Chapter 1: Film As Art: Creativity, Technology, And Business Flashcards
“More than most arts, film depends on complex __________ (1). Without ________ (2), movies wouldn’t ____ (3). In addition, film art usually requires ____________ (4) among many participants, people who follow well-proven work routines. Films are not only created but ________ (5). Just as important, they are firmly tied to their social and economic context. Films are distributed and exhibited for _________ (6), and _____ (7) matters at every step.”
- Technology
- Machines
- Move
- Collaboration
- Produced
- Audiences
- Money
What are films specifically designed to do for viewers?
To create experiences for them by presenting information and ideas, as well as opening us up to different feelings and exploring visual qualities or sound textures.
What do filmmakers constantly ask themselves? Whose point of view do they focus on the most?
“If I do this, as opposed to that, how will viewers react?”
“Late in the 19th century, moving pictures emerged as a public _________.”
How did they succeed?
Amusement
By speaking to the imaginative needs of a broad-based audience through telling fictional stories, recording actual events, animating objects or drawings or experimenting with pure form. All of these experiences that viewers couldn’t get for the media or other sources.
What are the two basic areas of choice and control in the art of film?
- Form
2. Style
What is Form in the art of film?
The overall system of relationships among the parts of a film; the patterning of a film and the way all the parts work together to create specific effects.
What repeating techniques does style involve in the art of film?
Style involves the film’s use of cinematic techniques that may appear in a single film or a group of films in a specific filmmaker’s work.
What are the 4 cinematic techniques that are involved in the STYLE of film?
- Mile-en-scene
- Cinematography
- Editing
- Sound
What does the cinematic technique Mise-en-scene involve the arrangement of?
People, places, and objects to be filmed
What does the cinematic technique Cinematography technologically involve?
Cinematography involves the use of cameras and other machines designed to record images and sounds
What does the cinematic technique Editing involve piecing together?
Editing involves piecing together individual shots
What does the cinematic technique “Sound” blend on a film’s audio track?
“Sound” involves the sound, voices, sound effects, and music that come together on a film’s audio track
How are art and entertainment typically judged as?
The debate between art and entertainment is typically decided based on the value judgement:
Art - serious and worthy
Entertainment - superficial
What did filmmakers in the 1910s and 1920s specifically focus on pioneering in terms of new possibilities?
new ways of film editing
True or False?
Popular traditions can foster art of high quality.
What are some examples if this is true?
True
Shakespeare and Dickens wrote for broad audiences; 20th century music like jazz and the blues was rooted in popular traditions
