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Details Title: Film 1010 Final Description: Film vocabulary and concepts Total Flash Cards: 49 Created: 05/03/2006 16:25:49	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Thomas Edison Definition Invented Kinetoscope, a peepshow device. First public demonstration of kinetoscope was May 9, 1893, the blacksmith scene. Term Edwin S Porter Definition "Father of American Story Film" Experimented w/ filming at night, storytelling, film editing. Often mixed documentary footage w/ stage footage. Term DW Griffith Definition "Birth of a Nation"(1915). "Intolerance"(1916). Was known for his high quality epic films Term "A Trip to the Moon" Definition 1902, Directed by George Melies. Known for its inovational use of special effects, double exposure, and split screen Term The Great Train Robbery Definition 1903, Edwin S Porter. Was the first film to use pans, tilts, parrallel editing, and jump cuts. Most popular film of the pre nickelodeon era. Term Shot Definition Those images that are recorded continuously from the time the camera starts to the time it stops. Term Extreme Long Shot Definition A panoramic view of an exterior location, photographed from a great distance, often as far as a quarter mile away. Term Long shot Definition A shot that includes an area within the image that roughly corresponds to the audience's view of an area within the image in the live theatre. Term Full Shot Definition A type of long shot that includes the human body in full, with the head near the top of the frame and the feet near the bottom Term Medium shot Definition A relatively close shot, revealing the human figure from the knees and waist up Term Close-Up shot Definition A detailed view of a person or object. A close-up of an actor usually includes only his or her head Term Extreme close-up Definition A minutely detailed view of an object or person. Usually includes only an actors mouth or eyes Term Deep focus shot/ Wide Angle Definition A technque of photography that permits all distance planes to remain in focus, from close-up ranges to infinity Term Establishing Shot Definition Usually an extreme long shot or long shot offered at the beginning of a scene, provinding the viewer with the context of the close shots Term Master Shot Definition An uninterrupted shot, usually taken from a long or full shot range, that contains an entire scene. Term Over-the-shoulder Shot Definition Usually a medium shot of two people, with the camera placed just behind the shoulder of lone character, directed at the face of the opposite Term Camera Angle Definition The camera's angle relative to the subject being photographed. Term Bird's-eye View Definition A shot in which the camera photographs a scene from directly overhead. Term High Angle Definition A shot in which the subject is photographed from above. This angle gives the character a small and weak appearance Term Low angle Definition Shot which the subject is photographed from below. It gives the character and appearance of strength and dominance Term Oblique Angle Definition A shot photographed by a tilted camera. When image is projected on the screen the subject itself seems to be titled on a diagnol Term Cinematographer Definition Director of Photography or DP. The artist or technician responsible for the lighting of a shot and the quality of the photography Term High Key Lighting Definition A style of lighting emphasizing briht even lighting(illumination) with few shadows. -Used mostly in Comedies and Musicals Term LOw Key Lighting Definition A style of lighting that emphasizes diffused shadows and atmospheric pools of light -Often used in Mysteries and Thrillers Term High Contrast Lighting Definition A style of lighting emphasizing harshe shafts and dramatic streaks of lights and darks. -Used in Thrillers and Melodramas Term Three-point Lighting Definition Lighting the scene from three sources -Key light, main source of illumination -Fill Light, placed opposite of Key light -Back Light, used to seperat the foreground from the background Term Overexposure Definition Too much light enters the aperture of a camera lens, bleaching out the image. Useful for fantasy and nightmare scenes Term Backlighting Definition When the lights for a shot derive from the rear of the set, thus throwing the foreground figures into semidarkness or silhouette Term Dominant Definition that area of the film image that compels the viewer's most immediate attention Term Filters Definition Pieces of glass or plastic placed in front of the camera lens that distorts the quality of light entering the camera Term Rack Focus Definition The blurring of focal planes in sequence, forcing the viewer's eyes to travel with those areas of an image that remain in sharp Term Storyboarding Definition A previsualization technique in which shots are sketched in advance and in sequence, like a comic strip, thus allowing the filmmaker to outline the mise-en-scene Term Aspect Ratio Definition the ratio between the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the scene. -standard(1.85:1) -Widescreen, (2.35:1) Term Mise-En-Scene Definition The arrangement of visual weights and movements within a given space. Cinematic mise-en-scene encompases the staging of action and the way it is photographed Term Frame Definition The dividing line between the edges of the screen image and the enclosing darkness of the theatre. -also refers to a single photograph from the filmstrip Term Proxemic Pattern Definition The spatial relationship among characters within the mise-en-scene. -The distance of the camera from the subject photographed Term Loosely-framed shot Definition A shot where there is considerable space for the character to walk around Term Tightly Framed Shot Definition A shot where there is little space for the character to walk around -Usually a medium shot that gives the impression of entrapment Term Open Form Definition Used primarily by realisitic filmmakers. -tends to be unobtrusive w/ informal composition Term Closed Form Definition Tends to be more stylistic -Frame tends to be arranged in a stylistic and aestheticly pleasing manner Term Genre Definition A recognizeable type of movie, characterized by reestablished conventions -Ex. Western, Horrow, Sci-Fi,etc. Term Convention Definition Implied agreemeant between the director and the audience to accept certain artificialities as real in a work of art Term Wide-Angle Lens Definition A lens that permits the camera to photograph a wider area than a normal lens. -tends to exagerate perspective -used in deep focus photography Term Zoom Lens Definition A lens that permits the photographer to switch from a wide angle shot to a telephoto shot in continuous movement -plunges the viewer in and out of the scene rapidly Term Pan Definition -Short for panoramic -Revolving horizontal camera movement from left to right Term Tilt Definition The camera moves vertically up and down Term Crane shot Definition -A shot taken from a moving device called a crane, which resembles a huge mechanical arm Term Dolly shot Definition -Shot taken from a moving device -Originally tracks were layed on the set for a smoother movement of camera Term cutting to continuity Definition a type of editing in which the shots are arranged to preserve the fluidity of an action w/out showing all of it.