Terminology Bootcamp
Camera distance focused on the setting of the film and world building
What is an establishing shot OR long shot?
Director of Ladybird
Who is Greta Gerwig?
Framework that many writers use to build their plot structure
What is the 3 act structure?
Winner of best movie poster
What is Panicked Parking?
Emotional scene we watched to understand the great use of montages
What is the opening scene of Up?
Sound that interacts within the filmic world
Name of the lead detective in Knives Out
Who is Benoit Blanc?
Tool in screenwriting to help express emotions, tone, and intentional action
What is a parenthetical?
Movie winner of best editing
What is The Adventure Chronicles of Bennie Hale?
Name and author of our summer reading book
What is a lens flare?
Procedure used in Get Out that has been practiced and perfected by the Armitage family.
What is the coagula?
Diologue style that mimics everyday life
What is naturalistic?
Of the 4 blocks, this many had a Q and A section at the end
What is 2?
Winner of Best Picture at the Oscars this year
What is Anora?
Placement of people along the "z axis"
What is positioning in depth?
Question asked of Chiron that is the core of Moonlight
What is "who is you?"
Name of the 5-10 key moments that appear in the plot of a screenplay
What are story beats?
Shortest film at the film festival
What is Captcha?
Name of a movie watched in film studies LAST year (23-24) that we did not watch this year
What is (one of) Barbie, Arrival, Moonrise Kingdom, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Discontinuity editing that conveys abstract ideas through the juxtaposition of images in order to create meaning / feeling
What is an intellectual montage? (will accept Soviet Montage)
Parasite won many Oscars, including Best Picture. This film, from the same year, was in high/main competition with Parasite.
What is 1917?
Often, a plot point that is included before the climax of the story to further complicate a character's journey
What is the defeat?
Film that "closed" B block at the festival
What is Doomscroll?
Day of week, month, and day of our field trip to the Coolidge Corner Theater?
When is Wednesday, October 9?