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Cinema Test 1
Chapters 1-5
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
02/23/2008

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Active Viewing
Definition
actively engage the images and sounds of a film
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Frame
Definition
rectangle of film's image
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Shot
Definition
basic unit of film time
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Scene
Definition
several shots united by common time and space
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Sequence
Definition
several scenes united by a common time
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Extreme Close-Up
Definition
one small portion of the human body fills the frame; adds emphasis
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Close-Up
Definition
character's head fills the frame; provides more meaning; personal
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Medium Close-Up
Definition
image of the chest up
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Medium Shot
Definition
Shot of the waist and up
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Medium Long Shot
Definition
Image of the knees and up
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Long Shot
Definition
Image of the whole body
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Extreme Long Shot
Definition
character is small in relationship to landscape/environment
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Rack-Focus
Definition
changing focus from foreground to background (or vice versa)
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Deep Focus
Definition
both foreground and background are in focus
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High-Angle Shot
Definition
camera is looking down; makes character look weak
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Low-Angle Shot
Definition
camera is looking up; makes character look powerful
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Canted Angle
Definition
diagonal shot; unstable
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Zoom
Definition
nonmoving camera adjusts lens so it appears to be getting closer/further
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Pan
Definition
camera turns to see landscape (horizontal)
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Tilt
Definition
camera looks up and down
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Crane Up/Down
Definition
camera actually moves up/down
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Tracking Shot
Definition
camera rolls along track; when people are walking/running
Term
Dolly Shot
Definition
not attached to a track
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Doll-In Shot
Definition
functions as a zoom
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Pull-Back (Dolly-Out) Shot
Definition
functions as a zoom out
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Steadicam Shot
Definition
shoulder camera; very fluid affect
Term
Hollywood 3pt Lighting
Definition

1. Key Light

2. Fill Light

3. Back Light 

Term
High-Key Lighting
Definition
Well lit
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Low-Key Lighting
Definition
Shadows left in shot
Term
Cut
Definition
Two shots joined together
Term
Fade
Definition
Screen goes black; fade out/fade in
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Dissolve
Definition
one shot fades into another image
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Wipe
Definition
one image wipes another (Powerpoint)
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Iris
Definition
Screen goes black except for a circle; draws attention to a certain point
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Crosscutting
Definition
cutting back and forth between action that's happening at the same time
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Match Cut
Definition
a cut between two seperate scenes that are linked by a similar action or object
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Match Dissolve
Definition
dissolve between two seperate scenes linked by a similar action or object
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POV Shot
Definition
seeing what a character sees
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Shot/Reverse Shot
Definition
One POV recorded. then another (Conversation with two people)
Term
180-Degree Rule
Definition
all setups on one side "Imaginary Line"
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Establishing Shot
Definition
establishes location of next scene
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Slow Motion
Definition
more than 24 frames per second
Term
Fast Motion
Definition
Fewer than 24 frames per second
Term
Freeze Frame
Definition
frame is paused
Term
God's-eye-view
Definition
bird's eye view; extreme vulnerability, usually symbolizes death
Term
Helicopter Shot
Definition
shot from helicopter
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Process Shot
Definition
Combing two different pieces of film
Term
Voice-Over
Definition
Character/Outside Narrator explains things directly to the audience
Term
C.G.I.
Definition
computer generated imagery
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Mise-en-Scene
Definition
how things are arranged in the frame; what is in the frame; use of space; manipulation of camera view; costumes, sets, props, colors, etc
Term
Composition
Definition
where items and people are placed
Term
Diegesis
Definition
in the world of the film
Term
Kinetoscope
Definition

box for one spectator at a time to look and see moving pictures

1. The Kiss

2. Serpentine Dances

3. Sandow the Strong Man 

Term
Nickelodeon
Definition
early store-front theater
Term
Thomas Edison
Definition
Term
Lumiere Brothers
Definition

the birth of cinema.

short, everyday scenes projected for audience

1. Exiting the Factory

2. Arrival of a Train

3. Baby's Lunch

4. Watering the Gardener 

Term
George Melies
Definition

made first science-fiction film

special FX, costumes and sets

1. A Trip to the Moon 

Term
Edwin S. Porter
Definition

first western

1. The Great Train Robbery 

Term
D. W. Griffith
Definition

First Full-Length Film

Text book on film language

-closeups -crosscutting -IMR

1. Birth Of a Nation 

Term
PMR
Definition

Primitive Mode of Representation

-Spectator is outside of action of film; viewing like a play 

Term
IMR
Definition

Industrialized Mode of Representation

-positions spectator inside the action of the film

-assumes the spectator is a white middle class straight male 

Term
Reasons Moviegoing Dropped in the 1950s
Definition

1. Television comes out

2. Population shifts to the suburbs

3. Participatory Recreation (sports) 

Term
Ways Hollywood Striked Back in the 1950s
Definition

1. Drive-Ins

2. Make TVs bigger; Widescreen

3. 3D

4. Big Biblical and Historical Movies 

Term
Cinerama
Definition
3 interlocked cameras provide widescreen effect
Term
Cinemascope
Definition
projector
Term
Todd-AO
Definition
wider film strips
Term
Rule of Thirds
Definition

imaginary lines in screen

certain placement of characters 

Term
Dominant Contrast
Definition
the area of the screen that attracts the spectators attention due to form (shapes/colors/focus)
Term
Subsidiary Contrast
Definition
counter balancing image
Term
Intrinsic Interest
Definition
area of the screen that attracts attention due to importance of the story
Term
Full Screen: Pan & Scan
Definition
add movement to see the whole frame
Term
Widescreen: Letterbox
Definition
adds black bars above and below screen
Term
Bazin
Definition
deep focus cinematography
Term
Film in the 70s
Definition

went two ways:

1. show a loss of hope; demon/disaster films

-Jaws

-The Exorcist

-The Godfather

 

2. Show a chance for hope; escapist films

-Star Wars

-Superman

-ET 

Term
Platform Distribution
Definition
open film in New York & L.A. -> big cities -> small towns
Term
Saturation Booking
Definition

released all over the country on the same day

-Jaws 

Term
Carl Jung: Archetypal Theory
Definition

achetypes: patterns that resonate within us

-ice: sterility, lack of hope

-Forest: new life, renewal

-Desert: spiritual wastelands 

Term
Joseph Campbell: Hero Cycle
Definition

1. something painful happens to hero & has to leave home

2. hero tutored by wise old man

3. hero has to conquer evil within himself

4. hero has to reach an atonement with his father

5. hero returns and brings salvation to the people 

Term
George Lucas
Definition

went to film school

-Star Wars

-THX1138 

Term
Steven Spielberg
Definition

went to California State College

-Jaws

-ET

-The Color Purple

-War of the Worlds

-Jurassic Park 

Term
Francis Ford Coppola
Definition

-The Godfather (I and II)

- The Conversation 

Term
Vitaphone
Definition

like a record

links music and soundtrack 

Term
Diegetic Sound
Definition
characters can hear it
Term
Non-Diegetic Sound
Definition
Audience can hear it but characters can't
Term
Sync Sound
Definition
Sound filmed at same time as image
Term
Non-Sync Sound
Definition
sound recorded at a different time than image
Term
Foley Artist
Definition

records sounds for films

-breaking glass, footsteps, etc 

Term
ADR Supervisor
Definition

Additional Dialogue Recording

 

Term
The Jazz Singer
Definition
first movie with sound
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