arab cinema & digital cinema

Question 1

1st feature film to be produced entirely digitally:

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toy story, 1995

Question 2

toy story was produced digitally, but when it was shown in cinemas…

Answer 2

it had to be printed on celluloid bc thats what projectors required

Question 3

the first film to be projected digitally

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Star wars phantom menace, 1999

Question 4

first big budget live action film to be shot entirely digitally

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star wars attack of the clones 2002

Question 5

first feature films to be shot entirely digitally

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the celebration/the idiots, 1998

Question 6

Dogme95 was a [1], heavily influenced by [2]

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1. danish film movement
2. cinema veritie

Question 7

Dogme95 made dramas or documentaries?

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dramas

Question 8

Dogme95 drew from cinema veritie both…

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technologically and ideologically

Question 9

dogme95 filmmakers made a set of rules called [1], which required [2]

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1. the vow of chastity
2. them to be truthful in certain ways

Question 10

In their manifesto they drew attention to the [1] enabled by digital cinema, which is [2]

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1. democratization
2. much cheaper to shoot than celluloid

Question 11

first film of the dogme95 movement?

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the celebration (vinterberg, 1998)

Question 12

who is Anthony Dod Mantle

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Pioneer of digital filmmaking for feature theatrical fiction films

Question 13

Abbas kiarostami is an iranian director who’s well known for

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blending documentary and fiction in aesthetically realist modes

Question 14

the festival circuit refers to

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the tour that many films do if international film festivals

Question 15

Ways that films can go to festivals:

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be submitted
be invited

Question 16

Lerger festivals develop relationships with filmmakers/studios so they can

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always premiere their work

Question 17

Festivals are important to an audience bc

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films that never get broader distribution in a country can still be seen on a big screen

Question 18

film fests are important for filmmakers bc:

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it gives the opportunity for publicity

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film fests are important for distributors bc:

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they provide a marketplace

Question 20

Much of arab cinema may not survive without

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the festival curcuit

Question 21

some islamic cultures have prioritized linguistic art rather than visual bc

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there is debate in islam about the use of figurative or representational art, especially the representation of the human figure

Question 22

Historically the most prolific film industry of the arab world was

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egyptian cinema

Question 23

Outside of egypt, the film industries aren’t large and established enough to

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produce and distribute films that make enough money from arab speaking audiences

Question 24

arab film industries & their product must be seen in a context of

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globalization rather than post-colonialism

Question 25

funding for arab cinema comes largely from

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the west

Question 26

the funding structure makes arab cinema what types of cinema?

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auteur and art house

Question 27

One of the ways that auteurism is used is that we see

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female filmmakers

Question 28

contemporary arab cinema has echos of

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french new wave film theory

Question 29

orientalism is defined as

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representations of the east by westerners for the pleasure and consumption of westerners

Question 30

Can be suggested that arab cinema is a kind of neo-orientalist project bc

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it is mainly funded by europeans and made for a festival curcuit that predominatly takes place in the west

Question 31

saudi had a ban on public movie screenings until

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2018

Question 32

Haifaa Al-Mansour is the

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writer/director of wadjda

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Al-Mansour has emphasized that digital cinema

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gave her the freedom and flexibility to learn

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wadjda was the first feature film to be

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written & directored by a women and shot entirely in saudi