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Introduction to Film
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 2
10/16/2011

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Animation
Definition
A Drawing drawn by hand, Fantasia 1938 - longest experimental film
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Documentary
Definition
attempts to give you factual info. about the world, real events that actually occured
Term

Cinema Verite (direct cinema), Ethnographic, Compilation, Interview (talking heads), Portrait

Definition
The 5 kinds of Documentarys
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Cinema Verite (direct cinema)
Definition
911 - filming real events as it actually occurs
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Ethnographic
Definition
Describes or presents to you a society or group of people, customs, way of life, day to day activities, culture.Nanook of the North. Dir. Robert Flaherty (1922)
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Compilation
Definition
A collection of images from an archival source, old sources. (old inventors)
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Interview (Talking Heads)
Definition
questions are asked to someone
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Portrait
Definition
Centers on the life of a compelling person, someone of interest, or influence. Ar Crum - the artist in France
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Rhetorical and Categorical
Definition
Two types of Documentarys
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Rhetorical Documentary
Definition
attempts to persuade the viewer, to change your opinion. Ex. Thin Blue Line - Dir. Errol Morris
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Categorical Documentary
Definition
attempts to give  you straight forward information about a topic, unbiased info. Hoop Dreams
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Film Noir
Definition
"Dark film" a term applied by French critics to a type of American Film, usually in the detective or thriller genres, with low-key lighting and a somber mood
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Experimental
Definition
a film that can take any form
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Abstract experimental film
Definition
Introduced to things on the screen, study of interesting images, designs, patterns
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Associational experimental film
Definition
will begin with a collection of images, that have a theme, connection, purpose, rhythm and rhyme
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Rotoscoping
Definition

take a movie camera and film someone and project them onto a color board then color them to give cartoons more realistic movement.

1st Snow White and 7 Dwarves

Term
Who framed Roger Rabbit
Definition
An animation that mixes real people/life with cartoon characters
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Claymation
Definition
Wallis and Grumit uses plasticine
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Model/Puppet
Definition
King Kong fighting T-Rex, Nightmare  before Christmas
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CGI
Definition
Finding Nemo, first was Toy Story to be completely ____ first feature length one, Tron 15 min. scene
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Mise en Scene

Cinematography

Editing

Sound

Definition
Aspects of Film
Term
Mise en scene
Definition
Means to put into the scene, exist everywhere, helps us compose the film, understand character, story, artisticness behind the film
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Setting

Costume/Make Up

Lighting

Behavior/Acting

 

Definition
4 parts of Mise en Scene
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Setting
Definition
where it takes place, has an active role (ocean, house, city)
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Lighting
Definition
Emphacizes happiness, feeling, Express ideology, emotion, expression
Term

Key Light

Fill Light

Back Light

Definition
3 point lighting system
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Key Light
Definition
Primary light that illuminates the main subject. usually infront
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Fill Light
Definition
exists to eliminate shadows and/or create them
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Back Light
Definition
right behind the suject
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Cycle
Definition
when a series of films enjoy intense popularity over a specified time frame. Shaft
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Cinematography (Cine - Movement)
Definition
Moving images, a general term for all the manipulations of the film strip by the camera in the shooting phase and by the lab. in the developing phase
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Contrast
Definition
refers to the brightest and darkest areas on the screen
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Cinematographer or Director of Photography
Definition
a person who takes moving images
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Exposure
Definition
how much light passes through the camera
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Framing
Definition
The art of composing on the screen. Putting people all on one side to show instability
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Kinetoscope
Definition
only one person could watch it, had to look into it, Invented by Thomas Edison 1895, single images only 40 secs long
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Black Maria
Definition
Thomas Edison made all his movies here (Monta) Just like a studio, can control lights
Term
Lumiere Brothers
Definition
1895 Father owned a still camera factory, Invented a camera that allowed other people to watch in a mass amount, Films were outside, of children, breath of fresh air
Term
Aspect Ratio
Definition
distance between the height and width average is 35MM
Term
24
Definition
Average FPS 
Term

Production

Sell to Distributor

Exhibition 60%

Definition
Making a Film
Term

Fiction

Documentary

Animated

Experimental

Definition
Films Categorized into groups 4
Term
Animated
Definition
drawn, CGI, Claymation
Term
Narrative
Definition
Another word for the story
Term
Stylistic
Definition
way camera moves, pace, way special effects, long shots, close shots, lighting action, way the men and women interact
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Classical Hollywood Style (1920-1960's)
Definition
Music, Beginning, Names, Seeing things, Hearing things, Sound Effects, Happy Ending
Term
Referential
Definition
Form Meaning - whats referred to, but not openly stated
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Explicit
Definition
Form Meaning - openly stated
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Implicit
Definition
Form meaning - refers to the theme
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Symtomatic
Definition
Form meaning - the studies of ideas and ideology
Term

Repitition

Function

Difference/Variation

Development

Unity/Disunity

Definition
Principles of Film Form
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Repitition
Definition
ideas, goals, names
Term
Function
Definition
when an element fullfills a role we say it has a ______
Term
Difference/Variation
Definition
somethings gotta change some level has to occur
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unity
Definition
when all the relationship and plot points are resolved there is a sense of ______
Term

1. Plot/story

2. Cause/effect

3. Time

4. Setting

Definition

- the events depicted on the screen

-conflict

-whats relevant

-where it takes place

Term
Closure
Definition
films that have a resolution at the end task of the story teller to resolve
Term
Genre
Definition
$, easy to categorize, made up of conventions - are the characteristics that place something in a ______. Exist by general agreement or concensus
Term
Iconographic
Definition
when an item has a significant recognition (common meaning) from film to film it has _________ imagery
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XLS - Extreme Long Shot
Definition
background setting dominate, Human figures are not generally visible
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LS - Long Shot
Definition
human figures are visible background still there human figure dominates
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MLS - Medium Long Shot
Definition
from the knees up
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MS
Definition
from the waist up
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MCU
Definition
from the chest, breast up
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CU
Definition
a shot of a face, hand, foot
Term
XCU
Definition
isolates detail such as an eye, pen in hand
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Objective and Subjective
Definition
Camera work can be _______ and _______
Term
Subjective Camera work
Definition
when your eyes are the eyes of a character P.O.V.
Term
Objective Camera work
Definition
watching a play, a teacher infront of a class
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Tracking Shot
Definition
Moving the camera along the ground
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Stedicam
Definition
a harness that holds the camera that someone wheres
Term
Ceilings
Definition
show power/weakness, more/less
Term
Deep Focus
Definition
everything in the shot is in focus
Term
Montage
Definition
pass in time, young to old, fat to skinny
Term
Single Source Lighting
Definition
light from one special place, unique dramatic source of light
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Odd Camera Angle
Definition
Low/High, Digs hole in ground
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Overlapping dialogue
Definition
Characters talking over eachother
Term
Freeze Frame
Definition
all action stops
Term
Mattes
Definition
backgrounds that are artificial paint/CGI
Term
ADR-Additional Dialogue Recording
Definition
_______- the term used to describe the process of re-recording actors' dialogue in a controlled environment (i.e. a sound studio) during post-production.
Term
Martin Scorsese
Definition
The director of Raging Bull is
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Tom Tykwer
Definition
The director of Run Lola Run
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Arthur Penn
Definition
The director of Bonnie and Clyde
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