Film - Exam 1

Front 1

formalism

Back 1

stylistically flamboyant; moving cameras/lights; beauty is in focus; distorts surface reality; often referred to as "expressionists"

Front 2

realism

Back 2

surface reality with a minimum distortion; un-manipulated; concerned with content rather than form

Front 3

high angle shot

Back 3

reduces height of the subject matter; makes the subject look smaller; diminished strength of subject

Front 4

birds eye view angle

Back 4

straight up; viewers are given a godlike feel; viewers feel superior; disorienting since we don't see the world this way

Front 5

low angle

Back 5

makes the subject taller; used in horror films to communicate a feeling of unease & confusion; motion is sped up; importance of subject is heightened; viewer feels insecure since the subject matter looms over us

Front 6

medium shot

Back 6

knees or waist up; used for love scenes

Front 7

long shot

Back 7

shows lesser locale than extreme

Front 8

close up shot

Back 8

shows very little locale; shoes human face; magnifies significance of subject

Front 9

extreme close up shot

Back 9

no locale; eyes are shown; very dramatic

Front 10

deep-focus shot

Back 10

makes several things (in depth) in focus at once

Front 11

eye level angle

Back 11

least disorienting angle because we see the world this way;

Front 12

extreme long shot

Back 12

shows a looooot of locale; subject matter is far away; also called an "establishing shot"

Front 13

auteur

Back 13

a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.

Front 14

long lens

Back 14

lens that gets you a close up (by zooming) on something far away; depth is not shown

Front 15

wide angle lens

Back 15

lens that gets more area in scene; short lens

Front 16

oblique angle

Back 16

camera is tilted; makes diagonals with skewed horizons; for fight scenes; very powerful

Front 17

hi contrast

Back 17

harsh shafts of light

Front 18

high key

Back 18

general illuminiation; bright/even illumination; few shadows

Front 19

low key

Back 19

diffused shadows; atmostpheric pools of light

Front 20

intrinsic interest

Back 20

audience knows through context that an object is more important dramatically than physically; ex: man holding a gun in darkness is more dramatic than a well-lit woman next to him

Front 21

dominant contrast

Back 21

area that immediatley catches our attentions

Front 22

subsidiary contrasts

Back 22

eye starts to wander around

Front 23

isolated figures

Back 23

since balance can be boring, we move the subject around away from the center of scene and it still attracts attention;

Front 24

closed-form

Back 24

visual style of self-consciousness; harmonious compositions; prettifys

Front 25

open-form

Back 25

haphazard; raw; realistic filmmakers

Front 26

know the "proxemic patterns"

Back 26

1. intimate: skin contact
2. personal: 18 inches to 4 ft [sitting w/ next to a tv]
3. social: 4-12 ft [restraunt]
4. public: 12-25 ft [business relationship]

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rack focusing or selective focusing

Back 27

focus shift from one person to another

Front 28

mis en scene

Back 28

where everything is placed in a scene/area