TFM Final Study Guide Flashcards

Flashcards about film studies based on lecture notes.

Brian De Palma

Director of the movie Blow Out and a New American Cinema director (1965-1995).

Asynchronous sound

Sounds intentionally exploiting the discrepancy between a presented sound and the images and action on screen.

Diegetic sound

Sound originates from a source within the film's world.

Non-diegetic sound

Sound originates from a source outside the film's world.

Narration

The act of telling a story.

Spoken narration

Commentary spoken by either an off-screen or onscreen voice.

Omniscient narration

Commentary is not spoken by one of the characters.

First-person narration

Commentary is spoken by one of the characters in the movie.

Direct address narration

The on-screen character looks and speaks directly to the audience.

Third-person narration

Narration delivered from outside the narrative by a narrator who is not a character in the movie.

Restrict narration

Reveals information to the audience only as a specific character learns of it.

Score

Original, instrumental music specifically composed to accompany a film.

Ambient sounds

Sounds emanate from the background of the setting and are often enhanced in post-production.

Sound effects

A sound artificially created for the soundtrack that has a definite function in telling the story.

Foley sounds

Sound effects created and added in post-production to mimic everyday noises.

Joel and Ethan Coen

New American Cinema directors known for themes of discontentment and dark humor.

Audience Awareness

Functions of Film Sound that brings attention to specific moments in a film.

Audience expectations

Functions of Film Sound that creates expectations depending on the mood of the film.

Aesthetics approach

An approach to film history that examines examples of aesthetics excellence.

Tech approach

An approach to film history focusing on advancements in materials and techniques.

Economic approach

An approach to film history looking at markets, financing, and box office.

Social History approach

An approach to film history where movies are primary sources for studying society.

LA Rebellion filmmakers

A film movement from the late 1960s to the late 1980s at UCLA Film School, creating Black cinema.

Charles Burnett

Director of Killer of Sheep, a film challenging black stereotypes.

Killer of Sheep

Burnett's thesis film at UCLA, an episodic study of a blue-collar worker in South Central Los Angeles.

Implicit ideology

Representing ideology through subtlety and nuance

Explicit ideology

Films that confrontational about their world view

Personal documentary

A documentary where the filmmaker expresses their ideology in their worldviews and thematic interests

Leni Riefenstahl

A filmmaker with right-wing ideology, directed Triumph of the Will. Most famous propaganda film ever made, Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will (1935), records many events at the 1934 Nuremberg rally of Germany’s Nazi party. It thus might mistakenly be considered a “factual” film. Presents a highly glorified image of Adolf Hitler, his Nazi followers for the consumption fo non-German audiences before WW2.

Sound Design Films

Film: Blow Out, No Country For Old Men

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Utilizes every aspect of film aesthetics to envelop the viewer in its story

The Coen Brothers' obsession

Themes of discontentment, artistic stagnation, and dark humor.

Global factors shaping film history

Gov. policies and international relations, societal movements, cultural movements, and technological advancements.

Charles Burnett

Grew up in LA during the 1950s, and eventually went on to film school at UCLA in the early 1970s

Factors that determine Ideology

Social and political forces, Cultural trends, Personal experiences, Political beliefs, Aesthetic interests

Right wing

DW Griffith (Birth of a Nation)

Ideology Film

Film: Minding the Gap (2018)

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Director: Spike Lee. This film is evidence of cinema’s ability to use editing to represent multiple events occurring at the same instant. This movie does parallel action using a split screen to show the concurrent actions simultaneously.

Early Silent Era

1890s - 1920s, 1st movement

German Expressionism

1919-1931, 2nd movement

Soviet Montage

1924-1930, 3rd movevment

Classic Hollywood

1930s - 1950s, 4th movement

Italian Neorealism

1942-1951, 5th movement

French New Wave

1959 -1964, 6th movement

The New Hollywood

1965-1980, 7th movement

Subtlety in film

Some films represent ideology implicitly, through subtlety and nuance. The messaging is hidden underneath the action, more indicative of social norms

Confrontation in film

Others are far more confrontational about their worldview. The messaging is explicitly presented and stands at odds with social norms