mrts 1320 midterm Flashcards
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
Noninteractive 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 a special headset
Because most movies seek to engage viewers’ emotions and transport them inside the world that is presented on-screen, the visual vocabulary of film is designed to
play on the same instincts that we use to navigate and interpret the visual and aural information of our “real life.”`
As opposed to “film” or “cinema,” the term “movies” is applied to
motion pictures that entertain the masses at the multiplex.
Almost all ubiquitous commercial, feature-length movies share the same basic and important element of
narrative
The essential quality that separates movies from all other two-dimensional pictorial art forms is
movement.
A shot is best defined as
an unbroken span of action captured by an uninterrupted run of a motion-picture camera.
One of the unique properties of movies that distinguishes it from any other visual medium is its capacity to
isolate details and juxtapose images within and between shots.
Techniques such as fade-outs/fade-ins and low-angle shots communicate meaning by
drawing on the way in which we automatically interpret visual information in our real lives.
In order to exploit cinema’s capacity for transporting audiences into the world of the story, the commercial filmmaking process stresses
a polished continuity of lighting, performance, costume, makeup, and movement.
In regard to viewers’ shared belief systems, how can movies deemed “controversial” or “provocative” be popular with audiences?
by triggering emotional responses from viewers that reinforce yearnings that lie deep within
Why is cultural invisibility not always a calculated decision on the part of filmmakers?
because they are products of the same society inhabited by their intended audience
Juno adheres to cultural invisibility by
championing a protagonist who rejects convention yet ultimately upholds the traditional institutions she seemingly scorns
Implicit meaning is best defined as ________, while explicit meaning is best defined as ________.
a deep-level association, connection, or inference; meaning available on the surface of the movie
One way of thinking about implicit meaning is understanding it as a movie’s
overall message or a “point.”
In order to possess validity, the interpretation of a movie needs to be
grounded in the explicitly presented details of the surface story.
A movie is a coordinated synthesis of performance, composition, sound, and editing that creates meaning to tell a story. When we analyze this synthesis we are analyzing a film’s _____________.
form
Three fundamental principles of film form are ___________.
light, illusion of movement, and manipulated space and time
In a process known as mediation, viewers identify with __________ as filmmakers use the camera to make meaning.
the lens
Form describes ____________, while content describes ___________.
The means of expression, the subject of a movie
Each image in long strips of celluloid film is known as a ____________.
frame
The careful manipulation of lighting by film artists and technicians to create mood, reveal character, and convey meaning takes place in what film about the dust bowl during the Great Depression of the 1930s?
The Grapes of Wrath (1940
