Film 160 Quiz

Question	Answer
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 pan and scan to make them fit. (protected)
Why is widescreen used	So you can see the grandeur of the landscape
How does the frame 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	.
The Plainsmen was created by who	Cecil
What group from the U.S. has had a huge influence on the country	White Protestants
How did America view immigrants in the mid 19th century	They looked at immigrants as inferiors because they were not like them
How wealthy was D.W. Griffith as a child.	He was very poor
Who are Expressionist	Formalist
Birds Eye Shot	Shot from above and viewers feel like all powerful gods and objects are weak
Oblique Angle	A tilt of the camera that skews horizon and makes character look like there falling off the edge or for POVs and could imitate a drunk POV (Inception)
What type of light source do realist perfer	Lamps, Windows and such things that seem natural
How important is a Director	They are usually seen as the dominant artist for a film
The top of the frame is heavier than what	The bottom of the frame is lighter

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