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Film Study 101 Midterm
U of A Film Studies 101
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
10/20/2010

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Mise-en-scene
Definition
The contents of the frame and the way that they are organized. Includes setting, costume and makeup, lighting, performance
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Shallow Space Composition
Definition
the mise-en-scene suggests comparatively little depth, the closest and most distant planes are seperated only slightly
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Deep Space Composition
Definition
a significant distance seems to separate planes
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Composition
Definition
fore-ground, middle ground- back ground + vertical and horizontal division of a frame
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Internal Framing
Definition
An enclosing shape seen onscreen, distances the viwewer from whatever appears inside it by converting that inner world into another picture
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Props
Definition
instrumental - objects used according to function and metaphorical - objects used for an unexpected,symbolic, metaphorical purpose
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Costume + Make up
Definition
3 Basic Functions : support realism, highlight character, act as narrative markers (change or lack of change become crucial to the story)
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Italian Neorealism
Definition
Episodic Structure, documentary visual style, actual locations (realistic set), non-professional actors,conversational speech, lack of artifice in editing camera work and lighting.
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Frame
Definition
One still image on a strip of film (24 per second)
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Shot
Definition
In shooting, one uninterrupted run of the camera to expose a series of frames (also called take). In the film one uninterrupted image with a single static or mobile framing
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Scene
Definition
a single continous action. It may be one shot but it is often made of many shots spliced together. The Action takes place in one location at one point in time.
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Sequence
Definition
A series of related scenes that are cut back-to-back
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Long Take
Definition
A shot that continues for an unusually lenghty period of time before a transition to the next shot
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Canted Shot (Dutch Angle)
Definition
the camera is slanted off its vertical axis, the horizon is not parralel to the frame.
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Normal Lens
Definition
35-50mm, perspective is similar to the human eye, no perspective distortion, lines are straight and perpendicular
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Long-focal length (Telephoto Lens)
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75-250mm, depth is reduced, movement is slower
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Short-focal-length(Wide Angle)
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Under 35mm, distorts straight lines, distance between foreground and backround seems bigger, movement more rapid, wider angle of vision
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Zoom Lens
Definition
a lens with a focal length that can be changed during a shot from wide angle to telephoto, magnifies or demagnyfies objects filmed
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Deep Focus
Definition
Focus in which all objects from close foreground and distant background are seen in sharp definition
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Shallow Focus
Definition
the image is harp at a certain distance from the camera and otherwise is blurred, thereby focusing the viewer's attention on one particular part of the screen.
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Soft Focus
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the blurred or hazy effect acheiced by shooting slightly out of focus or through gauze or vaseline
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Rack Focus
Definition
focus changes within a single shot, brigning certain objects into focus and making others blur
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Film Stock
Definition
2 basic types; black and white and color. 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, 70mm
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Film Spped
Definition
fast- sensitive; requires less light to produce an acceptable image slow- relatively insensitive to light but produce high quality
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Grain
Definition
refers to the suspended particle of silver of color-sensitive grains in the emulsion layer;after processing they may be visible or not
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Filters
Definition
Chande the quality of the light entering the lens by absorbing certain wavelenghts. May affect contrast,sharpness, color, and light intensity
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"Day For Night Shooting"
Definition
shooting during the day but using filters and underexsposure to create night time.
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Over Exsposure
Definition
when more light that is required to produce an image hits the film stock it produces:high contrast,glaring light, washed out shadows
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Under Exsposure
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when too little light strikes the emulsion; produces dark areas that are very dense and dark
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Saturation
Definition
intensity or purity of a color saturated= intense and purer, desaturated= more white, washed out and less intense
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Slow Motion
Definition
Filming at a greater rate
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Speed of Motion
Definition
Relationship of the rate of filming and rate of projection
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Fast Motion
Definition
Films at a slower rate
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Freeze Frame
Definition
a still image within a movie created by repetitive printing in the laboratory of the same frame so that is can be seen without movement for what ever period of time.
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Pan
Definition
the camera is stationary but pivots side to side
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Tilt
Definition
The camera is stationary but tilts up and down
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Tracking (Dolly) Shot
Definition
a shot in which the camera is moved on a wheeled dolly that follows the determined course
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Crane shot
Definition
A shot taken from a camera mounted on a crane that can vary distance, height and angle
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Handheld Shot
Definition
a film image produce by an individual carrying the camera, creates an unsteady shot that may suggest point of view
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Steady-Cam
Definition
a camera stabilization sytem camera operator can film a steady, continuous shot without losing the hand held freedom
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Motivated Camera Movement
Definition
prompted by the charecters and events
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Unmotivated Camera Movement
Definition
pertains to the filmakers commentary on charecters and events
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Onscreen Space
Definition
cinematic space that exsits inside the frame
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Off-Screen Space
Definition
cinematic space that exists outside of the frame
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Aspect Ratio
Definition
the relationship between the frames 2 dimensions
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Realistic Lighting
Definition
distrubutes light to simulate an explicit sourse
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Pictorial Lighting
Definition
Stress visual or pictorial values, not concerned about source
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3 Major Features of Film Lighting
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Quality, Direction, Source
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Lighting Quality
Definition
the relative intensity of the illumination
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hard lighting
Definition
creates defined shadows, crisp textures and sharp edges
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Fontal Lighting
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Key Lighting
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Backlighting
Definition
Lighting comes from behind the subject
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underlighting
Definition
light source is beneath the subject
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top lighting
Definition
light source is above the subject
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3 Point Lighitng
Definition
Key light, Fill Light, Back Light
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High Key
Definition
creates a loq contrast between brighter and darker areas, light wuality is soft
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Low Key
Definition
creates a greater contrast and sharper, darker shadows, no fill light
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180 degree system
Definition
ensures relative positions remain constant, consistant eyelines, cosistant screen direction, delineates space clearly
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Eye Line Match
Definition
A cut obeying the axis of action principle, in which the first shot shows a person off in one direction and the second shows a nearby space containing what he or she sees.
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Graphic Match
Definition
Two successive shots joined so as to create a strong similarity of compositional elements (e.g., color, shape).
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Fade
Definition
gradually darkens and dissapears
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Establishing Shot
Definition
usually a long or extreme longshot established spatial coordinates
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Cross Cut
Definition
editing that alternates shots of two or more lines of action occuring simultaneously in 2 different places
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Montage
Definition
the shot has no meaning with out the other shots, gains meaning only as part of a larger system
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Kino-Fist
Definition
aesthetic of small scetch-like blocks, aggressive movements, shock the spectator
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Eisenstien
Definition
disjunctive narrative, thought and idelogical message, thinks through images
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Intellectual Montage
Definition
rapid juxtaposing of 2 images causes a 3 in the viewers mind, conflict must be inherant
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Diegesis
Definition
Plato's concept of narration, refers to all that is really going on on-screen (fictional reality)
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Extreme Long Shot
Definition
Taken at a great distance. Almost always an exterior shot and shows much of the locale.
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Long Shot
Definition
This shot type (also referred to as a full shot or a wide shot) shows the entire person or object, with the intention to place it in some relation to its surroundings.
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Medium Long (Plain American)
Definition
Also known as the American shot, this shot shows the character(s) from the knees up.
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Medium Shot
Definition
The name implies that this is a shot from a medium distance. It shows a person from the waist up
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Close Up
Definition
A close up is a shot that tightly frames a personís face.
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Extreme Close Up
Definition
This shot is an even tighter variant of a close up. It shows the characterís face only partially, sometimes only the eyes or the mouth. It is used only to show specially dramatic element of a scene.
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