Jamie Levine Unit 1 Exam Topic

What theory concerns the 8 character types?  The Vladimir Propp theory concerns the 8 character types that are known in film. The Villain The Helper The princess or Prize Her Father The Donor The Hero The False Hero The Dispatcher Whats a juxtaposition? When two things are together but don't make sense, for example a cold fire.  What's a diegetic sound? A sound that is heard within the scene and can be seen within the shot. e.g someone talking in the scene Micro-Elements . Camera Language  . Sound  . Editing  . Mise-en-scene CAMERA Shot type Extreme Close up - When the camera focuses on a small section of an object or character to give it extreme attention Close Up - From the top of head to bottom chin (neck and face) This emphasises a character and may try to highlight their emotions, for example them being scared. Mid Shot - Moves further out to the top of the head down to the waist. This starts to show more of a background w...

Narrative Theories Verisimilitude: How real the world of the story appears to the audience-is it believable, for example.  (The world of the narrative, how it appears to us and wether or not its believable.) Get out is about racism, intense power and abuse, weird experimental stuff that happens.  Diegesis/diegetic world:  The world in which the film takes place. Diegetic and Non diegetic audio: In the world and out the world. Juxtaposition: Placing one object next to another to create meaning. Narrative theory: Theories that categorise narratives and find features common to them. Levi-Strauss and Binary Opposition Narrative tension is based on opposition or conflict. This can be as simple as two characters fighting, but more often functions at an ideological level.   White Vs Black Rich Vs Poor  Elitism Vs Poor Old Vs Young Good Vs Bad  Right Vs Wrong  Police Vs Criminals  Working Class Vs Upper Class  Male Vs Female  We...

Post production - All the production and editing that is done after the mail film is produced such as editing the movie to fit perfectly and deleting takes that won't be used\ Production - The period when you are filming / producing a media product such as a film. This involves actors working and creating scenes with cinematographers and directors  Runner - They run around and do things for directors such as get coffee  Editor - They are part of post production and essentially take all the scenes and edit them down to fit the movie accordingly  Independent Films An independent film is one made outside of the Hollywood studio system. Major film studios are referred to as The Big six who are conglomerates and have significant market share. They are as Follows: . Paramount . Warner Brothers  . 20th Century Fox . Universal  . Columbia  . Walt Disney  SET TEXT FOR INDEPENDENT FILM = BAIT Bait An i...

Pre-production  After the development stage and the project is  green lighted (Given permission to be done). Pre production begins  . Finance will be confirmed  . principal cast members, directors and cinematographers are set.  . Screenplay is finalised . Location, props, cast members, costumes, effects and visual effects are identified . Sets are made  . Crew hired . Finance agreements are put in place and a start date for the beginning of principal photography is set . Read through of script  Production  Shooting of the film - Lights camera action  Involves the camera crew, lighting department, sound department, directorial department, runners location etc. Producers and line producers not necessarily on set - often stay behind and coordinate from production office.  Low-budget films might be shot over a period of five to six weeks. Sometimes this will in...

Conglomerate - One huge company that owns smaller companies  Disney has control over the production process. Video-on-demand Companies can also exhibit their films via online video-on-demand services such as Netflix and youtube and Disney+  Frozen case study A Disney animated film, it had an estimated budget of $150,000,000 and gross of $1,276,480,000 https://frozen.disney.com/video The digital website advertises Frozen through the use of a variety of: Advertisements. Interactive games you can play. showing that you can access the short films of the movie. Disney holidays (which are overprices IMO). How does it cross promote the productions? Cross promotion through Disney only advertisements, their theme advertisements on their websites and social media pages therefore they appeal to their audience of little kids Usage of Videos which interact with the target audience to want them to watch the movie more. Social media usage So...