Midterm (Chapters 1-6) Flashcards
What is a “motif”?
an important element that is repeated throughout a film
Which of the following criterion for evaluating a film involves an assessment of how emotionally engaging the film is?
intensity of effect
The “rental” is
the share of the theatrical film gross that goes to the distributor
In the judgement of a film’s quality, a “criterion” is
a standard that can be applied to many different films.
During shooting, separate shots are made “out of continuity,” which means that they are created
in the order that is most convenient for production.
A delay in the fulfillment of an established expectation creates
suspense
Which of the following works is NOT structured around a journey?
Collateral
A film is said to be complex if
it creates multiple relations among many different formal film elements.
A “clapperboard” (also called a “slate”) is
a sign held in front of the lens to record information about a particular take.
A preliminary synopsis of a film’s action is called a
treatment.
Emotions experienced by spectators result from spectator’s perceptions of
formal patterns in the film
Elements such as traditions, dominant styles, or popular forms that are comm to several different types of art are called
conventions
Surprise generally results from
an expectation that turns out to be incorrect.
Which of the following conventions, common in current films, would have be considered unusual in the 1940s and 1950s?
flashbacks to earlier events
Implicit meanings are sometimes called
interpretations
Which of these is NOT a standard width for film strips?
24mm
Which of the following is NOT an example of a manifestation of the formal principle of difference in a film?
Characters wear similar costumes or hairstyles
A film that is cohesive in its overall form has
unity
Comparing the beginning with the ending of a film helps spectators to understand
the film’s overall pattern
Ancillary markets are
film markets other than theatrical exhibition.
A written outline that details the major and minor parts of a film, making the parts by numbers and letters, is a
segmentation
A “work print” is
The unedited footage printed from the camera negative (mostly for editing now)
Symptomatic meanings result from
the characteristics of a particular society at a particular time.
Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element of a film?
the pattern of narrative events
Which of the following is NOT a type of meaning that spectators might consider in a film?
declared meaning
Which of the following describes a stylistic pattern used in The Wizard of Oz?
Colors are used to identify landmarks and locations within the story.
Events involving characters that form a film’s story is/are the
narrative elements
A film’s “development” is based on repetition as well as
progression
Which of the following is NOT one of the modes of production?
conglomerate
What is the term for the relationships among the parts of a film?
form
What kinds of emotions are most likely produced by expectations that are fulfilled?
satisfaction or relief
One convention of narrative form is that
the conclusion of a film resolves characters’ problems
Similarities between two or more distinct elements of a film are called
parallels
A “master shot” is
a single take of all the action of a scene
“Style” refers to
a film’s use of various cinematic techniques
In a film when actors engage in conversation they usually
look directly at each other and seldom blink
“Performance capture” focuses on filming
the face
“Setup” refers to
the first quarter of a film’s plot
The chains of actions that make up the narratives of classical Hollywood films typically depend on
psychological causes
“Depth” of narration refers to
how much the spectator learns about the character’s psychological states
The opening scene of Pulp Fiction is an example of
a manipulation of temporal order
Which of the following is not considered a part of shot’s mise-en-scene?
the camera’s angle on the action
A complex character typically
possesses a variety of traits
Christopher Nolan created a unique manipulation of times in his film Memento by structuring the story in which of the following ways?
in reverse chronological order
What is the term for how often a story event is presented in a plot?
frequency
Which of the following is not a type of lighting in the three-point lighting system?
rack light
A “point-of-view shot” is taken from
a character’s optical standpoint
A “prop” is an object in the setting that
has a function in the action of the film
Which of the following is not a term for a type of directional lighting?
overlighting
Which of the following genres does NOT provide conventions used in Citizen Kane?
the Western
At what point in a film does mot of the exposition usually take place?
near the beginning
In a narrative film an element is nondiegetic it
is not part of the world of the depicted marrative
The system if lighting widely used in classical Hollywood filmmaking is known as
three-point lighting
Film scholars use the term mise-en-scene to describe the director’s control over
what appears in the film frame
Action that place before the plot begins is called the
backstory
In a narrative, the sum total of all events in chronological order is the
story
Which of the following statements is NOT true of the narration in Citizen Kane?
for much of the film, the information presented by the narration is the reporter Thompson’s knowledge
Film Art’s segmentation of Citizen Kane shows that the film’s narrative is built around
a series of lengthy flashbacks
In Citizen Kane, the event that causes the reporter Thompson to write a story on Kane is Kane’s
death
Classical filmmakers prefer that the end of a film
bring closure
In a film, the high point of the action that increases tension for the spectators is called the
climax
As defined by Film Art, a film’s “plot” is
everything visually and audibly present in the film
What is the term for a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space?
narrative
“Frontality” of staging means that
a character is facing toward the camera
Stop-action involves
animating an object by changing its position between each frame shot
what was technicolor notable for?
its rich, saturated hues
what the first standardized projection speed for sound films?
24 frames per second
what is affected by the focal length of the camera lens?
how much of the scene your camera will be able to capture
define zoom lens?
a lens that can change focal length while a shot is being filmed
what does “Depth of field” refers to?
the range of distances from the lens in which objects filmed will be in focus
deep-focus cinematography was popularized in 1940s in part by what film?
Citizen Kane
what is continuity editing
a system of editing that allows space, time, and action to flow smoothly over a series of shots
what does “contrast” refer to?
?
what is composite filming?
a feature fil whose screenplay is composed of two or more distinct stories
define camera filters
?
define hard matte
?
in cinematography, what does “mask” refers to?
the practice of using a mask to protect a specific area of an image
in a canted camera position, how do objects on the screen appear
not to be level
what are the terms for camera distance, such as “medium shot,” based on?
the size of the figures relative to the frame
what does “reframing” refer to?
?
what filmmakers are typically associated with the long take?
Orson Welles, Kenji Mizoguchi, Andy Warhol, and Gus van Sant
what does the speed of motion presented on-screen depend on?
the rate of shooting and the rate of projection
what is a moving circular mask that opens to reveal a scene or that closes to conceal a scene is called?
iris
