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Film 2700 Final Exam Study Guide1. Film of New Hollywood cinema often updated CHC genres of the past. What purpose did this serve?To revive old genres and to showcase for new filmmaking technologies, also to apply new techniques to the new films. they also wanted to target new audiences, as TV and outside forces were beginning to influence people.2. Films of new Hollywood Cinema reflected what typeof attitudes?Social and economic (sexual value) changes of the audience3. What are ‘tent-pole’ films?Major motion pictures that are expensive to produce and expected to generate significant revenue for its producing studio4. What stylistic devices did we notice in the opening scenes we watched from The Graduate?Jump cuts, sound bridge, focus changin, lighting, montages, impossible camera angles, and it was clear that the camera was there5. What is “aspect ratio” in film studies?An image’s displayed width divided by its height6. What happened to the PCA during the 1960s?It was abandoned and replaced with the rating system7. What were the most significant things to occur as Hollywood restructred itself through the late 1960’s?The audience was changing as rapidly as the culture itself (diversity), audience was also more educated, tended to be wealthier, and demanding, and they were "trained" on T.V.8. What are some of the key aesthetic traits of Hollywood cinema in the late 1960’s?Cinematic tricks, a visual ‘feel’ began addressing the more explicit themes and heroes, and overt political tones9. What are the dominant thematic markers of films from the late 1960s?Science fiction10. In filmmaking, what are squibs?Explosive devices used to simulate gunshot wounds(and other special effects)11. A major factors of the late 1950s and early 60’s that Hollywood failed to consider in determining why attendance had dropped through those years?The increase in the use of telivision. They did not consider that the audience was changing and becoming more educated, diverse, and wealthy12. How can we best describe morality in French New Wave and New Hollywood cinema?Antiquated and hypocritical13. What are the films we noted that highlight the new American cinema in 1960’s?Bonnie and Clyde, The Wild Bunch, The Graduate, A Space Odyssey, Easy Rider, Sweet Sweetbaks, Badass Song14. How does our book describe Francois Truffaut’s mode of filmmaking for “400 Blows”?His early films flaunt zoom shots, choppy editing, casual compositions, and bursts of quick humor and sudden violence15. What film movement was born out of a desire to reinvegorate cinema, a disdain for the traditions of its nation’s cinema, and a desire to make the director another true ‘author’ of the film?French New Wave16. How to define ‘auteur’ in relation to FNW and NHC?The “author” of a film (director). Used as an evaluation to distinguish good filmmakers from bad ones17. The ‘Cahiers du Cinema’ was founded in the 1950s as?1st film ‘critique’ published in a paper or magazine18. Define ‘jump-cut’An elliptical edit that cuts out time that isn’t needed19. What are the aesthetic markers of FNW film?Shaky, handheld camera, location shooting, natural lighting, improvised plot and dialogue, direct sound recording, jump cuts20. What is a dutch-angle in filmmaking?A type of camera shot where the camera is tilted off to one side so that the shot is composed with vertical lines at an angle to the sideof the


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