film studies final

What are the elements of the Fantasy genre?

Often have an element of magic, myth, wonder, escapism, and the extraordinary. Include flying carpets, magic swords & spells, dragons, and ancient religious relics and objects

Which type of characters are predominant in Fantasy genre films?

Princes or princesses, angels, lesser gods, or fairies, gnomes, trolls, dwarves, and elves of legend.

When did color in film become commercially widespread?

1940s

What was a major problem with sophisticated film color in its early years?

it's tendency to prettify everything

Which film genre was considered unsuitable vehicles for color in its early years of usage?

realistic dramas

Since earliest times, visual artists have used color for what type of purpose?

symbolic purpose

Which type of color scheme uses 1 color with variations in tints, shades, saturation, and textures to add depth and variance, creating a deeply harmonious feeling that is soft & soothing?

monochromatic color scheme

Which type of color scheme uses 2 colors that sit on opposite sides of each other on the color wheel, creating an overall feeling of conflict and tension?

complementary color scheme

Which type of color scheme uses 3 colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel, creating an overall feeling of harmony with very little tension?

analogous color scheme

Which type of color scheme uses 3 colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel, creating an overall playful mood?

triadic color scheme

Which type of color palette creates very little tension and/or feelings of nostalgia for the viewer?

warm color palette

Which type of color palette creates feelings of tranquility, aloofness, serenity, or alienation for the viewer?

cool color palette

What type of color pallete is used by a filmmaker to give the audience feelings of somberness, depression, hopelessness, gloominess, and pessimism?

desaturated color image

What type of color pallete is used by a filmmaker to have the audience to experience feelings of happiness, excitement, and optimism?

saturated color image

What was the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952 that became known and celebrated for its highly saturated color?

technicolor

What type of film stock is highly sensitive to light and commonly associated with documentary films?

fast stocks

What is term for the 25 minutes of time when the sun sets, and after the sun sets before it is night called?

golden hour and blue hour?

Which film is sometimes credited as being the first Horror film?

Le Manoir du Diable by George Melies

Which film is considered the granddaddy of all Horror films?

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Which film studio had a successful Gothic Horror film series in the 1930s with such movies as Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Invisible Man?

Universal

Which film company beginning in the late 1950s, enjoyed huge international success from films involving classic horror characters (e.g. Dracula, The Mummy, Frankenstein) in color for the first time?

Hammer

Which film began the found footage Horror sub-genre in the late 1990s?

The Blair Witch Project

What is the name of the camera stabilizing device perfected in the 1970s that allows cinematographers to move smoothly through a set or location without shaking or bobbing?

steadicam

What type of shot is used to connect events at different locales that might otherwise appear remote from each other?

over-the-shoulder shot

What type of camera angle is neutral and has little to no psychological effect on the viewer?

eye-level shot

What type of camera angle makes a figure seem weak, harmless, and insignificant to the viewer?

high-angle shot

What type of camera angle makes a figure seem threatening, inspiring fear and awe in the viewer?

low-angle shot

What type of camera angle is often used to portray psychological uneasiness or tension in the subject being filmed?

oblique angle/dutch tilt

What is the most disorienting camera angle of all that involves photographing a scene from directly overhead?

bird's eye view

What is a shot defined as?

defined by the amount of subject matter that's included within a frame of the screen

What are extreme long shots are often used for?

often used at the beginning of a scene of film to establish general location or setting

What does a medium shot contain?

contains a figure from the knees to waist up

What does a close-up shot provide viewers?

provides empathy for viewers to understand the actor's emotions; intense feelings

What is most popular shot size in all of cinema?

medium shot

What type of filmmakers tend to use normal or standard lenses to produce a minimum of distortion?

realist filmmakers

Which type of filmmaker tends to avoid extreme angles?

realists

Which type of filmmaker is not always concerned with the clearest image of an object, but with the image that best captures its essential nature?

formalist

What type of lens is most often used to get close-ups of objects from extreme distances?

wide-angle or telephoto lens

What are many camera filters used for?

improve glare, saturation, altering light intensity etc

zoom shot

the movement of the image according to focal adjustments of the lens, without the camera being moved

dolly zoom

A shot in which the camera tracks forward toward a subject while simultaneously zooming out creating a woozy, transformative, vertiginous, warping effect

static shot

A shot with no camera movement

tracking shot

A shot in which the camera moves parallel with its moving subject; following shot

trucking shot

any moving shot taken from a moving vehicle rather than from a dolly

pan shot

A shot in which the camera moves horizontally around a fixed axis from one part of a scene to another

tilt shot

A shot taken by angling a stationary camera up (tilt-up) or down (tilt-down).

What type of film stock is highly sensitive to light and in some cases can register images with no illumination except what's available on location, even in night-time sequences?

fast film stock

what type of film stock that is relatively insensitive to light and requires as much as ten times more illumination than other stocks? Traditionally, capable of capturing colors precisely, without washing them out.

slow film stock

What are the most common sub-genres of Drama?

detective, mystery, crime, legal, melodrama, epic, war, romance, biopic

Which film genre is considered the largest because it includes a broad spectrum of films and includes many subgenres?

dramatic films

Be able define what a trained professional actor is.

trained professionals are capable of playing a variety of roles in a variety of styles

What are the categories of film acting?

extras, non-professionals, trained professionals, stars

What are essential requisites for a stage actor to have? a film actor to have?

stage actors: follow script distinctly

film actors: develop/create internal monologue

Which actor training system is made up of various different techniques designed to allow actors to create realistic characters?

Stanislavski Technique

Which type of actor must be capable of an intense degree of concentration—turning emotions on and off for very short periods of time?

trained professionals??

Who uses the actor as an ultimate tool in order to communicate ideas and emotions in cinema?

director

What is a tool of the director that they use to communicate ideas and emotions?

movie actor

When did the American star system become the backbone of the American film industry?

mid 1910s

What were the original 4 ratings that were a part of the MPAA rating system when it was first introduced?

G, M, R, X

Which silent film actor best exemplifies deadpan comedy?

Buster Keaton

What type of Comedy film dominated the silent film era since they did not need sound to be effective, and they were popular with non-English speaking audiences in metropolitan areas?

Slapstick

What are the general formats of Comedy films?

comedian-led (jokes, gags, sketches) or situation-comedies (told within a narrative)

What are the characteristics of slapstick Comedy films?

two slats of wood that made a slap noise; exaggerated on physical activity that has cartoonish violence with harmless, goofy, or painless cruelty; horseplay, pratfalls, tripping, practical jokes, mistakes, vulgar gags etc.

What is mise-en-scéne?

the arrangement of everything that can be seen within the framing of a shot: actors, lighting, decor, costumes, make up colors, etc; meaning "placing on stage"

What was originally a French theatrical term meaning "placed on stage"?

mise en scene

What are the 4 elements of a film's mise-en-scéne?

a) the staging of the action

b) the physical setting and decor

c) the manner in which these materials are framed

d) the manner in which they are photographed

What dimensions of the frame are measured for the aspect ratio?

width and height

What type of lighting is commonly used with comedies and musicals?

high-key

What type of lighting is commonly used with film noir and horror?

low-key

Which film genre is known for its use of chiaroscuro [high contrast] lighting?

film noir

Which type of lighting gives overall bright pictures and has no conspicuous shadows?

high-key

Which type of lighting gives an overall dark picture that has diffused soft shadows and atmospheric pools of light?

low-key

Which type of lighting has harsh shafts of lights and dramatic streaks of blackness?

low-key

Which of the character proxemics tends to be reserved for friends and acquaintances rather than lovers or members of a family?

personal distance

Which of the basic staging positions for an actor in front of a camera is the most intimate?

full-front

Which type of line composition suggests inner turmoil and chaos?

dynamic lines; askew

What area of the frame can suggest ideas dealing with power, authority, and aspiration?

top of the frame

What portions of the screen are generally reserved for the most important visual elements?

central portion

What area of the frame tends to suggest ideas of subservience, vulnerability, and powerlessness?

bottom of the frame