LO3 Flashcards
What theory did Todorov come up with? What did this theory entail?
Narrative theory
Most stories follow the same pattern
What is the pattern to stories according to narrative theory?
- Happiness
- Problem
- Realisation
- Repair
- Resolve
What did Strauss identify within films?
Systematic oppositions within movies
Juxtaposition
What is eyeline match?
A shot to show the audience what the character is seeing
What is an ellipsis?
Transitions between shots
What is a montage sequence?
Shots edited into a sequence to condense space, time and information
What is a cutaway shot?
Cutting from one action to another
What is shot, reverse, shot structure?
Going from shot A to shot B and back to shot A
What is continuity?
Keeping the style of filming throughout
What is an establishing shot?
Extremely wide/wide shot to show scene
What is super imposition?
Placement of an image on another image
What theory did Mulvey come up with?
Male gaze
What did male gaze include? (from viewpoints)
How men look at women
How women look at themselves
How women look at other women
What are the features of male gaze?
Camera lingering on females in the same way as objects
