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Gender - correct answer a Social construct based on behavioral norms of masculine and feminine. Sexuality - correct answer Social construct; sexuality identity in relation to the gender attracted to, for example, heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual Class - correct answer Social construct based on social standing, usually tied to money. Race - correct answer Social construct based on heritage and common characteristics. As the world, especially America, becomes more diverse, this construct becomes more problematic Multiculturalism - correct answer Kellner, Groups of different cultures in one location. Typical benefits are cooperative interaction and understanding of viewpoints. Social Construct - correct answer Socially/Human made. Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality, Religion Cultural Pedagogy - correct answer Kellner, movies teach us what to think, feel, and believe Cultural Studies - correct answer Kellner, studies of different cultures
Political Economy of Production - correct answer Movies are made for economic purposes and political purposes. The environment of society dictates what movies are made. Representation - correct answer Hall, must have original object, which it is necessarily not EX: image of a cat will never actually be a real cat Language - correct answer all the techniques filmmakers use to tell a story on the screen- including sound, editing, camera distance, angle, and movement Signs - correct answer words, sounds and images which carry meaning Symbols - correct answer pictures which carry meaning Arbitrary - correct answer relational depending on the relation between a sign and concept; ex. red does not mean stop Socially constructed; language used in the society and current time Film Language - correct answer Film language is all the techniques filmmakers use to tell a story on the screen- including sound, editing, camera distance, angle, and movement ISA - correct answer Ideological- State Apparatus, a belief rather than a person, Organization that propagates through social and psychological. Ex: Family, school, religion, media
Disney Myths - correct answer Disney is only for kids; Disney's products are harmless, safe, and unbiased; everyone adores Disney Stereotypes - correct answer Nonspecific and generalized beliefs pushed onto a group of people with the same ethnicity or background; used to make yourself feel better, demoralize others; rigid and inflexible; No such thing as a positive stereotype. Generalization - correct answer "most" or "some", General statement or concept obtained by inference from specific cases; different from a stereotype because they are easier to change. Stereotypes are extremely difficult to alter Male Gaze - correct answer describes the way in which women become objects of sexual objects in films and other media; to look at and judge someone's appearance is active, and therefore masculine, but to be the object of that gaze and judgement is passive, and therefore feminine Bechdel Test - correct answer the test of movies to see if two women talk to each other for more than 60 seconds about anything other than a man. Homosociality - correct answer non-sexual attraction to members of the same sex Components of Hegemonic Masculinity - correct answer Emotional Detachment, Competitiveness, Sexual Objectification of Women Film Noir - correct answer Low key lighting, focuses on corruption, murder, The Maltese Falcon Hays Production Code - correct answer No picture shall be produced that will lower the moral standards of viewers hence the sympathy of the audience
should never sympathize the side of crime; wrongdoing, evil or sin; A very conservative way of producing film - moral obligation (right from wrong); Made by the studios to prevent law enforcement of censorship; No homosexuals, extreme violence, indication of sex, etc. Femme Fatale - correct answer Women, in Film Noir usually, destroying men through seductiveness; always self destructing. Symbols of a man's guilt. Spider Woman - correct answer Place discusses this, it is the femme fatale, the black widow, evil seductress who tempts man and brings about his destruction Nurturing Woman - correct answer Place discusses this, woman is redeemer, gives love understanding to the man and ask for very little in return from the man Manhood Acts - correct answer Invoke fear in others, Competitiveness, Family provider, winning a fight, Sex, Claim to Membership Liminal - correct answer a liminal character, common in sci-fi and horror films, is someone who is crossing over a boundary and living within two worlds. Exhibiting circumstances in both worlds. Example: Saw Gerrara, "more machine then man", Darth Vader The Other - correct answer individual who is perceived by the group as not belonging or as being different in some fundamental way. The group sees itself as the norm and judges those who do not meet that norm. 3 Reasons for movement towards fantasy away from Sci-Fi - correct answer economic (The Great Recession), catastrophic (9/11), technologic advancement
White Privilege - correct answer Mcintosh, Privileged groups are taught to see themselves as normative and can do things that non-privileged people cannot (actions represent whole race, etc) Reaganite Cinema - correct answer the cinema that comes out while Reagan is president which is returning towards the more conservative era: the mythical nostalgia of the 50s. Microaggressions - correct answer subtle, often unconscious unintentional slight, snub, or insult. Common place, verbal, behavioral. Against minority group. Microassault - correct answer often conscious, racial slur intended to hurt the intended victim Microinsult - correct answer often unconscious, demean a person's racial or ethnic identity or heritage, include rudeness and insensitivity Microinvalidation - correct answer often unconscious, exclude, negate, or nullify a racial minority's thoughts, feelings, or experiences Racial Formation - correct answer processes by which ideas of race are created (or formed), can be negative, can be positive and working to improve (civil rights movement) Aversive Racism - correct answer racism that assumes white people are necessary to save minorities from their problems, paternalistic, "white savior" Comedy - correct answer Screwball: combined high comedy (romantic comedy) and low slapstick comedy
Film Noir (Movement, Aesthetic, Genre, Theme) - correct answer Night time, urban setting; tough guy, protagonist; femme fatale; crime murder and destruction; Maltese Falcon Science Fiction and Horror - correct answer Monstrous and other post human scientific processes; Rogue One War - correct answer suspension of morality, hyper masculinity, homoeroticsm, death, and destruction from a few individuals Vs. group; Rogue One Studio System - correct answer Hail, Caesar!, 5 major, 3 minor studios, stars worked on strict long term contracts, every studio had their own style; antitrust filed law suit against studios accusing them of monopolistic practices, Started ending it in 1940s but had to wait until after WWII, ended 1960s, TV made ticket sales go down, helped destroy system Zootopia - correct answer a rabbit named Judy Hopps decides to become a cop and is placed in the main district of _______. There are several missing mammal cases and she is given parking duty instead. She meets a fox named Nick Wilde and together they solve the mystery. Other characters include Assistant Mayor Bellweather, Mayor Lionheart, Chief Bogo, Judy's mom and dad. It discusses gender inequality as well as racial inequality. Hail Caesar! - correct answer this studio system film focuses on Eddie Mannix who appears to fix every problem surrounding the studio he works for. When one of his film's lead actor (Baird Whitlock) goes missing, it is another problem he must fix. Other characters include Hobie Doyle, DeeAnna Moran, Thora and Thessaly Thacker, and Burt Gurney. It discusses Belton's idea of the studio system.
Establishing Shot (camera distance) - correct answer Has 3 uses: 1) Often the first shot of the film, sets up the major theme of the movie; 2) introduces the location of the next scene; and 3) demonstrates the conflict that will arise. Extreme Close-up - correct answer Only one small portion of the human body is seen. (Camera proximity has traditionally been established in relation to a human character.) Low-Angle (camera placement) - correct answer The camera looks up from below a character. Traditionally, this is used to make a character look powerful or frightening. High-Angle Shot (camera placement) - correct answer The camera looks down on a character. Traditionally, this is used to make a character look weak or frightened. POV Shot (camera placement) - correct answer Seeing what a character in the film sees. Clearly marked as subjective. Duplicates the optical perspective of a specific character, primarily as the protagonist or antagonist Tracking - correct answer The camera moves atop a platform with wheels, which is attached to a track. Zoom - correct answer A stationary camera adjusts the lens so that it appears to be bringing the audience closer to or further away from the action. Pan - correct answer The camera pivots from side to side Steadicam Shot - correct answer A harness that holds the camera over the shoulders of the camera operatory so that he or she can move as a character
and the camera remains steady. (First developed for Kubrik's The Shining in 1980.) Freeze Frame - correct answer The image freezes on the screen. Fast motion - correct answer Fewer frames than the standardized 24-frames per second rule, action appears faster than normal (live) speed. Slow Motion - correct answer More frames than the standardized 24-frames per second rule, action appears slower than normal (live) speed. Shot-Reverse-Shot - correct answer Moving between 2 POV shots. Seeing a character and then seeing what that character sees. These may also be approximate ("over the shoulder" shots instead of POV shots.) Always as an interaction between 2 characters or a character and an object. Crosscutting - correct answer Cutting back and forth between two or more locations with action occurring at the same time. Match Cut - correct answer A cut between two separate scenes that are linked by a similar motif (action or object). Match Dissolve - correct answer A dissolve between two separate scenes that are linked by a similar motif (action or object.) Dissolve - correct answer One shot fades to black while another fades in from black, but the two images overlap so the black is not seen. Only one image dissolving into another is seen. This is used to associate two images.
Rack focus - correct answer The camera changes focus from the foreground to the background or vice-versa. It is used by filmmakers to manipulate where the spectator looks in order to emphasize something (or multiple things in one shot.) 3-Key lighting - correct answer Positioning 3 lights so as to get a uniform shadow less picture of a character, generally to inform or distinguish the character from the background. It creates the illusion of depth. High Key lighting - correct answer A character's face is well lit, having all shadows removed, usually used in moments of happiness. Low Key lighting - correct answer Shadows are left on a character's face, usually used in moments of suspense or horror; commonly seen in film noir.
