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Form

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The overall patterning of a film, the way it works together to create an effect

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Style

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Involves the film’s use of cinematic techniques. There are four main categories

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What are the four categories of film style?

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  • Mise-en-scene
  • Cinematography
  • Editing
  • Sound
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Persistence vision

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The tendency of an image to linger briefly on our retina

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Mise-en-scene

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The arrangement of the actors, props, scene etc

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Coverage

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Shooting every scene several times from different angles

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Whip Pans

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Rapid, blurry movements of the camera that give the impression of a continuous shot

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Apparent motion

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If a visual display is changed rapidly enough, our eye can be tricked into seeing movement

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Critical flicker fusion

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A light flashing 50 flashes a second turns into a continuous beam

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What three phases to movies typically go through?

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  • Production
  • Distribution
  • Exhibition
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What are the four main stages during the production process?

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  • Screenwriting and funding phase
  • Preparation for filming phase
  • Shooting phase
  • Assembly phase
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What two roles are vital for the screenwriting and funding stage during the production process?

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  • The producer
  • The screenwriter
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Define the job role of a producer

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  • They look after financial and organisational factors
  • They can also act as a liaison between writers, directors and potential funding companies
  • They have the task of distribution after filming and promotion/marketing
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What are the three stages a screenplay goes through?

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  • Treatment
  • One or more full length scripts
  • Shooting script
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What are sprockets?

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The small teeth on the edge of the film strip

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What is the gauge?

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The width of the film strip.

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Executive producer

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The person who arranges the financing of the project or obtains literary rights

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Line producer

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Oversees the day to day activities of the director, cast and crew

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What is the treatment stage during the screenplay process?

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A synopsis of the action

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Shooting script

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The final version of the screenplay

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What happens in the preparation for filming stage?

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  • Producer figures out a schedule
  • Graphic artists create storyboards
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Name the six roles in the directors crew

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  • Script supervisor
  • First assistant director (AD)
  • Second assistant director
  • Third assistant director
  • Dialogue coach
  • Second unit director
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The script supervisor

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In charge of continuity from shot to shot

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First assistant director (AD)

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Helps the director plan each day of shooting

Sets up shot for directors approval

Keeps track of the actors

Monitors safety conditions

Keeps energy levels up.

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Second assistant director
The liaison among the first AD, the camera crew and the electricians crew
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Third assistant director
Serves as a manager for director and staff
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Dialogue coach
Feeds performers their lines and speaks the lines of the offscreen characters
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Second unit director
Films stunts, location footage, action scenes
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What three things does the cinematographer supervise?
- The camera operator - The key grip - The gaffer
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What is the Key grip?
Equipment, props and elements of the setting and lighting)
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What is the gaffer?
The head electrician who supervises the placement and rigging of the lights
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Who is the sound unit lead by?
The production recordist
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What is the role of the production recordist?
Recording dialogue
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Who are the three members of the sound unit crew?
- Boom operator - The third man - Sound designer
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What is the role of the third man in the sound unit crew?
places other microphones lay sound cables In charge of controlling ambient sound
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When does the assembly / post-production phase happen?
Both during and after the shooting process
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Picture editing
An editor cuts the scenes together
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Theatrical exhibition
Screening to a public that pays admission
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Nontheatrical exhibition
Alll other presentations such as home video, cable transmissions, internet downloads etc
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Above-the-line costs
The costs of literary property, scriptwriter, director and major cast
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Below-the-line costs
The costs of the crew, secondary cast, the shooting and assembly phases
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Negative cost
The sum of the above and below the line costs - the total cost of the film
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Preproduction
When funding is mostly secure and the script is solid enough to start filming and filmmakers can prepare for the physical production.
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Previsualisation
Reworking the storyboards into three dimensional animation, complete with moving figures, dialiogue, sound effects and music
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Principal photography
Also known as shooting
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Wrangler
Works with animals
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Sound mixer
Also known as a production recordist
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Production accountant
Monitors expenses
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Production secretary
Coordinates telephone communications among the groups
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Production assistants (PAs)
Run errands
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Clapperboard
Has scene, shot and take on it - it can be used to line up sound with image
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Master shot
Recording of all the dialogue and action
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Coverage
When parts of the master shot are refilled apart from the big scene
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Dailies
The takes that take place that day 0 they are sent over to the editor as soon as the day's filming is done
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Digital intermediate (DI)
Footage that has been shot on film and scanned frame by frame into computer files
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Automated dialogues replacement (ADR)
When dialogue is recorded in postproduction
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Synergy
Focusing the film, music, television and publishing sectors of the company on promoting a piece of branded content
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Platforming
Film opens first in a few big cities then gradually expands
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Wide release
Flim opens at the same time in many cities and towns
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Ancillary markets
Non-theatrical markets for feature films
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Letterboxing
Placing dark bands at the top and bottom of the screen to ensure the whole image can be seen on any device
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Pan-and-scan
When letterboxing isn't used so parts of the image is cut off to fit the screen
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Fiction film
More control over the preparation and shooting phases
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Documentary film
Usually controls only certain portions of preparation, shooting and assembly
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Compilation film
Assembles existing images and sounds that provide historical evidence on the topic
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Animated film
Produced from drawn images
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Large-scale production
When a company in the business of film creation make films. They own equipment and retained workers on long-term contracts
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Small-scale production
Films have lower budgets and people do multiple jobs - very common in documentary filmmaking

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