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Midterm - Mise-en-scene Flashcards

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Mise-en-scene

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The aspects of a film scene; costume, props, lighting, character placement, etc

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Realism

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How realistic a film attempts to be

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Setting

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Location/place a film scene is set in; in script

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Prop

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Object in the setting

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Costume

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What characters wear

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Makeup

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Used to change characters’ faces as needed

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Lighting

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Use of light to manipulate the scene’s appearance

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Attached Shadow

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Shadow cast onto object by another feature of the same object

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Cast Shadow

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Shadow cast by one object onto another

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Light Quality

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How sharp a light is: hard is very sharp and soft is indistinct

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Frontal Lighting

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Light from the front of a subject

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Sidelight/Crosslight

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Light from a subject’s side

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Backlight

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Light from behind scene’s subject

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Edge Lighting

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Combo of lighting that makes a contour around characters or objects

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Underlighting vs Top Lighting

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Light from under subjects; Light from above subjects

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Light Source

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Origin of a light

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Key Light

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Primary source of light in a scene; makes strongest shadows and illumination

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Fill Light

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Secondary light source that fills in shadows

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Three-Point Lighting

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Classical Hollywood lighting; uses key, fill and backlight

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High-Key Lighting vs Low-Key Lighting

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Light design that results in low contrast; Light design that creates strong contrast and sharp shadows

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Stop-Motion

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Type of animation involving frame by frame shooting and manipulation of a figure

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Types and Typecasting

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Stereotypical roles; actors being casted to fit them

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Screen Space

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The area visible on the screen in one frame

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Three-dimensional space

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The space the scene exists in i;e the “reality” of the film world in the scene

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Monochromatic

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Mise-en-scene design emphasizing one color

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Limited Palette

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Limiting mise-en-scene design to a few colors

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Compositional Balance

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Balance of the elements on a film screen

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Depth Cues

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Element of a film that helps the viewer judge how deep a shot is

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Volume

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Elements of a film that give objects/characters three-dimensionality

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Planes

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Layers of space in a scene/shot

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Foreground

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Close to camera

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Middle Ground

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Mid-distance from camera

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Background

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Far from camera

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Overlap of Edges

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How elements of a scene cover each other up to suggest depth

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Aerial Perspective

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Hazing of distant places in deep shots; contrast and saturation are also reduced

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Size Diminuition

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How objects farther from the camera appear smaller

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Linear Perspective

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Shots that involve parallel lines converging in the distance

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Off-Center Linear Perspective

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Linear perspective with lines that don’t end in the center

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Shallow-Space vs Deep-Space

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Shot/scene with little depth or lots of depth

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Rhythm in Mise-en-scene

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Film’s control of elements in time within a scene

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Beat

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Pulse

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Pace

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Tempo, how “fast” a scene is

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Accent

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How “strong” the beats are

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Frontality

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How much the characters/subjects of a scene are turned towards the camera

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Studio-Set

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Filmed on a sound stage/set

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Filmed on Location

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Filmed in “the real world”

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Simple Mise-en-scene vs Complex Mise-en-scene

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Minimalistic and empty scene; Rich/full/cluttered scene

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Blocking

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How characters and objects are arranged within a shot

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Iconography

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Something cultural or argued upon that means something

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Open-Form vs Closed Form

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Open extends beyond the frame; closed ends at edges of frame

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