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Midterm (Chapters 1-6) Flashcards

1
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What is a “motif”?

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an important element that is repeated throughout a film

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2
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Which of the following criterion for evaluating a film involves an assessment of how emotionally engaging the film is?

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intensity of effect

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3
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The “rental” is

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the share of the theatrical film gross that goes to the distributor

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4
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In the judgement of a film’s quality, a “criterion” is

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a standard that can be applied to many different films.

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5
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During shooting, separate shots are made “out of continuity,” which means that they are created

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in the order that is most convenient for production.

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6
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A delay in the fulfillment of an established expectation creates

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suspense

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7
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Which of the following works is NOT structured around a journey?

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Collateral

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8
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A film is said to be complex if

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it creates multiple relations among many different formal film elements.

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9
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A “clapperboard” (also called a “slate”) is

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a sign held in front of the lens to record information about a particular take.

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10
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A preliminary synopsis of a film’s action is called a

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treatment.

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11
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Emotions experienced by spectators result from spectator’s perceptions of

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formal patterns in the film

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12
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Elements such as traditions, dominant styles, or popular forms that are comm to several different types of art are called

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conventions

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13
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Surprise generally results from

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an expectation that turns out to be incorrect.

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14
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Which of the following conventions, common in current films, would have be considered unusual in the 1940s and 1950s?

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flashbacks to earlier events

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15
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Implicit meanings are sometimes called

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interpretations

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16
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Which of these is NOT a standard width for film strips?

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24mm

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17
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a manifestation of the formal principle of difference in a film?

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Characters wear similar costumes or hairstyles

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18
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A film that is cohesive in its overall form has

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unity

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19
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Comparing the beginning with the ending of a film helps spectators to understand

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the film’s overall pattern

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20
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Ancillary markets are

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film markets other than theatrical exhibition.

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21
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A written outline that details the major and minor parts of a film, making the parts by numbers and letters, is a

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segmentation

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22
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A “work print” is

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The unedited footage printed from the camera negative (mostly for editing now)

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23
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Symptomatic meanings result from

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the characteristics of a particular society at a particular time.

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24
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Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element of a film?

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the pattern of narrative events

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25
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Which of the following is NOT a type of meaning that spectators might consider in a film?

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declared meaning

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26
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Which of the following describes a stylistic pattern used in The Wizard of Oz?

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Colors are used to identify landmarks and locations within the story.

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27
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Events involving characters that form a film’s story is/are the

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narrative elements

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28
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A film’s “development” is based on repetition as well as

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progression

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29
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Which of the following is NOT one of the modes of production?

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conglomerate

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30
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What is the term for the relationships among the parts of a film?

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form

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31
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What kinds of emotions are most likely produced by expectations that are fulfilled?

A

satisfaction or relief

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32
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One convention of narrative form is that

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the conclusion of a film resolves characters’ problems

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33
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Similarities between two or more distinct elements of a film are called

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parallels

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34
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A “master shot” is

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a single take of all the action of a scene

35
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“Style” refers to

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a film’s use of various cinematic techniques

36
Q

In a film when actors engage in conversation they usually

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look directly at each other and seldom blink

37
Q

“Performance capture” focuses on filming

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the face

38
Q

“Setup” refers to

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the first quarter of a film’s plot

39
Q

The chains of actions that make up the narratives of classical Hollywood films typically depend on

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psychological causes

40
Q

“Depth” of narration refers to

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how much the spectator learns about the character’s psychological states

41
Q

The opening scene of Pulp Fiction is an example of

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a manipulation of temporal order

42
Q

Which of the following is not considered a part of shot’s mise-en-scene?

A

the camera’s angle on the action

43
Q

A complex character typically

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possesses a variety of traits

44
Q

Christopher Nolan created a unique manipulation of times in his film Memento by structuring the story in which of the following ways?

A

in reverse chronological order

45
Q

What is the term for how often a story event is presented in a plot?

A

frequency

46
Q

Which of the following is not a type of lighting in the three-point lighting system?

A

rack light

47
Q

A “point-of-view shot” is taken from

A

a character’s optical standpoint

48
Q

A “prop” is an object in the setting that

A

has a function in the action of the film

49
Q

Which of the following is not a term for a type of directional lighting?

A

overlighting

50
Q

Which of the following genres does NOT provide conventions used in Citizen Kane?

A

the Western

51
Q

At what point in a film does mot of the exposition usually take place?

A

near the beginning

52
Q

In a narrative film an element is nondiegetic it

A

is not part of the world of the depicted marrative

53
Q

The system if lighting widely used in classical Hollywood filmmaking is known as

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three-point lighting

54
Q

Film scholars use the term mise-en-scene to describe the director’s control over

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what appears in the film frame

55
Q

Action that place before the plot begins is called the

A

backstory

56
Q

In a narrative, the sum total of all events in chronological order is the

A

story

57
Q

Which of the following statements is NOT true of the narration in Citizen Kane?

A

for much of the film, the information presented by the narration is the reporter Thompson’s knowledge

58
Q

Film Art’s segmentation of Citizen Kane shows that the film’s narrative is built around

A

a series of lengthy flashbacks

59
Q

In Citizen Kane, the event that causes the reporter Thompson to write a story on Kane is Kane’s

A

death

60
Q

Classical filmmakers prefer that the end of a film

A

bring closure

61
Q

In a film, the high point of the action that increases tension for the spectators is called the

A

climax

62
Q

As defined by Film Art, a film’s “plot” is

A

everything visually and audibly present in the film

63
Q

What is the term for a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space?

A

narrative

64
Q

“Frontality” of staging means that

A

a character is facing toward the camera

65
Q

Stop-action involves

A

animating an object by changing its position between each frame shot

66
Q

what was technicolor notable for?

A

its rich, saturated hues

67
Q

what the first standardized projection speed for sound films?

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24 frames per second

68
Q

what is affected by the focal length of the camera lens?

A

how much of the scene your camera will be able to capture

69
Q

define zoom lens?

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a lens that can change focal length while a shot is being filmed

70
Q

what does “Depth of field” refers to?

A

the range of distances from the lens in which objects filmed will be in focus

71
Q

deep-focus cinematography was popularized in 1940s in part by what film?

A

Citizen Kane

72
Q

what is continuity editing

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a system of editing that allows space, time, and action to flow smoothly over a series of shots

73
Q

what does “contrast” refer to?

A

?

74
Q

what is composite filming?

A

a feature fil whose screenplay is composed of two or more distinct stories

75
Q

define camera filters

A

?

76
Q

define hard matte

A

?

77
Q

in cinematography, what does “mask” refers to?

A

the practice of using a mask to protect a specific area of an image

78
Q

in a canted camera position, how do objects on the screen appear

A

not to be level

79
Q

what are the terms for camera distance, such as “medium shot,” based on?

A

the size of the figures relative to the frame

80
Q

what does “reframing” refer to?

A

?

81
Q

what filmmakers are typically associated with the long take?

A

Orson Welles, Kenji Mizoguchi, Andy Warhol, and Gus van Sant

82
Q

what does the speed of motion presented on-screen depend on?

A

the rate of shooting and the rate of projection

83
Q

what is a moving circular mask that opens to reveal a scene or that closes to conceal a scene is called?

A

iris

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