HUM3321 Multicultural Dimensions of Film and 20th Century Culture Mid term Study Guide Format The format will be fill in the blank 20 questions 2 points each matching 23 terms 2 points each and short response choose 3 of 4 options 8 points each The highest possible score is 110 points The exam will test your knowledge of specific anthology article terms and concepts the technical aspects and historical developments of film Belton chapters the content of the selected films in the course as they relate to the anthology articles as well as your ability to integrate compare and contrast concepts presented in the course material Refer to the Test Strategies document for more information Polices Students may use a pencil or dark ink pen to complete the exam and must write legibly or the response will not be graded Unless there is an extenuating circumstance and or the instructor is contacted prior to an exam make up exams will not be administered Make up exams must be taken within 48 hours of the original exam date and time if at all possible and the format will be entirely short answer Terms with an asterisk designate a possible short answer candidate these are the only terms that will require remembering dates and specific content from the films Belton The Emergence of the Cinema as an Institution 1 Aspects of the cinematic institution 4 a Economic It is designed to make money so has established itself as an industry an b Social provides an appropriate form of social contact way to spend leisure time It institution that produces a particular though intangible product became the modern communal activity largely replaced pre industrial social institutions like dance halls and saloons c Technological Its success depended on Industrial Revolution era inventions d Psychological Its purpose is to encourage working class and middle class Americans to frequent the movies by providing a type of entertainment they want as well as promoting a lifestyle or displaying consumer goods that the audiences will desire 2 Developments and inventions that established cinema as an institution 3 a Kinetoscope 1891 1893 the first motion picture camera b The telegraph photography telephone and phonograph also helped c Photography and motion pictures made it so that time could not only be caught but also replayed It became a commodity Kellner Cultural Studies Multiculturalism and Media Culture 1 Triangulated approach to cultural studies Production economy and political economy Production economy is concerned with formulas and conventions of the production of culture and its distribution by an interlocking system of inter articulating and mutually reinforcing agencies of which economic gain and the preservation of privilege play a factor Political economy how the conservative and liberal values of institutions and corporations influence media content marginalizing divergent ideologies Quantitative and qualitative approaches are used to analyze and critique how race class gender and sexuality are portrayed Dominant and Oppositional readings Audiences can appropriate media to empower themselves and hegemony fails when dominant ideology is weaker than social resistance Audience reception to undermine or perpetuate ideology Textual analysis Scar is dark or evil 2 Media literacy 3 Ideology Represents the imaginary relationship of individuals to their real conditions of existence 1 Lull Hegemony 1 Hegemony and maintain privilege 2 Counter hegemonic tendencies a One social group subordinating another social group Also what you must to do secure a A reformulation of dominant ideology that resists or contradicts its intended purpose and when ideology is weaker than social resistance Hall Representation Meaning and Language 1 Representation production of meaning through language Things signs 2 Conceptual maps Process of correlating signs which is indispensible to the production of meaning and requires a conceptual map and a shared language System by which things in the world are correlated with concepts or mental representation 3 Language Shared conceptual maps make communication possible Communication requires the translation of conceptual maps into shared language of signs Uses signs to symbolize stand for or reference objects people and events in the so called real world and can also reference imaginary things and fantasy worlds or abstract ideas 4 Codes bridge the two systems of representation above Fix the relationships between concepts and signs Meaning is not in the thing nor in the word but it is constructed and fixed by the code This code is what allows for meaning to be conveyed in the relational process between a sign and concept even if the sign is arbitrary It is the language system or whatever system we are using to represent our concepts Meanings are conventions constructed by social actors using shared symbolic practices 5 Constructionist theory of representation material world does not convey meaning Belton Classical Hollywood Cinema Narration 1 Elements of classical Hollywood narration narrative structure 3 a High artifice invisible art i Classical principles and seamlessness ii Suspension of disbelief b Equilibrium and disruption c Characters and goals i Problem solving ii Timelines and spatial lines 2 Willing suspension of disbelief 3 Segmentation 4 Dramatic unities 3 a If a human interest and a semblance of truth is put into a tale the reader would suspend judgment concerning the implausibility of the narrative 1 Unity of Action e g a trial 2 Unity of Time e g linear action in a single day 3 Unity of Space e g a room Convey the spirit of crisis that characterizes the modern age in part by rejecting classical 5 Modernists forms Belton Classical Hollywood Cinema Style 1 Mise en sc ne 2 Camera movements 3 a The relationship of every aspect of a shot to every other aspect of the shot b The way that directors communicate information to the audience non verbally i Camera movement lighting sound editing a Angle low or high angle shots often communicate a character s power or lack thereof b Distance close ups medium long shots help draw attention to the most significant c Movement zooming provides the illusion of movement Camera may actually move aspect panning horizontally or through tracking shots Singles out details for the viewer 2 3 Three point lighting musicals noir 4 High and low key lighting a Key lighting chief light used to light main object b Fill light weaker light used to fill in shadows
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