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11/18/2005

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Producer
Definition
The ____ may be hired to create a film or may find the script itself and bring it to a production company for funding.
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Director
Definition
The ____ takes the producer's vision of the script and translates that vision into the film through the actors and the sets.
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Director of Photography (aka Cinematographer)
Definition
The ____ is hired to capture the acutal images that the producer and director want for the finished film, and is in charge of the film crew.
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Lighting Director
Definition
The ____ is responsible for ensuring that the lighting on the actors and sets is correct for the shots.
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Production Designer
Definition
The ____ is the head of the art department, and is responsible for the visual appearance of the set or sets for the film.
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Art Director
Definition
The ____ supervises the actual construction of the set.
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Best Boy Electric
Definition
This person in the gaffer's number one assistant.
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Gaffer
Definition
This person is the chief set electrician.
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Grip
Definition
This person is the general laborer on the set.
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Key Grip
Definition
This person is the head of the grip department.
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Best Boy Grip
Definition
This person is the key grip's number-one assistant.
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Electric Utility
Definition
This person is an electrical laborer on the set.
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Production Sound Mixer
Definition
This person records the dialogue and other sounds from the set for the film.
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Scale
Definition
____ refers to the size and dimension of figures and forms relative to a specific unit of measure.
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Production Miniatures
Definition
____ are built of all sets prior to the construction of the final sets.
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Exhibition Miniatures
Definition
____ are models built for use in the actual filming.
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lighting
Definition
With ____ we can set the mood, evoke emotion, tell time, and enhance the subject matter.
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Key Light
Definition
The ____ establishes the directionality and source of motivation for the scene.
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Fill Light
Definition
The ____ is used, when necessary, to create a desirable lighting ratio on the actor's face.
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Back Light
Definition
The ____ is used to separate the actors from the background.
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24 fps
Definition
The standard frame rate for motion picture photography is ____.
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Lens
Definition
The ____ gathers the light and projects the images in front of the camera onto the film gate for exposure.
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Focal Length
Definition
____ is the distance from the center of the lens to the exposing film, at the film plane.
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F-Stop
Definition
____ is a measurement of how much light is allowed through the lens.
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Iris
Definition
____ is a device that controls the amount of light through a lens.
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T-Stop
Definition
____ is simply a more precise f-stop measurement, measured through each individual lens.
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Film Gate
Definition
The ____ is both literally and figuratively the focal points of the motion picture camera's mechanical operation.
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Shutter
Definition
The ____ consists of a mirrored, constantly rotating half-disk positioned between the lens and the film gate aperture.
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Magazine
Definition
The ____ stores the film both before and after exposure.
Term
spring-wound and electric
Definition
What the the two types of motors found in 16mm cameras?
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film format
Definition
The ____ refers to the width of the film stock in use.
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Emulsion
Definition
Film's top layer, which captures images, is called the ____.
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Film Speed
Definition
____ is the number that describes how sensitive the film stock is to light.
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Telecine
Definition
Film images get captured onto video in a process called ____.
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Time Code
Definition
____ is a digital audio signal that is assigned to a special track of a videotape or audio tape. Its purpose is to label each video frame with a 24-hour reference clock.
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ADR
Definition
When the audio is unusable it must be replaced, using a process called ____.
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Foley
Definition
The process of recording ____ is referred to as "shooting" or "walking."
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Designed Sounds
Definition
When the sound of something doesn't exist in reality, the sound designer creates ____ for these elements form the soudns he or she can record in real life.
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Creature Sounds
Definition
When the sound of an animal or other being in a film does not exist in reality, the sound designer must create _____.
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Ambiance/Backgrounds (BG)
Definition
____ provide the sound of a film's environment.
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Sound Editing
Definition
____ is the process of taking the assembled material from each of the sound elements and synching them to the picture.
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continuity
Definition
The purpose of ____ is to make sure elements remain constant and consistent from shot to shot.
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Set Dressers
Definition
does the shopping and decorating of the set
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Location vs Soundstage
Definition
Two ways of shooting scenes
Term
1) Front (what camera will see)
2) Side (wall support)
3) Rear (back of set wall)
Definition
Three types of elevations (shows height and length/width)
Term
production and exhibition
Definition
two types of miniatures
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Fresnel
Definition
Lensed Lighting Instrument that has concentric rings to help direct light.
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Soft Light
Definition
indirect reflector, very soft, difficult to control
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Ellipsoidal
Definition
Double lens, extremely controllable
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Flourescent
Definition
Direct Soft Source, difficult to control
Term
open face (car headlight-like), molette (lamp-like), dedo (gun-like)
Definition
Other types of lights you may see...
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refraction
Definition
Bending of light
Term
(Focal Length)/(Lens Diameter or Iris)
Definition
How do you calculate F-Stop?
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Film gate, aperture, shutter, pull-down claw, registration pin
Definition
Internal camera movement parts...
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Anamorphic
Definition
used to compress a widescreen image onto a square film frame
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Silver halides
Definition
emulsion layer of film that captures images consists of tiny crystals of ____
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T-Grain
Definition
Developed by Kodak, allows for image consistency btwn different film speeds
Term
timecode, control track, video signal, audio
Definition
the 4 parts of videotape
Term
striping the tape
Definition
the process of adding the control track to the videotape is commonly referred to as _____
Term
dialogue, sound fx, music
Definition
three basic elements of a film soundtrack
Term
Konstantin Stanislavski
Definition
the developer of method acting, "Great art conceals art."
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production concept
Definition
unifies the ideas of teh producer, director, designers and scripwriters
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dimension
Definition
actual measured sizes of figures and forms
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original score or source music (needle drop)
Definition
two types of music in movies
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