Film Flashcards

(42 cards)

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Capitalism

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A country’s industry is controlled by private owners for profit

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Social Reproduction

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tension between society’s logic of accumulation and the well-being of the survival and people on the other side

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Neo-Realism

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a movement in Italian film that depicts lover class life

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Male Gaze

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The perspective of a heterosexual man is seen through scenes with the woman in a suggestive shot

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Magic Realism

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Surreal or dreamy elements is combined with realistic and narrative techniques

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Soviet Montage

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the cuts between scenes that are intentional and there is no effort to conceal the cuts

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Deep Focus

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a camera technique that makes all the elements of an image full focus

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Documentary

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a film created through official pieces of written, printed sources

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Voice Over

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A narration over a movie, usually nondigetic

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Genre

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an organized film based on repetitive criteria like setting, theme, and plot

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Graphic Matching

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Is a scene transition that uses similar visual elements like shapes and color

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Cut

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A sudden transition to one scene or shot

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Continuity Editing

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Combines different camera shots to create a seamless narrative

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Digetic Sound

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The sound that comes from the film’s world

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Non-Digetic

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The Sound only heard by the audience

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Motivated Camera Movement

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when the action of the actor is followed

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Unmotivated Camera Movement

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When the movement of the camera is not specifically following an action on screen

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Camera Movement

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Moving the camera to change the frame or perspective

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Montage

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A condensed sequence of events that spans action and time

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Shot

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A series of frames, an uninterrupted run of the camera

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Camera Distance

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How far the camera is

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Camera Angle

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The position of the camera

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Neo-Liberalism

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Favors a free-market capital and reduction in government spending

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Colonialism

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The Party or practice of gaining full political control over another country

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Fascism
A long period of military dictatorship
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Rules Of The Game Plot
Andre is having an affair with Christine, whose husband also has a mistress. Christine Maid is having an affair with a farmer
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Rules Of The Game Director
Jean Renoir
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Metropolis Plot
Freder and Maria, saintly figures work to bring the working class together and depict fascism as the worship of unity
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Rome Open City Plot
A diverse group of characters living under Nazi rule and centers on a resistance fighter trying to escape the city (Italian Neo-Realist)
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Salt Of The Earth Plot
Mexican-American men protest the unsafe working conditions. Later, the roles are reversed and the woman has to step forward.
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Hiroshima Mon Amour Plot
A French woman and a Japanese man have an affair and she speaks about how she fell in love with a German soldier in the past.
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The Conformist Plot
Marcello is a member of fascist Italy and moves with his new bride where he plans to murder his college professor, an anti-fascist. But he is conflicted romantically and politically when he meets the professor's wife.
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Battle Of Algiers Plot
A revolutionary fighter Ali fights against French occupation at the expense of illegal methods.
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Metropolis Director
Fritz Lang
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Rome Open City Director
Roberto Rossellini
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Salt Of The Earth Director
Hebert Biberman
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Hiroshima Mon Amour Director
Alain Resnais
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The Conformist Director
Bernardo Bertolucci
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Battle Of Algiers Director
Gillo Pontecorvo
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They Live Director
John Carpenter
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American Phycho Director
Mary Harron
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Sorry To Bother You
Boots Riley