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VPA 174W Intro To Film and TV > Final Review (NEW INFO) > Flashcards

Final Review (NEW INFO) Flashcards

1
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What does a director do?

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Brings a script to life while guiding the technical crew and actors

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Describe a director’s role in 1930s/40s Hollywood

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Hirelings. Worked for studios who choose the script and actors

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What is an Auteur?

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A director with complete creative control. They script, fund, film, and edit a movie. Riskier as they are solely responsible for its outcome. Ex: Orson Welles

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What % of directors are women?

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12.6% (2% in India)

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What is a Golden Rasberry?

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Award for worst director

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What is a Director’s Cut?

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A re-released cut of a film including footage the director felt shouldn’t have been cut

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What is a shot?

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A strip of film produced by a continuous uninterrupted running of the camera

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What is an objective POV?

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The camera is an observer of action, impersonal, and stationery

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What is a subjective POV?

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The camera is part of the action and moves

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What is an indirect-subjective POV?

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Not a participant, but gets close to the action

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What is a director’s choice POV?

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Emphasizes an action using special lenses or angles

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What are some ways to focus on a subject?

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Make it big, only focus on it, highlight it with light/color, frame it with objects/characters in the foreground, use close-ups, use motion

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What is panning?

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Left and right movement of the camera

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What is tilting?

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Up and down movement of the camera

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What is a dolly shot?

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The camera moves backward, forward, or alongside the subject

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What is a tracking shot?

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The camera moves alongside a subject and keeps it in the frame

17
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What is a steadicam?

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The brand of camera stabilizer was invented by George Brown and introduced in 1975

18
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What is a skycam?

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A camera that is suspended in by cables and controlled by computers. Used in stadiums.

19
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What does shallow focus do?

A

Create depth

20
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What does soft lighting do?

A

Make images appear flat

21
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What does sharp lighting do?

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Create depth

22
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What is Occlusion?

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The intentional obstruction of an object in the background with one in the foreground

23
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How is slow motion achieved?

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Film is shot at a high frame rate and played back normally

24
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How is fast motion achieved?

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Film is shot at a low frame rate and played back normally

25
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What is a scene?

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A series of shots

26
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What is a sequence?

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A series of scenes

27
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What is a daily/rush?

A

All the raw footage after a day of filming

28
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What do opticals do?

A

Create smooth/clear transitions

29
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What is a wipe?

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Horizontal or vertical line that moves across the screen and transitions between scenes

30
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What is a flip frame?

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The frame flips over to a new scene

31
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What is fade-in/fade-out transition?

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One image fades to black and the next fades into view

32
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What is a dissolve transition?

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The end of a shot merges with the start of the next

33
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What do establishing shots do?

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Allows the audience to become familiar with the setting and characters in the scene

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What is an outside-in establishing shot?

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Logical progression. The viewer becomes acquainted with the scene.

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What is an inside-out establishing shot?

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The viewer is disoriented and gradually figures out what is happening as the scene unfolds

36
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What are flash cuts?

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A short burst of images compressed together

37
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What is a jump cut?

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A stylistic choice that makes editing visible. Controversial as editing is meant to be seamless

38
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What is a match cut?

A

Seamless transition between separate scenes

39
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What are the types of match cuts?

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Sound bridge, graphical match cut, match on action

VPA 174W Intro To Film and TV (2 decks)

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