Realism in Filmmaking

These flashcards cover key concepts related to realism in filmmaking, exploring the style's definition, techniques, and thematic elements.

Realism

A style of filmmaking that uses techniques to make viewers accept that the film's events could occur in real life.

Editing

A technique in realism that helps create a sense of ongoing events in the film.

Dialogue

crafted to create believable characters and conversations that the audience can imagine as real.

Material reality

The established and maintained tangible aspects of the world created in a realist film.

Mise-en-scène

The arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a film, contributing to the film's realism.

Recognition and familiarity

The appeal in realist films that allows audiences to relate to the characters and situations based on their own experiences.

Western values

Ideological expressions in realist films that depict certain human behaviors and societal norms as 'natural'.

Ideological project

The broader aims of realism to challenge or reinforce perceived values and behaviors in society.

Human nature

Concepts of what it means to be human, often explored through character behaviors in film.

Abstract themes

Ideas not grounded in specific material reality; explored in realist films but less commonly than concrete scenarios.