Test 3

Question 1

Blocking

Answer 1

A production term referring to coordinating actors’ movements with lines of dialogue

Question 2

Forced perspective

Answer 2

A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background, which creates an illusion of depth

Question 3

Computer-generated imagery

Answer 3

Images that originate from computer graphics and technology, rather than photography.

Question 4

Freeze Frame

Answer 4

Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image, which appears to stop the action

Question 5

Typecasting

Answer 5

The practice of repeatedly casting actor in similar roles across different films

Question 6

Method acting

Answer 6

A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky, which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory.

Question 7

Character actors

Answer 7

An actor who’s career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles

Question 8

Extras

Answer 8

An uncredited actor, usually hired for crowd scenes

Question 9

Cameos

Answer 9

A short screen appearance by a celebrity, playing himself or herself

Question 10

Bretchian distanciation

Answer 10

Drawing attention to the process of representation (including narrative and characterization) to break the theatrical illusion and elicit and distanced, intellectual response in the audience