Final

Question 1

POV shot, point-of-view shot, first-person camera, subjective camera

Answer 1

A shot taken from the point of view of a character in the film

Question 2

Archetype

Answer 2

An original model or type after which similar things are patterned (well-known story patterns or character types).

Question 3

Auteur theory

Answer 3

A theory that emphasizes the director as the major creator of film art (the one who stamps the material with his/her personal vision, style and thematic obsessions)

Question 4

Cutting to continuity

Answer 4

A type of editing that emphasizes smooth transitions between shots, in which time and space are unobtrusively condensed and sequential logic is preserved

Question 5

Ideology

Answer 5

body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, or culture.

Question 6

Synchronous sound

Answer 6

The agreement or correspondence between image and sound, which are recorded simultaneously, or seem so in the finished print. Synchronous sounds appear to derive from an obvious source in the visuals.

Question 7

Diegetic v. Non-diegetic sound

Answer 7

Diegetic sound is sound that comes from within the world of the film.

Question 8

Formalism

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is a style of filmmaking in which aesthetic forms take precedence over the subject matter as content. Time and space as ordinarily perceived are often distorted. Emphasis is on the essential, symbolic characteristics of objects and people, not necessarily on their superficial appearance. Formalists often heighten their style to call attention to it as a value for its own sake.

Question 9

Realism

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is a style of filmmaking that attempts to duplicate the look of objective reality as it’s commonly perceived, with emphasis on authentic locations and details, long shots, lengthy takes, and a minimum of distorting techniques.

Question 10

Genre

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a recognizable type of movie, characterized by certain preestablished conventions

Question 11

Primitive

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This phase is usually naïve, though powerful in its emotional impact, in part because of the novelty of the form. Many of the conventions of the genre are established in this phase

Question 12

Classical

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This intermediate stage embodies such classical ideals as balance, richness, and poise. The genre’s values are assured and widely shared by the audience

Question 13

Revisionist

Answer 13

The genre is generally more symbolic, ambiguous, less certain in its values. This phase tends to be stylistically complex, appealing more to intellect than to emotions. Often, the genre’s preestablished conventions are exploited as ironic foils to question or undermine popular beliefs.

Question 14

Parody

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This phase of a genre’s development is an outright mockery of its conventions, reducing them to howling clichés and presenting them in a comic manner.

Question 15

Homage

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A direct or indirect reference within a movie to another movie, filmmaker, or cinematic style. A respectful and affectionate tribute.

Question 16

Iconography

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The use of a well-known cultural symbol or complex of symbols in an artistic representation. In movies, iconography can involve a star’s persona, the preestablished conventions of a genre (like the shootout in a western), the use of archetypal characters and situations, and such stylistic features as lighting, settings, costuming, props, and so on.

Question 17

The Classical Paradigm

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The narrative model based on a conflict between a protagonist, who initiates action, and an antagonist, who resists it.

Question 18

The Majors

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The principle production studios of a given era. In the golden age of the Hollywood studio system (1930’s -1940’s) –MGM, Warner Brothers, RKO, Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox.

Question 19

Montage

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Transitional sequences of rapidly edited images, used to suggest the lapse of time or the passing of events and make symbolic associations.

Question 20

Motif

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Any unobtrusive technique, object, or thematic idea that’s systematically repeated throughout a film.

Question 21

The Star System

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The technique of exploiting the charisma of popular performers to enhance the box office appeal of films.

Question 22

Mise en scène

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The arrangement of visual weights and movements within a given space. Cinematic mise en scène encompasses both the staging of the action and the way it’s photographed

Question 23

Dominant

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That area of the film image that compels the viewers most immediate attention, usually because of prominent visual contrast.