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Cards in this set: Term Grierson Definition Drifters: 1936 Night Mail: 1929 Term Leacock Definition Observer Primary: 1960 Style: Quest for synchronized sound, never stop looking, never stop responding to the world around one Term Murrow Definition Promoter See it Now- 1951 (Beginning of the Cold War) -All were narrated by Murrow and supported by actual footage Term Lorenz Definition Advocate Plow that broke the plains: 1936 The River: 1937 Power and the Land: 1940 Style: Poetic narratives/ not just documentaries/ attached setiments to films Term Jennings Definition Buglar Listen to Britain: 1942 Precise, Cal, Rich in resonance Term Funt Definition Catalyst Candid Camera: 1960 Hidden cameras and Microphones Term Weismann Definition Observer Titicut Follies Controlled Audio equipment while directing camera man where to shoot Term Drew Definition Observer Primary:1960 Recorded sound and video seperately and edit it together Term Capra Definition Buglar Why we fight series: 1940s Term Mayles Bros Definition Salesman:1969 Hand held cameras, shots in cars Term Facism Definition Gov. Controls, opposition is not permitted. Subordinate to the interests of the state Term Communism Definition A socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of a classless society based on common ownership of the means of production Term Socialism: . Definition Public opinion matters. Property and the distribution of wealth are subject to control by the community Term Libertarianism Definition Each person sharing the common overall priority of maximum limitation of government combined with optimum possible individual liberty Term Leftist Definition Expressed themselves within mainstream of American culture Term Manifesto Definition : Shapes ideas, concepts of human culture Term Vignettes Definition Brief scene, skit, or sketch; used in Vaudeville Term Synchronous sound on location Definition sound recorded at the time of the filming on location Term Cinematic Hybrid Definition Compendium of different filmic modes Term Elisions Definition Unintended or deliberative ommissions of history, not its causalities Term Linear Editing Definition Selecting or arranging and modifying images and sound previously recorded Term Photogenia Definition ways of overcoming mechanical reproduction of reality in favor of constructing something new in ways that only cinema could accomplish Term Why is the EMB inherently propagandistic Definition The art of natural projection. It formulated the idea of a massive PR complain under Gov. Term Poetic Film Definition Considering the genre of the film, unrepentant impressionist, transfer of poetry to and audio visual medium Term Anachronistic Definition Something that is depicted out of its place in history Term Leach's 3 criteria for poetry effect Definition 1. Montage effects 2. Filmakers ability to develop a personal vision, reoccuring motif 3. No VOG Term What themes are present in this poetry film Definition Poetry, propaganda, peoples war. Term Ten Stylistic elements to Humphry Jennings film- Poetry in Motion Definition 1. Poetic Style- The illusion that the British class system had been swept away and sought to dupe people into believing there will be no more social change 2. Sponsored propaganda 3. Beautiful images and striking montages 4. Emphasized homogeneity 5. Personal Visions: a figment of the romantic imagination 6. no VOG 7. Suocial subjectivity: POV of editing that focuses on spectators views 8. Creates private eye and public gaze 9: social and cinematic unity, subjunctivity 10. Ambiguity, ideological limitations Term Need for why we fight series Definition To build determination to the highest pitch, as to the enemy, to chill the marrow, paralyzing the will to resist. America: To show the impact of the actual was, and what they were fighting for and against, to show post war relationships. Term How was NIght and Fog different from most Holocaust films Definition Some facts are not actually spoken, but seen thru photos and with narration you make connections. Pictures allude to what the narrator only partially speaks about Term Viscerally Definition Dealing with crude or elemental emotional processes Term Post war tech developments Definition Magnification, faster shutter speeds, filming within the body with smaller cameras Term Louisiana Story Definition Flarherty recieved 175.000 dollars from Standard oil to make the film, the oil company did not even want to be identified. Term How and Why were the non talking people like puppets Definition They were manipulated in editing, non verbal communication could be taken in different ways. Shifted because talkers had their own controls. THe control was shifted away from the directors Term Direct Cinema Definition found truth by what is available to the camera. Takes camera to situation of tension and hopes for crisis Term Cinema Vertie Definition Film Truth Term Cinema Vertie vs Direct Cinema Definition Direct cinema: finds it truth in what was available to the camera, takes camera to a situation of tension and hopes for acrisis. CInema Vertie: tried to precipitate the crisis (Sorrow and the pity, candid camera) Term Pros/Cons of Cinema Vertie Definition Pros: Gives status to the interview, good for biographical doc, helps the lowly/poor become active parts of society Cons: Not good for informational purposes. Raised ethical and social concerns, issues not easily resolved, limited by talking heads. Term Why was Tougues United Revolutionary Definition it exploited homophobia to win office Term wh Definition