Cinema Flashcards
(126 cards)
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Cinema
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Comes from Greek work kenesis meaning movement
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Cinematic language
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To film what grammar is to writing/ comes with its own terminology to words
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Shots
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An uninterrupted run of the camera
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Fade in/fade out
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Technique used for the passage of time/ screen fades to black or solid color wash
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Protagonist
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- “The character that wins” even tho they don’t always win
- The character who changes the most/has the most things happen to them
- The main character
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Implicit meaning
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Underlying meaning
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Explicit meaning
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Surface meaning
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Formal analysis
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-A study of the formal elements of film
-elements of form
I.e.
Cinematography, acting, sounds
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Theme
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Underlying message or idea
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Motif
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The recurring symbol that underscores the meaning
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Duration
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The length of a shot
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POV
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The position from which a film represents the actions of the story
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Form
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How that subject is expressed
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Content
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Subject
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How do Form and content relate to each other?
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They work together to give the viewer context
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Fundamentals of film form
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- Dependent on light
- Provides an illusion of movement
- Manipulates space and time
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Phi phenomenon
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Illusion of movement created by events that succeed each other
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Critical flicker fusion
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2 lights switch on and off until they become one light
Flicked effect
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Persistence of vision
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Our brains hang on to a vision a moment longer than what’s actually there
Works together with the phi phenomenon and critical flicker fusion
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Mediation
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Transfer o information from one place to the next
Transferring of information
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Scene
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Shot: uninterrupted run of the camera ➡️ put together in a sequence ➡️ put together to form a scene
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Sequence
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Uninterrupted run of the camera put together to form a scene
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Freeze frame
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The same frame repeated over and over at 24 fps
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Realism
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Real to life
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Antirealism
An interest of concern for the abstract or extraordinary
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Verisimilitude
The movies world vision seems realistic as if it was really there
- it follows its rules and is believable
Ex. In avatar the blue people can't stop and wat cheeze it's and drink a 7 up
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Mac guffin
Coined by Alfred Hitchcock
Plot device that is usually something that's very important to the character in the beginning and has no value in te end
Ex. In phyco (bates motel) the suitcase is important in the beginning but means nothing in the end
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What differentiates narratives from documentaries and experimental films?
Narratives are broken into genres
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Narrative
They tell a story
Directed towards fiction
Sci-fi, rom-com, action/adventure, musical, comedy, etc
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Documentary
Films that record real life in creative ways
| The creative treatment of actuality- John grierson
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Factual documentary
Present real people, real places without undoley influencing the audience
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Instructional documentary
How to
| Youtube
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Persuasive documentary
Usually address social injustice of cause
Subjective
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Propaganda documentary
Deals with politics or very big companies
Triumph of the will
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Direct cinema
The subject addresses the camera directly in order to tell the story
Speak truthful this about themselves
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Avant-garde
French word that means advanced guard
Techniques that drift down to films
Ie cloverfield
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6 characteristics of experimental films
1. Gangster
2. Film noir
3. Science fiction
4. Horror
5. Western
6. Musical
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Stream of consciousness
Captures the unedited flow of experience through the mind
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A movies narrative?
Fictional or fictionalized events, type of film, how the movie is described to us
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Screenwriter
The people or peoples who write the screenplay
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Screenplay
The story of a movie
| The text of the story of a movie
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Evolution of a screenplay
1. Pitch - the short enticing description of an idea
2. Treatment - a pro's (short story version) of the idea
3. Rough draft/ 1st draft
4. Shoot script - the master script, a reference point for all members of the production unit
5. Story boards - a scene by scene breakdown of the script to give a visual representation; combines sketches/photographs to show how the scene should look
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Elements of a narrative
1. Exposition - all the things that happen before the movie that evolves the plot
2. Inciting moment - the event/situation during the exposition stage of the narrative that sets the rest of the narrative in motion
3. Rising action - bulk of the movie; temporary defeats, mentors, allies, enemies, threshold guardians
4. Climax - point of no return, the turning point
5. Denouement/resolution - the end of the movie, all is resolved, plot line ties up
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Who said a movie needs a beginning middle and end?
Aristotle
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Who said that beginning middle and end don't have to be in order?
John Luc Godard
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Difference between plot and story?
Plot is what he story is surrounded by
| Plot is based off of the story
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Subplot
Shines light on plot, usually not important to movie
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Backstory
The fictional history that is behind the story
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Direct address
The narrator speaks directly to us
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Voice over
The narrator is a voice over an image
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First person narration
The narrator is a character in the movi
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Third person narration
The narrator is a character that doesn't exist in the movie
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Suspense vs surprise
Suspense brings an anxiety of uncertainty
| Surprise ends the suspense
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Scope
The overall range of the story
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Setting
Time and place
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Difference between story plot and screen duration
Story: everything we see/hear/implied meanings
Plot: surrounds the story, the purpose of the story
Duration: the time the movie takes to unfold onscreen
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Familiar image
The image the director has periodically repeating in the film to help stabilize the narrative
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Round character
3d
| Unpredictable, complex, surprising
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Flat character
1d
| Predictable, easily remembered
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Major character
One of the main characters
| Has the most happen to them
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Minor character
Supporting character, fewer traits, may lack definition/screen time
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Marginal character
Lacks definition and screen time
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Mise-en-scene
Look and feel of the movie
| Design + composition
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Design
Process of choosing visual and audio elements for the shots
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Composition
How it's Arranged (where the design elements go)
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Lighting
Movies are dependent on light
| It sets the mood and creates atmosphere for each scene
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Production designer/art director
Oversees all design elements
| One of the first people to work, does pre-production
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HBQ hairstyle
Hollywood beauty queen
| A wig that was used for years in movies
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Soundstage
A place where movies are shot
| A large, windowless, soundproof room
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Lumière Brothers
Non-fiction, realistic
Known for "actualities"
Ie
Coal miners leaving work
Late 1880's , 10 yr span
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George melies
Fiction, non realistic, fantasies
Known for "man on the moon"
Special effects
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Expressionism
A movement that deals with nightmare logic
Diagonals forced perspective
A German movement
Ex. The cabinet of dr. Caligari - Robert wigne 1920
Tim burton
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Framing
What the camera points at
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Kinesis
Reframing: when camera moves
Kinesis: subject in frame moving
Greek, also root word of cinema
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Offscreen
Can't see
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Onscreen
Can see
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Open frame
Wide shot
Character can move more freely
Open spaces
Unlimited movement and space
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Closed frame
Closed in, tight, claustrophobic
| Can be inhibited phycology and physically
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Big 3
Cinematographer
Director
Production designer
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Props
Things that actors can handle ad move around
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Decor
Set scenery
| Sofas lamps chairs
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Cinematography
Writing with movement and light
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Cinematographers job
Determine what is placed in front of the camera and where those things need to go
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Cinematographers title
Director of photography
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Shot
An uninterrupted run f the camera
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Set up
Every time they move the camera for a new shot completely
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Take
Number of times they take a new shot
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Film stock
Color or black an white
Cinematographer in charge of
Speed, gauge = (mm 18, super 8, 16,35,65,70,iMax)
8-18 is ametuer
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Film speed
Cinematographer in charge of
The degree in which the film is light sensitive
The faster the more sensitive to light - grainier
Less sensitive is slower
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Widescreen aspect ratio
Cinematographer in charge of
| 1:33 (width) to 1(height)
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Production values
The overall style of the film
| The amount/quality of both human/physical resources devoted to the film
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Two sources of light
Natural - sunlight
| Artificial- manipulated
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Artificial lights are called
Instruments
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Two kinds of artificial lights are
Flood lights - softer
| Focusable - bright light
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Reflector bird
Used to bounce light
2 sides
Birge/white - dulls or softens light
Metallic - reflects brightens light
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Key light
Controls how the lights look
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3 point light system
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Fill light - softens shadows
Key light - controls how the light is
Back light (edge/rim light)
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Fill light
Softens features
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Aperture
Gate
| Here the light cows in
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Iris
The adjustable diaphragm
| Think of your eye
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Focal length
The distance between the optical center and the lens
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Short focal length lens
Wide angle more depth
| Looks further apart
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Long focal length lens
Telephoto looks closer to camera
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Depth of field
The distance in front of the camera where the objects Are sharp
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Rack focaus
Where you change the point of focus from one subject to another
The switch of focus from blurt to sharp or vise versa
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Extreme long shot
Characters outline is visible
| More surroundings are taped
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Long shot
The characters features are not as visible
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Medium long shot
American log shot
| Subjects filmed from knees up
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Two shot
Two people are in shot
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Medium shot
Filmed from waist up
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Close up
Fined chest up
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Extreme close up
An object is given a lot of detail
| Ex. Filming just a hand or letter or eyes
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High angle shot
When the camera must be look down at something
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Low angle shot
When the camera is looking up at something
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Dutch angle shot
Sideways shot
Oblique
Frame is off balance
Character is in a state of distortion
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Pan shot
Camera moves horizontally
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Tilt shot
Moving/angling camera up an down
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Dolly/traveling shot
Camera is fixed to a vehicle or cart
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Tracking shot
Camera moves on tracks she. Following a subject
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Zoom
Magnifies shot just by the lens of the camera
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Crave sht
Camera is attached to a mechanical arm
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Stedicam
Not a camera
A vest that the camera operator wears with articulated arm
Allows for vibrations to be absorbed while filming with a handled camera
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Omniscient pov
Camera knows all
| Follows everyone
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Single character pov
Camera only follows one character
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Slow mo
More than 24 fps
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Fast mo
Less than 24 fps
