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macs 100 exam 1BTwo main points of analysis - answer Ideology and representation
Ryan Coogler describes Black Panther as a "political" film – answer Killmonger is a
audience surrogate for pain. His father was murdered, he grew up in poverty, and his
goal was to aid oppressed black people all over the world
Mise-en-scene - answer All of the elements placed in front of the camera to be
photographed: the settings and props, lighting, costumes and makeup, and figure
behavior.
importance of lighting - answer directs our attention; contrast b/t illuminated and hidden;
shadows are equally important
The conjuring: low, motivated, directed, source,
Minority report: denatured, cold, takes away color from it
If Beale st could talk: diffused, hazed, glamor shot
La-La Land: practical you see the light in the frame
Midsomer: hard sunlight, natural, color
three qualities of the shot - answerTone, perspective, and film speed
Tone (range of color) - answerblack panther is colorful and could be analyzed
Perspective (spatial relations) - answerthe space between the characters can be
analyzed
Film speed - answertime remap, slower clips can have meaning
types of shots - answerShot/ reverse shot - to carry the conversation
Two shot - two people in one frame to show relationship
Close up - ephifany moments - shoulder shot
Medium shot - waist shot
Long shot - full body
Extreme long shot - landscape
Pan - pivoting on a tripod - stationary yet moving
Tracking shot - follow the subject
examples and purpose of editing - answerbuilds the meaning
Linking shots
Sets pace
Building scenes
Building sequences
, Building units of meaning
Complex, effective, expressive tool - can lead to multiple meanings
Intrinsic and essential to the form(Dyer)
Wipe, match on action, shot/ reverse shot eyeline match, two shot(shot with two
characters in it)
Transitions - fade in/fade out - dissolve - jump cut - cuts
ideology - answera system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of
economic or political theory and policy.
Systems of ideas, assumptions guiding belief and behavior values
Ideology is not political party
Implementation of power is politics. Its blueprint is ideology
Althusser ideology - answercentral and inevitable in society. Needed to function.
Mass media is one apparatus of many
Gramsci ideology - answera space of struggle between the powerful and the governed
Dynamic
stand-in - answerRepresentation as "to stand in for"
As a politician "represents" constituents
So too media texts reproduce values of its culture
Representation can become DISTORTION. It can generalized into stereotype. It can
erase communities
genre conventions of comedy, the romantic comedy and the screwball comedy -
answerComedy
some COMEDY CONVENTIONS:
character defined by physical feature
emphasis on GAGS over story
playful interactions with mise-en-scene
happy ending
celebrated the resilience of social life
the physical triumphs over the intellectual
obstacles overcome through luck, wit, physical dexterity
reunion, reconciliation, reaffirmation
The romantic comedy
happiness
emotional attraction is lighthearted
an awkward social predicament
The screwball comedy
popular in the 1930s and 40s
fast-talking; verbal humor
sexual tension replaced with barbed dialog
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