Studio System
After World War I, Hollywood developed this method of filmmaking wherein movies were a standardized product with predictable traits and production costs
Studio system
This is the order in which most films in Classical Hollywood tradition unfold
chronological order
While being a ___, American Movie required many of the same editing and organizing decisions as do fictional films.
documentary
In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy kills a wicked witch while she is trying to save this character.
Scarecrow
Citizen Kane departs from the classical Hollywood style because it allows this
loose ends
The American studio system mirrored its production methods after this industry
Car/automobile/Ford industry
Most classical filmmakers prefer a strong degree of this at the end.
closure
Car scenes in American Movie emphasize the centrality of the automobile to the idea of ____
what it means to be an American
In The Wizard of Oz, the farmhands reflect distinct aspects of ___
Dorothy/ Dorothy’s personality
Citizen Kane conforms to the classical Hollywood style because its characters are motivated by this
personal psychology
The American studio system mirrored its distribution principles after this industry
Chain stores
The classical Hollywood plot traces this process
the process of change
American Movie draws on several genres, including comedy, tragedy, and this.
biopic
In The Wizard of Oz, the tornado and this repeated element reflect the same motif.
the Yellow Brick Road
This is the earliest event in the *story* of Citizen Kane
the leaving of the deed to a gold mine in lieu of rent
The studio system produced films that had limited omniscience and precluded loose because filmmakers believed it made movies more ___ for the audience.
pleasurable/enjoyable
The classical Hollywood style emphasized this over history
Psychology
Repeatedly, American Movie contrasts images of death and disappointment with the pursuit of this ideal
American dream
The viewer's ability to identify specific items in The Wizard of Oz, such as the place called Kansas, contributes to the film's ____ meaning
referential meaning
These are two groups of characters that Citizen Kane is organized around
Kane and his associates / the reporters
The central cognitive problem that the devices and techniques of narrative Hollywood-style film work to address is to make the viewer forget that ___
they are watching a film
(make viewers looking at a 2-dimensional screen for a finite period (90-140 minutes) believe they are looking at an infinite and timeless 3-dimensional world)
These are commonly occurring and easily recognizable elements functioning as a form of shorthand based on an implicit contract between the film and the audience
Film conventions
(e.g., the absence of airbags in car chases and the “magic punch”)
The success at this is what sets Chris Smith (the director of American Movie) from Mark.
marketing to mass audiences
This statement about The Wizard of Oz is an example of ___meaning :"an adolescent who must soon face the adult world yearns for a return to the simplicity of childhood, but she eventually accepts the demands of growing up"
implicit
If we compare the beginning of Citizen Kane to its ending, this repeated visual acquires a new meaning and gives the development of the story a new meaning
“No Trespassing” sign