MACS 100 Exam 1
form - answer how the content (theme) is played/conveyed through images
ROMA - answer-working class representation
-1970s Mexico
-slower pace creates enigmatic representation of Cleo
Black Panther - answer-race, politics
-ideological conflict: political complacency Tchula vs. radical/revolutionary Killmonger
-Shuri: technology/science/progress
-Nakia: social justice and compassion
-dynamic pace to it
-faux-long tracking shots
Jane the Virgin - answer-sexuality, sex positivity, and gender
Pose - answer-race, sexuality, queerness
It Follows - answer-main character: Jay
formal-aesthetic value of film - answer-the artistic value of film
-film vs. reality: reality makes physical impression on film stock
-auteurism
Auteurism - answerbelief that director of a film is an artist and their vision should be
seen clearly in the film
social-ideological value of film - answer-film is exemplary modern art form
-modernity lies within the industrial character of film production
editing is founded in fragments
Mise-en-scene - answer-"placed in the scene"
-composition, editing, sound, objects, etc.
sound - answerdesign and editing of the audible
production design - answer-the whole look
-composition, design, lighting, staging, actors
establishing shot - answer-typically a location
-ROMA: gives us an idea of who Cleo is
, -Black Panther: shows Oakland vs. Wakanda
staging - answer-arrangement and movement of figures and props
-ROMA: careful staging; characters responsible for action within frame; man in costume
burning forest scene
composition - answerforeground/background, symmetry, objects (actors/props), color
-ROMA: created and spoiled sense of symmetry
shot/reverse shot - answer-two or more shots edited together that alternate characters,
typically in a conversation situation
-over the shoulder back and forth
two shot - answer-a scene between two people shot exclusively from an angle that
includes both characters more or less equally
close up - answerchest up
medium shot - answerwaist up
long shot - answerfull body
extreme long shot - answertakes in character and landscape
pan - answer-camera pivoting on a tripod; stationary but pivoting
-vertical or horizontal
-like head moving/following character
tracking shot - answer-camera moving to the side/back/forward as if on railroad tracks
-ROMA: camera wants to move but slowly
photographic properties - answer-tone: range of color (BP: purple)
-perspective: spatial relations
-aspect ratio
-film speed (usually 24fps)
types of lighting - answer-low
-motivated
-directed
-diffused: misty, halo
-practical: lighting source is within frame (streetlamp in La La Land)
-hard
-natural (Midsommar)
-color (could be important to the narrative)
theme - answer-characters representing ideology
form - answer how the content (theme) is played/conveyed through images
ROMA - answer-working class representation
-1970s Mexico
-slower pace creates enigmatic representation of Cleo
Black Panther - answer-race, politics
-ideological conflict: political complacency Tchula vs. radical/revolutionary Killmonger
-Shuri: technology/science/progress
-Nakia: social justice and compassion
-dynamic pace to it
-faux-long tracking shots
Jane the Virgin - answer-sexuality, sex positivity, and gender
Pose - answer-race, sexuality, queerness
It Follows - answer-main character: Jay
formal-aesthetic value of film - answer-the artistic value of film
-film vs. reality: reality makes physical impression on film stock
-auteurism
Auteurism - answerbelief that director of a film is an artist and their vision should be
seen clearly in the film
social-ideological value of film - answer-film is exemplary modern art form
-modernity lies within the industrial character of film production
editing is founded in fragments
Mise-en-scene - answer-"placed in the scene"
-composition, editing, sound, objects, etc.
sound - answerdesign and editing of the audible
production design - answer-the whole look
-composition, design, lighting, staging, actors
establishing shot - answer-typically a location
-ROMA: gives us an idea of who Cleo is
, -Black Panther: shows Oakland vs. Wakanda
staging - answer-arrangement and movement of figures and props
-ROMA: careful staging; characters responsible for action within frame; man in costume
burning forest scene
composition - answerforeground/background, symmetry, objects (actors/props), color
-ROMA: created and spoiled sense of symmetry
shot/reverse shot - answer-two or more shots edited together that alternate characters,
typically in a conversation situation
-over the shoulder back and forth
two shot - answer-a scene between two people shot exclusively from an angle that
includes both characters more or less equally
close up - answerchest up
medium shot - answerwaist up
long shot - answerfull body
extreme long shot - answertakes in character and landscape
pan - answer-camera pivoting on a tripod; stationary but pivoting
-vertical or horizontal
-like head moving/following character
tracking shot - answer-camera moving to the side/back/forward as if on railroad tracks
-ROMA: camera wants to move but slowly
photographic properties - answer-tone: range of color (BP: purple)
-perspective: spatial relations
-aspect ratio
-film speed (usually 24fps)
types of lighting - answer-low
-motivated
-directed
-diffused: misty, halo
-practical: lighting source is within frame (streetlamp in La La Land)
-hard
-natural (Midsommar)
-color (could be important to the narrative)
theme - answer-characters representing ideology
