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Quiz 4 Flashcards

1
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SFX

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Specia effects

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Four types of special effects (SFX)

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In camera, mechanical, laboratory, CGI

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In camera (SFX)

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Process projection shot-video, explaining rear projection screen
Matte painting on glass-mostly done with computers now

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Mechanical (SFX)

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Models, make ups, robots

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Laboratory/post production (SFX)

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Split screen-3D quality
Superimposition-double exposure or optical printing
Computer matte-two strips of film combined
Green screen

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CGI (SFX)

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Computer-generated images that began in the 1970s
Jurassic park-first use
Forest gump-inserted CGI on real footage
Uncanny valley-make people in the digital world look so real that it’s disturbing (polar express)

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First ever animation

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Gertie the Dinosaur (1914)

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First sound animation

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Steamboat willie (1928)

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First feature film

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Snow White (1937)

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3 types of animation

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Hand drawn, stop motion, computer animation

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Hand drawn (animation)

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Animation process from Disney studios (Snow White)

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Stop motion (animation)

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Nightmare before Christmas

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Computer animation

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Shrek (academy award for best animated feature)

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Animation in non animated films

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Life of pi, call of the wild, Jurassic park

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“For my vision of the cinema, editing is not simply one aspect it’s thee aspect”

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Orson wells

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Editing

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The joining together of two shots or compounding individual shots into a cinematic whole

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Actualities

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Unedited video (workers leaving a factory, man sneezing)

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Dialectical communication

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When two edits are communicating (shot a, shot b, shot c)

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Shot A

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Thesis (meaning)

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Shot B

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Antithesis (editing)

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Shot C

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Synthesis (a+b=c) the new meaning

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Early editing innovators we’re

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George melies, Edwin s porter, DW Griffith, Russell sharman

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Lev Kuleshov

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In the early period of editing, the Russians focused on the editing as the essence of Cinema in particular lev.

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Kuleshov effect

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How the same clip can be someone reacting to a dead person, a child, or a dish of soup (same clip)

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Montage

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Collage of moving pictures

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26
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Christopher Nolan edited what movie

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Dunkirk

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The film editor

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At the beginning of the prep production process the editor may give suggestions for shooting for later editing
-May suggest specific shots to explain transitions
-May need specific dialogue to set location or time
-organize all of the shots as they come from filming
-create editing script
-eliminates obvious unusable footage

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28
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A typical Hollywood film in the 40s had how many shots ?

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1000

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29
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Today’s films are 2 to 3 hours and have how many shots ?

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2000-3000

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30
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What does it mean if there’s a 20 to 1 ratio of unused to used footage?

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It means they could make several versions of the movie without repeating a shot (apocalypse now had 100-1 ratio)

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Editors responsibilities

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Understanding place/space, understanding time, rhythm of a film

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Space

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Juxtaposition of shots in the scene develops the audiences understanding of the space

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Time

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Editing manipulates the presentation of plot time to the viewer

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34
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Flashback (time)

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Traveling back in time

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Flash forward (time)

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Traveling forward in time

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Ellipsis (time)

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The removal of unnecessary shots showing an event removing (all the boring parts)

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Montage (time)

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The showing of an event, well compressing time, usually set to music

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Rhythm

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The shot duration, which editing controls the amount of time you can absorb heat shot

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39
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Typical shot duration is?

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10 seconds (varies on each Director and genre)

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40
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Two approaches of editing

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Continuity and discontinuity

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Continuity editing

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Invisible editing, efficiently tells story making logical sense to the viewer

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Discontinuity editing

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Transitions between shots are not smooth, continuous or coherent
-uses jump cuts and intercutting

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43
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Spatial Continuity

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Screen direction=180 degrees rule/axis of action

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Imaginary line

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Camera always on one side
-360 degree filming feel
-camera can move anywhere but cannot cross the 180° line

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Master shot

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Establishes the shot orienting viewer to space

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46
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Shot/reverse shot

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Good explanation of rhythm often used with the above conversation or as the eye line match shot showing us what a character sees

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47
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Match cuts

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Match on action, graphic match, eye line match

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48
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Cross-cutting

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Cutting between two events in different places

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49
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Intercutting

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Cutting to show events happening at the same time (graduate)

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50
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Point of view editing

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Editing that focuses on the view of an important character

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51
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Jump cut

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Discontinuity

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52
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Fade in/fade out

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Goes to black

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53
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Dissolve

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When you blend one shot into another (can represent a passing of time)

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54
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Smash cut

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Abrupt transition like a kick or punch

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Iris

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Opening and closing the iris of the camera

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56
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Wipe

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literally a wipe

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57
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Whip pans

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Hidding the cut on the motion of the camera movement (when someone not in the frame says something and the camera wipes to them)

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Freeze frame

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A single frame forming a motionless image from a film or video tape

59
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Split screen

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A screen on which two or more separate images are displayed

60
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L cut

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Audio transition

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J cut

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Audio from the next scene

62
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First sound film

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The jazz singer (1927)

63
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Movie palace age

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The mighty Wurlitzer organ

64
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Blimp

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The camera made noise

65
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Sound designer

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Responsible for the soundtrack

66
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Recordist

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In charge of stopping the scene if there’s an unwanted sound

67
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Boom operator

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Hold the boom mic, get clean sound and stays out of the shot

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Sound editing

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Viewing daily recording images and sound to decide what must be recorded later in the studio (dailies)

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Double system recording

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Recording the dialogue separate, but synced by the slate

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ADR

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Automatic dialogue replacement

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Mixing

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Production sound mixer, puts the tracks together, such as dialogue, music, sound effects, etc

72
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Foley studio

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Creates sound effects (the quiet place)

73
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Digital sound editing

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Create complex tracks in modern movies, can be manipulated and blended (speed, pitch, etc)

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Pitch and frequency

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Looking at a graph of sound waves, you can create extreme high or low sounds to emphasize action

75
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Volume and amp

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Orson Welles wanted the sound to be much louder in Citizen Kane than any other movie

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Quality or harmonic content

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“Timbre!”
-texture and color

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Fidelity

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Does not refer to whether the sound is good or bad, but it’s the source (sounds like what it’s suppose to sound like)

78
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Diabetic sound

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From the world and the story
-characters, gun shots, traffic, first person

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Non diegetic sound

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Outside the world of the story
-characters cannot hear, soundtrack, third person

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Onscreen sound

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From a source we can see, dialogue of characters on screen, sound effects you can see

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Offscreen sound

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From a source we cannot see, out of frame, behind door, weather sounds not seen

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Simultaneous

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Diabetic and onscreen

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Non simultaneous

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Can be diagetic or non diagetic

84
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Asynchronous

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Not matching up to action

85
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Internal

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Character thoughts spoken by the character that the audience can hear

86
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External

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The sounds that are from the world of the story it can be on or off screen

87
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Two types of Vocal sounds

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Spoken dialogue and narration
Environmental, music

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Environmental sound

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Ambient sound-sound that exist in a space
Sound effects-foley

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Music (sound)

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The soundtrack
Most directors have certain music people

90
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Steven Spielberg

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John Williams

91
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Tim Burton

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Danny elfman

92
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Frances ford Coppola

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Nino rota

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Hitchcock

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Bernard Herman

94
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Mickey mousing

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Walt Disney influence on Hollywood-recording the sound while watching the movie (Moana video)

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Direct audience attention

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Where the audience should look
-creates expectations
-POV
-creates rhythm
-expresses characterization
-links shots
-creates emphasis

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What are the three responsibilities of the film editor?

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Place, Time, rhythm

97
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What is the difference between the continuity and discontinuity of editing?

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Continuity-pay attention to detail so it’s smooth
Dis-jumps cuts, anything that wild jar the audience

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What is a jump cut?

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Startles the viewer (ellipsis of time)

99
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What is elliptical editing?

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Take out the boring parts

100
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What is intercutting?

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Cutting within an a time and place to create an edit

101
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How would you define a montage?

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Showing the passing of time

102
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What is a smash cut?

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Anytime we cut on a punch or kick

103
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What is a whip pan?

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Anytime the cameras on someone and someone says something and it whips to them

104
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Define editing

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The joining together of two shots

105
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Father of modern editing?

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DW Griffith

106
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What were the earliest film clips called?

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Actuals

107
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Dialectical communication is basically what ?

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Pieces of a film speak to each other

108
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Who developed an experiment proving audiences link shots ?

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Kuleshov

109
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What early Russian movie demonstrated montage ?

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Battleship Potemkin

110
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What was the first sound film?

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The jazz singer

111
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What is the difference between whip pan and smash cut?

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Whip pan-when the camera is on someone and someone else talks and it whips to them
Smash cut-when a kick or punch cute the scene

112
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What is the difference between L cut and J cut?

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L cut-when the audio from the current shot Carrie’s over to the next shot
J cut-when the audio from the next scene starts before your get to it (you hear what’s going on before you see it)

113
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What is looping?

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The actor watches the scene and matches up their lip movements

114
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Types of film sound?

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Dialogue and narration

115
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Functions of film sounds?

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Direct the audience attention

116
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Sources of film sound?

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Recordist, boom operator, sound editor, foley

117
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Characteristics of film sound?

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Pitch and frequency, volume and amp, quality or harmonic content, fidelity

118
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Steps in sound production ?

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Recordist, boom operator, sound editing, double system recording, ADR, mixing, digital sound editing, foley studio

119
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Gregg toland

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cinematographer of Citizen Kane

120
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citizen Kane

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-used deep focus photography and wide angle lens
-“seven layer cake”
-gathered best actors
-he applied his best practices that he learned

121
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Orsen Welles

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-owned mercury theater
-war of worlds radio broadcast
-his last request was to make sure citizen Kane didn’t turn into a colorful film

122
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Narrative Form of Citizen Kane

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expectations=audience heard the rumors
Plot structure=newsreel and 5 flashbacks
time=most unique feature
motivation=meaning of rosebud
Unique narration=newsreel, multiple perspectives
-he rehearsed with the cast for months
-overlapping dialogue
-louder than other films
-camera tracks into each scene
-montage showing crumbling marriage
-multiple narration
-use of low camera angles
-fresh use of tired film conventions
-whip, matte, use of stock footage

123
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Draft Day and Remember The Titans both used what in their films?

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Split screen

124
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Coco the Clown used what?

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Rotoscoping

125
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The Dinosaur and the Missing Link used what?

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claymation

126
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what studio has the largest market share today?

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Walt Disney Studios

127
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The big 5 studios?

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20th century fox, paramount, RKO, MGM, and Warner bros

128
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The Little 3?

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Universal, Columbia, and United Artist

129
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Universal Studio was the first to what?

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Market horror movies (Dracula, frankeinstien)

130
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Vertical integration of the of the industry (The Golden Age)

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total control of all aspects of filmmaking and distribution
-owned actors, studios, and movie theaters

131
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Rise of independent films

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1950-today

132
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executive producer

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gather financial backers

133
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honorary executive producer

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usually lends a big name to the film-to help sell the film

134
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producer

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gets the movie on its feet from beginning to end-listens to pitches

135
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co producer

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assists the producer

136
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associate producer

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helps with production but is often not a key member

137
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unit production manager

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similar to the line producer-may work preproduction as well

138
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line producer

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keeps production on schedule and budget

139
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stages of production

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preproduction, production, post production

140
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above line

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negotiate the amount of money they receive and sometimes get a percent of the movie money (Producers, Director, 1st Assistant, Director -puts everyone to work, 2nd Assistant Director, Some Big Name Actors (may also serve as Producer), UPM –Unit Production Manager, Cinematographer, Lighting Director, Production Design)

141
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below line

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paid at a daily rate (Associate Producers, Art Directors, Grips, Best Boy, Production Accountant, Location Scout,
Wranglers, etc)

142
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The Pitch

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selling the idea of the movie, ideas, summary, characters, plot, etc

143
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Distribution

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simply getting the movies out to the viewers, has changed in recent years because of the addition of streaming (Netflix, HBO, etc)

144
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Marketing

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-having famous actors=creates publicity for the movie-they get paid heavily
-movie posters
-trailers
-sales all across the world
-movie theater audience is usually 18-25 yrs old
-marketing cost can add up to 25-50% of a movies budget

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