Film Quiz #2

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Mise-en-scene

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cinematic staging; the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play/film; the setting or surrounding of an event or action

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Setting

Back 2

the environment in which a story or event takes place

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Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI)

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images that originate from computer graphics technology, rather than photography

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Typecasting

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the practice of repeatedly casting actors in similar roles across different films

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Character Actors

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An actor whose career rests on playing minor or secondary quirky character rather than leading roles

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Cameos

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a short screen appearance by a celebrity, playing themselves

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Figure Placement & Movement

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The arrangement of actors on screen as a compositional element that suggests themes, character development, emotional content, and visual motifs

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Soft Light

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light emitted from a larger source that is scattered over a bigger area or reflected off a surface before it strikes the subjects. Soft light minimizes facial details, including wrinkles

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3-point lighting

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An efficient system developed for film lighting in a standard lighting set up-the key light illuminates the subject, the fill light eliminates shadows cast by the key light and the back light separates the subject from the background

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Natural-key lighting

Back 10

lighting design where the key light is somewhat more intense than the fill light, so the fill does not eliminate every shadow. The effect is generally less cheerful than high-key lighting, but not as gloomy as low-key lighting

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Loose framing

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A technique of leaving empty space around the subject in the frame, in order to convey openness and continuity of visible space & to imply off screen space

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Chiaroscuro

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The artful use of light and dark areas in the composition in black & white filmmaking

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Hue

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color; the strength of a hue is measured by its saturation and desaturation

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German Expressionism

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A film style that emerged in the 1910s in Germany. It was heavily indebted to the expressionist art movement of the time & influenced subsequent horror films and film noirs

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Blocking

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A production term referring to coordinating actors' movements with lines of dialogue

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Forced perspective

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A system of constructing and arranging building and objects on the so that the diminish in size dramatically from foreground to background, which creates the illusion of depth

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Freeze frame

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projecting a series of frames of films with the same image which appears to stop the action

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Method Acting

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A style of stage acting developed from the teachings of Constantin Stanislavsky, which trains actors to get into character through the use of emotional memory

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Extras

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An uncredited actor, usually hired for crowd scenes

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Brechtian Distanciation

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Drawing attention to the process of representation to break the theatrical illusion and elicit a distanced intellectual response in the audience

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Hard light

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Light emitted from a relatively small source positioned close to the subject it tends to be unflattering because it creates deep shadows and emphasizes surface imperfections

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Available light

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also called 'natural light,' the process of using sunlight rather than artificial studio lights when filming

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High-key lighting

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lighting design that provides an even illumination of the subject, with many facial dtails washed out, tends to create a hopeful mood in contrast to low-key lighting

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Low-key lighting

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the greater intensity of the key light makes it impossible for the fill to eliminate shadows producing a high-contrast image, a number of shadows, and a somber mood

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Tight framing

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visual effect created when the subject in the frame is restricted by the objects or the physical properties of the set

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Saturation

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the measure of intensity or purity of a color, purer than desaturated color

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Desaturated

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muted, washed-out color that contained more white than a saturated color