music in film #1

Question 1

In the late __________ century, technology paved a new type of _____________________

Answer 1

1. nineteenth 2. art-work moving pictures

Question 2

Once they moved,_____________________ . then: the visual arts crossed into the realm of___________- enabling: _________________________________

Answer 2

-they occupied time - temporal arts -creative artist to combine visual images with drama and music.

Question 3

Elements of drama

Answer 3

plot, character, setting, theme, mood.

Question 4

PLOT

Answer 4

Structure of a story.

Provides the basic framework for the drama and the temporal unfolding of the artwork.

Question 5

There are two basic plot structures:

Answer 5

casual and episodic

Question 6

The causal plot contains four principal sections:

Answer 6

exposition, complications, climax, resolution

Question 7

CHARACTER

Answer 7

Is someone in the story. The main one is the protagonist, and its adversary is the antagonist.

Question 8

The characters need to appeal to an audience through:

Answer 8

their psycological makeup, the conflicts they endure and the changes they undergo.

Question 9

SETTING

Answer 9

the location and time frame in which a story takes place.

Question 10

A movie set in a defined historical era is often referred as:

Answer 10

period film.

Question 11

THEME

Answer 11

central idea underlying a given story.

Question 12

MOOD

Answer 12

Sets the tone of the movie. Can be funny, sad, whimsical, profound, optimistic, dark, etc.

Question 13

The creation of a film occurs in three stages:

Answer 13

preproduction, production and post-production

Question 14

preproduction:

Answer 14

is largely controlled by the producer: planning and preparation of the film. May take several years.

Question 15

Production:

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is in hands of the director, who oversees the activities of the production crew and actors- cinematography and point of view.

Question 16

Postproduction:

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Editing.

Question 17

Cinematography:

Answer 17

cinematographers take moving pictures. The visual element of the film which is mise-en-scene.

Question 18

Film has a lot in common with

Answer 18

photography and painting.

Question 19

Visual element in film. What does it mean.

Answer 19

Mise-en-scene. The term encompasses: lighting, costumes, décor; the relationship of these elements to each other and how they are photographed. They are important to the psychological impact on the viewer and can play a critical role in the presentation of the plot, development of the characters and the perception the the theme.

Question 20

ELEMENTS OF FILM

Answer 20

Creation of a film, cinematography, point of view, editing

Question 21

Point of View:

Answer 21

Refers to the perspective of the camera eye. Usually, a narrative film is shot form what is termed the omniscient POV. It is set at a distance form the action, the camera moves at the will of the director. Through this relatively objective POV, we are allowed to see the action as an observer and hence often know more about a situation.

Question 22

the cinematographer may let us see through the eyes of one of the character and it is called:

Answer 22

a subjective POV.

Question 23

Editing: what is a shot and a cut?

Answer 23

The shots creating during production are joined together. A shot is the length of film from when the camera begins rolling until it stops, and the precise moment when one shot ends, and another begins is called a cut.

Question 24

Editing technique includes: ________ y __________ look out for their definitions. What are these techniques?

Answer 24

Crosscutting: interweaving bits of two or more separate scenes. Montage:selecting, editing, and piecing together separate sections of film to form a continuous whole.

Question 25

Elements of Music

Answer 25

Melody, Rhythm, harmony, timbre, texture

Question 26

Melody

Answer 26

Can be defined or understood as unit of pitches sounded in succession. The tune or part that we usually sing.
Portraits emotions that moves between adjacent tones from one pitch to the next and is narrow in range.

Question 27

Rhythm

Answer 27

The ways in which music is organized into distinct time units.
They are organized into repeated groups (measures) of strong and weak pulses. The number of beats per measure determines the rhythm. Triple or duple rhythms?

Question 28

Texture

Answer 28

The way in which different musical parts fit together is called texture. There are five different characteristics that helps us determine the kind of texture:
Monophony, Polyphony, Homophony, Heterophony, Biphony.

Question 29

Monophony:

Answer 29

single musical line without accompaniment.

Question 30

Polyphony:

Answer 30

several independent lines sounding simultaneously.

Question 31

Homophony:

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melody plus chordal accompaniment.

Question 32

Heterophony:

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single basic melody is performed slightly differently by two or more performers.

Question 33

Biphony:

Answer 33

two separate lines consisting of a melody plus a drone.