Cinema Flashcards

1
Q

when was the birth of the cinema

A

the dawn of the 20th century

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2
Q

were also engaging with questions on ethnic origins and race and the prejudice that arose from misconceptions about them

A

intellectuals

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3
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eased up processes of production and conveying messages to target audiences

A

digital technologies

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4
Q

emerged as a form of cultural diplomacy and dialouge

A

film festivals

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5
Q

who made the early films that were short films

A

Lumiere Brothers

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6
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the philosopher that defines film as: a detached display or a serries thereof, belongs to the class of things from which the production of the impression of movement is technically possible, the screening of films do not make them art by themselves, the platform for screening or the technology-based applications do not make them art by themselves, a two-dimensional array

A

Noell Carroll

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7
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the film made by the Lumiere Brothers

A

Actualities

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8
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to tell a story about experiments on the first locomotive train that flew across treacherous terrains, fell off a precipice, shot up to the moon, and fell back on earth

A

An Impossible Voyage

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9
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creator of An Impossible Voyage

A

Georges Melies

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10
Q

talks about the birth of Russian cinema as tied to propaganda (essay)

A

The Montage of Film Attractions

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11
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writer of The Montage of Film Attractions

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Sergei Eisenstein

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12
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in which the carnage of workers demonstrating against oppressors is never shown in full gore

A

The Strike

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13
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propose that the director Orson Welles challenged the editing conventions of his time with the depth shot, so that film is forever distinct from the mere copy of reality

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What is Cinema

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14
Q

writer of What is Cinema

A

Andre Bazin

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15
Q

can be subjective or objective and restricted or unrestricted in terms of the flow of information

A

narrative

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16
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the setting is indicated by the props, costumes, and make-up, and the design of the set

A

mise-en-scene

17
Q

many of the techniques are those learned in photography

A

cinematography

18
Q

shape one’s perception of fidelities or how close the sound is to actual sound

A

sound

19
Q

known for the shallow focus cinematography, shallow space mise-en-scene, asymmetrical shot compositions, the vivid cheongsams and props in narrow spaces that represent 1960s Hongkong

A

Wong Kar Wai

20
Q

a film by Wong Kar Wai

A

In the Mood for Love

21
Q

esteemed for the epic narrative

A

Zhang Yimou

22
Q

esteemed for films such as Memento, Inception, and the Dark Knight

A

Christopher Nolan

23
Q

a trilogy that demonstrated cutting-edge cinematography and story-telling

A

Dark Knight