Quiz 5 Flashcards
Composition
The organization, distribution, balance, and general relationship of stationary objects and figures, as well as of light, shade, line, and color, within the frame.
Motion capture
An elaborate process in which the movements of objects or actors dressed in special suits are recorded as data that computers subsequently use to render the motion of CGI characters on-screen. Also known as mocap, performance capture, or motion tracking.
Production designer
A person who works closely with the director, art director, and director of photography, in visualizing the movie that will appear on the screen. The production designer is both an artist and an executive, responsible for the overall design concept, the look of the movie – as well as individual sets, locations, furnishings, props, and costumes – and for supervising the heads of the many departments (art, costume design and construction, hairstyling, makeup, wardrobe, location, etc.) that create that look.
Art director
The person responsible for transforming the production designer’s vision into a reality on the screen, assessing the staging requirements for a production, and arranging for and supervising the work of the members of the art department.
Set
A constructed space used as the setting for a particular shot in a movie. Sets must be constructed both to look authentic and to photograph well.
On location
Shooting in an actual interior or exterior location away from the studio.
Decor
The color and textures of the interior decoration, furniture, draperies, and curtains of a set.
Properties
Also known as props. Objects used to enhance a movie’s mise-en-scene by providing physical tokens of narrative information.
Soundstage
A windowless, soundproofed, professional shooting environment that is usually several stories high and can cover an acre or more of floor space.
Chiraroscuro
The use of deep gradations and subtle variations of lights and darks within an image.
Cameo
A small but significant role often played by a famous actor.
Costumes
The clothing worn by an actor in a movie (sometimes called wardrobe, a term that also designates the department in a studio in which clothing is made and stored).
Script supervisor
The member of the crew who is responsible for ensuring continuity throughout the filming of a movie. Although script supervisors once had to maintain detailed logs to accomplish this task, today they generally rely on the video assist camera for this purpose.
Video Assist camera
A tiny device, mounted in the viewing system of the film camera, that enables a script supervisor to view a scene on a video monitor (and thus compare its details with those of surrounding scenes, to ensure visual continuity) before the film is sent to the laboratory for processing.
Figure
any significant thing that moves on the screen–person, animal, object
