Cinema Quiz 1

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WHO DISTINGUISHED CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD STYLES BY 3 DIFFERENT GENERAL LEVELS?

(DEVICES,SYSTEM,AND RELATION OF SYSTEM)

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Bordwell, Thompson, and Staiger

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Devices

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are isolated technical elements

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WHAT DOES Systems consist of ?

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Systems consist of the functions that individual devices perform, and their relations amongst each other.

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3 BASIC SYSTEMS

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narrative logic (causality), cinematic time, and cinematic space

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WHAT DOES relations of systems refers to?

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the relationships between narrative logic, cinematic time, and cinematic space

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exposition

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introduces the spectator to two key components of the story: the principle characters, and the environment or space they inhabit

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goal oriented protagonist

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is the central character in a film. He offers the spectator a focused point of identification, and streamlines the narrative action

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THE PRIMARY ACTION IS ALWAYS

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psychologically motivated and driven by a characters desire to achieve a goal.

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ANTAGONIST

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PERSON WHO OPPOSES THE CHARACTER

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climax

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is the most concentrated moment of the narrative. During the climax, the films central enigma will be solved.

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resolution or denouement

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takes care of any loose ends that the narrative may have left open, giving the film a strong sense of closure.

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ideology

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is a body of ideas or set of beliefs that are inherently believed to be true and acceptable by groups within society.

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sex

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describe the biological makeup of human beings (male, female, intersex).

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gender

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refers to the social, historical, and cultural roles associated with the different sexes (masculinity, femininity).

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WHAT ARE MEN POSSITIONED AS IN HOLLY WOOD FILMS

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ACTIVE AND POWERFUL HEROES

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Molly Haskell IDENTIFIES 3 TYPES OF WOMAN IN WOMAN FILMS

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Extraordinary women,Ordinary women AND Ordinary who become extraordinary women

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Extraordinary women

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Strong, powerful, independent figures who are exceptions to the rule.

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Ordinary women

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The common, passive victims bound by marriage, income, children, etc.

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Ordinary who become extraordinary women

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The victim of circumstances who rises to become “mistress of her own fate”.

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Molly Haskell identifies four types of womans film?

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Sacrifice,Affliction,Choice, AND Competition

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Sacrifice

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A woman learns to give up her own life and/or personal happiness for someone else.

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Affliction

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A woman contracts a terrible disease, leaving her a short time to find happiness (a man).

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Choice

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A woman must choose between her career or a man

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Competition

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A woman competes with another woman, usually for the affections of a man

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Mulvey argues that Hollywood cinema aims WHAT?

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most of its films at a presumed male heterosexual audience member

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male gaze

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male point of view

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Narcissism

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pleasure of the self, created when narrative cinema encourages spectators to identify with characters in the film (usually male)

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Voyeurism

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is a visual pleasure that arises from looking at others in a sexualized way (primarily female).

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subjective

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shot is tied to a characters point of view – a shot that shows the spectator exactly what a character is seeing

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objective

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shot is one that is not tied to a characters point of view, but rather a shot that most clearly conveys the action of the scene (most all shots).

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three gazes that comprise cinema

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1) The camera at the actors 2) The characters at each other 3) The spectator at the screen

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Fetishization

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occurs when the female body is broken by the camera or editing patterns into a collection of smaller objectified parts: feet, legs, hair, breasts, etc.

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Basic repression

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is universal, necessary and inescapable. It is the fundamental repression of the animalistic drives and primal impulses that allow for our development as human beings.

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Surplus repression

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is specific to a particular culture, and is the process whereby people are conditioned from early infancy to take on predetermined roles within that culture

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Wood notes surplus repression in four key areas

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- Sexual energy - Bisexuality - Female sexuality/creativity - Sexuality of children

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Basic repression VS surplus repression

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Basic repression makes us distinctively human, while surplus repression prepares us to lead “normal” American lives as patriarchal, monogamous, heterosexuals.

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Normal

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non-evaluative sense, to mean conformity to the dominant social norms of a particular culture.

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Others

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Minorities, non-white/non-straight identities, and other marginalized groups/cultures

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Otherness is something that the dominant ideology cannot wholly accept, but deals with by either

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rejecting and annihilating it, or by rendering it safe through assimilation.