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ensemble cast
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No star personality; group of performers, cheaper to hire
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keystone editing
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creating jerky, unreal quality to films by removing pieces
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farce
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characters are not identifiable; no close ups
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comic surrealism
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a heightened sense of illogical logic, two forms; familiar object in an unfamiliar setting, the familiar distorted
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walking 180
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a trick where one pretends to slip on a banana peel and fall backward onto their face
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auteur
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a sole artist of own movies
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scale
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alternating between bravura and quiet
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pathos
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we deliberately have feelings for comic characters
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tone
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the way the creator of a film shows how they feel about a character
Cool- we feel superior Warm- we see realistic characters |
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exhibition
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methods of film deliver, ex: theaters
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block booking
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giving feature films to small theaters with the condition that they will also carry b list movies from the same company
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blind bidding
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bidding and buying films that haven’t been made yet
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vita phone
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first sound track Company
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sweat box
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box put around camera to muffle cameras sound so it wouldn’t be picked up by the microphones
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micky mousing
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place a sound with something that looks logical
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cutting to the sound track
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- sound track dictate pace
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sound extension
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using sound to replace something visual
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sound amplification
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using larger than life sounds
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sound transference
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pairing an action with a sound that cannot be logical
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sound enhancement
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takes away violence in stooges
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literal gags
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gags where people take words literally
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motif
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use of sound that takes on a mood
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audio metaphor
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use of sound that takes on a symbolic meaning
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foley artis
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specializes in sound
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screwball comedy
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situational not gag related
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comedy contrast
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characters come together that don’t belong together
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subtext
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hidden meaning in words
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issue
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when you break emotion into physical movement
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double bill
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2 movies for one price
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A Film
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big budget, prestigious, concerned with profits and getting awards
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B Film
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no time to make (10-15 days) major stars on their way up or old stars on their way down
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Star Personality
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actor who plays one character very well, with variation
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Technical Actor
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acting by a technical process, create character from outside in
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Method Actor
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create the characters emotional identity first
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Character Actor
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supporting player who plays the same part over and over again
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Exploitative
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sensational subjects/ideas; done by independent producers
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Independent
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tries to make a statement
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Flooding Markets
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get market saturated to make quick profit
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Serial
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same plot and characters. Formulaic
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Reserve Clause
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contract with a performer that assigns an actor for 7 years, at the end of the 6th year the studio can enact the reserve clause to renew the contract for another 7 years
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Film Noir
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has visual style, mood, and thematic content that expose the dark side of culture
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Antihero
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a man, usually; moral ambiguity, doomed from the start
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Existentialism
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vision that the world is without a moral center (god)
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Consonance
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- major keys, upbeat
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Dissonance
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sharpness, keys/chords don’t match, dark
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dynamics
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uses differences between loud and soft with jump cuts to startle us
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framing device
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we start and end at the same place
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