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birth of film
What is a camera obscura,
When is photography invented,
When does high speed photography ...
17  cards
1st feature length films
What did hollywood come to represent,
Define benshi,
Why is silent movie acting so exa...
13  cards
conventions of silent drama
What is a wurlitzer organ,
Define leitmotif and how it can b...,
When is the earliest known exampl...
13  cards
the Goddess and silent drama
What does wenyi mean,
Shanghai cinema was often,
Filmmakers who had sympathy for o...
5  cards
Silent Comedy
Define editing,
Define long take,
Why is a long shot risky
7  cards
german expressionism and soviet montage
Soviet montage films have,
Name two characteristics of sovie...,
Why is the weimar republic seen a...
15  cards
metropolis
How can metropolis be seen as an ...,
It is possible to interpret many ...,
2 viewpoints can be seen in the f...
17  cards
birth of sound cinema
Was recorded sound or recorded fi...,
Why were filmmakers unable to pla...,
Define sound on film
16  cards
classical hollywood
What does classical hollywood ref...,
What are the 3 basic ways in whic...,
What percentage of movies were in...
12  cards
censorship, conventionally, and the star system
What year was mppda the hayes cod...,
What year was the production code...,
What year was the production code...
9  cards
Casablanca & 1930s Hollywood
What was the 1st major hollywood ...,
When american entered ww2 hollywo...,
Casablanca can be seen as an alle...
11  cards
the director in classical hollywood
Name the 4 ways in which director...,
Why were the few recognizable dir...,
Famous directors names were used as
14  cards
marginalized voices in classical cinema
Who is dorothy arnzer,
Arzner dealt with the,
Arzner invented the
24  cards
Classical Japanese Cinema
Because they developed differentl...,
Define jidaigeki,
During ww2 the japanese governmen...
25  cards
rashomon & formalism
Rashomon is often assumed to be a...,
Originality of rashomon is in,
Define formalist
7  cards
international classical cinema
Why wasn t it possible for film i...,
Center of the indian filmmaking i...,
Bollywood film was in what language
27  cards
early debates in film theory
Film has often been treated as,
Photography film could be dismiss...,
Who are the 4 major writers of fi...
27  cards
italian neorealism
What was the nickname for classic...,
White telephone movies tended to be,
Mussolini approved of white telep...
15  cards
Bicycle Thieves
What are the 4 major ethical ques...,
Neorealists can often be accused ...,
What are the 3 ways that neoreali...
5  cards
widescreens & eroding censorship
What were the 3 things hollywood ...,
Most ways of making cinema better...,
Define aspect ratio
21  cards
signs of the future
With the rise of tv theaters beca...,
Hollywood didn t understand the c...,
Early sign of hollywood prioritiz...
23  cards
indian realism & post-colonial socialism
Colonialism and imperialism diffe...,
European colonialism did not begi...,
What year did official british ru...
20  cards
japanese new wave & the economic miracle
Textual features of art film ofte...,
Content of art film often,
Industrial position of art film is 2
34  cards
french new wave
France s first empire included 3,
France s second empire included 2,
In the french empire algeria had
44  cards
Cinema Direct & TV
Firat national radio braodcast in...,
Between 1928 29 there was a commi...,
Cbc was founded in 1 and took con...
29  cards
Hollywood blockbusters & midnight movies
Major social upheavals of the 50s...,
The term cult film can refer to 4...,
In terms of the film itself cult ...
36  cards
Nollywood & home video
Home video can either mean,
Eastman kodak has made 16mm film ...,
Safety film was what type of film...
48  cards
arab cinema & digital cinema
1st feature film to be produced e...,
Toy story was produced digitally ...,
The first film to be projected di...
34  cards
expanded cinema, convergence culture, & video games
Expanded cinema is basically,
Expanded cinema is the origins of,
Imax was supposed to be launched ...
16  cards
participatory culture, queer activism, and youtube
Convergence can be defined as,
Convergence culture is driven by ...,
Participtory culture decribes
30  cards

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