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Film Appreciation Ch. 1
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
01/26/2011

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What are the three phases of film production?
Definition
Preproduction, Production, Post Production
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What does preproduction consist of?
Definition
screenwriting, producer hiring cast and crew, and the art dept. creates sets and locations
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What does production consist of?
Definition
Shooting the picture
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What does post production consist of?
Definition
editing and marketing the film
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Director
Definition
oversees creative aspects
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assistant director (AD)
Definition
assists director, maintains schedule
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script supervisor
Definition
maintains continuity
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cinematographer
Definition
in charge of camera and lighting
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first assistance camera (1st ac) aka focus puller
Definition
oversees camera gear
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2nd AC aka clapper loader
Definition
prepares slate and loads film into camera
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Production sound mixer
Definition
records sound during filming
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boom operator
Definition
responsible for microphone placement and movement
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gaffer aka cheif electrician
Definition
design and execution of lighting
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best boy aka first assistance electrician
Definition
assists the gaffer
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grip
Definition
assists camera and lighting crew
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dolly grip
Definition
moves the camera dolly
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craft services
Definition
maintains food/snack table
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point of view
Definition
position from which a film presents the actions of the story
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duration
Definition
the time a movie takes to unfold on screen
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formal analysis
Definition
film analysis that examines how a scene or sequence uses formal elements to convey story, mood, and meaning
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motif
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a recurring visual, sound, or narrative element that imparts meaning or significance
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explicit meanings
Definition
everything that a movie presents on its surface
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implicit meanings
Definition
an association, connection, or inference that a viewer makes on the basis of the given story and form of a film
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cutting on action
Definition
a continuity editing technique that smoothes the transition between shots portraying a single action from different camera angles
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fade in/fade out
Definition
transitional devices in which a shot fades in from a black field on black-and-white film from a color field on color film, or fades out to a black field (or color field)
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cinematic languages
Definition
the accepted systems, methods, or conventions by which the movies communicate
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shot
Definition
one interrupted run of the camera
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close up
Definition
a shot that often shows a part of the body filling the frame -- traditionally a face, but possibly a hand, eye or mouth
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