Chapter 10 Flashcards
(24 cards)
Literally, “writing with light.” Technically, the recording of static images through a chemical interaction caused by light rays striking a sensitized surface
photography
Literally, “dark chamber.” A box (or a room where a viewer stands), in which light entering (originally through a tiny hole, later through a lens) on one side of it projects an image from the outside onto the opposite side or wall
camera obscura
When referring to shooting on film stock, a negative photographic image on transparent material that makes possible the reproduction of the image
negative
The use of a series of still photographs to record the phases of an action.
series photography
Also known as chronophotographic gun. A cylinder-shaped camera that creates exposures automatically, at short intervals, on different segments of a revolving plate.
revolver photographique
A device predating motion pictures that projected still images painted or printed on transparent plates
magic lantern
An early device for exhibiting moving pictures—a revolving disk with photographs arranged around the center.
zoopraxiscope
A form of the chronophotographic gun—a single, portable camera capable of taking twelve continuous images.
fusil photographique
The first motion-picture camera.
Kinetograph
A peephole viewer, an early motion-picture device.
Kinetoscope
The first movie studio—a relatively small shack in which Thomas Edison and his staff began making movies. The Black Maria had a retractable roof and was built on a large turntable that allowed it to be turned to face the sun
Black Maria
All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
The joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Today’s movies represent not the work of a single artist, but a collaboration between a group of creative contributors. In this collaboration, the director’s role is basically that of
Coordinating lead artist
Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations
What is formal analysis?
An analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed.
Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meanings. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems
This test is an evaluative tool that qualifies films as woman-friendly only if they have at least two women characters who talk to each other about something besides a man.
The Bechdel Test
Each image in every motion picture draws upon basic compositional principles developed by two-dimensional art forms (photography, painting, drawing, etc.) but are constructed from many individual shots that allow visual elements to rearrange themselves and the viewer’s perspective itself to shift within any composition.
True
What does a fade-out/fade-in usually convey when used in a narrative film?
A passage of time in between scenes.
non-interactive movie-like scenes in video games are known as…
cut scenes
which of the following characterizes a virtual reality experience as being distinct from a movie experience?
an experience requiring wearing a special headset.
in what way is the latest wave of star wars films decidedly forward looking?
the multiethnic nature of the cast
steven soderbergh’s, the limey (1999) is a prime example of cinematic invisibility in hollywood.
False
