H010, H410 OCR AS and A Level Film Studies – Study Guide and Practice Test

H010, H410 OCR AS and A Level Film Studies – Study Guide and Practice
Test
Documentary Introduction <CORRECT ANSWER>- 'actualities' of Louis + Auguste
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Lumiere (1895) - first images intended as simple recordings of everyday life -
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construction of reality - people were hired
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- 1st feature documentary = Nanook of the North = staged - some reels of footage
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got burnt in fire
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- John Grierson (first coined term documentary) = documentaries were: 'the creative
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treatment of actuality'
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Codes + Conventions <CORRECT ANSWER>- actuality footage = doc filmmaker shoots
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what they want for the film
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- archive footage = can come from a variety of sources e.g. news footage/interviews
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from the past or personal footage e.g. mobile phone videos
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- voiceover narration = non-diegetic voice that assist in explaining info - positions
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spectator with POV of filmmaker
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- can also be interviews which create meaning + response
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- can be expositional - introduce info to audience - typically occur at start of doc
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- characters = chosen by filmmaker to present a point of view
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- reconstruction = stage reenactments of events from the past to recreate the feel
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of real life events
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- Flaherty (Nanook) = 'the important thing is not the authenticity of the materials
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but the authenticity of the results'
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Modalities of Desire/Purpose - Michael Renov <CORRECT ANSWER>1) Record, reveal or
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preserve - create an impression of a moment that is as authentic as possible
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2) Persuade or promote - achieve personal or social goals on behalf of filmmaker
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3) Analyse or interrogate - ask previously unacknowledged question on its subject
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4) Express - the material is to induce emotion in the viewer
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