Terms

Question 1

Syuzhet

Answer 1

Plot of the movie

Question 2

Fabula

Answer 2

Story of the movie; everything mentioned that isn’t seen in the film

Question 3

Open frame composition

Answer 3

Viewed as a window into the world of the film (ex. people can walk in and out of the frame)

Question 4

Closed frame composition

Answer 4

Where the frame ends, the world ends. It is a perfectly contained box.

Question 5

Symbol

Answer 5

Communities orient themselves around them or are widely known and acknowledged (a cross symbolizes Christianity)

Question 6

Metaphor

Answer 6

Relevant to the current moment, crafted to specifically relate to the circumstance of the character. **story driven

Question 6

Allegory

Answer 6

When a story or film is representing a different but related real life situation.

Question 7

Objective / Unmotivated camera shot

Answer 7

Independent of the character, camera moves to show the space

Question 8

Subjective / Motivated/ Tracking camera shot

Answer 8

Camera follows a character.

Question 9

False Focalization

Answer 9

Making the audience believe a camera movement is objective until it’s revealed to be subjective

Question 10

Walla

Answer 10

Indiscernible vocalization (adults speaking in peanuts)

Question 11

Focalization

Answer 11

Point of view camera shot, audience sees what the character sees

Question 12

Chiaroscuro

Answer 12

Stark contrast of light and dark in composition

Question 13

American Montage

Answer 13

A film sequence relying on editing to condense or expand action, space or time

Question 14

Composition

Answer 14

The relationship of lines, volumes, masses and shapes at a single instant in a representation.

Question 15

Cinematography

Answer 15

Includes lighting devices and their affects, film stocks and the color/tones they produce, the lenses used, shape of the image as well as how it’s created and what it means.

Question 16

Three point lighting

Answer 16

Consists of a key, fill and back light.

Question 17

Purpose of a key light.

Answer 17

Aims directly at the subject, brightest source of light.

Question 18

Purpose of a fill light.

Answer 18

Softer light, usually placed opposite of key light.

Question 19

Purpose of a back light.

Answer 19

Shines behind the subject and separates them from the background.

Question 20

Synchronous sound

Answer 20

Sound is heard as it is seen on film.

Question 21

Nonsynchronous sound

Answer 21

Sound occurs at a different time/space than it appears on film

Question 22

Asynchronous sound

Answer 22

Sound not present on screen