In this type of shot, actors must direct their lines at the camera rather than at another actor
What is a point-of-view shot
100
The opening shot of Sunset Boulevard shows the character Joe Gillis doing this
What is floating dead in a pool
100
If fiction films create meaning through narrative structure, documentaries are structure more like this
What is an essay
100
This theory emphasizes the director as the major creator of film art, stamping the material with his or her own personal vision
What is auteur theory
100
The device/thing in the film around which the plot revolves, but whose actual nature seems unclear, irrelevant, or both.
What is the money
Official term: the MacGuffin
200
The technique of exploiting the charisma of popular performers to enhance the box-office appeal of films
What is the star system
200
In Sunset Boulevard, the character Norma Desmond speaks these famous lines, "I am big. It's the pictures that ..."
What is "got small"
200
Most historians agree that the first true documentary was the work of this director, an American explorer who directed Nanook of the North (1922)
Who is Robert Flaherty
200
This theory attempted to introduce a more scientific approach that would allow for more systematic and detailed analyses of movies
What is structuralism or semiology
200
The name of city in which Marion Crane lives
What is Phoenix
300
The style of acting that emphasizes psychological intensity, extensive rehearsals to explore a character, and emotional believability
What is method acting
300
This is Joe Gillis's profession in Sunset Boulevard
What is a screenwriter
300
The term used to describe the voice-over in non-fiction films in which the speaker is omniscient and remains off-screen
What is the voice-of-God commentary
300
This theory, associated with the writings of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan, stresses the primacy of the unconscious in shaping every day life
What is psychoanalysis
300
The official name for Norman Bates's hobby
What is taxidermy
400
A system in which the production, distribution, and exhibition of movies are all controlled by the same corporation
What is vertical integration
400
The reason why the last shot of Sunset Boulevard, in which Norma seeks her closeup, is ironic
What is the camera is out of focus, therefore Norma never gets her true closeup
400
The mode of non-fiction filmmaking in which the filmmaker is a prominent actor in the film
What is the participatory mode
400
This theory calls attention to the neglected works of female filmmakers and to how classical narrative cinema assumes a "male gaze" in which women are objectified
What is feminism (specifically the theories of Laura Mulvey)
400
When Psycho was first screened in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock instructed all cinema managers to do this
What is "at the risk of his life, not to admit any persons after the picture starts" (Paramount publicity information)
500
The name of the most popular and critically admired actor of the silent cinema
Who is Charlie Chaplin
500
The name of the real-life actress who plays Norma Desmond and whose life paralleled Norma's in many ways
Who is Gloria Swanson
500
This film movement insisted that films should be shaped by what was found in the process of making them, not scripted in advance
What is cinema verite or direct cinema
500
This theory emphasizes the critique of originality, the critique of the distinction between high culture and low culture, and the concepts of pastiche and intertextuality
What is postmodernism
500
State one interesting fact about the shower scene in Psycho
What is 1) it required 78 shots 2) it took a week to film 3) the viewer actually sees the knife go in only once (near the naval) 4) blood is seen in the water but not on Marion 5) censors forced Hitchcock to take out an overhead shot of Marion's buttocks clearly exposed 6) Janet Leigh claimed she never took another shower after Psycho