Formal Elements 1
Formal Elements 2
Genre
Narrative
Contexts of Viewing
100
Describe continuity and disjunctive editing
Continuity editing is designed to be invisible, whereas disjunctive editing is designed to draw attention to itself.
100
What is the difference between low and high key lighting and give an example?
High key lighting is when it is bright with few contrasts, low key lighting is when it is shadowy with sharp contrasts between light and dark EX: low key lighting in Double Indeminity, high key lighting in All About Eve
100
Who directed the documentary A Thin Blue Line?
Errol Morris
100
Why is the Production Code Administration (PCA) relevant to this course?
censorship
100
Where does the term Bollywood come from?
Derived from Hollywood and Bombay
200
What are the two traditions of mise-en-scene?
naturalistic mise-en-scene and theatrical mise-en-scene
200
What are the three components of three-point lighting?
fill, back, key
200
What is the hard-boiled tradition in film noir?
male protagonist: individual moral good vs. institutional constraints
200
What is self-reflexivity?
Films about themselves
200
What are the 4 aspects of a star?
private person, worker, commodity, and cultural sign
300
What are the 4 elements of the sound hierarchy?
voice, music, sound effects, atmospheric sound
300
What are the 4 possible relations between shots?
temporal, spatial, graphic, rhythmic
300
What are the three modes of film we discussed?
Narrative, documentary, experimental
300
What is parataxis?
Experimental technique: adding on or supplementing (with a sense of progression)
300
What are the three types of camp?
mass, gay, intellectual
400
What is the meditative moment?
The moment of poetic interpretation, opposed to the narrative moment of the film
400
What was used to make the electronically-generated bird noises in The Birds?
The Trautonium
400
What are the modes of documentary?
-Expository mode: explains the world -Observational mode: watches the world -Interactive mode: interacts with the world -Reflexive mode: self-consciously explores the process of documenting the world -Performative mode: evokes the world through poetic form & performance -Reconstructive mode: reconstructs/reenacts historical and contemporary events
400
What does mise-en-abyme mean?
infinite layering, as seen in experimental films
400
What does Richard Dyer argue in his article "Heavenly Bodies?"
the creation of the star as a sign
500
Describe the tradition of presence and the tradition of textuality
The tradition of presence is immersion and emotional connection, the tradition of textuality is emotional distancing and reflection
500
What does Stella Bruzzi argue about The Piano?
it is a "rather cryptic and evocative exploration of how women's sexuality, clothes, and lives interconnect"
500
What are prescriptive and descriptive approaches to genre?
Prescriptive denotes a certain set of characteristics a genre must have, descriptive is more flexible and gives the genre room for expansion
500
What is the difference between story and plot?
The plot is the way the story elements are revealed to the audience. The story is the chronological chain of events.
500
Jackie Stacey's article focused on what mode of study?
Reception studies
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