Chapter 1 Flashcards
(17 cards)
Form
The overall patterning of the film. Can be divided into 4 parts: mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, and sound.
Style
Film’s use of cinematic techniques.
Process of production
- Scriptwriting and funding.
- Preparation for filming.
- Shooting.
- Assembly.
A movie typically goes through 3 phases:
Production, distribution, exhibition.
Preproduction
Also known as the preparation phase of production.
Postproduction
Also known as the assembly phase of production.
What is the difference between small-scale and large-scale production?
Large-scale production will have many people working together on the film whereas producing a small-scale film usually implies that one person is assuming many roles.
What forms the core of economic power in the commercial film industry?
Distribution companies.
Theatrical exhibition involves
screening to a public that pay admission.
Distributors carefully plan the timing of their video releases according to
windows of scheduling.
Taking movies beyond the theatre.
Ancillary markets.
The most important theatrical alternative to commercial movie houses has become
the film festival.
These can offer an outlet for films that might never be picked up for release beyond their country of origin.
Festivals.
Cinema was almost entirely a photochemical medium until
the 2000s.
Physically, a photographically based film is
a a ribbon of still images, each one slightly different from its mates.
In filming, the most common shooting rate is
24 frames per second (FPS).
Instead of a strip of film whizzing through a gates behind the lens, the digital camera has
fixed sensors.
