midterm

Question 1

*The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

Answer 1

German Expressionism Robert Wiene, 1921 Germany

Question 2

*Man with a Movie Camera BOLD

Answer 2

Soviet Montage, Dziga Vertov, USSR1929

Question 3

*The Circus BOLD

Answer 3

Charlie Chaplin, US, 1928, Classical Hollywood
might be late silent era

Question 4

Regeneration

Answer 4

Race film, Classical HollywoodRichard E. Norman, 1923

Question 5

*Singin’ in the Rain BOLD

Answer 5

Stanley Donen, US, 1952, Classical Hollywood

Question 6

*Suspense BOLD

Answer 6

Cinema of Attractions Lois Weber, 1913

Question 7

The Great train Robbery

Answer 7

Cinema of Attractions, Edwin S Porter, US, 1903

Question 8

The Cameraman’s revenge.

Answer 8

Cinema of Attractions Ladislaw Starevich, Russia, 1912

Question 9

Madame’s Cravings

Answer 9

Alice Guy, France, 1906 Cinema of attraction

Question 10

*Zero for Conduct BOLD

Answer 10

Jean Vigo, france, 1933

Question 11

Youth of the World

Answer 11

Carl Junghans, Germany, 1936

Question 12

The Stolen Heart

Answer 12

Lotte Reiniger, Germany 1934

Question 13

Editing

Answer 13

prepare for publication by correcting, or modifying.
important bc makes film more put together and ready for the public
ex.
In filmmaking, the task of selecting and joining camera takes. Also finished film, the set of techniques that govern the relations among shots.

Question 14

Continuity Editing

Answer 14

A system of cutting to maintain continuous and clear narrative action.
Focus on narrative storytelling
important because it hides cuts

Question 15

Eyeline Match

Answer 15

Character looks to an off screen object then cuts to that object

Question 16

Match on Action

Answer 16

A cut that joins two shots of the same movement making it appear seemless
Follows continuous visual resemblance or similarity

Question 17

Graphic Match

Answer 17

Two successive shots joined to create a strong similarity of compositional elements
Motivated by visual resemblance or similariy

Question 18

Shor/reverse shot

Answer 18

Alternates between characters looking at each other

Question 19

Cross cutting(parallel editing)

Answer 19

Cutting between two or more spaces where actions are unfolding simultaneously.
Suspense car chase

Question 20

180 degree rule

Answer 20

Camera cannot pass 180 degrees

circus tight rope scene

Question 21

Kuleshov effect

Answer 21

how viewers can extract more meaning from the interaction of two connected shots

Question 22

Mise en scene

Answer 22

All the elements placed in front of the camera to be photographed: setting, prop, lighting, costume, make up, and actor placement
Stage design and the arrangement of actors in the scene
Dr Caligari

Question 23

3 point lighting system

Answer 23

using three directions of light on a scene.
Backlighting: from behind subject.
Key light: one bright source
Fill light: less bright source

Question 24

Color

Answer 24

A trip to the moon. Film was dyed to give the film color

Question 25

Stop motion animation

Answer 25

Films physical objects by capturing them one frame at a time and playing them back rapidly The cameraman's revenge

Question 26

Vertical Integration

Answer 26

Hollywoods studios attained absolute control over all phases of Folm production, distribution and exhibition

Question 27

Diegetic

Answer 27

Any sound presented as origination from a source withing the film's wold

Question 28

Non diegetic

Answer 28

Any sound the originates outside of the film's world Singin in the rain - make them laugh sound effects

Question 29

Panning/Tilting

Answer 29

Rotating Camera while mounted on a tripod Pan is from left to right Tilt is up and down

Question 30

Tracking shot

Answer 30

Mounted camera moves through space in a horizontal path

Question 31

Cinema of Attractions

Answer 31

Early filmmaking from 1894-1906 Narrative was not dominant. Ability to show something happening

Question 32

Kinetoscope

Answer 32

Peep hole machine for viewing moving images

Question 33

Lumiere Cinematographe

Answer 33

Early film device emphasis on life and movement

Question 34

Soviet montage

Answer 34

Radical use of film editing to create new intellectual, sumbolic, and ideological meaning though the jarring relationship between different shots 1920s

Question 35

Dialectical Montage

Answer 35

Stages a disruptive collision between different shots to provoke an intense emotional impact and intellectual contemplations a montage effect. In which the juxtaposition of two shots that each reflect conflict are paired together.

Question 36

French Impressionism

Answer 36

Camerawork can represent emotional inner experience of characters more interested in character psychology and subjective interiority

Question 37

German Expressionism

Answer 37

Big focus on Mise en scene as a vehicle for expressing a deeper emotional reality response to alienation, shell shock, trauma

Question 38

Jump Cut

Answer 38

Elliptical cut that appears to be an interruption of a single shot

Question 39

Cinematography

Answer 39

Motion-picture photography The art of making motion pictures

Question 40

Long shot

Answer 40

A framing which the scale of the object is shown small. A human figure would appear entirely within the frame

Question 41

Medium shot

Answer 41

A framing in which the scale of the object shown is of moderate size A human figure from waist up fill most of the screen

Question 42

Close-up

Answer 42

A framing in which the object shown is relatively large. Neck up of human

Question 43

Long take

Answer 43

A shot that continues for an unusually lengthy time.

Question 44

Acousmatic

Answer 44

Sounds we hear without seeing their originating cause

Question 45

Talkie

Answer 45

A movie with a sound track Era of awkward transition to sound. 1927-1934

Question 46

Benshi

Answer 46

Japanese performers who provided live narration for silent films

Question 47

BFI Sight and Sound Poll

Answer 47

Internationally renowned film magazine poll that ranks best movies of all time BFI-British Film Institute

Question 48

Silent Cinema

Answer 48

Silent films take on basic features of classical narrative form. Rise of the feature film. 1917-1927

Question 49

Average Length Shot

Answer 49

Average duration of a shot between cuts in a film

Question 50

narrative clarity

Answer 50

Stories end up being told the same way, to make the it easier for the audience

Question 51

Intertitle

Answer 51

a word or group of words that appear on screen during a movie but not apart of the scene

Question 52

Contrapuntal sound

Answer 52

sounds that are used in deliberate contrast to the action shown on the screen

Question 53

Sound continuity vs sound montage

Answer 53

Discontinuity sound uses a montage or sound collage. In which sounds are put together in no particular order or organization. Continuity sound uses a sound bridge so that there is a natural connection of sounds from one to the next.