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Cards Term the short film A MOVIE is considered Definition a compolation film Term Un Chien Andalou Definition Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali Term Avant-grade film makers expierment with.. Definition structure and narrative Ex. Meshes of the Afternoon by Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid Term director of The Bicycle Thieves Definition Vittorio de Sica Term metonymy Definition makes an association and in its own way makes it logical EX. hear the sound of a train while you are sleeping and incorperate the sound into your dream as something else like a whale call or something -take a real life sound and turn it into something else while dreaming Term director of Night and Fog Definition Alain Resnais, France 1955 Term 2 types of documentary status Definition -French Cinema Vitre -social documentation Direct Cinema -"fly on the wall" -american version -be an observer-follow Term director of The Maltese Falcon Definition John Huston may very well be the "original Film Noir Term parody Definition directly references something (spoof) Term Satire Definition not spoofs, more serious but both still comedy relates conventions of film noir Term what does Cinema Verite mean? Definition cinema truth Term self reflexivity Definition -aware of its own artificiality -reveals it self in a technical way -direct reference to the technical aspect in the movie Term pitch Definition 250 words or less Term director of The Player Definition Robert Altman Term screenplay of The Player by Definition Michael Tolkin -based on his novel Term Nosferatu: Symphony of Night Definition F.W. Murnau -Germany 1922 Term Dracula Definition Tod Browing -US 1931 Term Mosferatu, The Vampyre Definition Werner Herzog -Germany 1979 Term Bram Stokers Dracula Definition Francas Ford Coppola -US 1992 Term 2 alagories of a vampyre Definition -sexuality -violence Term direct references in The Player Definition Touch of Evil, Bicycle Thieves, Sunset Blvd., Citizen Kane Term the breakdown of hollywood studio structure Definition -studio head -executives -story editor -producers -directors -writers Term director of the Godfather Definition Francis Ford Coppola USA 1972 Term writer of the Godfather books Definition Mario Puzo Term inventor of Science Fiction in the cinema Definition George Melies 1900 "A Trip to the Moon" "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" Term Director of 2001: A Space Odyssey Definition Stanley Kubrick, US/UK 1968 also was the -writer -special photographic effects designer really an art film that was commercially popular as well Term 2 special effect processes invented by Kubrick Definition 1) slit Scan Machine -used for stargate corridor sequence -wormhole -type of las photography -built by Douglas Trumbull 2) Front Projection -used mostly in the first motion -put projector high up and put projector and background screen at an angle Term 4 movements in 2001: A Space Odyssey Definition 1) The Dawn of Man 2) "The Monolith on the Moon" 3) Jupiter Mission -man vs. machine, mind over matter 4) Beyond the Infinite -physics of time and space All 4 movements are connected by Theme and Music -progression of human intelligence Term Definition