Exam [Pre Midterm portion]

Question 1

Narrative structure

Answer 1

story
plot
character

Question 2

visual (and audio)

Answer 2

mise en scene
cinematography
editing
sound

Question 3

three distribution circuits

Answer 3

commercial, festival and educational

Question 4

Man with A movie camera

Answer 4

Dziga Vertov (1920)
avante garde
jump cuts, dutch angles and stop motion animation

developed film editing techniques used today:
thematic editing (instead of two abstract shots, uses a common theme to bring them together [example is water ; multiple shots of water usage etc.] 

dismissed tradit. continuity editing, parralell editing= cuts made between similar concepts to convey simultaneous action. creating a connection.

Parralellism= graphic matches, man and machinery.

Kino-eye = ability to document events in the abscence of artificiality

Question 5

Setting

Answer 5

not just background
set expectations about genre and story
creates atmosphere and mood
realism or not
studio set vs. on location

Question 6

Costume and Hair and makeup

Answer 6

sets time
details about character( profession, status and personality)
offers clues about the role of the character

Question 7

Standard three-point lightning

Answer 7

#1 Key light
#2 Fill light
#3 Back light

Question 8

Black Girl

Answer 8

Directed by Ousmane Sembene (1966)

Question 9

The shot

Answer 9

the shot is the basic element of filmaking

• piece of film run through the camera
• an uninterrupted run of the camera
• an uninterrupted image on film
• it is a unit of length and duration in time

Question 10

Sequence vs. Scene

Answer 10

Sequence= a series of shots
Scene= a series of shots unified by time and space

Question 11

Four basic feautures of Cinematography

Answer 11

• framing
• camera angle
• depth of field
• camera movement

Question 12

Framing

Answer 12

Camera distance

• extreme long shot
• long shot [wide shot]
• medium shot
• close up
• extreme close-up

Question 13

Shot composition

Answer 13

1 shot, 2 shot

Question 14

Four basic camera angles

Answer 14

• eye level
• low angle
• high angle
• dutch tilt [canted angle]

Question 15

Depth[s] of field

Answer 15

shallow focus/narrow depth of field

Deep focus/ large depth of field

Question 16

Camera movement

Answer 16

Pan
Tilt [grand budapest hotel]
dolly in and out
tracking [the shinning]
crane

Question 17

Tangerine

Answer 17

directed by Sean Baker, 2015`

Question 18

Editing [two main approaches]

Answer 18

continuity and montage editing

and then there’s elliptical or discontinuous editing

Question 19

Continuity editing

Answer 19

hollywood style, invisible editing, illusion of spatial and temporary unity, maintains versimilitude

[establishing shots, cutting on action, eyeline matching, shot reverse shot and the 180* rule]

Question 20

Monsoon Wedding

Answer 20

Mira Nair, 2001

Question 21

Montage

Answer 21

• Emphasizes dynamic, often discontinuous,
relationships between shots and the
juxtaposition of images to create ideas not
present in either shot by itself.
• Unlike continuity editing – we notice the cuts

Question 22

Daisies

Answer 22

Vera Chytilova, 1966

Question 23

Synchronous vs Asynchronous [sound and image]

Answer 23

Synchronous basically means that you can only execute one thing at a time. Asynchronous means that you can execute multiple things at a time and you don’t have to finish executing the current thing in order to move on to next one

Question 24

Diagetic and Non diagetic

Answer 24

Diegetic sound is a noise which has a source on-screen. They are noises which have not been edited in, for example dialogue between characters or footsteps. Another term for diegetic sound is actual sound. Non-diegetic sound is a noise which does not have a source on-screen, they have been added in

Question 25

parrelel and contrapuntal

Answer 25

Parallel sounds are sounds that match a scene, e.g. a happy scene will have happy music and laughter. Contrapuntal sounds are sounds that do not match the scene, e.g. a happy scene will have sinister music