Style Flashcards
1
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Style
A
- entails the integration of different elements to produce a distinctive pattern
- recognize the particularity of an individual artist or a group of artists in the stylistic choices they make
- style we attribute to artists, distinguishes their work
- systematic uses to produce patterns
2
Q
What is the film’s overall form?
A
- general relationship betw. plot + story
- means it develops over time
- ways it employs devices (repetition, variation, parallelism + motifs)
- extent it provides or withholds information
3
Q
What are the primary techniques being used?
How do they interact with other elements
A
- catalogue all the techniques used
- determine techniques salient in conveying meaning + producing effect
- think about what is being connoted + denoted
- think about way various techniques/stylistic elements interact with one another
- forces you to think about what techniques aren’t used
4
Q
What patterns are formed by the techniques?
A
- disruption of patterns is just as important as the patterns themselves
- interaction of various techniques
- must notice when sustained, established. disrupted
- disruption can occur within a scene or across whole film
5
Q
What functions do the techniques and patterns fill?
A
- how do techniques + patterns operate
- what effects do they produce
- how do they affect spectatorial expectations
- how do they contribute to the plot’s/story’s development?
6
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Denote
A
-literal+obvious meaning
7
Q
Connote
A
- suggest/imply in addition to literal meaning
- each technique denotes + connotes
8
Q
Manner of Representation
A
-attention, subjective/objective, how we relate, how we understand their relationships, unrestricted/restricted, artificial/realism
9
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Salient
A
-which does it stress, elicits response
