Terminology Flashcards

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Aspiration

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For some people film stars act as a role model, like we aspire to be

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Identification

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Some fans and spectators see themselves in certain stars. Perhaps in the way they look or the roles they play.

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Admiration

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Stars attract this perhaps due to talent or looks or screen activities e.g charity commitment

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Affection

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Certain stars engender the sort of affection that elevate them to national treasures or of status.

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Adulation/adoration

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Star is an ‘object of desire’

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Alternative content

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Non-feature film programming in cinemas such as love screening of events happening elsewhere

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Box office

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Total value of tickets for a film screened commercially at cinemas

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DCMS

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Department for culture, media and sport. Responsible for setting UK film policy

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Digital projection

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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

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Distributor

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A person or company that acquires the right to exploit the commercial and creative values of a film in theatrical, video and television market

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Domestic UK feature

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A film made by a UK production company, produced wholly or partly in the Uk

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Exhibitor

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A cinema operator that rents a film from a distributor to show a cinema audience

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Genre

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A style or category of film defined on the basis of common story and cinematic conventions

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Independent film

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A film produced without creative or financial input from major US studio companies.

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Mainstream programming

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Category of films aimed at the general audience

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Multiplex site

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Defined by Dodoma research as a purpose-built cinema with fine or more screens

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Mixed-use venue

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An arts venue which screens film on a part-time basis alongside other activities such as concerts and plays

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Specialised films

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Generally, non-mainstream films. This category includes foreign language an subtitled films, feature documentaries, ‘art house’ productions and films aimed at niche audiences

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UK Film

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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.

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US studio

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Any of the six major US film companies

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Niche audience

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Audience and tastes that Hollywood has not fully catered for w.g. African Americans, gays, students.

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Indiewood

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Those companies owned by the Hollywood studies that make and distribute less mainstream and more ‘indie’ type films.

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Limited release

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Can be as few as 1 or 2 cinemas. Most of these films in UK will play in big cities such as London

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Micro-Budget

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Very low budget indie films e.g. Clerks made for $25,000

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Character-led
Narrative/films more rooted in character depth and development
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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
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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 ```
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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
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Star vehicle
A film created or moulded for a specific star for that stars attractions
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High production values
Focusing on the films 'look' to produce spectacle
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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
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Art-house film
Films motivated by aesthetic tater than commercial factors - aimed at niche audiences
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Conglomerate
A large corporation made up of a number of different companies.
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Theatrical window
A term used to describe the period of time when a film is shown exclusively in the cinema (typically 17 weeks)
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Visceral
Something which relates to inward feeling, not intellect, a base and instinctive response
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Iconography
Signifiers, both visual and aural which typify a genre. Time or place
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Verisimilitude
The appearance of reality
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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
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Motif
An image which is repeated throughout a film and through that repetition becomes imbued with meaning and carries symbolic significance
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Ideology
Values and beliefs of a group or society, e.g. In the uk values such as : be law abiding
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Voyeurism
To gain sexual pleasure from watching other engaged in sexual activity or activity with sexual connotations