Independent Research

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mise-en-scene

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the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play.

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cinematography

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the science or art of motion-picture photography by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as film stock.

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film aesthetics

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The ~ of cinematography are closely related to still photography, but the movement of the subject(s), or the camera and the intensities, colors, and placement of the lighting are highly important. Sound recording, editing, and mixing are other, highly important areas of film, often closely related with the musical score.

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reflexive

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A ~ relationship is bidirectional with both the cause and the effect affecting one another in a relationship in which neither can be assigned as causes or effects. In sociology, reflexivity therefore comes to mean an act of self-reference where examination or action "bends back on", refers to, and affects the entity instigating the action or examination.

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Hitchcock

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an English film director and producer, often nicknamed "The Master of Suspense".

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François Truffaut

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a French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic, as well as one of the founders of the French New Wave.

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silent films

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a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In ~ for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, mime and title cards.

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Animated Film

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the process of making the illusion of motion and change[Note 1] by means of the rapid display of a sequence of static images that minimally differ from each other.

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Walt Disney

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an American entrepreneur, cartoonist, animator, voice actor, and film producer. He was a prominent figure within the American animation industry and throughout the world

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stop motion

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an animation technique that physically manipulates an object that appears to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence.

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cel animation

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A cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation

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theories of laughter and humour

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explain what humor is, what social functions it serves, and what would be considered humorous

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film criticism

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the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, it can be divided into journalistic criticism such as appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular, mass-media outlets and academic criticism by film scholars that is informed by film theory and published in academic journals.

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David Bordwell

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an American film theorist and film historian

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documentary film

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a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record

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director

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a ~ controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, and visualizes the script while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of that vision.

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post-production

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It occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, radio programs, advertising, audio recordings, photography, and digital art. It is a term for all stages of production occurring after shooting or recording individual program segments.

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national cinema

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a term sometimes used in film theory and film criticism to describe the films associated with a specific country.

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screen narratives

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In filmmaking, the term is used to name the story depicted on screen, as opposed to the story in real time that the screen narrative is about.

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film genre

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the method of categorizing films based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed or the emotional responses they elicit.