Course Concepts
perseverance + integrity (e.g. Mattie and Rooster)
What is grit?
e.g. black, smoke, and ash
What is monochromatic?
Visual F/X heralded by the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park.
What is (C)omputer (G)enerated (I)magery?
John Williams and Danny Elfman are famous for these.
What are scores?
The two superheroes on this list at #26 and #46?.
Who are Superman and Batman?
The controlling motif in Road to Perdition as exemplified in Michael Sr.'s devoutness and Micheal Jr.'s remembrance of his father.
What is devotion?
e.g. yellow, green, and blue
What is analogous?
Any visual F/X which requires masking of the foreground or background.
What is matte?
e.g. Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" at the beginning of Zombieland.
What is soundtrack?
#2 and #14, both played by Harrison Ford.
Who are Indiana Jones and Han Solo?
Making humans into commodities; Marla being only pure use-value to Durden.
What is reification?
e.g. the primary colors (red, blue, and yellow).
What is triadic?
Used when actors must interact with a fantastical element (e.g. An American Werewolf in London).
What are robotics?
e.g. Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle" in the Quicksilver scene from X-Men: Days of Future Past
What is an implicit score?
The only Biblical figure to make the list (#43).
Who is Moses?
Philosophy explored in Androids as depicted in the blurred lines between the androids and humans.
What is posthumanism?
e.g. red and green, purple and yellow, orange and blue.
What is complimentary?
Less than 24 frames/sec; used to emphasize action events (e.g. the fight scene in Sherlock Holmes).
What is slow motion?
e.g. Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" used as a form of dramatic irony in the bar scene from Shaun of the Dead.
What is mickey mousing?
The only hero from the novels in this class to make the list (#36).
Who is Rooster Cogburn?
Alternative theology in Fight Club that explains Durden's holding God, not humanity, accountable for the world's suffering.
What is the Metaphysical Rebel?
e.g. purple and green as symbols of somberness.
What are cool colors?
Capturing two-images on the same frame of film; the essential element to F/X.
What is double exposure?
e.g. The low brass (esp. tuba) which announces the shark's presence in Jaws.
What is a leitmotif?
At #1, he admonished an all-white jury, "For God's sake, do your duty!"
Who is Atticus Finch?