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28 Cards in this Set
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Shoot the Piano Player
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Francois Truffaut 1960
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Psycho
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Alfred Hitchcock 1960
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The Graduate
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Mike Nichols 1967
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Taxi Driver
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Martin Scorsese 1976
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Michel Gondry 2004
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What is the Cahiers du cinema?
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A journal, founded by Andre Bazin, that many French New Wave directors wrote film criticism for.
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What are the 9 characteristics of French New Wave style, narrative, and tone?
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1. uses documentary techniques
2. long takes 3. disjunctive editing 4. improvised acting 5. playfulness 6. intertextual references 7. startling changes in tone 8. loose and ambiguous narratives 9. trick effects |
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What are the five documentary techniques?
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1. hand-held camera
2. shooting on location 3. using available light 4. direct sound recording 5. use of zoom lens |
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What are the ways in which French New Wave style differs from CHC?
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1. Character centered
a. not goal oriented b. not plot driven 2. Lacks strong cause/effect relationship a. film is unified by a theme 3. Lacks motivation a. incidental characters 4. No resolution |
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What are Hitchcock's two characteristic themes?
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1. Thin line between normal and abnormal
2. Voyeurism - Hitchcock exploits similarity between film watching and voyeurism |
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What are Hitchcock's 4 signature elements of style?
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1. Careful shot composition and camera placement
2. subjective shots (POV) 3. Visual correlatives- objects with a charged meaning 4. Alternating between long takes and editing |
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What is New Hollywood?
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Late 1960s and 1970s, Directors are schooled in filmmaking and have extensive knowledge of both Hollywood and European styles.
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Who are revisionist filmmakers and what the 5 characteristics of their films?
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Scorsese, Coppola, Kubrick.
1. emphasis on character study 2. shifts in tone (humor/drama) 3. foregrounding of style/narrative strategies 4. departure from CHC style (invisible) and narrative 5. self-conciously revising how films work/relate to society |
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Who are revivalist directors and what are some of the characteristics of their films?
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Spielberg, Lucas. Revitalize CHC with better special effects and techniques, leads to high concept films
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What are the 5 key characteristics of High Concept films?
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1. easily understood
2. simple characters 3. easy to market 4. big name actors usually 5. offer tie-ins and ancillary products (toys, happy meals etc) |
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What 6 characteristics are associated with Scorsese's films?
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1. highly mobile camera
2. cutting on camera movement 3. borrowing techniques from FNW 4. discontinuous editing (double action) 5. alternating documentary look with highly stylized look 6. method acting and improv |
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What is self reflexivity?
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When a film refers to film making process or film watching
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What is intertextuality?
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Referring to another film in a movie.
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What are the four CHC characteristics?
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1. character centered/goal oriented
2. cause and effect 3. highly motivated 4. resolution/closure |
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What are the four characteristics of intensified continuity?
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1. more rapid editing (shorter ASL)
2. bipolar extremes of lens lengths 3. more close framing in dialogue 4. a free-ranging camera |
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What is the difference between independent and dependent camera movement
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Dependent moves with the action or character while independent may move away from what we think we should be watching.
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What is a prime lens?
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A lens that has a fixed focal length.
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What is the depth of field?
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The distance in front of a camera in which objects are in sharp focus.
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What is an ellipsis?
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An omission of time that seperates one shot from another to create comedic or dramatic impact.
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What is a jump cut?
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An elliptical cut that has an insufficient chang in camera angle, distance.
a. the position of figure seems to change while background remains constant b. the background changes while the figures remain constant |
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What are the three characteristics of disjunctive editing?
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1. elliptical editing
2. jump cuts 3. double action |
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What is the difference between linear and non-linear editing?
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Linear editing uses tape and shots are recorded in a linear order, editing require cutting of another scene.Non-linear is film and digital editing and allows shots to be edited without losing another shot.
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run lola run
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tom tykwer 1998
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