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Final Review Flashcards

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Angle

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Camera’s angle of view relative to the subject being photographed

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A-Film

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Major production with important stars and a generous budget

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Animation

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A form of filmmaking characterized by photographing inanimate subjects or individual drawings frame by frame

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Archetype

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An original model or type after which similar things are patterned

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Aspect ratio

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Ratio between the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the frame

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Back lot

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During the USA era

Standing exterior sets of common locales

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B-film

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Low-budget movie usually shown as the second feature during the big studio era in America

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Black list

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Anti-communist hysteria

Many writers, actors, and directors were forbidden employment because of beliefs or former beliefs

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Box office

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The ticket office of a movie theater

Drawing power of a movie

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Character roles

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Secondary roles in a movie

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Continuity

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Implied between edited shots

Emphasize smooth transitions between shots

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Crane shot

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Shot taken from a special device called a crane

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Cross cutting

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Alternating shot from two sequences

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Deep focus

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Technique of photography that permits everything to be in focus

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Distributor

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Served as a middle man that arranged to book a product in theaters

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Dubbing

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Additions of sound after visuals have been photographed

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Editing

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Joining of one shot with another

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Epic

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Film genre characterized by bold and sweeping images

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Extreme close-up

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Minutely detailed view of an object or person

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Fade

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Fade-out: brightness to black screen

Fade-in: black screen to normal

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Faithful adaption

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Movie based on another medium

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Feature, feature film

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Movie of over a hours duration

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Final cut

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Sequence of shots in a movie that will be released to the public

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Flashback

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Interruption of the present shots by shots from the past

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Flash forward

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Interruption of the present shots by shots from the future

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Footage

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Exposed film stock

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Full shot

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Long shot including the human body in full

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Genre

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Recognizable type of movie

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Go-fer

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Minor functionary or assistant

Goes for coffee, sandwiches, etc

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High angle shot

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Shot where subject is photographed from above

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High contrast

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Lighting emphasizing dramatic streaks of light and dark

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Independent producer

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Producer not affiliated with a studio or large commercial firm

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Jump-cut

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Abrupt transition between shot

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Low angle shot

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Subject is photographed from below

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Matte shot

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Combining two separate shots on one print

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Miniatures

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Small-scale models photographed to fit the illusion that they are full-scale objects

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Rough cut

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Crudely edited footage of a movie

A rough draft

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Rushes, dailies

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Selected footage of the previous day’s shooting

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Script, screenplay, scenario

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Written description of a movies dialogue and action

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Serials

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Now extinct genre

Used as a prelude to main feature

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Slow motion

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Shots of a subject photographed at a faster rate than 24 fps

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Special effects

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Trick photography and optical effects

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Star

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Film actor/actress or great popularity

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Star system

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Technique exploiting the charisma of popular players

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Story board/ story boarding

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Pre-visualization where shots are sketched out

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Studio

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Large corporation specializing in the production and/or distribution of movies

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Take

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Variation of a specific shot

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Underscoring

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Music behind the film

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Voice-over

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Non-synchronous spoken commentary in a movie

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Widescreen/ CinemaScope

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Movie image which has an aspect ratio of about 5 by 3

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