Film aesthetic Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Shot - ANSWER-series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time Cinematic Language - ANSWER-is the name given by the authors to the conventions of filmmaking that have evolved over time to become something like an overall film grammar Direct cinema - ANSWER-is a documentary genre that originated between 1958 and 1962 in North America, principally in the Canadian province of Quebec and the United States, and developed by Jean Rouch in France. Generic transformation - ANSWER-...

MACS 100 Exam 1; Questions and Answers 100% Verified Media "text" Correct answer-1. a construction- representation of reality based on values and assumptions 2. can be "read"- analysis and interpretation Aesthetic Value VS Social-ideological Correct answer-1. Aesthetic value: film as "art" 2. Social-ideological value: cultural studies approach Auteur Theory Correct answer-Film is "work of a highly individual artist" -director as all important artist, more so the "author" of a...

MACS 100 Exam 1 Study Guide, Macs 100 Exam 2; Questions and Answers 100% Verified two main points of analysis in Film Studies. Correct answer-Social-Ideological, Formal aesthetic Mise-en-scene Correct answer-the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play: -Translation: "putting on the stage" Types of shots -Composition (spatial relationships of objects within frame) -Lighting -Staging (arrangement/movement of figures and props) -Editing Components of Narrative. The ch...

Praxis - Art 5135 Latest Version Already Passed Tempera Combined with pigment to give it a fluid consistency so that it can be used as paint Kaolin Clay Used to create pottery with a translucent, porcelain-like finish. It is fired at very high temperatures to produce fine, translucent pottery used for fine china. Terracotta Clay that is a reddish or brownish-orange in color Stoneware Clay that produces darker, opaque pottery Raku A Japanese method for firing clay Stone Plat...

Scale remains constant, regardless of whether you perceive it on a large movie screen or smartphone display. - ANSWER True Placing a smaller picture in the center of the actual display screen, with the leftover space surrounding it - ANSWER Windowboxing There are no definite, fixed borders in a video camera's viewfinder or the screen on which the media is projected - ANSWER False This scene from D.W. Griffith's 1916 film "Intolerance" is an example of what technique? - ANSWER Pillar...

Humanities derived from the Latin term, humanitas, which essentially refers to humans and their culture. Learn what it is to be human from a cultural sense. Chronology a method of taking events and putting them in the order of occurrence. In the study of the Humanities, a chronological timeline or a listing of the sequence of events allows us to see connections between cause and effect Themes are unifying ideas that are repeated or developed throughout a literary or artistic wor...

portraying events beyond their obvious appearance by way of shot type, angle, or point of view - correct answer Looking into an event means: a means of communicating a message or story: film, web, radio, TV, mobile device - correct answer What is meant by "medium"? aesthetic context - correct answer An optical illusion is an example of: Yes, to a great extent. - correct answer According to communication theorist Marshall McLuhan (1964), does the medium influence the shaping of...

Film Final Questions and Answers Graded A Staging how props and actors are placed on the set The music for a film is composed and recorded during the development phase of filmmaking. False Which of the following best describes the Assistant Director's role in filmmaking? Handles the day to day set operations for the director. While film form and film content are not always easily separated, film content can be described as essentially what the film is about, the story being told, the meaning...

Praxis 5017 - Art, Music & PE Latest Update Graded A+ Primary Colors Red, Yellow, Blue Secondary Colors Green, Orange and Violet Tertiary Colors Colors that fall between primary and secondary colors Compound Colors Contain a mixture of the three primary colors Complimentary Colors lie opposite each other on the color wheel. Saturated Colors lie around the outside of the color wheel Shape Positive shape is the shape made ... Negative shape is the rest of the page left over...

What are the humanities? Humans and their culture. Why study the humanities? Seeks to understand what Humans beliefs and why. What are the major historical periods covered in this course? Classical, Middle Ages, Baroque, Renaissance, Neoclassical & Enlightenment, Romantic, Realist, Post-Modern and Modern Period. What is a theme? a unifying idea that are repeated throughout a literary or artistic work. Classical Period? balance, truth/reason, humanism, polytheism,...