Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

CCA 103 > Narrative Structure of Film > Flashcards

Narrative Structure of Film Flashcards

(60 cards)

Start Studying
1
Q

Key to all art?

A

Rhythm

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

How many character did greeks have

A

-3 characters
-just men

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What do we think rhythm is?

A

We think of it as music and poetry

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Greek theater

A

Music, poetry, dance, etc.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Dionysius

A

-Most popular greek god
God of:
-Wine - Transformation - actor + audience
-Fertility = sex = creation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Action =

A

Actor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What did 3 actors do

A

3 actors only
changed masks to become different characters

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What do masks do

A

Captures key factors of emotion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

3 characters =

A

conflict

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Lead character =

A

superhero

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

“arc” of a character

A

-The journey
-search for truth: divine-self
-playwright, actor, audience, follow sexual climax

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Act I “fade in”

A

-Start of the film
-all dramatic art is life
-The past - Exposition - Back story
-What happened in the past that made them who they are

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Act I “Set up”

A

By the end of act I there is no way but forward conflict

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Glint in the eye =

A

Romance

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Protagonist

A

Hero or heroine or bath - person we cheer for

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Antagonist

A

Villain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Almost climax

A

almost climax - stop - almost climax - stop; repeatly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Act III

A

-Build to climax
-Hero wins
-Wins by dying for good cause
-give your life for
-redemption before or while dying
-discovers truth as we discover truth “light bulb goes off”

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Build to “climax” =

A

= orgasm = birth or rebirth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Falling action =

A

Denouncement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

The end =

A

Fade out

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

God/divine =

A

Creator

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Man =

A

Sex = creator

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Artists =

A

art = creator

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Climax of film =
Birth of divinee
26
US film showing time
-act I = 30 minutes -act II = 60 minutes -act III = 30 minutes US film more action
27
Foreign Films
-act I = 60 minutes -act II = 30 minutes -act III = 30 minutes European films more character building
28
Five minute short film
Act I = 1-1.5 min. Act II = 3-4 min. Act III = 1-1.5 min.
29
Ten minutes short film
Act I = 2-3 min. Act II = 4-6 min. Act III = 2-3 min.
30
Vitascope
-made by Edison -project onto screen -Run by electricity -Filmed theater variety acts, bicycles, singers, animal acts - 8-10 acts per viewing
31
What did edison steal?
-A copy of trip to the moon -makes copies of melies films and markets it as his own work -Never paid melies (went bankrupt)
32
Bicycle prints
bicycle that would show a film when people pedaled
33
Movie Parlors
Nickelodeons - charged a nickel -"flickers" -Small bands play music during show -1-1.5 hour shows - first in NYC - then chicago -2 million people saw the films per day
34
how many store front chairs were there?
75 chairs
35
Edisons greatest film
-shot in New Jersey -First Western -based on old plays
36
The great train robbery
-Most popular film for 10 years -1st parallel action - cuts back and forth between 2 stories -bandits tie up station manager -camera never moves until fight on top of train -the train moves; scenery passes -camera on engine
37
Great train robbery details
-Hired 12-14 year old children to paint color on individual frames -hand tinted frames create mood (like photoshop) -Painted lense black on window then vice versa to get lighting right then double expose the two frames
38
Broncho Billy
First western movie star
39
Where was the first close up in history
The great train robbery
40
Edison studio
-Copies Melies all glass paris studio -Competition - biograph studios -shot on rooftops -barry monde studio
41
Motion picture patents company
-Black market mafia -Made crime films
42
Move to hollywood
-Flee NYC -First went to Jacksonville, FL - Florida didn't have great weather
43
Norman Studios
- Jacksonville, Fl. -white owner - all black cast - would share his movies with black people -Black Gold
44
Miami
-Film makers come to miami before hollywood -Tarzan was made in Miami Problem with weather and mosquitos -Went to cuba, had same problem
45
Hollywood
-Better weather -L.A multiple locations -Rural - cowboys + farmers - fruit and olives -stage coaches -wild west: indians
46
L.A real estate capital
Hollywoodland - real estate investment - land fell off hence why hollywood
47
Why was la a perfect spot
-Mountains and hills -Desert -Ocean and seaports -Snow in mountains -year round film making
48
Epic foreign films
-shown in broadway -rich and educated are finally going to the movies
49
First american epic film
The squaw man -1.5 hours long - 6 reels long -directed by cecil B. mille -from a broadway play -leading actor and actress had an affair -hollywood loves gossip -white man marries native americans- takes her home to england
50
D.W. Griffith
wrote and acted in theater and for Edison and director for biograph studios
51
The birth of the Nation
-Most successful film in history until very recent -Adopted by Glansman -Used matthew brady pictures - Klu Klux klan -race riots - black face -cost few hundred dollars to produce -Racist propaganda
52
NAACP
-organization against birth of a nation
53
Birth of a Nation details
-Blacks (whites) rape white people - grossed $50 million -played 1 year in atlanta; 1 year in russia -eisenstien studied it -middle and upper class -Introduces different shots but keeps chronological order -wide shots -1st film to integrate individual shots/medium shots -1st close up shots -Billy bitzer cameraman loves to experiment
54
Lillian Gish
griffths star actor
55
Intolerence
-included 4 stories -used massive set 1. Fall of babylon - Inprisonment of jews, Directs from hot air ballon, Evil+sex in historical and bible stories sells 2. Roman Crucification 3. Religious cleansing = murder of french Huguenots 4. Chinese immigrant - USA prejudice
56
Way Down East
-produced by Griffith -New camera editing techniques -intercut technique/audience fills in missing pieces
57
Napoleon - Abel Gance
-Film five hours -Failure -Camera placed on pendulum/put camera on horse -3 screen finale -sound developed during the same time so people didn't pay attention to the film
58
Abel Gance
-Outspoken pacifist -believed he could change the world
59
Movie capitol
U.S -Movie theaters = Movies palaces -U.S films shown around the world
60
Nanook of the North
-directed by robery flahery -first documentary -followed Eskimo family

CCA 103 (4 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions