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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 2
10/11/2011

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Term

What is Rosebud and

how is it significant?

Definition
Rosebud is Kanes sled and it refers to his childhood. possibly the only thing that made him happy in life. 
Term

what is the significance about the triangles throughout the movie?

 

Definition
The triangles represents many things including spirit, divinity, fire, life. prosperity, and harmony. This could convey that Kane was not prosperous in his life. 
Term
what is a Mis-En-Scene 
Definition

everything that you see in the scene. 

VISUAL!

props, costumes, lighting, make up

Term
What is a metacomedy?
Definition
A comedy about a comedy
Term

What was the beginning of the following movies

Dogs Life, Sherlock Holmes, "M", Stage Coach, and Citizen Kane

Definition

DL: opens to him sleeping

SH: In theatre reading a book

M: Kids in a circle playing a game

SC: cowboys/indians riding horses

CK: No trespassing sign

Term
Panning 
Definition
involves the camera head moving left or right, scanning the scene horizontally 
Term
tilt 
Definition
involves the camera head moving upward or downward, thereby scanning the scene vertically. 
Term
tracking shot
Definition
involves the camera moving forwards, backwards, or laterally, or moving toward, away, or with the subject 
Term
shot/scene/sequence 
Definition

single continuous run of the camera/

# of shots in that scene, takes place in one place/

a fairly large section of a film featuring a whole action (indians in stagecoach)

 

Term
Montage Vs. Miscensen 
Definition

more editing v. less editing

shots shorter v. shots longer

Term

High angle and low angle

 

Definition

a camera angle in which the camera looks down on the subject 

and 

a camera angle in which the camera looks up at the subject

Term

How did lang use sound? 

more off or on scene sound?

 

Definition
Used it to portray who the murderer was and he used more off scene sound. 
Term
what were the two parallels in "M"?
Definition
police vs. the underworld 
Term
Was stagecoach or Kane a genre film? which isnt?
Definition

stagecoach is 

kane isnt 

Term
Genre film
Definition

has a beginning, middle, and end

conservative

basic principle 

restoration of social order

Term
editing
Definition
the two-fold job of first choosing the best camera shots taken and then joining these shots together to build a scene, sequence, and finally a movie. 
Term
cutting 
Definition
a type of editing in which the end of one shot is simply spliced to the beginning of the next shot that immediately replaces it on the screen. 
Term
what movie was the single most successful instance of collaboration?
Definition
Citizen Kane
it was a collaborative process.  
Term
conventional intercutting
Definition

???

used in Kane

Term
what was the connection between Hearst and Welles. 
Definition

both out to kill the others reputation 

Welles was young and Hearst was old but both in the film business. 

Term
lap dissolves 
Definition
fading the last shot and make the next shot come into focus 
Term
when did Melies make movies 
Definition
made films in the 1900's
Term
Flickers 
Definition
the early movies. because the flickered 
Term
Lumiere brothers
Definition
pioneers in documentary film making
Term

what do these stand for?

LS      MLS

ECU   MCU

CU   ELS

MS

Definition

Long shot

extreme close up

close up

medium shot

medium long shot

medium close up 

extreme long shot 

Term
What was Fritz Lang popular for?
Definition
inovation and sound 
Term
diegetic sound
Definition
sound on screen 
Term
non diegetic sound
Definition
sound off screen 
Term
diegesis
Definition
full space 
Term

importance of the window in 

M

and 

Citizen Kane 

Definition

the two personalities of the murderer

and 

setting the whole movie 

Term
Lightning Mixes 
Definition
from one scene to another by using sound 
Term
who is the empty triangle in Citizen Kane?
Definition
Kane!! 
Term
what do the triangles on the gate in the beginning mean?
Definition
Kanes life start off regular then get stretched and then become hard iron. 
Term
what does the black smoke in the end of Citizen Kane convey?
Definition
they have no answer or decision to really what went on in Kanes live. 
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