Content & Form
Formal Aspects
Production
Studio System
Realism and Language
100

The subject of an artwork.

What is content.

100

Costumes and lighting

What is mise-en-scene.
100

The planning stage of a film.

What is pre-production

100

The powerful individuals who ran studios before 1931.

Who were movie moguls.

100

A film that conforms to real-world experiences.

What is realism

200

The means by which the subject is expressed/experienced.

What is form.

200

Shot composition and camera movement.

What is cinematography.

200

The phase when the actual filming takes place.

What is production.

200

The organizational system used by production companies.

What is the Studio System

200

A film that emphasizes the abstract, speculative, or fantastic.

What is antirealism

300

Mise-en-scene, sound, narrative, editing, acting, and cinematography are examples of this.

What are the 6 formal aspects.

300

Dialogue, music, and sound effects.

What is sound

300

The phase including editing, color correction, and marketing.

What is post-production

300

Paramount, Warner Brothers, and 20th Century Fox are examples of this level of film studios.

What are Major studios.

300

A convincing appearance of truth.

What is verisimilitude

400

These 2 terms describe what a film is and how it communicates that to the viewer.

What is content and form.

400

The arrangement of events into a story.

What is narrative.

400

Blocking, lighting, rehearsals, informing crew, replacing equipment, and deciding when to print are the responsibilities of this person.

Who is the director

400

This role is not included in the studio system.

What are actors

400

The accepted system by which movies communicate with viewers.

What is cinematic language

500

These three principles define film as an art form: it depends on light, creates an illusion of movement, and manipulates space and time.

What are the fundamental principles of film form?

500

The illusion created by editing.

What is movement and continuity.

500

The daily raw footage viewed by the director to decide what to keep.

What are rushes or dailies?

500

This era of film history relied heavily on the studio system.

What is the Golden Age of Hollywood

500

Painting, sculpture, and architecture are examples of these kinds of art forms; music, literature, and drama are examples of the other.

What are spatial and temporal arts?