Fundamentals of Film Narrative
Hollywood and the Purpose of Movies
Early Film Review
Genres
Important People in Film
100

What is the average "best" frame rate per second for film?

24 Frames per Second

100

What are the three stages of movie making?

Preproduction, Production, and Postproduction

100

Why was it called the Nickelodeon Era?

Movies cost 5 cents

100

What genre comes from our desire to confront and understand the frightening aspects of our lives? 

Horror

100

Producer

who coordinate nd/or pay for the production.

200

What is it called when a story does not follow the normal narrative structure? 

Non-linear Storytelling

200

What are the five rating categories of film? 

G, PG, PG-13, R, and NC-17

200

Who is Charlie Chaplin?

A silent film star and director who created the Tramp. One of the first most well-known actors in film history.

200

What genre is a eulogy to early days of the expensive American frontier and is considered the oldest, most enduring American genre? 

Western

200

Script Supervisors

keep track of what has been shot in accordance with the script including changes

300

What are diegetic elements? 

Events, characters, objects, settings, and sounds that the are in the world of the film. 

300

What are the four categories of studios during the golden ages? 

Major, Minor, Poverty Row (B), and Independent 

300

Who is Titus Lucretius Carus?

He described the principle of persistence of vision.

300

What are the four types of movies?

Documentaries, Narratives, Experimental (Cult), Hybrid

300

Key Grips

supervise camera cranes, dollies, lights, platforms and all on set equipment

400

What are the three fundamentals of Film Form?

Movies Depend on light, movies provide an illusion of movement, and movies manipulate space and time in unique ways.

400

What is cultural invisibilty? 

This is the idea that movies are meant to attract a certain type of audience and that, as an audience, we often miss things that are not a part of our own culture. Directors use this to draw us in.

400

What is the cinematographe?

The first portable camera invented by the Lumiere brothers in 1895. It was light weight and hand cranked.

400

What genre takes a historical or imagined event, mythic, legendary, or heroic figure, and add an extravagant setting and lavish costumes?

Epic

400

Production Designers

are responsible for creating the visual appearance of the film

500

What are the four film forms?

Realism, Magic Realism, Formalism, and Anti-realism 

500

What is the difference between implicit and explicit information?

Explicit is something that is stated directly and easy to understand/ see. Implicit is something that is implied or not expressed directly. It is often hidden behind other information.

500

What are the seven parts of the magic lantern? 

Lamp, Reflector, Condensing Lens, Lens Tube, Body, Base, Smokestack

500

What genre is rooted in the American dream of rags-to-riches and shows distrust of authority? 

Gangster (crime is acceptable) 

500

Directors Of Photography

make the chief lighting, framing, and composition decisions