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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 2
10/21/2013

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def of film
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moving images
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3 phases of film
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production distibution exhibition
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scales of production
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independant not a major company

small scale 90000<

large scale90000>

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mnegative cost vs marketing cost
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-above the line-costs include the literary property scriptwriter director and major cast

-below the lone costs include the crew secondary cast equipment film stock props insurance special effect

-the sum total of above the line and below the line costs us the negative cost usually marketing is half as much as the production. negative cost is above and below the line cost

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release patterns
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not every film is release in the same way.  exclusive release 1 theatre  or 2. then limited then wide(2000-4000)then saturated.
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artisitic implicaations of distribution and exhibition
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director changes how he films based on how film will be released
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synergy
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everything working togeather. a value chain accross media platforms owned by the same movie comglomerate .
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is mis en sene
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puttong into scene lighting source colour costume makeup setting staging
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3 point lightnign
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key fill and back
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lighting styles
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low key high key
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image scanning

 

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our eyes move from left to right. right side is stronger
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frontality
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orientation to the camera. people face the front so we csn see there fsce
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6 depth cue parts and def
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overlapping planes color diferences movement aerial perspective size diminution linear perspective

the elements of an imge that give off a 3d space.

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cinemeatography
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writing in movemnt
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contrast
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highcontrast dramatic low key very different light and dark parts in a frame
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exposure
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lightning. ex putting more light. change the apriture the size of the lens.
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fast motion
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less frmanes
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slow motion
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more frames
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focal length
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the length of the lens from the center of the lens to where the light is converged. 35 standard
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perspective
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spacial relations, l
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telephoto lens
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longest range magnifys things typically 100mm
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wide angle
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widest shot lots in the shot people in the front look bigger
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normal lens milimeter for focal length
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50 milimeter
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depth of field
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range of focus

everything is in focus

shallow depthe- foreground and backrou 

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deep focus cinematography 

 

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citizen kanes. every plane is visible. lenses shorter focal length plus sensitive film
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aspect ratio
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2.35 1 is wider than 1 to 1
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split screen
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brady bunch multiple images at the same time
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ecu
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part of face
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pan
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move from side to side
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dolly
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camera moving subject still
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track
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camera moves and follows subject
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long take
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a shot that take a long time
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hero we discussed beacuse
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editing
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editing
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taking reaarnging cutting shots
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sequence
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time between shots is discontinuos  or amiguougs
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iris out
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An old technique of punctuation that utilises a diaphragm in front of the lens, which is opened (iris in) or closed (iris out) to begin or end a scene. The iris can also be used to focus attention on a detail of the scene.
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four areas of editing control
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graphic 

rhythmic-acceleration of shots

spatial infering space by shots

temporal-infering time by shots

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transitions
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ways to change shot
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editorial logic
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reasons for changing shots
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non diagetic insert
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a symbolic shot whose content is not part of the story world
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jump shot
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weird interuptions match on action
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intensified continuity
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rapid cuting extreme lens lenght close framingi n dialogue free moving camera
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why is sound analyses elsuive
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its hard to write abput
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wilhelm scream
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first recorded 1950s included in lots of movies
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nondiegetic sound typically has no relevant temporal rekation to the story true or fals
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true
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4 parts of the film dicispline
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theory criticism history production
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film discipline theory
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- hypothesizing about the essential nature of cinema 
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the film discipline criticism
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analyzing or evaluating individual films or groups of films can be sophisticated and systematic- or as simple as thumbs up thu,bs down    

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film dicipline history
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·      - the study of film with respect to its deleopment and over time may focus upon aesthetic technical economic and or social aspects

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1889 significant film event
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celuloid film
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1893 significant film event
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edison starts first film company. and shows kinetescope to worlds colombian exhibition and first public showing. created 35 mil film
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1894 significant film
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first color picture
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1895 significant film occurence
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first projectiom in film from luminere brothers
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film stock
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what your recording ob
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persistance of vision
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our brain sees images as single pictures
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critical flicker fusion
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around 50 frames per second the rate at which eyes see continuous motion
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apparent motion
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our eyes see motion from changes that our eyes see
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light quality
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hard or light lighting
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light direction
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path from source to subject in lighting
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light source
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were the light comes from key fill and back
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fill light
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light filling in scene usually by camera
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overlapping planes
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when a plane is infront of another
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color differences in film
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pale colors fade in and bright colors stick out
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aerial perspective
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things far away look hazer than close objects
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size dimunization
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object far away look smaller
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linear perspective
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paralel lines converge at a distance
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movie used to describe cinematography
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lje the journey
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zoom lens
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lens that provides different focal length
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1.33 ratio
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eedison ratio
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sound fidelity
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sound is faithful to the source we conceive it
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3 types of sound
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music speech soud effects
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sound space
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sound comes from different places ex dogetic
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classical editing
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aspect ration used today
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2.35 1 1.85 1
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