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27 Cards in this Set
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Auteur Theory |
a view that stressed dominance of directors in film art |
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Minesis |
events that tell themselves |
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Diogesis |
events told by the narator |
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Story |
general subject matter |
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Plot |
storyteller's method of superimposing a structured pattern over the story |
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Convention |
following the rules, obeying tradtion |
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Classical Paradigm |
most popular type of story, organize action based on conflict between protagonist who initiates action and antagonist who resists |
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Field's Conceptual Model |
screenplay has 3 acts; setup, confrontation/conflict, resolution |
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Cinema Verite |
truth in cinema |
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Loos Adaptations |
only ideas, situations or characters taken from literary source then developed independently |
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Faithful Adaptations |
attempt to recreate literary source in film terms, keeping close to spirit of original as possible |
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Literal Adaptations |
usually restricted to plays, word for word |
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Figurative Technique |
artistic device that suggests abstract ideas through comparison, either explicit or overt |
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Motif |
technique, object or anything systematically repeated in a movie that doesn't call attention to itself |
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Metaphor |
comparison of some kind that cannot be literally true, symbolic rather than literal |
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Allusion |
implicit reference to well known event or person |
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Allegory |
avoidance of realism |
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Homage |
overt reference to another movie, director or memorable shot |
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Point of View |
generally concerns narration through whose eyes events of the story are viewed |
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Neutral Films |
escapist, light entertainment with emphasis on action, pleasure, entertainment ie. Scary Movie |
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Implicit Films |
conflicting value systems, most fiction films |
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Explicit Films |
aim to persuade ie. JFK |
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Political Ideology |
often present in films - liberal, moderate, or conservative biases |
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Orson Welles (editing) |
"master at using editing to condense time" |
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Orson Welles (sound) |
"almost every visual technique has its audio equivalent, you can dissolve or overlap sound" |
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Gregg Toland |
"greatest cinematographer of his time and filmed Citizen Kane" |
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Orson Welles (shots) |
"first to use the many different types of shots and effects all at once in one film" |
