Mise en Scene and Films Flashcards

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A production term referring to planning/coordinating actors’ movements with lines of dialogue.

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Blocking

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A system of constructing and arranging buildings and objects on the set so that they diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background, which creates the illusion of greater depth.

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Forced Perspective

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Images that originate from computer graphics technology, rather than photography to create settings.

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Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI)

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Projecting a series of frames of film with the same image which appears to stop the actions. The slowness of movements, followed by a stop of actions renders the scene ambiguous (open to interpretation or have a double meaning).

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Freeze Frame

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The practice of repeatedly casting actors in similar or the same kind of roles across different films.

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Typecasting

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A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky, which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory. Achieved by immersing themselves in the character’s feelings through connecting their own experiences to realize the performance.

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Method Acting

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Actors whose careers rest on playing minor or secondary quirky characters rather than leading roles.

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Character Actors

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Uncredited actors, usually hired to appear anonymously in crowd scenes.

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Extras

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A short/brief screen appearance by a well-known celebrity, playing him or herself.

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Cameos

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Drawing attention to the process of representation to break/distruct the theatrical illusion to elicit an intellectual response in the audience.

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Brechtian Distanciation

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The arrangement of actors (what the audience can see) on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes, character development, emotional content, and visual motifs.

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Figure Placement and Movement

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Three-dimensional devices that are attached to actors’ faces and/or bodies to change their appearance to enhance film accuracy.

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Prostheses

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An animation technique that uses a computer program to interpolate (insert into something else) frames to produce the effect of an object or creature changing gradually into something different.

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Morphing

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Light emitted from a relatively small source positioned close to the subject. It tends to be unflattering because it creates deep shadows and emphasizes surface imperfections.

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Hard Light

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Light emitted from a larger source that is scattered over a bigger area or reflected off a surface before it strikes the subject. It minimizes facial details, including wrinkles.

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Soft Light

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16
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The process of using sunlight/natural light rather than artificial studio lights when filming.

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Available Light

17
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An efficient system developed for film lighting. In a standard lighting set-up, the key light illuminates the subject, the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light, and the back light separates the subject from the background.

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Three-Point Lighting

18
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Lighting design that provides an even illumination (fill light ratio is lower) of the subject, with many facial details washing out.

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High-Key Lighting

19
Q

Who directed “The Magnificent Seven (1960)”?

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John Sturges

20
Q

Who plays Chris in “The Magnificent Seven (1960)”?

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Yul Brynner

21
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Who plays Van in “The Magnificent Seven (1960)”?

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Steve McQueen

22
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Who directed “The Harder They Fall”?

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Jeymes Samuel

23
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Who plays Rufus Buck in “The Harder They Fall’?

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Idris Elba

24
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Who plays Nat Love in “The Harder They Fall”?

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Jonathan Majors