MACS 100 Exam 1 Study guide
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two main points of analysis in Film Studies. - ANSWER Social-Ideological, Formal
aesthetic
Mise-en-scene - ANSWER the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a
play:
-Types of shots
-Composition (spatial relationships of objects within frame)
-Lighting
-Staging (arrangement/movement of figures and props)
-Editing
Components of Narrative. The characteristics of the "Classical" and "Post-Classical"
narrative. Narrative model & narrative tendency. - ANSWER 3 components:
Story: events within and implied
Plot: Structure of events (linear?Nonlinear?)
Narration: Perspective? Tone or emotion? emphasis?
-Classical: logical, credible, cause effect, resolves, form in service of...
-post classical: ambiguous,effect w/o cause, art film
Identifying different types of lighting. - ANSWER Fill Lighting
Backlighting
Side Lighting
Practical Lighting
Bounce Lighting
Soft Lighting
Hard Lighting
Three qualities of the shot. - ANSWER Photographic Properties: Tone (Range of
color)
Perspective (Spatial Relations)
, -Shot/Reverse shot: keeping characters seperate in the frame.
-Two Shot: when both characters are in the frame
-Close up: When character's face has a close up. Usually able to show a revelation in the
character.
Examples and purposes of editing. - ANSWER Linking shots.
Sets Pace
Building Scenes
Building sequence
Building units of meaning
Complex, effective, expressive tool
Intrinsic and essential to the form
Ex: Cut, Montage, Motion
The definition of Ideology and its importance. - ANSWER Systems of ideas,
assumptions, guiding belief and behavior. Values.
Ideology is NOT political party
Implementation of power is POLITICS. Its blueprint is ideology
Spinning: tilting news events to serve ideology
- Done through SELECTION and EMPHASIS
- Punditry: FOX news c MSNBC
Gramsci and Althusser - ANSWER ALTHUSSER: Central and inevitable in society.
Needed to function.
- Mass media is one apparatus of many.
GRAMSCI: A space of struggle between the powerful and the governed. → Dynamic
The principle concepts of Representation. What is the relationship between Representation
and Reality? What it means to "stand-in" for someone or something as a form of
representation. - ANSWER - Representation- "to stand for" who is representing
whom? How are social groups shown; what ideological spins are used; are they represented
fairly?
- Re-presentation- the depiction of reality in the struggle between the powerful and the
governed; part of meaning making (whose realities are seen, whose are erased); what spins
Questions And Answers With Verified
Solutions 100% Correct Latest Update.
two main points of analysis in Film Studies. - ANSWER Social-Ideological, Formal
aesthetic
Mise-en-scene - ANSWER the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a
play:
-Types of shots
-Composition (spatial relationships of objects within frame)
-Lighting
-Staging (arrangement/movement of figures and props)
-Editing
Components of Narrative. The characteristics of the "Classical" and "Post-Classical"
narrative. Narrative model & narrative tendency. - ANSWER 3 components:
Story: events within and implied
Plot: Structure of events (linear?Nonlinear?)
Narration: Perspective? Tone or emotion? emphasis?
-Classical: logical, credible, cause effect, resolves, form in service of...
-post classical: ambiguous,effect w/o cause, art film
Identifying different types of lighting. - ANSWER Fill Lighting
Backlighting
Side Lighting
Practical Lighting
Bounce Lighting
Soft Lighting
Hard Lighting
Three qualities of the shot. - ANSWER Photographic Properties: Tone (Range of
color)
Perspective (Spatial Relations)
, -Shot/Reverse shot: keeping characters seperate in the frame.
-Two Shot: when both characters are in the frame
-Close up: When character's face has a close up. Usually able to show a revelation in the
character.
Examples and purposes of editing. - ANSWER Linking shots.
Sets Pace
Building Scenes
Building sequence
Building units of meaning
Complex, effective, expressive tool
Intrinsic and essential to the form
Ex: Cut, Montage, Motion
The definition of Ideology and its importance. - ANSWER Systems of ideas,
assumptions, guiding belief and behavior. Values.
Ideology is NOT political party
Implementation of power is POLITICS. Its blueprint is ideology
Spinning: tilting news events to serve ideology
- Done through SELECTION and EMPHASIS
- Punditry: FOX news c MSNBC
Gramsci and Althusser - ANSWER ALTHUSSER: Central and inevitable in society.
Needed to function.
- Mass media is one apparatus of many.
GRAMSCI: A space of struggle between the powerful and the governed. → Dynamic
The principle concepts of Representation. What is the relationship between Representation
and Reality? What it means to "stand-in" for someone or something as a form of
representation. - ANSWER - Representation- "to stand for" who is representing
whom? How are social groups shown; what ideological spins are used; are they represented
fairly?
- Re-presentation- the depiction of reality in the struggle between the powerful and the
governed; part of meaning making (whose realities are seen, whose are erased); what spins
