2nd semester terminologies

Question 1

What is photogenie?

Answer 1

The intense feeling of revelation caused by film. (haikyuu/ mha lol)

Question 2

What is tilt?

Answer 2

The movement of a camera around a fixed horizontal axis. used to create a mood and emphasize depth.

Question 3

What is a steadicam shot?

Answer 3

A type of camera movement that uses a specialized stabilizing system to capture smooth, flowing footage

Question 4

What is a cut?

Answer 4

An instantaneous, blunt switch from one picture to another. it is the most basic form of transition from one scene to another in film

Question 5

What is a dissolve in film?

Answer 5

A gradual transition between two shots. The first images fades AT THE SAME time, the second images fades in

Question 6

What is rhythmic editing?

Answer 6

Rhythmic editing in film is the manipulation of shot length and transitions to create pace and flow.

Question 7

What is Elliptical editing

Answer 7

Elliptical editing is the technique of intentionally omitting a scene from a film and letting the audience fill in the narrative

Question 8

What is the 180 degree rule in film making?

Answer 8

The 180 degree rule means that at all times in a scene the characters should always have the same left/right relationship. Think of a semi circle bro

Question 9

What is match on action. Think winter soldier edit

Answer 9

match on action is an editing technique that ensures seamless transitions between shots while maintaining the illusion of continuous action.

Question 10

What is a non-diegetic insert?

Answer 10

This is a series of shots inserted into a scene that does not belong in the story world itself.

Question 11

what is an episodic montage

Answer 11

A film montage of short, self-contained shots

Question 12

What is leitmotif?

Answer 12

This is a recurring theme or motif such as an image, sound, colour, phrase that is used to represent a character, emotion or idea

Question 13

What is fidelity in film?

Answer 13

Refers to the degree to which the film’s sound accurately reflects the source of the sound within the film’s diegetic world.

Question 14

What is coherence in film?

Answer 14

Refers to the logical and consistent relationship between the film’s sound elements and the overall narrative.

Question 15

What is selectivity?

Answer 15

selectivity refers to the purposeful choices made by a filmmaker to shape the audience’s perception of the story and it’s characters.

Question 16

What is synchronous/asynchronous sound?

Answer 16

Synchronous sound: When sounds directly corresponds to what is seen on screen.
(a door slamming and being seen slamming)

Asynchronous sound: When sounds DO not directly correspond to what is seen on screen(voiceover of a character’s inner thoughts)

Question 17

What is sound lag

Answer 17

This is when there’s a delay between what’s happening visually on screen and the corresponding audio.

Question 18

What is a spatial signature ?

Answer 18

This is the unique and recognizable way a film maker uses sound to create and define the space within a film.

Question 19

What is sweetening?

Answer 19

This refers to the process of enhancing the audio using techniques

Question 20

What are radio mikes?

Answer 20

These are small portable microphones that transmit audio signals wirelessly

Question 21

What is socialist realism and what does it have to do with film?

Answer 21

This was a style of art developed in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. It aimed to promote and glorify the working class and the socialist system.

Question 22

What is femme fatale?

Answer 22

This is a stock character in film. Typically depicted as a seductive, mysterious woman who uses her charm to manipulate and destroy men.

Question 23

What is french impressionism?

Answer 23

It was a film movement from France that aimed to project objective realism, conveying the inner world of characters. They sought to depict emotions, dreams and subjective experiences on screen.

Question 24

What is a tracking shot?

Answer 24

A tracking shot is when the camera moves smoothly alongside or around the subject being filmed.

Question 25

What is a crane shot?

Answer 25

A crane shot is filmmaking is a shot taken by a camera mounted on a moving crane. It allows for a wide range of camera movements.

Question 26

What is a zoom/dolly zoom?

Answer 26

A zoom shot involves adjusting the focal length of the camera lens to magnify or demagnify the subject. The camera remains stationary but the lens zooms in. A dolly zoom involves zooming the lens and moving the camera on a dolly towards or away from the subject.

Question 27

What is a fade in/out

Answer 27

Fade in: the image gradually darkens until the screen is completely dark. Fade out: the image gradually appears from black slowly becoming fully visible.

Question 28

What is a wipe?

Answer 28

A wipe is a transition where on shot replaces another by moving across the screen in a particular direction or shape.

Question 29

What is analytical editing

Answer 29

It is a techniques used to break down a scene into smaller, more focused shots. It breaks down a scene in ways the director wants to enhance clarity, impact and visual interest.

Question 30

What is overlapping editing?

Answer 30

This is a technique where the same action is shown from multiple angles, with some portion of the action repeated in successive shots. This can heighten tension and emphasize the importance of an action.

Question 31

What is the 30 degree rule?

Answer 31

The 30 degree rule is a guideline for editing that states the camera should move at least 30 degrees relative to the subject between successive shots.

Question 32

What is a shot/reverse shot?

Answer 32

A shot: The camera focuses on one character shows them speaking to someone off-screen. A reverse shot is when the camera cuts to the other character who is now on-screen, looking back at the first character.

Question 33

What is cross cutting?

Answer 33

This is an editing technique where the narrative switched back and forth between two or more different scenes, often implying the actions are happening simultaneously.

Question 34

What is a descriptive montage?

Answer 34

This is a technique that uses a ****

Question 35

What is pitch in film?

Answer 35

This is a concise verbal/ visual presentation of an idea for a film or TV series.

Question 36

What is a foley in film?

Answer 36

This refers to the process of creating and recording sound effects in synchronization with a picture.

Question 37

internal/external diegetic

Answer 37

External diegetic sound: sounds that originate from within the film world and can be heard by characters in the film (footsteps/dialogue) Internal diegetic sound: Sounds that originate from a character's mind and are only audible to that character(voiceover)

Question 38

What is parrallellism?

Answer 38

This means establishing a clear connection or comparison between two or more distinct elements within the narrative.

Question 39

What are the 6 conventions of sound in classic hollywood cinema?

Answer 39

Selectivity- only diegetically relevant sounds heard Heirachy- Dialogue being valued over music/ effect Intelligibility-l elements of sound are clear and coherent Invisibility- When objects creating said sound cannot be seen Seamlessness- no abrupt changes in volume or soundtrack

Question 40

What are the 4 levels of mediation

Answer 40

PREH Playback Recording Editing Hearing

Question 41

Robert Altman did what?

Answer 41

Use lavalier mics, which are radiomikes and used multitrack recording and listening. (Nashville)

Question 42

Walter murch?

Answer 42

Coined term coined designer and produced first 3d soundscape (The godfather)

Question 42

Hollywood cinema used what steresos?

Answer 42

Before Dolby, they used a Magnetic stereo After, dolby stereo was used. It created apocalypse now and star wars.

Question 42

Battleship Potemkin

Answer 42

USSR movie, utilizes soviet montage, Seirgei Eisenstein 1925

Question 43

Central Tenets of Soviet Montage

Answer 43

Meaning is constructed not just shown Montage should dissect and analyze physical reality poetically through a strategy of fragmentizing and reassembly of images The function of the the artist is to tear down and resconstruct the audience's perception of the world.

Question 44

Sergei Eisenstein??

Answer 44

MONTAGE- fully committed to the aesthetic of conflict through editing. —intellectual montage: a collision-focused form of editing based on idea that the aesthetic and thematic contrast between two shots could create a new meaning. —informed by both Kuleshov's experiments and Marxist theory. Key Strategies of Intellectual Montage: a. provide a series of shocks, collisions, or conflicts through editing.

Question 45

Realism focused film makers?

Answer 45

Siegfried Kracauer(german/marxist) and André Bazin(french)

Question 46

Influences on film noir

Answer 46

WWII and post-war disillusionment Postwar cinematic realism-Italian neorealism The German Expatriates Hard-Boiled Tradition

Question 47

key narrative elements of film noir

Answer 47

Doomed male protagonist