Film Studies Study Guide

Who directed Aviator?

Martin Scorcese

Who is the star in Aviator

Leonardo DrCapprio (played Howard Hughes)

What are the 3 lighting points?

Key light, Backlight, Filllight (make sure you can draw a diagram)

What are 3 Successful lighting techniques?

Establish light's motivation (what do you want to show)

Consider light size and distance

Consider intensity of light source (brightness)

What is the Kuleshow effect?

Attaching specific meaning or emotion to an image

What is the Hays Code?

Motion Picture Production Code; regulates content and prevent the government censorship by banning nudity etc.

Who created the Hays Code?

William Hays: President Legue of Catholic Decency

What is the genre of Aviator?

A biopic

What did Martin Scorcese use to put color into the Aviator

Orignial two step Technicolor

What Oscar did Martin Scorcese win and what for?

Best Director for The Department

In the Aviator what two women did Howard Huches date?

Ava Gardaner and Cathrine Hepburn

What is an example of color in the Aviator that helped tell the character's mood

One example is when Howard Huches is washing his hands in the bathroom and the walls were green saying that he was disgusted or be anxious (answers may various)

What is the Aviator based on?

Hell's Angel

Who is the founder Pan American World Airways

Juan Trippe

What was so special about hell's angel?

Howard Huches kept planes ground intel they were clouds in the sky

Made the film silent to sound

Who is Thelma Schoonmaker?

The editor for all of