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Orson Welles
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An actor, director, producer, writer. Created one of the most renowned radio broadcasts of all time ' The War of The Worlds". also "Citizen Kane"
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Fred Astaire
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A twentieth-century American entertainer who danced in many film musicals with partners such as Ginger Rogers. He was admired for his speed and grace and for his apparently effortless approach to dancing.
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Ginger Rodgers
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Fred Astairs main dance partner
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William H. Hays
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Hollywood's chief censor from 1930-1968?
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Gregg Toland
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Director of Photography Citizen Kane, known for use of Chiaroscuro or high contrast lighting
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Herman Mankiewicz
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Screenplay Writer of CITIZEN KANE
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Joseph Breen
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was an American film censor. He worked for more than two decades with the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America to enforce the so-called Hays Code in film production
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William R. Hearst
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newspaper publisher whose yellow journalism style helped create public pressure for Spanish-American War
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John Ford
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Film director famous for his westerns. The Grapes of Wrath- american novel literary adaption. Won four Best Director Academy Awards.
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John Houseman
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a Romanian born British-American actor and film producer who became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director Orson Welles from their days in the Federal Theatre Project through to the production of Citizen Kane. Best known for his role as Professor Charles Kingsfield in…
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Gene Kelly
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American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer. Was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style
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Al Jolson
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Made the first talking movie in 1927..The "Jazz Singer"
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Mr. Brainwash
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considered as one of the most prolific and talked about artists today, he is also the subject of banksy's hugely successful 2010 documentary film exit through the gift shop. the film was originally to focus on banksy, but the tables were turned when he challenged him to create his own art…
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Alan Crosland
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Director of Jazz Singer (1927) and Don Juan (1926)
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Busby Berkely
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famous choreographer; and director. helped est. musical as own genre
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Fred Zinneman
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high noon director
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Lee De Forest
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United States electrical engineer who in 1907 patented the first triode vacuum tube, which made it possible to detect and amplify radio waves (1873-1961)
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Banksy
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grafiti, street art of political and social commentary, similar to Blek le Rat, stenciling, Also a film director with movie Exit through the gift shop. Note the Banksy effect in 2006- 2007,
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Production Code
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rules and regulations, established (and subsequently revised) at various periods during the history of the studio system, that indicated particular subjects, ranging from nudity, white slavery, drug addiction, and other criminal acts to miscegenation, that were not permitted to be represe…
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shot
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(craft) n. - a single uninterrupted action of a camera as seen by a viewer; a strip of film produced by a single continuous running of the camera
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reverse shot
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A shot in a sequence that is taken from the reverse angle of the shot previous to it.
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lightning mix
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Citizen Kane and the Magnificent Ambersons used Orson Welles's new technique; images seperated from one vast gaps in time and space and linking sexual and political conquest (citizen kane)
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composition in depth
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A technique of arranging the actors on the set to take advantage of deep focus cinematography, which allows for many planes of depth in the film frame to remain in focus
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Act
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major movement 3-4 in standard 120 min film
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sequence
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series of events within an act, scenes tied together with a single thought
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scene
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2-5 per sequence. screenplay building blocks. cans stand alone
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beat
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smallest elements of dramatic structure
offer dramatic choice
highlight differences between text & subtext
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classical Hollywood style
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Values mise en scene over montage and is characterized by real-life shots, few cuts and a minimum of cinematic trickery so as to make you forget you're watching a film. Mid-20s to mid-60s.
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low angle shots
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position the camera below the subject, aiming upward, often exaggerate the size and volume of the subject
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high angle shot
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Shot composed by shooting the subject from above normal eye-level; makes subject appear small, weak or afraid
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deep sound
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Emit one sound to the next; sounds connected to one another
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glance-object cut
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A transition from a character looking off screen to a shot of what the character sees
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Hays Code
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1930 gangster films with murder increasingly popular, so this code passed to forbid excessive kissing, nudity, scenes of passion, and violence.
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Warner Bros
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First to embrace Vitaphone with Don Juan (1926)
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integrated musical
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the story's characters naturally express their emotions through song or where singing and dancing is a part of story
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MPPDA
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The Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Established post 1920s in response to angry church groups and conservatives. Ensured that film industry kept subversive content in check
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MPAA
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1968 - panel of citizens rates the film: NC-17, R, PG-13, PG, G; some consider it censorship and highly subjective
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sound-on-film
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a class of sound processes where the sound accompanying the picture is physically recorded onto photographic film, usually, but not always, the same strip of film carrying the picture.
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continuity editing
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The 'Classical Hollywood' style of editing; intended to establish a logical coherence of time and space between shots, suggesting that everything in the scene is physically continuous
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sound-on-disc
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An early method of synchronizing sound to motion picture images in which sound was recorded on phonograph discs (records) and played back when the film was screened.
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spaghetti western
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a western, low-budget B-movie filmed in Italy (or Spain) during the 60s, usually characterized by low production values, sparse dialogue.
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story
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what the film tells us, events that characters go through
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narration
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strategic telling of the story, how the story is assembled and comunicated
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plot
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abstract scheme of the story, dispassionate summary
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catholic legion of decency
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- Production code 1934: stayed in effect until 1966; once it was disbanded they instilled the new rating system (PG, PG13, R, etc
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war of the worlds
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1938 was a story on the radio directed by Orson Welles, it was so realistic people thought that aliens were actually invading
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voodoo macbeth
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Play directed by Orson Welles. Featured an all African American cast. Shown in New York.
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diegetic
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Any voice, musical passage, or sound effect presented as originating from a source within the film's world.
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non-diegetic
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Sound that is not part of the scene such as a voiceover or music
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RKO
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Radio-Keith-Orpheum, commonly known as BLANK, was established in 1928 as a subsidiary of RCA. It was part of the Majors
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vitaphone
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The sound-on-disc process first used by Warner Bros.; eventually made obsolete by the sound-on-film process.
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sound perspective
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A sense of a sound's position in space, yielded by volume, timbre, pitch, and channel placement within surround sound design
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Hollywood narrative
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1-2 goal oriented protagonists, casual events with large questions to guide interest, relationships
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touch of evil
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a film that opens with a 3.5 minute tracking crane shot
1958 Orson Welles
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glengarry glen ross
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David Mamet's play about four unethical Chicago salesmen in a competition that involves selling undesirable real estate
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the lady from shanghai
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directed by Orson Welles
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"alien"
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1979 science-fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott
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Dawn of the dead
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horror;apocalyptic;satire; 1978; movie; shopping mall
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ben-hur
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1959: Charlton Heston directed by lew wallace
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scarface
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1932. Based on Al Capone. had to be changed before released. Violent car chase/massacre were cut, and a scene condemning gangsters was added. howard hughes howard hawks produced
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"swingtime"
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Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; 193
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jaws
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Blockbuster 1975 (williams)
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footlight parade
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1933, choreographer: Busby Berkeley Water dancing sequence
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"the dentist"
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Brian yuzna
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exit through the gift shop
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the story of how Thierry Guerra, amateur film maker, attempted to locate and befriend Banksy and ended up having the artist turn the camera back on its owner
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the jazz singer
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1927 - The first movie with synchronized sound& soundtrack this "talkie" was about the life of famous jazz singer; Al Jolson.
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citizen kane
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Directed by Orson Welles, was loosely based on Hearst. Said to be the greatest movie ever made. Never made it big until the 60's. Told in flashback. Innovated camera work.
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42nd street
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probably saved Warner Bros. from bankruptcy
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high noon
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1952 gary cooper
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lights of new york
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Warner Brothers' First 100% All-Talkie Movie
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the broadway melody
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first HW musical, starred Bessie Love, MGM studios
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what were dilemmas of sound-on-disc
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length diffrential (disc couldnt hold as much as film reel)
Synchronization (2 seperate machines made it easy to get off track)
& amplification (sound must be loud enough)
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What were the two early systems of sound-on-film
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tri-ergon system & phonofilm
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Who invented the audion tube?
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De FOrest
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What kind of problems did sound-movies cause?
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theaters had to upgrade recording gear & screening facilities
foreign talent needed to lose/temper their accents
wanted only dialogue heavy films/musicals
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Don Juan
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1926 First feature film w/ synchronized music and sountrack. produced by warner bro's
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Characteristics of Silent Film
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unchained camera, fluid editing
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characteristics of Talkie
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static camera, overly performed
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what were the major impacts of sound
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return to static camera
language barriers
exodus of NY stage talent
Big Corps own dream factory
film speed standardized at 24 fps
Sound redefines classic HW style (realism, acting, melodrama)
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describe Berkely's poetics
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music as graphic design
diegetic(w/in story world) music motivates musical numbers
musical numbers independent of larger narrative
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describe Astaire-Rodgers poetics
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non-diegetic music
music & dance integral to stories
subtly moving camera
wide shots capture performers movements
long shots to capture entirety
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What is the classical 3 act structure
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Act 1- set up, est. world
Act 2- development/confrontation
Act 3- Resolution
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Describe Welles' Poetics
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Extreme deep focus
variable lighting scheme
magical trickery
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Was the production code enforced by government
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No
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What are the 3 categories of classic hollywood style
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narrative, editing, time & space
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film semantics
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genre's building blocks and screen elements
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what are the dominant themes of a CHS Narrative
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series of thematic trickery
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The Man who shot liberty valance
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western directed by john ford John Wayne
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TCF 112: FINAL