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Raiders of the Lost ark

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Spielberg

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Why is Raiders important

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post modern classic, youth, boix office success

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Postmodernism

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art movement that questions rules and freely mixes genres and periods

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postmodern story structure in Raiders

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Opens with explosive action before characters are introduced

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How is Raiders a classic BB?

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invincible hero, lots of action, nasty villain

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Music of BB era

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return of orchestral score

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Apocalypse Now

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Coppola

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Why is AN important

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first film in response to VN, showed horrors up close and graphic, sound design revolutionary, Brando improvises acting

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Jaws 1975

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Spielberg

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Why is Jaws important

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First BB, made millions, launched Spielberg, orchestral score gave gravity to fantasy subject matter

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Star Wars 1977

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Lucas

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Why Star Wars important

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kicked off star wars series, exemplified summer BB, popularized sci - fi

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Wall Street

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Oliver Stone

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Why is Wall Street important

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Exposed the greed and corruption of Wall Street, money a common 80’s theme

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Vietnam War begins

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60 - 65

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Kennedy assasinated

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60 - 65

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Civil Rights March on Washington

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60 - 65

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18
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Vietnam withdrawl

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70-75

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19
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Watergate scandal

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70 -75

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20
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production Code ends

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68: 65 - 70

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Kent State Shooting

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70,

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Woodstock

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1969

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Iran Hostage crises

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76-80

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steadicam

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Device mounted on operator which uses hydraulics to stablize camera movement so its not shaky and allows operator to move freely

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dissolve

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2 shots blend into each other

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zoom lens

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lens that can change from a wide angle to a telephoto

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Pan

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camera pans horizontally across a scene

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tilt

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camera moves vertically up and down

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dolly

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camera is put on wheels for a moving shot

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tracking shot

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camera follows a subject through a room

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31
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revisionism

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conventions are questioned and experimented with

32
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VCR

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Makes more money from rental and purchase than at the box office

33
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Risky Business 1989

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Paul Brickman

34
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Why is Risky business important

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electronic soundrtack

35
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Blue velvet

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1985, David Lynch

36
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Blade Runner

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Ridley Scott

37
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Why is Blade Runner important

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set art direction and lighting standard for years to come,one of the last in camera sci fi movies

38
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Nationalism/militarism films

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Top Gun/Scott:First Blood/Kotcheff

39
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High School films of 80’s

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Risky business
Breakfast Club/Hughes

40
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Nostalgia films

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The Outsiders/Coppola
Peggy Sue got married/Coppola
Back to the future/Robert Zemeckis

41
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Horror/ Slasher Genre

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Halloween

42
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Why is Halloween important

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responsible for popularization of slasher films in 80’s, popularized final girl convention, killing off characters that are substance abusers or promiscuous, scenes shot from POV of killer

43
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examples of horror /slasher in 80’s

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Friday 13/Nightmare on Elm street

44
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Teen sex Romp of 80’s

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geared to teen boys

45
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Macho tough guy Films

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Clint Eastwood/Dirty Harry, Stallone/Rocky,Bruce Willis/Die Hard

46
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Film School generation

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Scorcese, Coppola,Spielberg,Lucas,De Palma

47
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jump cut

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an abrupt jarring edit that brekas continuity

48
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continuity

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seamless flow of time and space created by an editor in a film that allows for a realistic flow in a scene

49
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editor

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assembles film, arranges scene, synchronizes sound and picture

50
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Graduate

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Mike Nichols

51
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Themes of the Graduate

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youth rebellion/rejection of traditional values of 60’s

52
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why is graduate important

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portrays generation gap, middle class culture of the time, breakout for Dustin Hoffman, uses pop songs, captures crises of youth

53
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montage

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series of images over music

54
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rack focus

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technique in which focus shifts from subject to another in the same shot

55
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framing

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how a director frames the subject matter

56
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masking

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placing an object in front of the camera to alter the frame

57
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telephoto

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long lens designed to follow focus on faraway subjects

58
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unlikely hero

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hero who is an un heroic charcter

59
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Easy Rider

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Dennis Hopper

60
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Themes of Easy Rider

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Alienation, racism, counter culture

61
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Why is Easy Rider important

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first independent film, box office success that shocked HW,shows use of drugs, introduces cocaine, chronicles hippie generation,uses all rock pop soundtrack,toad trip, buddy biker film for specific audience, low budget stule hyand held camera,

62
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Abortion

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70-75

63
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MPA rating

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1968, GMRX

64
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M changed to PG

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1970

PG 13

65
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1984 PG 13

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Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom

66
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X replace

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1990 NX 17

67
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effects of R rating

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box office killer, filmakers must cut scenes, edit dialogue yo earn a PG rating, production code reasserted

68
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2001 Space Odyssey, 1968

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Kubrik

69
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Why is 2001 important

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1st major art film, no dialogue in first or last 25minutes, animation, minatures, superwide panavision, top grossing movie of the 60’s, youth were dranw because of special effects, mysticismm used adaptations of novels or, violence, pessimistic skepticism of traditional values

70
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Kubrik

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Dr strangelove - black comedy, Lolita, pushed limits of production code

71
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what era was money a theme

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80-85

72
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pope /Raegan shot

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80-85

73
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VCR

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changes filmaking,less widescreen used to accommodate TV, film length shortens to about 90 minutes,relationship to film changes, can own it and watch at homem video stores , movie attendance drops again from 40 and over who can watch it at open, inferior format VHS wins over Beta through dirty tricks

74
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sequels Era

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based on the success of the BB, studios try to capitilize by following up with numerous sequels, many are horrid and forever tain what was good, Jaws, Star Wars,

75
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stock market crash

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85-90

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