Film 160 Quiz

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Mise en scene It speaks to the importance of arranging the position and movement of the cast and the props, scenery etc. in a play
Movies have no proscenium so where does the mise en scene happen in films It happens within the frame
Movies before 1956 use to be filmed in the 1.33.1 ratio. What is the modern ratio The modern ration is 1.85.1
Why do movies look strange on TV The tv ratio is 1.33.1 so you need to protect it to make them fit.
Why is widescreen used So you can see the grandeur of the landscape
How does the frame (screen) help the scene It gives tone and additional visual meaning to a scene
How is a subject perceived when it's in the center It is seen as neutral
How is a subject perceived with a low angle and subject shown on top of screen They're seen as Dominant, powerful
How is a subject perceived from a high angle and at the bottom of the screen They will appear vulnerable
How is a subject perceived when they are alone and are featured in a extreme wide shot They will be seen as lonely, lost, and vulnerable
How would an army be perceived in a extreme wide shot The army would be seen as powerful and dreaded
Why does a wide shot help a director and what is this called This is called a "master" shot because the director will use the additional coverage from a wide shot to enhance aspects of a scene
Why do we call it a two shot Because there are two people or actors in the shot and is used usually for a played out scene with minimal cutting
How does a close up help an actor It intensifies their emotions and their performance
What is included a director's palette of cinematic tools Lights, color, movement, placement of characters and objects
What are two styles of mise en scene Formalism and Realism
What is mise en scene used for on viewers To get their attention and move their emotions
What does movement towards the camera do to the perception of movement Movement towards the camera slows down movement
How is movement sped up A movement across the camera speeds movement up (NASCAR)
1. Pans 2. Tilts 3. Crane Shots 1. Side to side 2. Up and down 2. Elevated dolly shots
1. Dolly Shots 2. Zoom Shots 3. Hand held shots 1. A controlled smooth motion shot 2. Enlarged shot 3. Shots that were shot by hand
Film Editing The process by where raw filmed footage is taken and put together to achieve the director's purpose
What is the basic filmaking unit The basic unit is the SHOT
What were early films recording They were usually documentations of daily life
Who perfected classical cutting D.W. Griffith
What is Basic Film editing It is continuity editing and a sequence is put together that shows a scene or action in several shots from several points of view
Do studios prefer Master shots Yes they do because it gets extra coverage and gives them space to work
How can editing change time It can elongate it or shorten it
What did Slavko Vorkapich do? He created montages that show long processes with a sequence of a few shots
Cross Cutting/ Parallel Editing Show two processes happening at the same time
Flashbacks They manipulate time
What are fantasy subjective They are moments that allow viewers to look into a characters inner life and emotions
How did the Russian Communist use film As propaganda and educational propaganda
Kuleshov did what? He experimented with montage and would montage a face and objects and would show emotional attachment
What did Pudovkin write He wrote the first theoretical book on montage. Reality is created by editing images together
Hitchcock was influenced by who Pudovkin influenced Hitchcock and he was one of the best practitioners
Bazin A French critic who worked for Cahiers du Cinema
Bazin liked what type of mise en scene He liked Realist films (Longer takes and less cutting produce a greater sense of reality)
Birth of a Nation firsts? First american full feature film and first written score for a motion picture
Who produced and directed The Birth of a Nation D.W. Griffith in 1914
What was the Birth of a Nation It was a anti african american film that visualized and defined negative stereotypes
Who played major African American roles in Birth of a Nation and why ? They were played by whites so that women would be far from the proximity of african americans
After BoN what group had a resurgence The KKK
What was so important in BoN The innovative story telling techniques and editing
Who plays the Chinese in Charlie Chan Warner Oland who is a Swedish Actor. Irish and Italians were also caracterized
Bill Robinson plays who in The Littlest Rebel. He plays a benign slave named Uncle Billy in a movie that portrays slavery as benign
Race Movies Movies made for the African American audiences
What time were Race movies shown at They were shown at midnight for blacks only
Herbert Jeffery Created the black singing cowboy character that was famous in Harlem rides the Range
Jefferies movies were made for who and how were the actors depicted His films were the african american viewer and african americans were portrayed as fully dimensional characters
How long were native americans portrayed as other, or savages Till the 1970's
The Battle of Elderbush Gulch It features a depiction of the screaming trope that was established by Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show
Oscar Micheaux Was a prolific indie filmmaker that made films for an african american public
In 1919 what did Oscar Micheaux do He was the first AfricanAmerican to make a film called the Homesteader which starred Evelyn Preer
Oscar MIscheaux did what with WIthin our Gates He fought the racism of BoN and he moved away from negro sterotypes
Camera Obscura It was invented by Persian Scientist Abu and in a dark room a pinhole in the wall would allow light to the other wall and an image would appear upside down
Photography was invented by who? Joseph Nicephore and made first positive photograph in 1826
Eaweard J. Muybridge was an English Photographer that did what to the cinema game He would use multiple cameras to capture motion and had a zoopraxiscope that would project the motion
George Eastman Found the Eastman Kodak Company and invented first roll of film and brought photography to the mainstream
Dickson; Edison's entrepreneur did what He created the kinetograph (Camera) and the kinetescope (Projector) in 1889
Lumiere Brothers They created the cinematograph that was easier and more portable than the kinetiscope in 1894
The Director of Photography's job is what It's their responsibility to light the scene appropriately
Many directors know what they want visually T or F False. Most have a general sense of what they want but sometimes they can be downright vague
High Key Lighting Very bright, no shadows, well lit, and lit evenly
Low Key Lighting Dark, Shadows, Mysterious, Atmospheric
Herbert Kalmus Developed two strip Technicolor which was used in silent films and then created 3 strip technicolor in the 30's
How does Eastman single strip Technicolor work Dyes were embedded in three color layers which then stuck together to become one
In the 1970's what stock was introduced Fast Stock was introduced
Are most movies digital or on celluloid Most movies are digital because it is cheaper and you can do more with it.
Super Wide Angle Lenses (Fish Eye) These lenses elongate objects put very close to them. Images recede at a rapid rate when backed away
Wide Angle Lenses Objects look more rounded and appear to approach and recede rapidly. Less distortion than fish-eye
Normal Lenses Objects appear similar to the way your eyes see them
Long or telephoto lenses The longer the lens the more compressed images are. Objects appear to be slower and good for closeups and are very good for facial planes
8 mm for amateur use 16 mm for docus and low budget films 35 mm is what is used today and the standard 65+70mm are used for 3-D or Cinemascope
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