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3 Definitions of Realism |
- slice of life - chronological - subjective (but not clear point of view) |
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3 Definitions of Formalism |
- style / technique (something unfamiliar / ideas reign) - focus on atmosphere - clear POV |
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Why are there no close ups and other diverse shots in old films (2 answers) |
- sticking true to theatre - filmmakers assumed audiences were not smart enough to follow different film language |
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Explain Edison's Kinetoscope |
- crank a handle and one person looks at the strips of a film (early motion projector) - due to patents it could not be improved |
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What did Auguste and Louis Lumiere create? |
The cinematograph -> it shoots, develops and projects film (the beginning of cinema) |
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What was the first movie (first cinema experience) and who created it? |
- Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat - Auguste and Louis Lumiere |
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What was the first fiction film and who created it? |
- The Cabbage Fairy - Alice Guy-Blache |
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Who was the first female filmmaker? |
Alice Guy-Blache |
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Who wanted to put magic in their movies? What inspired him? |
- George Melies - He filmed a bus and a glitch caused the bus to disappear. This inspired him to put magic in movies |
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What is George Melies' most famous film? Why? |
- A Trip to the Moon - It is widely regarded as the earliest example of the science fiction genre |
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Who was one of the first filmmakers to storyboard? |
George Melies |
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State 4 facts about The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (silent film) |
- An example of German Expressionalism - Acting is expressionistic to convey to the audience - The set shows a warped version of reality - Film is formalistic since it communicates an idea to the audience |
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Who directed The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari? |
Robert Wiene |
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What is A Propos De Nice? Who directed it? |
- A realist film that depicts clips from Nice - Jean Vigo |
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What was D.W. Griffith's cinematic aim? What was it called? |
- Let the audience forget the film's artifice and disappear into the story - Classical Cutting (story and structure take precedence) |
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Who directed The Birth of a Nation and decided to make 3 hour movies (from a time when movies were 1 hour) ? |
D.W. Griffith |
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What style of editing did D.W. Griffith introduce ?? |
Parallel Editing -> shows that two things are happening at the same time |
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Who first started using varying shots? |
D.W. Griffith |
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What 4 things did Griffith invent? |
- Parallel Editing - The Eyeline Match - Matching Action (continuity of movement) - The 180 Degree Rule |
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What is Parellel Editing? Who invented it? |
- Shows that two things are happening at the same time - D.W. Griffith |
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Who said, "Of all the arts, the most important to us is Cinema." Why did he say this? |
- Lenin - Most people were unable to read so cinema was used for propaganda |
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What was the first film school in the world? |
Moscow Film School |
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Montage is French for ... |
Editing, assembling |
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Which nationality did the directors do the editing? |
Soviet |
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Who had the Brick by Brick approach? What is it? |
- V.I. Pudovkin (Soviet) - Each element of editing is a brick, which eventually builds a house (the film) |
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What was Pudovkin's Soviet Montage Theory? (3 answers) |
- Rely on close ups, as it shows what the character is going through. He did not like long shots. - Overlapping Editing (which is when two images overlap to portray dreams or show a connection) - Juxtaposition -> be careful with what you follow your shots with because the audience will infer |
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Kuleshov Effect |
Film an actor with the same reaction, but then cut to something different Man + Baby in Coffin = he is sad Man + Food = he is hungry Man + Girl = he is lustful |
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Who disagreed with Kuleshov and Pudovkin? Why? |
Sergei Eisenstein A + B does not make AB A + B = C He wanted to combine two unrelated images to create a new affect or thought in the viewer's mind |
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Who thought that editing was intellectual, not emotional? Why? |
- Sergei Eisenstein - He wanted people to think about what they saw, not feel it or get lost in it |
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Who loved stories with masses? |
Sergei Eisenstein |
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What movie was the famous Odessa Steps from? Who directed it? |
- Battleship Potemkin - Sergei Eisenstein |
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Who directed Mother? |
Pudovkin |
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Describe Dziga Vertov (7 points) |
- Hint at things and the audience will interpret them - Loved stories that focused on the individual - Go beyond cinema - Record life unaware (a reality provoked by camera) - Wanted the viewer to acknowledge that they are viewing a film - Loved to change pace in a film. He would slow down then speed it up. This was his trademark - Wanted the camera to do what the eye is unable to do |
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Who directed Man with a Movie Camera? What is special about it? |
- Dziga Vertov (he did it all) - Movie shows how cinema is work (meant to support Communism - trying to show that filmmaking is not an elite position) |
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What was the first film with dialogue and started the Talking Picture Revolution? Who directed it? |
- The Jazz Singer - Alan Crosland |
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What nationality continued silent films after the Talking Picture Revolution began? Why? |
- The Soviets - They believed editing was the true art |
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Why did a lot of actors not survive the transition from silent cinema to "Talkies?" (2 answers) |
- Dialogue was an art that many could not master - Many of them had accents |
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Why is California so attractive to film? (2 answers) |
- It is always summer (it is difficult to simulate summer but winter is easy) - Oceans and deserts are nearby |
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Describe Classicism (5 answers) |
- Popular cinema - Tell a story in the best way possible - Get caught up in the characters and their problems ... feel what they feel - Build sets that resemble reality and get them exactly right for the story - May use some realist or formalist elements |
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What does a genre share? (4 answers) |
- Distinctive and recurring themes - Reoccurring characters - Familiar narrative structure - Reoccurring images |
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"Auteur" is French for ... |
Author |
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Who is the director of Casablanca? |
Michael Curtiz |
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What year was Casablanca released? |
1942 |
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From what years was Italian Realism active? |
1944-1952 |
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Who directed Osessione? |
Luchino Visconti |
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Who made Rome, Open City? |
Roberto Rosselini |
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What did Vittorio De Sica direct? |
Bicycle Thieves |
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What movie is about a family who gets lost in the Oregon High Desert, and capture a native in order to find water? Who directed it? |
- Meek's Cutoff - Kelly Reichardt |
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Who directed The Great Train Robbery? |
Edwin S. Porter |
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When was Arrival of a Train at la Ciotat shown? |
1895 |
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What was the first film studio called? |
Black Maria |
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What period saw the rise of better quality mics? |
Postwar |
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When was the introduction of scheonized sound? Also when did the first movie with sound come out? (Both same year) |
1927 (The Jazz singer) |
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Who was Edison's chief inventor? |
W.L.K Dickson |
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Percentage of Americans who went to the movies in the 30s |
65% |
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How many films did Griffith create in 5 years? |
400 |
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When was Mother made? |
1926 |
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When was Battleship Potemkin made? |
1925 |
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When was Bicycle Thieves made? |
1948 |
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Explain the dates that German Expressionism was a thing |
1920 - 1927 |
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Who directed Stagecoach? What year was it released? |
- John Ford - 1939 |
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When was the Great Train Robbery made? |
1903 |
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When was the golden age of cinema? |
1929 - 1945 |
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What is primitive genre? (Survey of cycles) |
This phase experiences a novelty of the form. Many of the conventions of the genre are established in this phase |
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What is an example of a primitive genre film? |
The Great Train Robbery |
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What is a classical genre? (Survey of cycles) |
The genre's values are assured and widely shared by the audience |
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What is a revisionist genre? (Survey of cycles) |
The genre's pre-established conventions used to question or undermine popular beliefs. Expansion the genre's boundaries |
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What is an example of a film from the revisionist genre? |
Meek's cutoff |
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What is the reflexive genre? (Survey of cycles) |
This phase of a genre's development is an outright mockery of its conventions reducing them to cliches and presenting them in a comic matter |
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When was Griffith born? |
1873 |
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Which Italian dictator said, "Cinema is the most powerful weapon" ?? |
Mussolini |
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Which filmmaker made a film that was banned in France because he made white people look like savages |
Ousmane Sembene |
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Who made Black Girl? What movie inspired him? |
- Ousmane Sembene - Bicycle Thieves |
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Who directed Lagaan and what country is it from? What is it about? |
- Ashutosh Gowariker - India - A British colonial and a rebellious farmer play cricket |
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What did Satyajik direct? What nationality? What obstacle did he overcome? |
- Pather Panchali / The World of Apu - India - Wanted to make a realist film (inspired by Bicycle Thieves) but everyone denied him because Bollywood was full of flashy dance numbers |
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Who directed Garden of Earthly Delights. What type of film was it? What was done to make it? |
- Stan Brakhage - Experimental - Glued flowers onto film and had it scanned on a projector |
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Who directed Rhytmus 21? What is it? |
- Hans Richter - A bunch of moving blocks ... Richter wanted to experiment with how movement affects the eye |
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Which two people directed Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog)? What is famous from it? |
- Luis Bunuel - Salvador Dali
- Uses a razor to split an eye |
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Who created the experimental film Meshes of the Afternoon? |
Maya Deren |
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Who directed the Cremaster Cycle? |
Matthew Barney |
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Who directed Breathless? |
Jean-Luc Godard |
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Who studied anthropology but decided to go watch films instead of study? |
Jean-Luc Godard |
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What is Jean-Luc Godard's trademark? |
Jump-Cuts |
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By 1968 - what were Jean-Luc Godard's films? |
They focused on Chinese communism (Mao) and criticized Capitalism |
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What does the French New Wave represent? |
What happens around us |
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What is the Cahiers du Cinema? |
One of the most popular film magazines of all time from France |
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What country has the largest film industry in the world? |
India |
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During the French New Wave, what was happening in Hollywood? |
The Golden Age |
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What was Truffaut's argument about the two types of directors? |
- Auteur (film directors = authors / film = language / you know who made the film) - Metteurs-en-scene (personality is not evident) |
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Truffaut would meet with famous filmmakers and ask them this... |
"Is cinema more important than life?" |
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What were the French New Wave's inventions in cinema? |
- Hand-held Camera - Synchronous Sound - Faster Film Stock for Outside Shooting |
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What are some traits of the New Wave? (6) |
- Hand-held Camera & Tracking Shots - Fluid Camera Movement - Jump Cuts - Emphasis on sound - Acting that borders on improvisational - Shoot Location |
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Who is the only New Wave director who had a career before and after? |
Agnes Varda |
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What was Agnes Varda's first movie? |
La Pointe Courte |
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Who directed Cleo from 5 to 7? |
Agnes Varda |
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Who has always been called "The Grandma of French New Wave"? |
Agnes Varda |
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What is the New Wave inspired by? |
Italian Realism |
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What movement inspired film as a theory? |
New Wave |
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Which movement invented "auteur" as a concept ?? |
New Wave |
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Which nationality initially only filmed stage plays? |
Japan |
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What was the first Japanese narrative film? What was it? |
- Momijigari - A demon disguised as a Geisha that wants to fight the samurai |
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Which director invented perspective with which movie? |
- Kurosawa - Rashoman |
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Which film has no resolution, and causes the audience to wonder, "who did it??" |
Rashomon |
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What did Yasujiro Ozu direct? |
Tokyo Story |
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What Japanese director would break the fourth wall? |
Ozu |
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What experimental film did Maya Deren direct? |
Meshes of the Afternoon |
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Why are Iranian films so deep with its meaning? |
Every film has to pass heavy censorship. Therefore it has to find ways of speaking without dialogue |
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What was the first Iranian film? |
Abi and Rabi |
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What was Iran's first film school? |
Tehran film school |
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Who directed Abi and Rabi? |
Ovan Ohani |
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What Iranian movie is lost, but the only description available is, "One tall man and one short man are friends?" |
Abi and Rabi |
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How would you describe the Iranian New Wave? |
- Political - Artistic - Super slow |
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Film begins with Griffith and ends with... What did he make? |
- Abbas Kiarostami - Where is the Friend's Home? ... a movie about children for adults |
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What did Shirin Neshat direct? |
Women without Men |
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Who directed Taxi? |
Jafar Panahi |
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Who made a movie about gender politics and upset the government? He was put under house arrest, not allowed to make films, but made a movie called, "This is not a Film." |
Jafar Panahi |
