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42 Cards in this Set
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A narrative description of the film as the author "sees" it is called
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Film treatment
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Three basic elements in the construction of the shooting script
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Shot, scene, sequence
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What are the modes of response?(2)
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Objectivity, Subjectivity.
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What appears before the eye
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Objectivity (analysis)
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What appears beyond the eye
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Subjectivity(interpretation)
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How film differs from other arts:(5)
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1. A community art
2.Reliance on technology 3. Reliance on economic success 4. Art form of 20th century 5.no instant feedback |
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Factors in creating the illusion of motion in motion pictures(3)
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1.Phase pictures (frame)
2. Intermittent Motion 3.Persistance of vision - |
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Persistance of vision is?
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Ability of the retina of the eye to retain an image for a fraction of a second after the object has disapeared.
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What is a film experience a question of?
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Emotional response.
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Four major stages of work in doing a film are(4)
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1.Pre-production planning
2. production 3. Post-production 4. Distribution / exhibition |
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What is production?
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That period of time when we re actually shooting the film.
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Five "legs" of film making
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1. Script
2. Camera 3. Sound 4. director 5. editing |
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Treatments for firlms include (4 things)
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1.Discription of major characters in depth
2. plot outline 3. discription of the major sequences 4. writers comments on the film |
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Two steps in writing for film
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1.Treatment
2. Shooting script |
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What is plot?
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The action of the film, the ecents, what happens.
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What is Theme?
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the meaning; authors message; idea
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Shooting scripts include:(3)
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1. Character descriptions
2. setting 3. dialogue |
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Script breakdown(3)
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1.Needs list (personnel, physical)
2. Shooting schedule 3. Budget |
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What is the visual composition of film?(3)
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1. Placement of people within the frame
2. Movement of people within the frame 3. movement of frame itself |
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What is the writers job?
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To develope characters and progress the plot
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Major function of the director?
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Visual composition
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Types of film stock
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Fast film (very sensitive to light)
Slow film (less sensitive to light |
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Differences in film stock (4)
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1.size
2. type 3. grain content 4. contrast |
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terms / concepts for the Shooting Procedure (4)
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1. Single camera
2. Multiple takes 3. shooting out of sequence 4. acting problems |
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Types of acting problems (3)
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1. repition of performance
2. performing in small bit of time 3. out of sequence |
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What is a take?
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a single attempt to photograph a shot, take number indicates the number of times we have photographed the same scene
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Reasons of multiple takes (2)
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1. acting problems
2. technicle problems |
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Properties of fast film (5)
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1. higher ASA number
2. more sensitive to light 3. needs less light for exposure 4. composed of larger grains 5. has a low capacity to show contrasts |
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Two types of lighting?
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1. Natural
2. Artificial |
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Elements of lighting (3)
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1.Intensity = quantity
2. character =quality 3. Direction |
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What is the major reponsibility of the cinematographer
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Lighting
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Where are films made? (2)
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1.Studio (sound stage, backlot)
2.on location (exterior, interior) |
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Most efficient place to shoot a film?
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The Studio
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Sound that is recorded in sync
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1.dialogue
2. SFX |
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sound that is recorded post-sync (3)
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1. dialoge
2. SFX 3. Music |
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Sound that is mixed in later (3)
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1.Lip sync
2. SFX 3. Music |
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Where sound FX come from (4)
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1.Sync sound
2. created as wild sound 3. purchase them 4. create own sounds |
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Music in films are (2)
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1. pre exhisting music
2. original composition |
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Film seasons are: 2
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1. summer season
2. holiday season |
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Types of film distribution 2
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1.Theatrical
2. Non- theatrical |
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Types of theatrical distribution 4
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1.Road show
2. first run 3. second run 4. Saturation |
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Types of non theatrical distribution 2
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1. dvd / cassette
2. television |