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MACS 100 STUDY GUIDE 1-6The two main points of analysis in Film Studies. - answer Social-Ideological
Formal aesthetic
Th importance of the "Grieving Man" in Avengers Endgame. - answer only gay man in
avengers -- underrepresentation of lgbtq+
What is an "auteur" and how is it used in film studies? - answer The director, who
oversees all audio and visual elements of the motion picture, is more to be considered
the "author" of the movie than is the writer of the screenplay.
What are the arguments for "film as art?" - answer The aesthetic and the cultural cannot
stand in opposition." Dyer 7.. consider them both
is part of the formal aesthetic
What are the qualities of "realism?" - answer Favors a static, non-moving camera.
Composition feels random or natural, often with an open frame. Lighting appears to be
natural, neither high contrast or washed out. Real locations tend to be used instead of
sets.
What are the qualities of Formalism - answerCamera angles can move toward higher or
lower angles.
A moving camera can be used to emphasize subjective states or create energy and or
mood.
Lighting can move to more extreme use of color, light and shadow in the creation of
subjective states and visual metaphors.
Sets and backgrounds stand out or draw attention to themselves.
Composition within the mise en scéne can more obviously draw on the elements of
formality and organization.
Scoring is more often used and is extra-diegetic, or combines the diegetic with it to
create movement between subjective and objective states.
Shots can tend to be subjective; This can include Point of View (POV) shots where the
camera in a sense becomes the character and we see what the character sees, but
more often are composed and designed in such a way that we gain access to the
character's subjective experience through theses means. See image above and below.
What is Mise-en-scene? What is its translation? What are its components? - answerthe
overall look and feel of the movie, the sum of everything the audience sees, hears, and
feels when viewing it
arrangement of objects
, putting on the stage.
composition, lighting, image, staging, editing, sound, special effects, narative
Identify different types of lighting. - answerchapter 2 video
Components of Narrative. - answerstory, plot, narration
Three qualities of the image. - answerfilm speed
tone
perspective
Examples of editing. - answerLinking shots.
Setting pace.
Building scenes.
Building sequence.
Building units of meaning.
Definition of ideology - answerbelief system that society can be improved by following
certain doctrines; usually ends in ism
Representation and Reality - answerTo "stand-in" for someone or something as a form
of representation.
Representation as Re-Presentation - answerThe question of authenticity.
According to Stuart Hall: "Because media is inauthentic doesn't mean that
______________." - answernothing is at stake
Define
Genre.
Conventions.
Formulas.
How are they related? - answergenre - a category of artistic composition, as in music or
literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
convention - as "signs" or "signifiers." Signs that remind and reassure the spectator that
they are encountering a specific genre
formulas -conventions are routinely mixed, combined, and occasionally revised into
patterns that we call formula. Therefor we can reliably claim that formula is the
arrangement of conventions into a story, or formula is convention narrativized.
the conventions + formulas help make genres
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