Exam 2 Key Terms

Question 1

Auteur Theory

Answer 1

theory of filmmaking in which the director is viewed as the major creative force in a motion picture

Question 2

Wendy Carlos

Answer 2

pioneering electronic musician and composer who worked on clockwork orange, the shining, and tron

Question 3

Temp track syndrome

Answer 3

the director likes the temp track so much that the original score cannot compete

Question 4

Also Sprach Zarathustra

Answer 4

tone poem based on a novel used as part of “Earthrise” scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey

Question 5

Alex North

Answer 5

original composer for 2001: A Space Odyssey, who’s music was never used

Question 6

Richard Strauss

Answer 6

creator of Also Sprach Zarathustra

Question 7

Gyorgi Ligeti

Answer 7

composer who’s work “Kyrie” was used by Kubrick

Question 8

Micropolyphony

Answer 8

notes moving close together creating a cluster of sound

Question 9

Johann Strauss

Answer 9

composer of Blue Danube Waltz used in shuttle docking scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey

Question 10

The New Hollywood

Answer 10

The industrial re-organization of the industry into large, multinational entertainment conglomerates, leading to a marked shift towards “high concept” filmmaking.

Question 11

High concept film

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Blockbusters, films with simple premises and easy to market, franchisable

Question 12

Cross-marketing

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ancillary products to the film

Question 13

Music supervisor

Answer 13

Responsible for identifying and licensing appropriate popular music recordings; eventually also responsible for the overall musical content of a film or TV series

Question 14

Sound designer

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responsible for imagining and coordinating the production of the sound track (speech and SFX) as a whole

Question 15

John Williams

Answer 15

the A-List composer in Hollywood, composer of Star Wars

Question 16

Cyberpunk

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subgenre of science fiction that blends high tech with working class culture, a response to the information age

Question 17

The information age

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era in which information is infinitely accessible and increasingly unstable, information can be manipulated

Question 18

Vangelis

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greek composer of Blade Runner

Question 19

Ridley Scott

Answer 19

director of Blade Runner

Question 20

Ambient sound

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background noise that helps to define setting, mood, and location

Question 21

Ambient music

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Gentle, largely electronic music with no persistent beat; often used to create or enhance mood or atmosphere

Question 22

Genre mixing

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when a film mixed different categories of artistic composition

Question 23

Jerry Goldsmith

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composer of Alien 1979

Question 24

Michael Abels

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composer of Nope (2022)

Question 25

Prince

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musician who created the pop score for Batman 1989

Question 26

DAWs

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tool that allowed for greater control over individual mix recordings

Question 27

Danny Elfman

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composer of Batman 1989

Question 28

Tim Burton

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Director of Batman 1989

Question 29

Types of film humor

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parody, irony, hyperbole, amusing surprise

Question 30

Mel Brooks

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Director, Writer, and Actor who created Spaceballs 1987

Question 31

Douglass Adams

Answer 31

writer of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for BBC and then eventually the film

Question 32

BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Answer 32

influential workshop in the worlds of electronic music and SFX

Question 33

Incongruency Theory

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added value achieved through mismatch or comedic juxtaposition

Question 34

TV I

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era of TV that relied heavily on traditional hollywood film conventions

Question 35

TV II

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era of TV that employed modern (avant garde) and postmodern approaches

Question 36

Modernism

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a movement in the arts that aims to break with classical and traditional forms

Question 37

Mark Snow

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composer of the X-Files

Question 38

Minimalism

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A style of composition characterized by an intentionally simplified rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic vocabulary.

Question 39

Postmodernism

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a movement in the arts that challenges modernism by foregrounding relativism, consumerism, and anti-foundationalism.

Question 40

Charlie Brooker

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co creator and co showrunner of Black Mirror

Question 41

Minimoog

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the first portable and affordable synth

Question 42

Dolby Atmos

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object based surround sound with 64 speakers

Question 43

Retrofuturism

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the use of a style or aesthetic considered futuristic in an earlier area

Question 44

Michael Giacchino

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Composer of Star Trek 2009

Question 45

Ludwig Gorransson

Answer 45

Composer of Black Panther

Question 46

film noir

Answer 46

Stylish Hollywood crime dramas, cynical and often sexualized (a period in Hollywood that lasted between the 1920s and 1950s).

Question 47

Orientalism

Answer 47

the imitation of aspects of the global East within art or literature.