FILM 100 QUIZ 1.3

Stunt artists

supervised by a stunt coordinator

Choreographer

Professional dancers work with a ____________

Wrangler

If animals join the cast, they are handled by a _________

Cinematographer

The leader of the photography unit

Director of Photography

The cinematographer is also known as the _______________

Cinematographer

Expert on photographic processes, lighting, and camera technique.

Camera operator

Runs the machine and who may also have assistants to load the camera, adjust and follow focus, push a dolly, and so on.

Key grip

Who supervises the grips. These workers carry and arrange equipment, props, and elements of the setting and lighting.

Gaffer

The head electrician who supervises the placement and rigging of the lights.

Production recordist

Heads the sound unit

Sound mixer

Other name for a production recordist

Production recordist

Records dialogue during shooting; uses a tape or digital recorder, several sorts of microphones, and a console to balance and combine the inputs; tries to capture some ambient sound when no actors are speaking.

Boom operator

Manipulates the boom microphone and conceals radio microphones on the actors.

Third man

Places other microphones, lays sound cables, and is in charge of controlling ambient sound

Sound designer

Enters the process during the preparation phase and plans a sonic style appropriate for the entire film.

Visual-effects supervisor

Charged with preparing and executing process shots, miniatures, matte work, computer-generated graphics, and other technical shots

Visual-effects unit

Overseen by the visual-effects supervisor

specialist firms

On effects-heavy films, work is usually turned over to ___________.

Makeup staff, Costume staff, Hairdressers, Drivers

A miscellaneous staff includes: (4)

Drivers

transport cast and crew

producer’s crew

The producer is represented by a unit called the ___________.

Line producer

Manages daily organizational business, such as arranging for meals and accommodations.

Production accountant

Monitors expenditures

Production secretary

Coordinates telephone communications among units and with the producer

Production assistants

Run errands

production assistants

Newcomers to the film industry often start out working as ______________

takes

For each shot called for in the script or storyboard, the director usually does several _____, or versions.

Leftover footage

Can be used in coming-attractions trailers and electronic press kits.

clapperboard

As soon as the camera starts, one of the cinematographer’s staff holds up a ______________ before the lens.

Production, Scene, Shot, Take

On the clapperboard are written the: (4)

clapboard

A hinged arm at the top, the __________, makes a sharp clack that allows the recordist to synchronize the soundtrack with the footage in the assembly phase.

Master shot

Typically records the entire action and dialogue of the scene.

coverage

Then portions of the scene are restaged and shot in closer views or from different

angles; these shots are called ________

Action scenes

Are usually shot from several angles simultaneously, because chases, crashes, and explosions are difficult to repeat for retakes.

A Camera, B Camera

For dialogue scenes, a common tactic is to film with an _______ and a ________, an arrangement that can capture two actors in alternating shots.

blue, green

In many cases, actors will be filmed against ___ or ____ backgrounds so that their figures can be inserted into computer-created settings.

motion capture

If a moving person or animal needs to be created by computer, a specialized unit will use __________

wire-frame

Each sensor provides a point in a _________ figure on a computer.

postproduction

Filmmakers call the assembly phase ______________

Editor

Catalogs and assembles the takes produced during shooting.

286

Over ___ hours of footage were sent to postproduction for The Social Network.

dailies

Typically, the editor receives filmed material as quickly as possible, which is known as ________

Assistant editor

Synchronizes image and sound and to sort the takes by scene.

American Cinema Editors

ACE acronym

American Society of Cinematographers

ASC acronym

British Society of Cinematographers

BSC acronym

Additional photography

Footage apart from the principal photography

Best boy

Originally known as the gaffer’s assistant

Best boy grip

Assistant to the key grip

Best boy electric

Assistant to the gaffer (Modern term)

Casting director

Member who searches for and auditions performers for the film and suggests actors

Character parts

Fairly standardized or stereotyped roles

Clapper boy

Crew member who operates the clapboard that identifies each take.

Concept artist

Designer who creates illustrations of the settings and costumes that the director has in mind for the film.

Dialogue editor

Sound editor specializing in making sure recorded speech is audible.

Digital colorist

Manipulates the color, light levels, and other pictorial aspects.

Digital imaging technician

Advises on the choice of camera and other digital equipment

Dolly grip

Crew member who pushes the dolly that carries the camera

Foley artist

Sound-effects specialist who creates sounds of movement by walking or by shifting materials across large trays of different substances

Jack Foley

Who is the Foley artist named after?

Greenery man

Crew member who chooses and maintains trees, shrubs, and grass in settings.

Lead man

Member of set crew responsible for tracking down various props and items of decor.

Loader

Inserts and unloads the camera magazines, keeps a log of shots taken, labels the cans of film, and sends them to the laboratory.

Digital loader

Puts the memory cards or drives in the camera, inventories the contents of the recording media, and backs up the image files.

Matte artist

Paints backdrops that are then photographically or digitally incorporated into a shot

Model maker

Member of production design unit who prepares architectural models for sets to be built; member of the special-effects unit who fabricates scale models of locales, vehicles, or characters to be filmed

Property master

Member of set crew who supervises the use of all props

Publicist

Member of producer’s crew who creates promotional material regarding the production; may arrange for press and television interviews

Scenic artist

Paints surfaces of the set.

Still photographer

Member of crew who takes photographs of scenes and behind-the-scenes shots

Video assist

A device that records a camera take to allow immediate playback

Digital dailies

Video playback on small monitors

Rough cut

The shots loosely strung in sequence, without sound effects or music

7 1/2

The rough cut for Apocalypse Now ran __ hours.

final cut

From the rough cut, the editor, in consultation with the director, builds toward a _________.

outtakes

The unused shots constitute the _________

second unit

While the final cut is being prepared, a ___________ may be shooting inserts,

Inserts

Footage to fill in at certain places; typically long shots of settings or close-ups of objects

Pickups

Retakes and additional footage not made during principal photography.

work print

Until the mid-1980s, editors cut and spliced the __________

Work print

Footage printed from the camera negative.

digital intermediate

If the footage has been shot on film, it will be scanned frame by frame into computer files to create a _________________

Digital color grading

Makes sure that shots made at different times of day or in different locales can be cut together to create a consistent look throughout a scene.

computer-generated imagery

For special effects, filmmakers turn to ______________________

Digital postproduction

Can alter the image in less obvious ways.

Sound editor

Takes charge of building up the soundtrack.

Spotting

Process of determining where music and effects will be placed

automated dialogue replacement

Often half or more of the dialogue is rerecorded in postproduction, using a process known as _________________________

Automated dialogue replacement

Usually yields better quality than location sound does.

guide track

In ADR, on-set recording serves as a __________

dubbing

The sound editor records actors in the studio speaking their lines in a process called ________

walla

Nonsynchronized dialogue such as the babble of a crowd is known in Hollywood as _______

sound effects

A sound editor adds _____________, drawing on a library of stock sounds or creating particular effects for the film.

sensitive

Sound-effects technicians have _________ hearing.

Composer

Compiles cue sheets that mark exactly where the music will go and how long it should run; also writes the score

Temp dub

Accompaniment pulled from recorded songs or classical pieces.

click track

Musicians record the score with the aid of a ___________

Click track

A taped series of metronome beats synchronized with the final cut.

Dialogue, Effects, Music

________, ________, and _____ are recorded on separate tracks,

mixing

During the ______, for each scene, the image track is run over, once for each sound, to ensure proper synchronization.