Terms to Study for Test #3

Cinema 1 - Instructor J.Varner

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You will need to bring a Scantron (#882) Form to class (buy in the LACC bookstore) and a #2 pencil. This is NOT an open book test but you can use an English/Foreign Language Dictionary. There will be a total of fifty questions in the format of multiple choice & True/False – will include lectures & videotapes.

Test #1 Terms Test #2 Terms Test #3 Terms

Chapter 12: Picture & Dialogue Editing

editing / cut
Montage Theory (pp. 348, 225-227)
- Russian, Hollywood
- mise-en-scene (French)
invisible / match cutting (p.349)
intercut / parallel editing (p.351)
cut on the action (p.349)
jump cut
screen direction (p.350)
180-degree rule
joining sequences (pp.350-351):
- straight cut, dissolve, fade
dialogue editing
editor & assistants (p.354)
assembly, rough, fine cut (pp.356-357)

Chapter 14: Editing Video/Nonlinear (pp. 415-425)

*Film vs. Video Finish
*Four Reasons to Edit on Film (not in book)
film editing equipment (pp. 366-369):
- Upright Moviola™, Flatbeds
- Editing bench
transferring sound/ syncing up (p. 378)
*NLE (non-linear editor)
*DAW (digital audio workstation)
*EDL (edit decision list)
*FCL (film cut list)
SMPTE TimeCode (p. 196)
Off Line vs. On Line (p. 399)
editing film on video (pp.382-388):
shoot film / edit nonlinear / video finish
shoot film / edit nonlinear / film finish
*not in a line/ random access/ computer
*film is telecined then digitized
*DV is captured using FireWire
Nonlinear Editing Equipment:
- computer / monitors
- hard drives (RAIDS) (p.424)
- digitizing hardware (cards)
- time code VCRs
Turnkey Systems/Software (pp 421-422)
- *Resolution Independent
"Broadcast Quality" (p192)

Chapter 7: Sampling (only pp. 199-207)

Analog /Digital (p199)
Resolution:
- NTSC approx. 350,000 pixels
- HDTV approx. 2 million pixels
- FILM approx. 12 million pixels
Sampling Rate: (p 200)
- CD 44.1 kHz
- DV 48 kHz
Color Sampling (p 203):
- 4:2:2 Digibeta
- 4:1:1 mini DV
Bit Depth (p 203)
Video Compression (p 204)
Codecs:
- MPEG/JPEG
DV(5:1) Intraframe
Aliasing (p 200)

Chapter 15: Sound Editing

sound editor / designer (p.446)
rerecording mixer
spotting
sweetening
sound / Foley stage
three stages movie mixing (pp 448-449):
- transferred/edited
- playback from DAW/NLE
- master dubber records
sound processing devices (pp.449-452)
- equalizers
- notch-peak filters
- compressors
- reverb units
- noise gates
- de-essers
sound & continuity (pp.455-456)
music & copyright (pp. 458-460)
temp tracks
preparing for the mix (pp.461-466)
mixing console or board (pp.452-454)
cue sheets (pp.466-467)
M and E tracks (p.471)

Chapter 16: The Film Laboratory

processing the original (p.473)
end / tail / snip test (p.474)
workprint-rushes-dailies (p.475)
circled takes
film = timer or grader
video = colorist (telecine)
color timing/additive printing (p.496)
the lab report (p.476)
troubleshooting errors (pp.477-479)
negative cutter/conformer (pp.481-482)
- A&B rolls/checkerboard printing
types of printers (p.481):
- contact / continuous printer
- optical / step printer
  - skip printing=fast motion
  - stretch printing=slow motion
blowup/ reduction printing (pp.493-495)
preparing titles / TV safe
digital composites:
- blue/green screen mattes
- hold out mattes
modern digital optical effects:
- film scanner and recorder (p.530)
*Pre-Viz (Pre-Visualization)
*CGI (Computer Generated Imagery)
*Motion Capture
video blowups (p 529)
printing the film (pp.495-502):
intermediates:
- digital / film
- liquid (wet gate) printing
- ultrasonic cleaning of the negative
- color negative (methods):
- (IP) interpositive
- (IN) internegative
- reversal stock printing
- answer /check /release prints
sound for film prints (pp.503-506):
- composite or married print
- optical tracks (analog)
- magnetic stripe (rare)
- digital tracks:
  - SDDS™/ DTS™ / Dolby Digital™
xenon vs. tungsten print (p.499)
*digital projection

Chapter 17: Film-Video Transfers

Telecine types (pp. 510-511)
3:2 pulldown (p. 513)
Kodak KeyKodes™ (p.520)
Datacines (p. 526)
international standards conversion (pp.527-529)

Chapter 18: Producing & Distributing the Movie

pre and post production budget
above & below-the-line (p. 535)
distribution costs
negative costs (p.535)
contingency/contributions
the budget estimate
Unions (p 539):
- *IATSE/SAG/AFTRA
points/deferred salaries (p.538)
insurances (pp. 541-542 & 549)
fundraising
copyrights (pp. 547-549)
releases
distribution

* Found in lecture notes only!

(Page number in bold type are out of sequence in chapter.)

Test #1 Terms Test #2 Terms Test #3 Terms

There will be a total of 50 questions in the format of Multiple Choice and True/False.

There will also be extra credit questions on the video tapes that have been shown in class.

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