question 21

Steadicam

Answer 21

A camera mount, worn by the operator, that allows the camera to remain level even when the operator moves, ensuring extremely smooth handheld traveling shots.

Question 22

Still

Answer 22

A single photograph, taken by a conventional still camera rather than a movie camera.

Question 23

Studio

Answer 23

A large production company with its own lot; ideally, equipped with everything necessary to plan, shoot, edit, mix, and release motion pictures.

Question 24

Subjective sound (Rear Window, The Defiant Ones)

Answer 24

A track that presents what a character hears, does not hear, or imagines hearing

Question 25

Surrealism

Answer 25

An avant-grade movement that sought to pursue within artistic structures that juxtapositions, transitions, and bizarre logic characteristic of dreams and the unconscious.

Question 26

Take

Answer 26

(1) An unedited shot, beginning when the camera starts exposing film and ending when the camera stops. (2) An attempt to photograph a usable shot; the attempts that prove satisfactory are printed

Question 27

Tilt

Answer 27

(1) To pivot the camera upward or downward. (2) A shot within which the camera pivots on a horizontal axis, moving in a vertical plane; a tilting movement. Also known a tilt shot, tilting shot. (3) A shot in which the camera is tilted to the side, so that the top and bottom of the frame are not parallel to the lateral horizontal axis of the set

Question 28

Two- shot

Answer 28

A shot of two people

Question 29

Uncut

Answer 29

Unabridged

Question 30

Voice-over/voice-over narration

Answer 30

A commentating dialogue track (sometimes presented as an interior monologue) that is not being delivered aloud by any onscreen or offscreen indigenous source; instead it is laid “over: the indigenous sounds of the scene

Question 31

Zoom

Answer 31

To adjust the focal length of a zoom lens while the camera is running; also a shot taken while the zoom is being adjusted. As the focal length is shortened.