History of Film
The period of film history during which the feature film became the dominant form of cinematic storytelling.
What is the Silent Period?
The character whose wants and needs drive the narrative of a film.
Who is the protagonist?
The literal definition of "mise-en-scène."
Placement in a scene.
It is the literal definition of cinematography.
What is "writing with movement?"
This is the style of editing most closely associated with commercial, narrative cinema.
What is continuity editing?
The period of film history during which production and distribution were fully consolidated under the studios.
What is the Classical Period?
A narrative in which the plot hinges on a specific action that must be completed by a certain time.
What is a deadline narrative?
Of the following, it is the one which is NOT an element of mise-en-scène: the set, the wardrobe, the depth of field, the lighting.
What is the depth of field?
Of the four primary elements of the shot, a change in aspect ratio would result in a change to this.
What is framing?
This is the technique in which a film cuts back and forth between two separate events in order to give the impression that they are happening at the same time.
What is parallel editing?
The director of Within Our Gates, a film made in response to the racist ahistoricism of Griffith's The Birth of a Nation.
Who is Oscar Micheaux?
This character is best described as one who impedes the narrative journey of the main character.
What is the antagonist?
Of the following, it is the one which is NOT a part of a traditional three-point lighting set-up: key light, overhead light, backlight, fill light.
What is an overhead light?
Of the following, it is NOT one of the four elements of the shot: framing, lighting, depth of field, color.
What is lighting.
This is the name of the rule that governs spatial and geographical continuity between shots.
What is the 180-degree rule?
The case in which the Supreme Court ruled that movie studios could not also own movie theaters.
What is United States v Paramount Pictures, Inc. (Or The Paramount Case)
What is character/what are characters?
A type of actor who disappears into each role rather than letting their own personality center the audience reaction.
What is a character actor?
This is the element of the shot that would change if less of the image were in focus rather than more.
What is depth of field?
This was a type of editing developed in the Soviet Union that explored the potential for individual images to create new meaning solely through editing.
What is montage?
They had the ultimate overview of the Production Code, which was written to severely restrict what content could be shown in movies during the classical period.
Who are the Hollywood Studios.
This is the term for a narrative that progresses in non-chronological order.
What is a nonlinear narrative?
If a director were to re-arrange the actors in the scene prior to rolling a take, they would be adjusting this component of the mise-en-scène.
What is the blocking?
After the Muybridge experiment proved that a succession of still images could record movement, the first attempt to create a machine designed to do so was a modified version of this implement.
What is a gun?
A shot of a donut that then cuts to a shot of a shower drain would be an example of this type of edit.
What is a graphic match?