SDSU TFM 160 Final Exam Questions and Answers 2023

Editing - The process (art and technique) by which the editor selects, arranges, and assembles the visual, sound, and special effects to tell a story Shot - Basic building blocks of film editing A shot's two distinct values? - -the value of the photographic image in itself -the value acquired when the shot is placed in relationship to other shots Cut - Editing's most fundamental tool The Kuleshov Effect - Meaning comes from the editing, not from the physical really that was initially shot Montage (from monter - to build, assemble) - The assemblage of shots, the editing 7 Points of Cinema's Formal Analysis - 1. The fundamentals of film form 2. Types of movies (Narrative, Documentary, Experimental, Genre) 3. Elements of Narrative 4. Mise-en-scene 5. Cinematography 6. Acting 7. Editing How do we describe sound? - -Perceptual Characteristics (pitch, loudness, quality, fidelity) -Source, where it comes from -Type, vocal/environmental, musical Sound's Perceptual Characteristics - -Pitch (level) -Loudness (volume, intensity) "loud", "soft" -Quality (timbre, texture, color) "simple", "complex" -Fidelity (faithfulness) "faithful", "unfaithful" 7 Functions of Film Sound - 1. To reveal the movie's story 2. To provide audience awareness and expectation 3. To express a point of view of storyteller or character 4. To provide rhythm 5. To provide emphasis 6. Reveals aspects of each main character 7. To provide continuity What is acting? - An art in which an actor uses imagination, intelligence, psychology, memory, vocal technique, facial expressions, body language, and an overall knowledge of the film making process to realize, under the directors guidance, the character created by the screenwriter Audience Interest - Our interest in a movie is almost always sparked by the actors featured in it A Movie's Financial Success - The power of some actors (Jennifer Lawrence or Denzel Washington, for example) to draw an audience is frequently more important than any other factor Stage Acting - -play to the audience -must project vocally and physically -memorize their lines and then speak and act them in the story order Screen Acting - -play to the camera -small gestures are fundamental tools for the screen actor -learn only the lines needed for the moment and act out of sequence Persona - -the image of character and personality that we want to show the outside world -the aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others -the 'mask' A Personality Actor - Actors who take their personae from role to role (Morgan Freeman, Adam Sandler) A "Play against expectations" Actor - Actors who deliberately play against our expectations of their persona (Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina Jolie) A Chameleon Actor - Actors who seem to be different in every role (Johnny Depp, Meryll Streep, Samuel Jackson) Nonprofessional Actor - Actors cast to bring to realism to a part (Tom Brady) Acting Criteria for Analysis - -Appropriateness/Transparency -Inherent thoughtfulness or emotionality -Expressive coherence -Wholeness and unity Narration - The act of telling the story of the film, two types of narration -Omniscient -Restricted Omniscient Narration - It knows all; it can provide any character's experiences or perceptions, as well as information no characters knows Restricted Narration - Reveals information to the audiences only as a specific characters learns of it Dutch Angle/Oblique Angle - The camera tilted from its normal horizontal and vertical positions so that it is no longer straight. Gives the viewer the impression that the world in the frame is out of balance. Narrative's Two Fundamental Elements - -Story: All of the implicit and explicit narrative events in the story and the diegesis, or total world in which the story occurs - Plot: The specific actions and events and the orxer in which the events are arranged to convey the narrative to the viewer, including the nondiegetic elements -These two concepts overlap and intersect with one another in every movie 4 Types of Duration - -Duration: The length of time it takes for things to occur (in life or in movies) -Story Duration: The length of time the implied story takes to occur -Plot Duration: The elapsed time of the events explicitly presented in the film take to occur -Screen Duration: The movie's running time on the screen Narrative - - Nonlinear Story Structure - The Catalyst/Inciting Incident - The narrative goal or problem (tackling that goal will help define the Rising Action) - Climax - Resolution Long-Take and Deep-Focus Cinematography - Provide the opportunity to create scenes of greater-than-usual length and broader, deeper fields of composition Ensemble Acting: Long Takes - These takes encourage actors to work together continuously in a single shot Citizen Kane: Themes - - A Man's youthful longings fulfilled (rosebud...) - Criticism of U.S. Capitalism and Media - Individual Power vs. Social and Journalistic ethics and principles History of Citizen Kane - - Hearst fought against Kane because it drew similarities to his affair - Screened for Studio Heads - Was difficult for RKO to distribute because Hearst blocked their advertisements in the newspapers - Won a New York Film Critics Award - 9 Academy Award Nominations (won for best screenplay