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2nd semester terminologies Flashcards

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What is photogenie?

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The intense feeling of revelation caused by film. (haikyuu/ mha lol)

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What is tilt?

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The movement of a camera around a fixed horizontal axis. used to create a mood and emphasize depth.

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What is a steadicam shot?

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A type of camera movement that uses a specialized stabilizing system to capture smooth, flowing footage

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What is a cut?

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An instantaneous, blunt switch from one picture to another. it is the most basic form of transition from one scene to another in film

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What is a dissolve in film?

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A gradual transition between two shots. The first images fades AT THE SAME time, the second images fades in

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What is rhythmic editing?

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Rhythmic editing in film is the manipulation of shot length and transitions to create pace and flow.

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What is Elliptical editing

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Elliptical editing is the technique of intentionally omitting a scene from a film and letting the audience fill in the narrative

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What is the 180 degree rule in film making?

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The 180 degree rule means that at all times in a scene the characters should always have the same left/right relationship. Think of a semi circle bro

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What is match on action. Think winter soldier edit

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match on action is an editing technique that ensures seamless transitions between shots while maintaining the illusion of continuous action.

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What is a non-diegetic insert?

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This is a series of shots inserted into a scene that does not belong in the story world itself.

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what is an episodic montage

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A film montage of short, self-contained shots

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What is leitmotif?

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This is a recurring theme or motif such as an image, sound, colour, phrase that is used to represent a character, emotion or idea

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What is fidelity in film?

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Refers to the degree to which the film’s sound accurately reflects the source of the sound within the film’s diegetic world.

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What is coherence in film?

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Refers to the logical and consistent relationship between the film’s sound elements and the overall narrative.

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What is selectivity?

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selectivity refers to the purposeful choices made by a filmmaker to shape the audience’s perception of the story and it’s characters.

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What is synchronous/asynchronous sound?

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Synchronous sound: When sounds directly corresponds to what is seen on screen.
(a door slamming and being seen slamming)

Asynchronous sound: When sounds DO not directly correspond to what is seen on screen(voiceover of a character’s inner thoughts)

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What is sound lag

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This is when there’s a delay between what’s happening visually on screen and the corresponding audio.

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What is a spatial signature ?

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This is the unique and recognizable way a film maker uses sound to create and define the space within a film.

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What is sweetening?

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This refers to the process of enhancing the audio using techniques

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What are radio mikes?

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These are small portable microphones that transmit audio signals wirelessly

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What is socialist realism and what does it have to do with film?

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This was a style of art developed in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. It aimed to promote and glorify the working class and the socialist system.

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What is femme fatale?

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This is a stock character in film. Typically depicted as a seductive, mysterious woman who uses her charm to manipulate and destroy men.

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What is french impressionism?

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It was a film movement from France that aimed to project objective realism, conveying the inner world of characters. They sought to depict emotions, dreams and subjective experiences on screen.

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What is a tracking shot?

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A tracking shot is when the camera moves smoothly alongside or around the subject being filmed.

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What is a crane shot?

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A crane shot is filmmaking is a shot taken by a camera mounted on a moving crane. It allows for a wide range of camera movements.

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What is a zoom/dolly zoom?

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A zoom shot involves adjusting the focal length of the camera lens to magnify or demagnify the subject. The camera remains stationary but the lens zooms in.

A dolly zoom involves zooming the lens and moving the camera on a dolly towards or away from the subject.

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What is a fade in/out

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Fade in: the image gradually darkens until the screen is completely dark.

Fade out: the image gradually appears from black slowly becoming fully visible.

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What is a wipe?

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A wipe is a transition where on shot replaces another by moving across the screen in a particular direction or shape.

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What is analytical editing

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It is a techniques used to break down a scene into smaller, more focused shots. It breaks down a scene in ways the director wants to enhance clarity, impact and visual interest.

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What is overlapping editing?

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This is a technique where the same action is shown from multiple angles, with some portion of the action repeated in successive shots. This can heighten tension and emphasize the importance of an action.

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What is the 30 degree rule?

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The 30 degree rule is a guideline for editing that states the camera should move at least 30 degrees relative to the subject between successive shots.

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What is a shot/reverse shot?

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A shot: The camera focuses on one character shows them speaking to someone off-screen.

A reverse shot is when the camera cuts to the other character who is now on-screen, looking back at the first character.

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What is cross cutting?

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This is an editing technique where the narrative switched back and forth between two or more different scenes, often implying the actions are happening simultaneously.

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What is a descriptive montage?

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This is a technique that uses a **

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What is pitch in film?

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This is a concise verbal/ visual presentation of an idea for a film or TV series.

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What is a foley in film?

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This refers to the process of creating and recording sound effects in synchronization with a picture.

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internal/external diegetic

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External diegetic sound: sounds that originate from within the film world and can be heard by characters in the film (footsteps/dialogue)

Internal diegetic sound: Sounds that originate from a character’s mind and are only audible to that character(voiceover)

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What is parrallellism?

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This means establishing a clear connection or comparison between two or more distinct elements within the narrative.

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What are the 6 conventions of sound in classic hollywood cinema?

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Selectivity- only diegetically relevant sounds heard

Heirachy- Dialogue being valued over music/ effect

Intelligibility-l elements of sound are clear and coherent

Invisibility- When objects creating said sound cannot be seen

Seamlessness- no abrupt changes in volume or soundtrack

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What are the 4 levels of mediation

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PREH
Playback
Recording
Editing
Hearing

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Robert Altman did what?

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Use lavalier mics, which are radiomikes and used multitrack recording and listening.
(Nashville)

42
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Walter murch?

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Coined term coined designer and produced first 3d soundscape
(The godfather)

42
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Hollywood cinema used what steresos?

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Before Dolby, they used a Magnetic stereo
After, dolby stereo was used. It created apocalypse now and star wars.

42
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Battleship Potemkin

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USSR movie, utilizes soviet montage, Seirgei Eisenstein 1925

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Central Tenets of Soviet Montage

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Meaning is constructed not just shown

Montage should dissect and analyze physical reality poetically through a strategy of fragmentizing and reassembly of images

The function of the the artist is to tear down and resconstruct the audience’s perception of the world.

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Sergei Eisenstein??

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MONTAGE- fully committed to the aesthetic of conflict through editing.

—intellectual montage: a collision-focused form of editing based on idea that the aesthetic and thematic contrast between two shots could create a new meaning.

—informed by both Kuleshov’s experiments and Marxist theory.
Key Strategies of Intellectual Montage:
a. provide a series of shocks, collisions, or conflicts through editing.

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Realism focused film makers?

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Siegfried Kracauer(german/marxist)
and
André Bazin(french)

46
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Influences on film noir

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WWII and post-war disillusionment

Postwar cinematic realism-Italian neorealism

The German Expatriates

Hard-Boiled Tradition

47
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key narrative elements of film noir

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Doomed male protagonist

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