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Midterm Final
Intro to Film
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
03/03/2011

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Reviewers
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Journalist who pay attention to content, suitable for children...etc. Not much attention to Aesthetics
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Critics
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also mostly journalist, emphasis on evaluation, and content. Can have influence on the film’s success or failure
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Theorist:
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academics, authors of books on how films can be philosophical level
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Realism:
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a style of filmmaking that attempts to duplicate the look of objective reality as its commonly perceived. Emphasis on authentic location and details
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Neorealism:
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an Italian film movement (1945-1955), strongly realistic in techniques. Emphasized documentary aspects of films
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Formalist:
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style of filmmaking where aesthetic take precedent to content; time and space are distorted, emphasis on symbolic objects and characters
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Classic Hollywood:
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vague term to describe the style of cinema of mainstream fiction films in America (1915-1960s). High level production value, editing and classical cutting
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Auteur Theory:
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emphasizes the director as the major creator of the art, stamping the material with his/her own personal vision, style and thematic
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