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  1. 1-How does ideology relate to logic?-Ideology operates at an emotional level rather than the rules of logic
  2. 2-What four things form ideology?-Cultural Background
    -Experience
    -Education
    -Popular Culture
  3. 3-What do film critics who use an ideological approach believe about the film’s structure and pattern?-They believe that they are structured and patterned according to ideologies
  4. 4-What do critics say who are inspired by Theodor Adorno and the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory about Idelogical Cinema?-It compels audiences into compliance with existing social, political and economic arrangements
  5. 5-What do Jean-Louis Baudry and Louis Comolli argue?-The film apparatus contributes to its hypnotic power to transmit ideology
  6. 6-What were the years that the US Congress’s House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) investigate Communist activity in the film industry?-1947 - 1954
  7. 7-What were the Hollywood Ten known for?-Refusing to answer questions that the HUAC asked about communism, and were charged with contempt.
  8. 8-What is McCarthyism?-HUAC’s practice of relying on unfounded accusations and innuendos to cast suspicion on Communism.
  9. 9-What image does Birth of a Nation cast on African-American men?-Foolish, servile or menacing
  10. 10-What image does Birth of a Nation cast on White characters?-Noble and courageous
  11. 11-What actor broke through the racial barrier in mainstream Hollywood films to become a huge star?-Sidney Poitier
  12. 12-What was Blaxploitation developed in part from?-Poitier’s carefully manicured image
  13. 13-A new generation of independent black filmmakers were witnessed in which time period?1970’s
  14. 14-The Stonewall Inn is associated with what? When did this happen?-Gay rights in the 1960’s.
  15. 15-What is a genre?-A category or style of film that is easy to identify
  16. 16-What makes a genre easy to identify-A set of conventions and motifs
  17. 17-What are two ways Waves and Movements different from genre?-They usually exist in a certain historical period
    -They are brought on by specific historical events or cultural feelings
  18. 18-Give four examples of Waves/Movements-French New Wave
    -Italian Neo-Realism
    -Film Noir
    -American New Wave (New Hollywood)
  19. 19-What are four problems with genre?-Essentialist
    -Can lead to redundancy
    -Takes suspense or surprise out of narrative
    -Implies that film does not evolve
  20. 20-What pairs with the plot lines child of Satan, hauntings/paranormal, monstrosity of the female?Horror
  21. 21-What are six subgenres of horror?-Thriller
    -Suspense
    -Slasher
    -Monster
    -Apocalypse
    -Torture porn
  22. 22-What pairs with these plot lines? Quintessential American genre, tells a uniquely American story, the lone man against the savage/the land, best directors use conventions to convey deeper themes about AmericaWestern
  23. 23-What pairs with these plot lines? -Broad genres, lone man/woman, dystopian futures, humans vs monsters or technology-Science Fiction
  24. 24-What pairs with these plot lines? -Any “light” film about two people falling in love, boy gets girl, boy looses girl, boy marries girl, often rely heavily on conventions-Romantic Comedy
  25. 25-What pairs with these plot lines? -Many films simply go through conventions, critics are too quick to dismiss, films that seem trivial often have subtext if you are willing to look for it-Action
  26. 26-What are Hybrids?-Films that use conventions from two or more genres
  27. 27-Are genres static molds?-No, they change
  28. 28-What do filmmakers do when creating a genre film to convey a message?-They undermine conventions
  29. 29-What are two factors that Genre evolves with?-Cultures and History
  30. 30-What does music often provide for us in Musicals?-Emotional cues
  31. 31-What do narratives do to better integrate with musical numbers in the story?-They take place in a naturally musical setting
  32. 32-What is traditional genre often used to do?-Make political statements
  33. 33-What year was Singin in the Rain?-1952
  34. 34-What did Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen write?-Singin in the Rain
  35. 35-What was Singin in the Rain representative of?-A Classic American Musical
  36. 36-What does the narrative of Singin in the Rain mimic?-How the film was actually made
  37. 37-What does the Parody of the musical genre create?-A campy vision
  38. 38-What allows characters to be free from social constraints and genre constraints?-Song and Dance
  39. 39-Who is the “Father of the Animated Cartoon” and why?Emile Cohl, Fantasmagorie - First fully animated film (1908)
  40. 40-What year did A Trip to the Moon come out?1902
  41. 41-Who was Gertie the Dinosaur? Who made him and when?The first character animation, Winsor McCay, 1914
  42. 42-Who was Felix the Cat, Who made him and when?-First cartoon studio character, first cartoon star, starred in Felix in Hollywood (1923)
  43. 43-What was the first cartoon to use synchronizd sound? When?-Steammboat Willie in 1928
  44. 44-What was the first cartoon animated feature? When?-Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
  45. 45-What was the importance of Osamu Tezuka?-Took much of his style from Disney
  46. 46-What are six of Hayao Miyazaki’s traits that made him important?Young female protagonists
    Concerned about the environment
    Concerned with class sturggle
    The dichotomy of the good people
    Outcasts
    Loves Nature
  47. 47-When did Spirited Away come out?2001
  48. 48-What did America do with Spirited Away?-Pixar dubbed translation, Disney Distributed it.
  49. 49-What are two issues Sprited Away discussed?-Economic issues
    -Identity Issues
  50. 50-What are the differences in goals between commercial films, avante-garde films and documentary films?Commercial films = made for profits
    -Documentary films = in order to investigate a real-world issue
    -Avant-Garde films = to explore the film medium as a means of artistic expression
  51. 51-What are the different Subject Matters between commercial films, documentaries, and avant-garde films?Commercial films = deal with fictional narratives involving conflict and change
    -Documentaries = Present contemporary or historical events
    -Avant-Garde films = may focus on any topic in an attempt to produce an aesthetic experience
  52. 52-What were the earliest type of moving pictures made?-Documentaries
  53. 53-Who created some of the first documentaries and what were they about?-The Lumiere Brothers made ACTUALITES of workers leaving the factory, trains entering the station, etc.
  54. 54-What is the Voice of Authority strategy with documentaries?-Combines voice-over narration with images to persuade the audience
  55. 55-What is one method Voice of Authority uses to keep formal?-Use well-known celebrities to deliver the voice-over.
  56. 56-What is the strategy known as Talking Heads?-Uses actual people involved in a situation from their perspectives, not experts or authority figures
  57. 57-What style is Director-Participant in documentaries?-It’s much like talking heads, also adding the director’s perspective on the issue
  58. 58-What is they style of Direct Cinema, or Cinema verite?-The filmmaker tries to be as unobtrusive as possible
  59. 59-In Direct Cinema, what are two strategies filmmakers use to perform their goal?-Minimal editing
    -Natural lighting
  60. 60-What is the objective of Self-Reflexive documentaries?-Making the process of making films the area of observation/investigation
  61. 61-What does a Mockumentary do?-Adopts documentary conventions in order to make a humerous statement about the subject matter and documentary film
  62. 62-What is an Ethnographic Film?-A type of documentary that uses subject matter that the filmmaker considers to be exotic foreign cultures
  63. 63-When did the Ethnographic Film begin to be pioneered?-The 1920’s
  64. 64-What are some difficulties that filmmakers encounter in Ethnographic Film?-Capturing a truthful portrayal of a culture
  65. 65-What are three elements of film art that Avant-Garde films isolate?-Cinematography
    -Sound
    -Editing
  66. 66-What are four important styles and traditions in avant-garde film?-Surrealism
    -Abstract Films
    -Structural Film
    -Compilation Film
  67. 67-What did the Edison Trust do to independent film?-Prevented it
  68. 68-What broke up the Edison Trust?-The Supreme Court
  69. 69-What emerged to compete with Edison?-Movie studios
  70. 70-What were the five major studios in the early Studio System?-Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
    -Paramount Pictures
    -20th Century Fox
    -Warner Brothers
    -RKO Pictures
  71. 71-What were the three little major studios?-United Artists
    -Columbia Pictures
    -Universal Studios
  72. 72-What was unique about “poverty row?”-They were independent of major studios
  73. 73-What are three examples of Poverty Row studios?-Grand National
    -Republic Pictures
    -Monogram Pictures
  74. 74-What led to the decline of Poverty Row studios? When?-The 1948 Paramount Decree
  75. 75-What made early independent film possible?-Cheap, portable cameras
  76. 76-Name two early filmmakers-Maya Deren
    -Kenneth Anger
  77. 77-What was the emphasis of early independent film?-Art
  78. 78-What were B Movies?-Independent films not bound by the production code
  79. 79-What was the movement of New Hollywood?-Young filmmakers are hired by studios, where the filmmakers have control of the film but the studios would fund it.
  80. 80-Name three new hollywood filmmakers:-Dennis Hopper
    -Francis Ford Copola
    -Warren Beatty
  81. 81-What era brought the rise of independent film?-1980’s-1990’s
  82. 82-Name two independent studios bought by major studios-New Line Cinema
    -Miramax
  83. 83-Name three Indie studios owned by hollywood:-Focus Features
    -Fox Searchlight Pictures
    -Sony Pictures Classics
  84. 84-What is the base budget for Big Budget Blockbusters?-$100 million
  85. 85-What is the base budget for Niche films produced by conglomerate-owned indies?-$40 million
  86. 86-What is the base budget for True indie films?-$5 million - $10 million
  87. 87-Who was Sofia Coppola?-Daughter of Francis Ford Coppola
  88. 88-What was Sofia Coppola’s first feature film?-The Virgin Suicides (1999)
  89. 89-What was the Virgin Suicides’ budget?-$6 million
  90. 90-Who financed The Virgin Suicides?-American Zoetrope
  91. 91What is a City Symphony?A genre that combines documentary with experimental film
  92. 92What are three things that Structuralist filmmakers explore in their films-Strips of film
    -Sound waves
    -Cameras & Lenses
  93. 93What does compilation film do?Uses existing film footage in a new context
  94. 94What does MPPDA stand for and what didi they do?Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, they created the Production Code
  95. 95How many executive men attended the Waldorf Statement meeting?48
  96. 96When was the Waldorf Statement released?December3, 1947
  97. 97What did the Waldorf Statement say?They would not hire the Hollywood Ten until they swore under oath that they were not communist
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Flashcards on Film, created by Jim Powell on 07/12/2016.
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