Production Roles
The member of the production crew who operates the camera under the supervision of the director of photography.
A pole-like mechanical device used to position the microphone outside the camera frame but as close as possible to speaking actors.
What is a Boom?
The amount of time that it has taken to present the movie's plot on-screen, that is, the movie's running time.
What is Screen Duration?
Light that shines directly on the subject.
What is Hard Light?
The genre most associated with the first use of Anti-Heroes
What are Gangster films?
All-around handyperson on a movie production set, most often working with the camera and electrical crews.
Who are Grips?
The level of a sound, which is defined by its frequency. Pitch is described as either high or low.
What is Pitch?
A taking unawares that is potentially shocking and can only truly be experienced once.
What is a Surprise?
This grid acts as a guide which filmmakers use to balance visual elements in the frame.
What is the Rule of Thirds?
This genre is known for its rural, isolated locations as well as its reliance on stereotypical "White Hat good guys."
What are Westerns?
This person prepares the slate that is used to identify each scene as it is being filmed, files camera reports, and is responsible for moving the camera to each new setup.
Who is a Second AC?
The process of adjusting relative volume of multiple sound tracks, and then combining those tracks onto one composite sound track that is synchronous with the picture.
What is Mixing?
The specific actions and events that filmmakers select, and the order in which they arrange those events and actions to effectively convey on-screen the movie's narrative to a viewer.
What is Plot?
The aspect of composition that takes into account everything that moves on the screen.
What is Kinesis?
An approach to documentary filmmaking that seeks to immerse viewers in an experience as close as is cinematically possible to witnessing events as an invisible observer.
What is an Observational Documentary?
A person who works closely with the director, art director, and director of photography in visualizing the movie that will appear on the screen.
Who is a Production Designer?
The faithfulness or unfaithfulness of a sound to its source.
What is Fidelity?
A complex character possessing numerous, subtle, repressed, or contradictory traits. Round characters often develop over the course of a story. The antithesis of Nicolas Cage.
What are Round Characters?
The process by which the look of the settings, props, lighting, and actors is determined. Set design, decor, prop selection, lighting setup, costuming, makeup, and hairstyle design all play a role in shaping the overall product.
What is Design?
Blending elements of Documentary and Narrative, Borat is an example of this type of film.
What is a Hybrid film?
The chief electrician on a movie production set.
Sound that originates from a source outside a film's world.
What are Non-Diegetic Sounds
It can come from many sources, including a third person, who is not a character, to bring us up-to-date; a first-person narrator commenting on the action; or in a nonfiction film, a commentator
What is Voice-Over Narration?
A shot-by-shot breakdown that combines sketches or photographs of how each shot is to look and written descriptions of the other elements that are to go with each shot, including dialogue, sound, and music.
What is a Storyboard?
A documentary film concerned with presenting a particular perspective on social issues or corporate and governmental injustice
What is a Persuasive Documentary?