comm 1003 - Spring final

whats a dolly shot?

a shot in which the camera is moved on a wheeled dolly that follows a determined course

what is ADR?

automatic dialogue replacement --> process for syncing dialogue

What is chiaroscuro lighting?

composition of light and dark in an image or picture

4 principles of frameworks to documentary?

- factual - instructional - persuasive - propaganda

What are the typical qualities of female characters in the film noir genre?

- women are painted as mysteries- either in need of a savior or guilty

what's a rack focus?

focus changes over the course of the shot from one focal place to another

What's a keyframe?

in animation, refers to the beginning or end point for the transition of an object

What is the main light that illuminates a subject in a shot?

key light

femme fatal

known as man-eater, usually hiding a secret that could get them both killed

what does anticipation mean?

lets the audience know that a major action is about to take place

What is the focal length?

overall distance between sensor and point at which light passes through glass elements

what is stop-motion photography?

photographing objects within a frame

what does mise-en-scene literally mean?

putting on stage

what is gender performativity?

the idea that there is no essential content to gender, only a set of cues and codes that must be repeatedly enacted and changed.

What stereotype in film and literature featured a character that was narratively doomed because of their mixed-race ancestry?

tragic mulatto

criteria for Bechdel test?

(1) it has to have at least two women in it, who (2) who talk to each other, about (3) something besides a man

What is the very problematic D.W. Griffith film that was one of the first full- length feature films, the first film screened at the White House, and an early example of cinema perpetuating the white hegemonic patriarchy?

- depicts horrific results of giving freed slaves and African Americans the right to vote and hold political office - black face actors portrayed as power hungry rapists and murderers - the KKK comes to the rescue- hugely popular and favored

what is the greatest film ever made according to some critics?

Citizen Kane

final girl

A "last girl standing" in a horror film. almost always the one character who remained pure, who didn't drink or engage in sex. And it's that character that either escapes with her life or overcomes the faceless killer

What was The New Hollywood Era?

An era of film history that emphasized the authority of the director and star over the material, not the central producer.

What series set up the standard to the anime aesthetic in film and TV?

Astro Boy

What genre of films including Shaft (1971) and Super fly(1972) paved the way for Black filmmakers to reclaim old Hollywood Stereotypes?

Blaxploitation

What film did some critics suggest would inspire race riots, prompting police to be dispatched to early screenings?

Do the right thing (1989)

Who's the head of the lighting department?

Gaffer

what is the male gaze

In cinema and advertising we are led to view a media text as if we are a heterosexual male, viewing the female body to be desired.

what principle is the classical Hollywood style built upon?

Invisibility

who's generally credited with making the first motion picture?

Lumiere brothers - Louis and Auguste

Who directed Sweet, Sweetback's Baadassss Song (1971)?

Melvin Van Peebles

Who is known as the father of documentary?

Robert Flaherty

what movie did critics call "Disney's folly" before it was released?

Snow White

What was the Paramount Decision of 1948?

The Supreme Court issued its Paramount Decision, effectively destroying the studios' hold over moviemaking. Vertical integration and block booking was ruled illegal.

what is the director of photography responsible for in a film?

Translates the director's vision - how the movie will be photographed: framing, speed, and length of every shot.

what is the difference between WBs early merrie melodies and Disney's content

WB had a more satirical view of American society with emphasis on slapstick comedy

what does appeal mean?

animators should strive to create images that will be interesting and compelling to audiences

What's a set-up?

any single camera position in a scene and everything associated with it

what is non-diegetic sound?

any sound that does not originate from within the film's world

what is the shot's content curve?

arc that measures information in a shot, how long it takes us to register the visual information in a shot

The primary narrator in cinema is...?

camera

what is the 180 degree rule?

camera should stay on one side of an imaginary line

what is claymation?

clay characters moves in small increments between still photographs

What led to the decline of Black Cinema and the closure of many niche movie-houses around the country who exhibited "race films"?

could not compete with the grand studio-owned movie palaces screening big-budget spectacles featuring at least a few true-to-life African American characters

what do foley artists do?

create foley sounds; sounds from a variety of props used to mimic everyday sounds

What are the two main visual components of mise-en-scene?

design and composition

what is voyeurism?

desire to watch others having sexual relations or to spy on nude people

What is associated with with Russian filmmaker, Sergei Eisenstein?

discontinuity through montage editing

What do all the modern stereotypes have in common?

either supporters of the status quo or they are simply ineffective and use them as comic relief

what's a take?

every time a particular shot is repeated

Which principle of film form is helped by persistence of vision, the phi phenomenon, and critical flicker fusion?

fast motion, illusion of movement

what are propaganda films?

films involved in some sort of propaganda

who was the first "appealing" character in animation and use of keyframes...

gertie the Dino

How does the visual presence of a woman tend to influence the "story line" of a film?

he visual presence of woman tends to work against the development of a story line, freezing the flow of action

What is Chuck Jones responsible for?

helped animate Looney Tunes and all of the exaggerated animated faces in the show

what does timing mean?

helps create the illusion that an action is abiding by the law of physics

what is xerography?

in animation, a process where the animator's drawings are printed directly onto the cell

What technological advancement gave rise to newsreels and documentaries with embedded social commentary?

introduction to sound

what is the most weighty criticism of the Bechdel test?

its limitation in terms of intersectionality

what theory did Laura Mulvey theorize

male gaze

What key development in the 1980's led to a resurgence in modern Black Cinema?

more and more filmmakers had access to cheaper and cheaper equipment and were able to take control over the creative process outside of the Hollywood system

what are the 3 types of documentary "organizations'?

narrative, documentary, experimental

what his an actuality?

non-fiction film

what is a scenic?

offered exotic or remarkable images of nature or foreign lands

what a shot?

one interrupted run of the camera

show was Oscar Micheaux?

produces over 40 films in his career which challenged prevailing stereotypes

What does the inciting incident accomplish and when does it occur in a film?

sets the plot in motion, usually in the first 10 minutes

what film features the most infamous example of the Uncle Tom stereotype?

song go the south

what is a diegetic sound?

sound that originates from the world of film

first cartoon with sound printed directly on the film was?

steamboat mickey

What is historically significant about The Jazz Singer?

synchronized dialogue

What is continuity editing also called?

temporal editing --> time spatial --> geography the same

what is depth of field?

the distance between the nearest and farthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera.

what's the difference between focal length and depth of field.

the former refers to the range of focus behind the camera lens. Depth of field refers to the range of focus in front of the camera lens

What happens at the end of the first act?

the goal is defined, the protagonist is off on their quest

What is generic transformation?

the process by which a particular genre is adapted to meet the expectations of a changing society

The principles of mise-en-scene are generally borrowed from...

the theatre

what is cross-cutting?

video editing technique of switching back and forth between scenes

What's block booking?

when a studio would force a theatre to buy a group of several films to screen

what is cinema verite?

when film is made to look natural/realistic; lightweight equipment

what is a sound bridge?

when sound carries over to a visual transition -ex: alarm clock to transition

blonde bombshell

women, mostly blonde, often portrayed as naive innocents. either blissfully happy housewives or desperately wanted to be

is silence part of a films soundtrack?

yes