Lessom 7: Film Flashcards
Also called movie, motion picture or
moving picture
Film
A visual art-form used to simulate
experiences that communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings,
beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
Film
These images are generally
accompanied by sound, and more
rarely, other sensory stimulations
Film
Short for cinematography
Cinema
Often used to refer to
filmmaking and the film
industry, and to the art form
that is the result of it.
Cinema
ELEMENTS OF FILM (11)
PLOT
CHARACTER
SCENE
CONFLICT
POINT OF VIEW
THEME
SCREENPLAY
SETTING
SOUND
RESOLUTION
CAMERA SHOTS(??)
The sequence of events and
story of the film.
Plot
A description of what happens
and why it happens.
Plot
The people of personalities in
the film.
Characters
Their development, called
characterization, can be told
through dialogue.
Characters
The building block of a screenplay,
its most basic unit that has its
own independent, whole existence.
Scene
Everything happening at one place
at one time in the film
Scene
The moment you change the location
or jump time, you have entered a
new ________.
Scene
The bread and butter of
drama
Conflict
The result of competing
desires from characters or
the presence of obstacles
that said characters need to
be overcome.
Conflict
Also referred to as perspective
How a character or narrator tells the story
POV
3 types of POV
1st (I)
2nd(you)
3rd (them)
The main idea, subject, or
message of the film.
Theme
Ex: Love, Humanity vs Technology,
friendship, family drama, good vs
evil, death, perseverance, coming
of age, justice, and reven
Theme
A detailed plan of what happens in
a scene
Screenplay
Includes character dialogues, scene
number, transitions, the camera
angles, descriptions of actions in
the scene, and the location and
time the scene occurs.
Screenplay
Also known as the script
Screenplay
The time and place the story
occurs.
Setting
Either outwardly articulated
to the audience, or
discretely suggested.
Setting
Includes all dialogues and
music.
Sound
Greatly affects the mood of
the film’s scenes by
enhancing and dictating the
appropriate music for each.
Sound
Greatly affects the mood of
the film’s scenes by
enhancing and dictating the
appropriate music for each.
Sound
A climactic resolution to the already
thickening plot
Resolution
A final confrontation of the protagonist
with the antagonistic forces
Resolution
A final Plot Point, that is emotionally,
dramatically, and visually the high point
of the film is very important to complete
your movie experience.
Resolution
