mil q2 exam Flashcards
What goes on behind the screen. Most tedious process.
PRE-PRODUCTION
STAGES OF FILM PRODUCTION
pre production
production
post production
distribution
○ Generating ideas for the film.
Brainstorming/Conceptualization
○ Writing the screenplay.
Scriptwriting
○ Visualizing the story through
sketches.
Storyboard making
○ Finding actors
Casting
○ Finding shooting locations
Scouting for location
○ Planning the timeline and
finances
Scheduling and budgeting
Called principal photography phase because the entire thing is part of the _______
production
○ Preparing the set and
equipment
Setting up
○ Organizing actor movements (blocking)
Directing
○ Filming the scenes
Actual capture
○ Visual and sound effects
○ Cutting and arranging the
footage
Editing
Reviewing
○ Producers, directors, and scriptwriters review the film
Reviewing
○ Saving the film in its final format
Rendering-saving the film in its final film format
○ Showing the film in theaters or online
Screening
A _________ is one that lacks originality because it is like every other story on that topic
● Overused, predictable plots
● Challenge is to always create films
with a different twist (Korean films excel at this)
cookie cutter story
● It is an unnatural or unreal character that is more like a piece of cardboard than a real person
● Characters lack depth or development
CARDBOARD CHARACTERIZATION
● Mainstream: Commercial,
big-budget films
● Independent: Small-budget films
with more creative freedom.
MAINSTREAM VS. INDEPENDENT FILMS
● Universal film standards, often Western-dominated
THEHOLLYWOODSTANDARD
Oversimplified
characters based on societal biases ○ as seen in the appearance, the
manner of talking, and with interaction with others.
Stereotypes
: An actor is repeatedly given the same kind of role
Typecast
● R.A. 9239, or the Anti-Piracy or
Videogram Regulatory Board (Optical Media Board), is assigned to regulate the production of optical media in all its forms and impose stiffer fines and penalties for its illegal reproduction.
PIRACY
what is the ra for piracy
R.A. 9239
● Women are still often represented as subordinate to their male counterparts— emotional, noncompetitive, domestic, and sweet natured. In contrast to these types, other women are represented as unattractively masculine, crazy, or cruel.
MALE GAZE
● Consist of signs that have meaning and interpretation
CODES
____ are the essential “ingredients” for crafting content, especially for television shows
Codes
● Reflect what is beneath the surface of what we see in media text
● Implied meaning; not explicitly stated
Symbolic Codes
● The time and place where a narrative or story takes place.
● Conveys messages through place and time
Setting
● Used to describe all elements in a frame, including their arrangement.
● Includes set design, costume, props, staging,
and rules of composition.
Mise en scene
: Positioning of
characters
Blocking
Perspective and
positioning
Camera Angle:
: Body position
Posture
: Outfit and
appearance
Costume
Portrayal of a character through gestures, facial expressions, body language, movement and vocal qualities, among others.
Acting
Includes speaking style, mannerisms, and body language that convey character.
Acting
● Cultural in nature with connotation and underlying messages. In studying media texts, are notes of dominant colors, themes, contrasts, and symbolisms of colors used.
Color
Use of dominant colors, themes, contrasts, and color symbolism to convey tone or emotion
Color
involve filming techniques and methods such as shot types, angle, movement, and editing, most of which are specified in the film language section above.
Technical Codes
Ways in which equipment is used to tell the story these exist only within each kind of media output and not outside of it
Technical Codes
This refers to how the camera is operated, positioned, and moved for specific effects. Aspects of camerawork include positioning, movement, framing, exposure, and lens choice.
Angles, kinds of shots, and camera movements
Camera work
● _____ is the manipulation of natural or artificial light to selectively highlight specific elements of the scene. Elements of _____ include quality, direction, source, color.
● Description of lights to be used in each scene
● Sets the mood and tone
Lighting
● _____ is the process of choosing, manipulating, and arranging images and sound in a media product. _____ is done for four different reasons: graphic edits, rhythmic edits, special edits, and temporal edits.
● Transitions and directions in putting together various elements
● Arrangement of shots to create narrative flow
Editing
______ is the expressive or naturalistic use of sound in audio-visual media products.
● Dialogue, music and sound effects
● Sound effects, music, and dialogue enhance mood and support the storyline
Audio
● Neutral perspective
Eye level shot
● When the character is going through something psychological - psychological tension
● Also used in comedy
Dutch tilt