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30 Cards in this Set
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Nonfiction Documentary
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based on facts
shaping of facts structured around argument theme not usually neutral or objective |
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Realist Documentary
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Lumiere Bros early beginnings
Robert Flaherty-Father of modern documentary Nanook of North (1922)-Eskimos struggle for survival -begins modern doc Use of cinema verite-direct cinema (streetwise) 1.16mm film wwii 2.faster film stock 3.flexible lenses 4.synchronous sound 5.mass mktg 6.tv network sponsorship |
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Traditional Formalist Documentary
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Dziga Vertov-Russian Propaganda
-lenin set up film school for propaganda John Grierson-founder of British doc movement -educated people on social/economical/envrionment issues using artistic form |
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Thin Blue Line(1989)
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Erroll Morris-formalistic style of a murder case
-indictment of Texas Justice system |
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Streetwise
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Bell(1985)-survival on streets of seattle
-kids as victims of parents/social system? -polished cinema verite -natural light -moving camera Film makers atttitude shapes message of film-no voice over |
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Spellbound
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Land of opportunity
Work ethic Competition=success in USA Smart teens=outkasts cinema verite followed 8 regional winners |
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Mise en scene
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1)staging of action
2)physical setting 3)framing 4)photographing |
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aspect ratio
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ratio of horizontal width to vertical height of frame
-1.33:1 until 1950's -today= standard 1.85:1 widescreen 2.35:1 |
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Center frame
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intrinsic center of intrest
dominant visual elements |
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top of frame
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dominant figure
suggest spirituality threat or danger |
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bottom of frame
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vulnerable spot to be
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edges of frame
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suggest slipping of frame
nearest to unknown |
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off screen space
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mystery/unknown
insignificance tends to read right to left (right more danger) |
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composition
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look for dominant contrast
isolated color grabs viewers attention |
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movement within frame
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upward-seems natural
downward-danger towards camera-aggression away from camera-withdrawal longer shot+higher angles-slower movement closer shot+low angles-sped up closer +tighter shots-more motion dominates |
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The Graduate
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Nichols 1967
-critical commercial success -breakthrough hit in 18-25 market -made Hoffman a star Rite of passage Rejects materialistic world |
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Film Acting
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1. Separation from audience
2. Effect of camera and variety of viewpoints on actor in film 3. shot out of sequence 4. small separate units 5. final performance in film -editing |
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Guilty by Suspicion
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1991 De niro
-HUAC hearing/investigation -1950's McCarthy communists in hollywood Themes-individual crisis of moral conscience -rights issues -ignorance and prejudice=paranoia and intolerance melodrama |
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Decoupage
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To cut up
editing |
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classic continuity
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invisible editing
unobtrusive style not noticed |
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Classic narrative film
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symmetrical plot
psychological motivation of charcs effect-cause ID with charcs verisimillitude=believability transparency(suspension of disbelief) spatial and temporal continuity(time and space do not shift around) |
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Spatial continuity
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180 system
establishing shots(shot outside house) eyeline match/cutting on action |
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Temporal Continuity
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chronological
same moment happens once onscreen time-compressed or real time compressed by ellipsis-material left out in editing process |
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Discontinuity
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360 system
-flashforwards -jump cuts -time expansion/compression |
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1967 breakthrough year
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Graduate
Cool Hand Luke Bonnie and Clyde |
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Classic gangster genre
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1. Rise and fall of gangster
2. No ID with gangster 3. Style-use of cars/ guns/ clothes/ violence urban setting |
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Bonnie and Clyde
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Revised gangster genre
1. Rise and Fall of folk heroes 2. ID with charcs romantic revolution prototype for antiestablishment heroes young attractive funny killers 3. cars/guns/violence used differently |
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Watershed films
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1968-76
questioned social institutions pessismistic view emphasis of violence onscreen loose structures personal films innovative use of sound revisionist genre phase |
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Creative Renaissance
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Film going(young/educated audience
independent films/creative low budgets |
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Impact of Star Wars
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1. Big Budget/big results
2. Special effects 3. Merchandising 4. Rebirth of sci fi 5. Broke Box office records 6. Younger audiences(repeat viewers 7. No big stars-movie made them stars 8. Great american blockbuster 9. Out of culture myth narrative |
