mrts 1320 final Flashcards
The word “cinematography” has three root words: kinesis (movement), photo (light), and graphia (__________).
writing
According to the textbook, the term __________ refers to each time that planned ________ is captured.
take, shot
What’s the term that identifies “all-around handypersons” who work with both the camera and electrical crew?
grips
What is NOT one of the four broad categories (identified in the textbook) that cover the cinematographer’s responsibilities?
Actor performance in each shot
Which AC oversees everything having to do with the camera and lenses, including adjusting focus before and during each shot?
First
An open frame is generally employed in _____________ films, while a closed frame is generally employed in ____________ films.
realistic, formalist
A low-angle shot is often used to _____________.
make the subject seem powerful
The width of an image related to its height is known as the aspect ratio. What is the aspect ratio of this image?
1.33:1
Which type of shot frames the subject from somewhere around the waist and up, making him or her large enough in the frame to reduce the background to the point of insignificance?
medium shot
Actors who take their personae from role to role are _______________- .
personality actors
Actors who seem to be different in every role are ________________.
chameleon actors
As the authors of the textbook assert, “One definition of great acting is that it should look _________ .”
effortless
Generally, which element of film sparks the initial interest of a movie audience?
actors
Which individual is capable of molding a performance with more control than most directors or even the actors themselves?
the editor
Early screen acting is characterized by _____________ gestures and ____________.
exaggerated; bombastic mouthing of words
What is a blimp?
a soundproofed enclosure that prevents the sound of the camera from reaching the microphone
Why do the movie stars of today earn more money than stars in classical Hollywood?
Stars can now negotiate their earnings with studios.
In Broken Blossoms (1919), the performance of which actress, credited with inventing the art of screen acting, is considered the first great film performance by an actor?
Lillian Gish
Which naturalistic style of acting encourages actors to speak, move, and gesture not in a traditional stage manner but just as they would in their own lives?
the Method
In what situation must actors focus on the communicative power of slight facial gestures while ignoring the expressive potential of their bodies?
when being filmed in a close-up
What made Cary Grant unique among Hollywood actors during classical studio era?
He did not have a studio contract
According to two recent polls described in the book, which two actors are among both the most popular and the most likely to positively affect a movie’s gross?
Jennifer Lawrence and Sandra Bullock
True or False: In the studio era, an option contract allowed an actor to drop the option to work at a particular studio and choose to move to another studio after his or her contract expired.
False
______________ emphasizes the collaborative interaction of a group of actors, not the work of an individual actor.
Ensemble acting
What is the process of selecting, arranging, and assembling the essential components of a movie (visual, sound, and special effects) to tell a story in a unique way?
editing
The editing technique of joining together two shots is called ____________.
cutting
The effect of perceiving spatial continuity between two shots, including two shots filmed at different times in different places, is called ____________.
The Kuleshov effect
An editor’s control of _____________ can determine the pace or rhythm of a movie.
duration
Holding a shot after the peak of the content curve, past the point where the viewer has processed all of the immediately available information, generally makes the viewer feel ____________.
trapped
The editing technique in which the screen is broken into multiple frames and images is known as ____________.
split screen
What is NOT identified in the textbook as one of the five primary functions of film editing?
Establish the mood of each moment
True or False: An editor usually isn’t brought into a film project until production is almost over.
False (An editor will usually collaborate with the director during preproduction with visualizations and storyboards. )
A first-draft edit of a film’s production footage is known as a _____________ .
rough cut
According to the textbook, “Editing relies on ______________, the breaking up of stories, scenes, events, and actions into multiple shots that provide a diversity of compositions and combinations with which to convey meaning.”
fragmentation
As light and dark create the image, so ____________ create the sound track.
sound and silence
What are the four phases of sound production?
design, recording, editing, mixing
What are the four basic perceptual characteristics of sound?
pitch, loudness, quality, fidelity
The process of combining different sound tracks into one composite sound track to play in synchronization with the edited picture is called ____________.
mixing
What is looping?
the rerecording of sound first recorded on set
Why does an assistant use a slate or clapboard on a film set?
to help synchronize the separate image and sound recordings in postproduction
In what year did the transition from silent to sound cinema begin?
1927
From the textbook, “the motion-picture camera is responsible only for recording the image; the dialogue sound is recorded using a separate sound recorder, an approach known as _______________. “
double-system recording
What does “ADR” stand for?
Automatic Dialogue Replacement
When it comes to a sound wave, pitch is determined by ______________ and loudness is determined by _____________.
frequency, amplitude
Which of the following is one of the factors that led to the decline of the studio system?
The reorganization of management into the producer-unit system paved the way for the emergence of independent producers.
The independent system of production during the 1930s and 1940s was called the ___________ and was run by a producer who ______________.
package-unit system; was unaffiliated with a studio
The costs of the preproduction stage, producer, director, cast, and screenwriter are called ___________ costs, while the costs of production, postproduction, and the crew are called ____________ costs.
above-the-line; below-the-line
What was the name of the early motion-picture trade organization controlled by Thomas Edison whose monopoly was broken by the U.S. government in 1915?
the Motion Picture Patents Company
The central producers that controlled the overall and day-to-day operations of their major Hollywood studios were known as _____________.
moguls
True or False: The total cost of producing a completed movie generally breaks down into a ratio of 30 percent to 70 percent between above-the-line costs and below-the-line costs.
True
According to the textbook, “Before the industry was centralized in Hollywood, movie production was marked by conflicts between management and labor. Strikes led to the formation of ________________.”
guilds and unions
A producer’s team may include an executive producer, an associate producer, an assistant producer, and a _______________.
line producer
The five major studios in the classical era of Hollywood were MGM, 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Warner Bros., and _____________ .
RKO
According to the textbook, “The _____________ guides the entire process of making the movie, from its initial planning to its release.”
producer
