Chapter 7
This type of actor seems to be different in every role.
What is a chameleon actor?
This is the genre of the film
What is a gangster film?
A still photograph that when recorded in rapid succession with other still photographs creates a motion picture
What are frames
The film uses a group of actors called a what
What is an ensemble cast
A change of the point of focus from one subject to another within the same shot
What is Rack Focus?
The physical relation of the actors to each other in a shot is called this
What is framing?
The diner scene uses music that begins in the world of the film, but turns into this:
What is non-diegetic music?
An agent, structure, or other formal element, whether human or technological, that transfers something such as information from one place to another
What is mediation
the actor had a small cameo in the scene in Marthas Home?
Hint: He is in every Rian Johnson Movie
Who is Joseph Gordon Levit
In filmmaking, techniques used to add color in black and white films, including hand coloring, stenciling, tinting and toning
What is Additive Color System?
Characteristics of this type of acting are intense concentration, internalization, laid-back delivery of lines, and an edginess.
What is method acting?
We consider the main character, XXXX to be this type of character
What is a round character?
Technique in which action speeds up and slows down in a single shot
What is speed ramping
This actor was portraying a role that was unlike their other typical roles
Who is Chris Evans or Ransom
The distance from the optical center of the lens to focal point on a film stock or sensor when the image is sharp and clear
What is Focal Length?
Acting that uses typical human behaviors or looks is called this
What is naturalistic style?
Layer Cake is 105 minutes long; this is known as ____ duration
What is screen duration?
A still image created by repetitive printing in the laboratory of the same frame so that it can be seen without movement for whatever length of time the filmmaker desires
What is a freeze-frame
the state that the movie took place
What is Massachusetts
Any aspect ratio wider than 1.33:1, the standard ratio until the early 1950’s
What is Widescreen Aspect Ratio?
This small type of acting role is reserved for highly recognizable actors or personalities.
What is a walk-on?
Used in Layer Cake, this is when something visually on-screen blends into something else
What is match-cutting?
Combines and composes a variety of elements like lighting and movement in single shots
What is cinematic language
In the final scene of the movie, this is what Marta is doing
What is watching the family from the balcony and drinking coffee from the “my house” coffee cup
The variation of light wavelength emitted by different light sources, these wavelength register as different colors when captured on film or digital video
What is Color Temperature?