58 Below is a list of cinematographic terms used in the industry. Match the terminology with appropriate definitions.
| 1. Acoustics
| a. Tryout of live voice, recording or other elements prior to final selection for the film.
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| 2. Action
| b. (a) Music or other sound that is kept below the level of a speaker's voice; (b) scenery or setting for a scene; (c) the characters or objects appearing farthest from the camera.
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| 3. Audition
| c. The movement of the subject within the camera field of view. Also, such movement as represented on film.
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| 4. Background
| d. A fairly tight shot of the performer or the subject matter. In small-studio parlance, this would refer to the head of a performer. An extreme close-up might mean a selected portion of the face, such as the eyes.
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| 5. Close-up
| e. Titles of acknowledgement for story, sets, direction, etc.
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| 6. Contingencies
| f. The study of sound reverberation[2] and absorption.
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| 7. Credits
| g. Unforeseen situations, events, or circumstances that might delay the production schedule of the picture.
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| 8. Dubbing
| h. One individual picture on a piece of motion picture film.
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| 9. Editing
| i. The actual time it takes for the presentation of a given film or show.
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| 10. Frame
| j. Theatrical abbreviation for "property", meaning any portable article used by performers in visual presentation.
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| 11. Monochrome
| k. The general term used to describe the processes involved in making all the original material that is the basis for the finished motion picture.
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| 12. Narration
| l. The addition of sound (either music or dialogue) to a visual presentation via a recording process, which prepares a complete sound track that can be transferred to, and synchronised with, the visual presentation.
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| 13. Production
| m. The commentary for a film, spoken by an off-screen voice.
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| 14. Prop
| n. The process of assembling, arranging, and trimming the desired shots and sound tracks to best advantage for the purpose at hand.
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| 15. Running time
| o. Having shades of only one colour. refers to black-and-white pictures.
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| 16. Scenery
| p. The portion of a length of film reserved for the sound record.
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| 17. Script
| q. A term used to indicate the number of times a given shot has been made. Takes are usually numbered sequentially.
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| 18. Set
| r. Written plan, action, narration and dialogue for an audio-visual presentation.
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| 19. Shot
| s. A sound recording system with two or more sound tracks or channels, each of which is fed to an individual speaker.
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| 20. Sound effect
| t. The specific identifiable group or groups of persons toward which a film is aimed.
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| 21. Sound track
| u. Motion picture film material obtained from film libraries rather than shot specifically for a film production.
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| 22. Stereophonic sound
| v. Scenery or other artificial background for motion picture production.
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| 23. Stock footage
| w. (a) A single run of the camera; (b) the piece of film resulting from such a run.
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| 24. Take
| x. A non-musical, non-vocal sound – frequently artificial – that is included in or added to an audio presentation for dramatic purposes.
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| 25. Target audience
| y. Curtains, drapes, painted canvasses or other artificial background materials for visual studio recording.
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59 Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with the terms from the previous exercise.
1. We had to do six ________ for this particular scene. 2. The poster featured a few ________ from the film's most graphic scenes. 3. He failed the ________ for the part of the prince. 4. Then we took photos of the ________, from which we created a 3-D computer-generated model. 5. The camera focuses on the heroine in ________. 6. Saving Private Ryan was a co- ________ with Paramount. 7. The Dolby Surround has opened a new dimension for ________. 8. We need more ________, and less talk. 9. The film incorporates a good deal of ________ ________ to give it more historic veracity. 10. The plan envisaged all possible ________ that could disrupt the schedule. 11. Galton and Simpson wrote some excellent comedy ________. 12. In the ________ there were waiters hovering over the tables. 13. The film ends with a Celine Dion song over the end ________. 14. The hall has excellent ________.
