lit and film midterm
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- Epic
- is characterized by bold themes and includes a protagonist who is ideal and representative of his culture-national, religious or regional
- boom
- the pole that an overhead microphone is mounted on so as not to restrict the movement of the actors
- dubbing
- adding the sound after the visuals have been shot
- High-key lighting
- bright light, few shadows (used in comedies and musicals
- deep focus shot
- photography that allows all distances to remain clearly in focus (establishing the setting)
- Phonograph
- gave humans the ability to playback sound
- low angle
- a shot in which the subject is photgraphed from below (this makes the subject look more powerful, bigger, stronger or younger)
- Alfred Hitchcock
- who worked with Carry GRant, Grace Kelly and Jimmy Stewart?
- flashback
- interrupting the present by using a shot that represents the past
- A-Film
- What do you call a film that has a major stars and genorous budget
- Phone
- What invention gave humans the ability to reproduce sound
- heiroglyphics
- communication became semipermanent through this development
- telegraph
- What invention changed the barriers of distance and time regarding communications?
- medium shot
- a close shot which reveals the human figure from the waist
- allusion
- a referance to an event, person or work of art that is usually well known
- matte shot
- when two seperate shots are combined on one print
- celluloid
- the plastic film that movies are made on
- literal adaptation
- a movie based on a stage play, in which the dialogue and actions are preserved more or less in tact.
- Trip to the moon
- The first science fiction film
- loose adaptation
- a movie based on another medium in which only a superficial resemblance exists between the two versions
- prop
- a gun, table, chair, ashtray, painting etc.
- dolly shot
- a shot taken from a moving vehicle tracking along the side
- Computer generating imaging
- what does CGI stand for?
- To create the mood and to develop theme and character
- what is the purpose of lighting?
- George Meleis
- father of special effects
- Montage
- What editing is called in Europe
- Screen play
- A written description of a movies dialogue and action is called...
- Edison
- invented the phonograph
- voice over
- often used to convey a character's thoughts or memories
- Producer
- who takes care of the financing of a film
- fade in
- when an imageis illuminated from a black screen to normal brightness
- Distributor
- Who books the film into the theatre?
- take
- a variation of a specific shot. John Ford never took two of these
- blocking
- movements of the actors within a given playing area
- fade-out
- when an image is snuffed from normal brightness to black screen
- dailies
- film shots from one day that are reviewed in the evening
- Printing press
- what invention ushered the age of mass media
- Editing
- the joining of one shot with another.
- panning
- the camera pans but does not move its location
- close-up
- a detailed view of a person or object
- birds eye view
- when the camera photographs a scene from directly over head
- faithful adpatation
- a film based on a literary original which captures the essence of the original
- Personality star
- What kind of star plays roles that fit a public image
- high angle
- a shot in which the subject is photographed from above (makes the subject look smaller, weaker or older)
- Editor
- Who is responcible for putting the film together
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Invented the telephone
- Government and in the Church
- In the ancient times the only people who could read and write were the persons of power in the // and in the //
- Mary Queen of Scotts execution
- first special effect
- flash forward
- shot that represents the future
- William Talbot
- developed photography
- photography
- The invention of this ushered the age of graphic revolution
- High contrast
- shadows, harsh shafts of light and dramatic streaks of darkness
- Lummierre brothers
- what brothers were the first to have motion in their film?
- Archetype
- well known story patterns, universal experiences, or personality types
- genre
- a recognizable type characterized by certain conventions
- Cinemotographer
- Who is responcible for the lighting in the film
- Morse
- Perfected the telegraph
- art and science
- special effects usually deal with two subjects // and //
- Inks and paper
- The production of // and // made writing a more portable and durable medium of communiaction.
- allegory
- a technique in which the characters and situations represent obvious ideas
- Low-key
- pools of light (used in mysteries and thrillers)
- Art Director
- Who is responcible for designing and constructing sets?
- omniscent-point of view
- an all knowing narrator who provides all necessary information
- Alfred HItchcock
- who said "Life is drama with the dullness cut out" ?
- backlighting
- when the lights come from the rear, throwing the foreground figures into semi darkness. This creates mood and emphasis
- backlot
- where standard exterior sets are built. one example of this is western films