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| Where was the term "mise-en-scene" (meaning "putting into the scene") first used? |
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| Mise-en-scene incorporates which following four elements in capturing the events for the camera? |
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| setting, lighting, costume, staging |
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| What is the best way to analyze mise-en-scene's function in a film? |
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| according to how it is motivated, how it varies or develops, and how it works in relation to other film techniques |
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| In what ways can the filmmaker control the setting of mise-en-scene? |
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| All of the answers are correct |
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| Which of the following statements is true? |
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| Costumes and make-up may function to reinforce the film's narrative and to create character traits |
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| The four major features of film lighting are its quality, direction, source, and color. Which feature refers to the intensity of illumination and the shadows, textures, and edges created? |
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| Acting is often approached as a question of realism. Why is this a problematic way of thinking? |
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| All the answers are correct. |
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| Which of the following is not true in relation to how a filmmaker can direct spectator attention across the two-dimensional space of the frame? |
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| Black-and-white films cannot rely on changes in tonality. |
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| In regards to mise-en-scene, looking is purposeful. Complete this sentence: What we look____ is guided by our assumptions and expectations about what to look ____. |
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| Filmmakers control what they want the audience to focus on by creating changes in which one of the following? |
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| All the answers are correct. |
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| By emphasizing movement in a shot, mise-en-scene can control not only what an audience looks at, but also ____ we look at it. |
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| The person in charge of the following elements is the ____: Quality of film stock, exposure, type of film stock, the camera. |
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| With a constant projection speed, to get a slow motion effect, the cinematographer must do what? |
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| Shoot more frames per second. |
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| What does the focal length of the lens control? |
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| both depth perception and the scale of things in an image |
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| Combining two strips of film images to create a single shot is known as what? |
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| What is the purpose of framing? |
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| All the answers are correct |
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| In some wide-screen compositions, the director will draw the audience's attention to only one area of the screen. How do they accomplish this? |
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| Put the important information off center in an unbalanced composition |
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| Noel Burch has pointed out six zones of off-screen space: the space beyond each of the four edges of the frame, the space behind the set, and the space behind the camera. Which is the least used off-screen space in filmmaking? |
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| the space behind the camera |
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| A medium shot frames which of the following images of the human body? |
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| the body from the waist up |
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| When referring to the framing, which of the following statements are true? |
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| None of the answers are correct. |
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| moving the camera while filming an image |
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| a shot that lasts a long time before cutting to the next shot. |
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| Which of the following camera movements is a tracking shot? |
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| The camera as a whole changes direction, traveling in any direction along the ground |
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| What is the standard Hollywood Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences aspect ratio for filming? |
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| An ordinary Hollywood film typically contains how many shots? |
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| Which of the following is not an editing joining method? |
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| Which two relationships are present in the editing of any film? |
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| Which of the following patterns may be considered purely as graphic configurations? |
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| All the answers are correct. |
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| When the filmmaker adjusts the length of shots in relation to one another, she or he is controlling what? |
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| the rhythmic potential of editing |
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| Editing permits the filmmaker to relate any two points in space through which of the following? |
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| All the answers are correct. |
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| What is the basic purpose of the continuity system? |
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| to create a smooth flow from shot to shot |
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| What is another name for the 180 degree space? |
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| the center line and the axis of action |
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| mismatching the positions of characters or objects |
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| Crosscutting gives the audience an unrestricted knowledge of causal, temporal, or spatial information by alternating shots from one line of action in one place with shots of other events in other places. Thus, crosscutting creates some ____ discontinuity. |
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| What is a nondiegetic insert? |
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| a cut from scene to scene to a metaphorical or symbolic shot that is not part of the space and time of the narrative |
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| What is the 30 degree rule? |
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| Every camera position must be varied by at least 30 degrees from the previous one. |
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