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What constitutes formal analysis of film

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Recognizing the tools and principles that film makers use in order to convey meaning or something

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What is Cinematic language

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Accepted systems, methods or conventions by which movies communicate w/ the viewer

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What is cultural invisibility

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Film will portray the culture of the time it was made; historical

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Form

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Is the means by which the subject is expressed

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Content

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The subject of an artwork (what it is about)

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How do we differentiate film from where other art forms

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Motion

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What is the relationship between movies and culture

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Movies reflect the culture of the time

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Implicit meaning

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Deep level association (implied context)

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Explicit meaning

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Explained meaning

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Diegetic elements

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Haven’t added sound (Characters world can hear it)

Ex people play music in front of person

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Nondiegetic element

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Sound has been added in the movie (character in movie cannot hear)
Ex background music

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What is mise-en-scene

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It is the overall look and feel of the movie

everything the audience experience

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To main components of mise en scene

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Design and composition

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Design

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Lighting, sound, stage, makeup, costume, and hair

The design of film

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Composition

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Framing and kinesis

What we see on screen and what moves on screen

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Role of production designer in film production

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Works on overall design concept of the film

Big cheese of design part

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What or who is the primary narrator in film

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The camera

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What are the various types of narration possible in film

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Ominsant (omnipotent)

And

Restricted

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Omisant (Omnipotent)

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Camera goes anywhere to any one at any time

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Restricted narrator

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Follows one person

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What do we mean by theme or narrative intent

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Theme-
what the movie is trying to say/teach themematically (implicit meaning of form

Narrative intent
How does it achieve it, through plot, structure, and character

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Story

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Everything that happens up to the point —> context in plot

Implied events

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Plot

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Stuff that happen on the screen

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What constitutes the typical Hollywood narrative structure

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Beginning (act 1)

Middle (act 2)

End (act 3)

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Act 1
Set up story and establish the normal world
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Act 2
Longest section that develops the story
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Act 3
Resolves the story
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Climax
Moment of truth for the protagonist all they have learned is put to the test
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Goals
A narrative significant objective pursued by the protagonist
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Stakes
That which is at risk as a consequence of the protagonist pursuit of the goal
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Conflict
Obstacles that block the protagonist from achieving goals
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Round character
Changes throughout the story (has a character arc = round)
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Flat character
Character doesn’t change, supports the round
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Protagonist
Main character
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Antagonist
Stops the main character from achieving goal
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Anti hero
Unsympathetic character trying to achieve a less noble goal
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Responsibilities of cinematographer on film production
In charge of shot and composition They do camera work Responsible w/ framing, Speed, length of every shot
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Key shooting terms
Shot Take Setup
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Shot
One uninterrupted run of a camera
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Take
Number of times a particular shot is taken
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Setup
One camera position and everything associated with it
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Most important properties of lighting
Direction Source Quality Style Die stay quiet stupid
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Traditional lighting techniques
3 points lighting scheme
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What are some of the consideration a cinematographer must take into account when composing a shot
Film stock you gonna use The lighting you gonna use The lens you gonna use
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Source of light
Natural (from sun) Or Artificial (instruments)
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Quality of light
Hard lighting Soft lighting
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Direction of light
Where light is coming from
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Style of light
High key - low contrast Low key - high contrast
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Lens
Gives you depth of field Determines your focal length, aperture, distance from camera to subject
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Filmstock
Gives you colors
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Black and white film
More realistic and emphasizes dark features Makes it gritty realism
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Key differences between film versus digital
Film- light used to expose it Digital- can format resolution (better) editing is easier,
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Different types of camera movement
The zoom- zoom in Pan shot- horizontal movement of cam Tilt shot- vertical movement of cam Dolly shot/ tracking- cam on wheeled support Crane shot
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Rule of 3rds
Form of a grid pattern that, when superimposed on an image divides it into horizontal thirds Foreground Midground Background
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What are the responsibilities of an editor on a film production
Spatial relationships between shots Temporal relationships b/w shots (continuity of dicontinuity) Overall rhythm of shots
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Kuleshov effect
Emotion we get from film is from juxtaposition of all shot in the film Created montage
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Fundemintal editing techs
Continuity editing (smooth don’t see edit) Cut on action -keep continuity Matching on action Discontinuity editing (pull out of the movie) Parallel editing (2 or more action happening at same time at diff places Crosscutting- cutting together two or more lines of action. That happen at same time
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Transitions
Fade in (black to image) Fade out (image to black) Dissolve (image dissolve) Freeze frame
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What is master scene technique and how it relate to 180 tech
Master shot- single scene that covers character and action in one continues shot (establish location and situation) 180 rule only film on one side of the axis shot— the master shot then you can play around
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Role of sound design
Sound is integral part of movie Same expressive ness like picture
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What are different types of sound
Dialogue ( recorders during production) Vocal sounds Environmental sounds( ambient sound effect— folly sounds) Music (mixed post production) Silence Diegetic and nondiagetic
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Sound mixing affects experience by
Mixing sound so that Tyler is a proper balance
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Music is used in film to
Emphasis feeling or things of character on screen and it affects our emotions
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Diff type of movie actors
Leading or supporting Personality or character actors Non pro actors (play themselves)
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Essential relationship between actor is with
Camera not audience
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Specific challenges in acting on film
Talking to camera and their relationship with it Little time for acting rehearsal Movies filmed out of sequence Actors must repeat same stuff over and over Framing and composition
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Classical school of acting
Root is Shakespeare’s Not getting outrageous you are just saying words from a text
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Method acting
Rooted in Moscow theater (Konstantin Stanislavsky) Seeks truth of character Emotional orientated and internal Actors own experience
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Meisner acting
Rooted in works of Sanford messier Action orientated and external Based on reacting to the other actors and environment
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Different approaches actors can take to performance
Naturalistic - feel like people | Non naturalistic - stylized performance Edward scissor hand Improvisation - no to script
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Editing affect actors performance by
Editors have considerable power in shaping onscreen actors performance Controls duration they on screen

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