Genres
Which two film companies encouraged the development of CG animation in the United States?
Pixar and Pacific Data Images (PDI)
How would you characterize the industry's relationship with fandom?
tends to swing between embracing them and seeing them as a threat to the legitimacy of the formal narrative.
Which filmmakers tended to embrace shooting in digital?
independent and DIY filmmakers
Define "digital convergence" and tell me where we can see digital convergence in our everyday life.
the phenomenon where technologies that were originally distinct and separate come together into one device through the process of digitization (coded, manipulated, distributed, and displayed in digital formats).
What is "runaway production?"
a practice where movies that will be exploited in the United States are shot in places outside Hollywood or abroad usually incentivized by lower production costs.
How were Blaxploitation films received by their general target audiences?
There were mixed feelings in the reception of Blaxploitation films with the NAACP considering it to be a genre that is exploitative and refers to demeaning stereotypes, as well as a degradation of the project of racial advancement. Other viewers thought that it was empowering for speaking against certain established stereotypes in film.
After a complex series of decisions, appeals, and legal maneuvers, in 1948 the U.S. Supreme Court declared that eight companies had been guilty of monopolistic practices and the Court ordered the Majors to divest themselves of their:
Theater chains
What is previs?
any sort of image planning, such as sketches or blueprints, but camre to refer to preparing a simple digitally animated version of a sequence of film.
What is a "mini-major?"
A second-tier film firm that had access to extensive financing, usually from abroad.
What development in exhibition helped to enhance Hollywood's global position in the film industry in the 1980s?
the development of multiplexes
What were three common features of Italian Neorealist films?
On-location shooting, use of non-actors, characters personal problems signify broader social problems.
What was an effect of the Paramount Decision banning block-booking practices?
Less films in general were produced, but each with a generally a higher budget. There was less of a distinction between A films and B films. GEnres in general became more refined.
What are "digital intermediates?"
Digital intermediate refers to a digital file or files resulting from a scan of a film (usually negative) original that is used for the editing, effects and grading/colour correction.
What are "tentpole" films?
Films that are made to maximize synergy and support the financial performance of a film studio.
Who were the movie brats?
a group of film school graduate directors whose work in the late 1960s and 1970s helped shaped the future of American film.
What are a few common aesthetic features of French New Wave films?
discontinuous editing, complex camera movements, and telephoto filming (the effect of bringing far away objects closer and flattening the look of the film in terms of a sense of distance).
How did exhibitors attract patrons to the theater during the Great Depression?
Double/Triple features, prize giveaways, concessions
How did studio executives succeed in cutting out physical delivery of films to movie theaters?
satellite delivery
What is auteur theory?
A theory of filmmaking in which the director is viewed as the major creative force in a motion picture.
Define "franchise" and give a real-world example
A film series with sequels and prequels featuring the same characters and story world that can be expanded in various capacities.
Define Cine Liberación's tenets of first, second, and third cinema.
First - bourgeois pandering
Second - auteur cinema
Third: revolutionary, guerilla cinema
To set the biggest productions apart, in the 1950s distributors revived a tactic used occasionally for special films since the silent era and known as:
Roadshowing
What was the significance of the digital cinema initiative and what did they establish?
the standards of digital projection, having to be a resolution of 2k to 4k, as well as encourage the uptake of digital projection in theaters more broadly.
Define "synergy" and give a real world example.
the cross-promotion of a product on several compatible business lines to maximize income.
Name one reason why film festivals were important during the 1990s and beyond.
exposure for minority filmmakers, global cultures can be presented in a positive light, was a point of sales of movie distribution rights.