TFM-160 Midterm SDSU Exam with Questions and Answers

TFM-160 Midterm SDSU Exam with Questions and Answers In the mid 1890s in France, ________________ delighted audiences with their short movies dealing with everyday occurrences (realism). ANSWER The Lumiere Brothers Realism ANSWER Attempts to reproduce the surface of reality with minimum distortion. Formalism ANSWER Deliberate stylization of subject matter intended to express a subjective experience of reality. Classical Cinema ANSWER Most of Hollywood's fictional films are made to follow the style of classicism; which lies in the middle of the extreme styles of realism and formalism. Frame ANSWER The constant physical boundaries set by the movie screen; defines the "world" of the film. Extremely long shot ANSWER Taken from a great distance, sometimes as far as a quarter mile away, and shows much of the locale. Establishing shot ANSWER An extremely long shot that serves as a spatial frame of reference for the closer shots. Long shot ANSWER Slightly shorter distance than the extremely long shot and used for the same purpose of establishing location. (approximation: usually the same as the distance between the audience and the stage in a live theater)