Terminology Flashcards
Aspiration
For some people film stars act as a role model, like we aspire to be
Identification
Some fans and spectators see themselves in certain stars. Perhaps in the way they look or the roles they play.
Admiration
Stars attract this perhaps due to talent or looks or screen activities e.g charity commitment
Affection
Certain stars engender the sort of affection that elevate them to national treasures or of status.
Adulation/adoration
Star is an ‘object of desire’
Alternative content
Non-feature film programming in cinemas such as love screening of events happening elsewhere
Box office
Total value of tickets for a film screened commercially at cinemas
DCMS
Department for culture, media and sport. Responsible for setting UK film policy
Digital projection
The projection of film onto a cinema screen using a digital master and a digital projector, using electronic signals to direct light onto the screen tater than passing light through a celluloid strip
Distributor
A person or company that acquires the right to exploit the commercial and creative values of a film in theatrical, video and television market
Domestic UK feature
A film made by a UK production company, produced wholly or partly in the Uk
Exhibitor
A cinema operator that rents a film from a distributor to show a cinema audience
Genre
A style or category of film defined on the basis of common story and cinematic conventions
Independent film
A film produced without creative or financial input from major US studio companies.
Mainstream programming
Category of films aimed at the general audience
Multiplex site
Defined by Dodoma research as a purpose-built cinema with fine or more screens
Mixed-use venue
An arts venue which screens film on a part-time basis alongside other activities such as concerts and plays
Specialised films
Generally, non-mainstream films. This category includes foreign language an subtitled films, feature documentaries, ‘art house’ productions and films aimed at niche audiences
UK Film
A film which is certified as such by the uk secretary of start for culture,media and sport under schedule 1 of the films act 1985, via the cultural test.
US studio
Any of the six major US film companies
Niche audience
Audience and tastes that Hollywood has not fully catered for w.g. African Americans, gays, students.
Indiewood
Those companies owned by the Hollywood studies that make and distribute less mainstream and more ‘indie’ type films.
Limited release
Can be as few as 1 or 2 cinemas. Most of these films in UK will play in big cities such as London
Micro-Budget
Very low budget indie films e.g. Clerks made for $25,000
Character-led
Narrative/films more rooted in character depth and development
Subversive
Films that are very anti-establishment in their politics and culture e.g. They may be controversial or even shocking and deliberately ‘subset’ the traditional ideology and values promoted by Hollywood films
High Concept movie
A highly commercialised film that is easily pitches and based on a striking and easily communicated plot. - simple but memorable title -mass audience appeal - a Pitch no longer than 3 sentences E.g. Top gun
Event movie
Big budget films, especially studio blockbusters which create so much hype and tension that going to see them is a cultural event e.g. Avatar
Star vehicle
A film created or moulded for a specific star for that stars attractions
High production values
Focusing on the films ‘look’ to produce spectacle
Synergy
Conglomerates like disney being able to maximise the revenue for a successful film ‘brand’ by cross-promoting and selling it across a range of other products
Art-house film
Films motivated by aesthetic tater than commercial factors - aimed at niche audiences
Conglomerate
A large corporation made up of a number of different companies.
Theatrical window
A term used to describe the period of time when a film is shown exclusively in the cinema (typically 17 weeks)
Visceral
Something which relates to inward feeling, not intellect, a base and instinctive response
Iconography
Signifiers, both visual and aural which typify a genre. Time or place
Verisimilitude
The appearance of reality
Expressionistic
A use of micro elements which is highly stylised, draws attention to itself and can often be subjective as it frequently expresses character state of mind
Motif
An image which is repeated throughout a film and through that repetition becomes imbued with meaning and carries symbolic significance
Ideology
Values and beliefs of a group or society, e.g. In the uk values such as : be law abiding
Voyeurism
To gain sexual pleasure from watching other engaged in sexual activity or activity with sexual connotations
