The writer's script,
The director's script/shooting script,
The text/the film itself
The published script
What is one of the four types of scripts?
100
This acting style was mostly used in silent film.
What is Pantomime/Presentational acting?
100
This French phrase translates to "putting on stage," and comprises setting, lighting, staging, and costuming.
What is mise en scene?
100
The Shot.
The Scene.
The Sequence.
What are the three temporal units of a film?
100
The human mind's ability to hold an image for a fraction of a second after you see an image – creates the illusion of motion
What is Persistence of Vision?
200
A literary structure defined by gaps in space & time with no strict continuity or causality, that is organized around a specific time, space, or more than one character.
What is Episodic Structure?
200
This style of acting arrived in NY theater in the 1930s through Stanislavski, and is defined by immersion in the life of the character.
What is Method acting?
200
Type of lighting with low contrast & lots of brightness.
What is High Key Lighting?
200
This states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another . When the camera passes over the invisible axis connecting the two subjects, it is called crossing the line and the shot becomes what is called a reverse angle
What is the 180 degree rule?
200
A spinning coin invented by Dr. John Paris that makes the bird appear in the cage from the other side.
What is a thaumatrope?
300
A literary structure defined by a lack of spatial & temporal links, that is unified by theme, where meaning comes from the structure.
What is Thematic or Contextual Structure?
300
This type of actor is cast because they look or sound like the character, and is defined by natural (untrained) reactions.
What is the Non-Professional Actor?
300
The following frames are examples:
1.33:1 (Classical)
1.85:1 (Widescreen)
2.35:1 (Anamorphic)
What is aspect ratio?
300
A juxtaposition of two disparate shots that creates meaning that was not in either shot independently.
(Side note: DW Griffith did not invent this.)
What is Collision/Soviet Montage?
300
He arranged 24 cameras on strings set off by the horses as they ran by in order to settle a bet about whether a horse ever had all four feet off the ground at once.
Who is Eadward Muybridge?
400
A POV wherein the film only follows one individual, but narration does NOT give detail about what that individual is thinking.
What is Third Person Limited POV?
400
This style of acting is based on the actor's presence & personality, which overwhelms and carries the film.
What is a Star Turn?
400
A camera that stands outside the characters (most of cinema is shot this way).
What is objective camera?
400
Wide shots at the introduction and conclusion of the scene to establish the setting
Establishing/Resolution shots
400
The business triumvirate that help(s) film thrive in America.
What are the producers, the distributors, and the exhibitors?
500
A POV defined by narration, wherein the audience experiences a story from a character's perspective but not visually within their POV.
What is First Person Outside POV?
500
A player's physicality, talent, and mythology comprise this way that the audience constructs meaning around their character.
What is the player's persona?
500
The arrangement of objects and players in relation to each other within the frame.
What are Proxemic Patterns?
500
A rule for cutting that follows the rules of continuity editing so the audience remains orientated; shots let you know where you are.
What is Perspectivization?
500
The Six Major Developments necessary to produce the “recreation of life in motion.”
What are persistence of vision, still photography, the motion picture camera, celluloid, the printer, and motion picture projection?