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Film class
Final
35
Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
06/08/2011

Additional Film, Theatre & Television Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term

 

 

 

Citizen Kane

Definition

 

 

 

Welles

Term

 

 

 

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Definition

 

 

 

 

Wiene

Term

 

 

 

Casablanca

 

Definition

 

 

 

 

Michael Curtiz

 

 

 

 

Term
To have or have Not
Definition
Howard Hawks
Term
Chinatown
Definition
Roman Polansky
Term
Notorious
Definition
Alfred Hitchock
Term
The Big Parade
Definition
kig vidor
Term
Little caesar
Definition
leroy
Term
Adaptation
Definition
Spike Jonze
Term
Why is the big prade a great film as detailed in class
Definition

1. Jim searching for his love as he leave

2.attack in the forest

3. bayounet-foxhole

4. Runion of lovers

Term

why is casablanca a great film as detailed in class

Definition

1.mininmal 2 great scenes w/ no bad scenes

2. quotable script

3. Iconic music

4. Great performances

5. great directions

6. strong theme

Term
What is an auteur?
Definition
Director = Aurthor
Term
Name four great scencs from Casablanca.
Definition

"Here's to looking at you kid"

"we'll allways have paris".

"play it sam"-rick

"play it"-Ilsa

Term

List two homages in Little Ceasar.

 

Definition

goodfather two

and some like it hot

 

Term

List four characteristic conventions found in the gangster film

 

Definition

1. rise and fall

2. The gangster dies

3. Bad attitude towards women

4.Death reflects to religion

Term
Describe an omniscient shot in citzen kane
Definition

kane was give a sled at the beginning it was named rosebud.

Rosebud was the one saying throught the movie. they burn the rosebud in the end

Term
Citizen kane is a film noir
Definition
F
Term

Give three examples of false testimony in citzen kane.

 

Definition

leland-institution

raymond-spy guality indark

kane-kane-promises out of dark

Term

Describe the breakfast montage in citizen kane

 

Definition
The breakfast montage symbolizes kane and his 1st wife growing apart.
Term
The cabinet of Dr. Caligari is simply photgraphed theater.
Definition
False- Use of pan, masseditiong, shift in narrative mask.
Term
Chinatown uses the motif of circles or circular objects. Explain with examples.
Definition

glasses

watches

taillights

Term
Discuss the character arc of chinatown
Definition

So happy in the beginning than turns to very cynical in the end

 

Term
The cabinet of Dr. Caligari is an important film. Explain why.
Definition

Preccursor of horror film

influenced lighting

illustrates geermans angst about war

Term
Dicuss the visual stratagey of chinatown
Definition
goes with the charactor arch. Starts of light and sunny. Ends its all dark. Ends in night time
Term
Give four similarites of to have and have not to casablanca
Definition

1. Theme:commintment

2. Piano Player

3.French war time politics

4.Beautiful women stranded

Term
Opposites attract in tems of the lead actors in to have and have not. Give four examples
Definition

Age Man-44, Girl-19

Bogie- Cynical, Bacall- Inocent

Bogie- Upperclass protestant, Bacall- Jewish and Poor

Bogie- Lacks confidence Bacall- Confident

Term

Adaptation violates its own code of screenwriting. Explain

 

Definition

Voice overs

Screen writer writes himself in

Flash Backs

Term
Discuss the operative metaphors in the film adaptation
Definition
The movie adapts to the scren play and also to life. also the metaphor of twins but diffrent personas.
Term
describe the death of little ceasar as shown in the film by the same name and why it does or does not work well in your mind
Definition
after lossing it all. He gets killed by a bad cop. Kinda serves him right let him see what happens when bad people to mean stuff to other people.
Term

What actor/actress had a famous person that related to "the look'

 

Definition
The 19 year old in to have or have not.
Term
Describe the loogest screen kis
Definition
Notorious-lots of small kisses = 1 big kiss. Becuase of society feeling in those time.
Term
what is a magguffin and in what film did we see it used
Definition
It is a false lead used for dramatic purposes (Notorious)
Term
true or false adaptation is an original screenplay
Definition
False- based off a book which was a spin off of a magazine article
Term
What film does adaptation point to as the greatest screenplay written?
Definition
casablanca
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