GCSE Film Studies Keywords

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Aesthetics
The specific 'look' of the film. The film's style
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Auteur
From the French 'author'. A director who has control over the style of the film
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Cinematography
Aspects of camera angles, distance, and movement. Also a consideration of colour, lighting, and texture of the footage
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Context
When,where,how, and why the film is set. The time, place, and circumstances
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Generic conventions
Methods, ingredients, things necessary for the style/category of film
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Diegetic sound
Sound that is part of the film world (car horns beeping, birds singing, telephones ringing).
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Non-diegetic sound
Sound added in post-production to create a certain atmosphere (sound FX to increase fear, music to underscore emotion).
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Genre
The style or category of the film
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Iconography
The images or symbols associated with a certain subject
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Indie/independent
Film that is independent of the constraints of mainstream Hollywood. These films are often characterised by low budgets, location settings (rather than studio), (often) inexperienced directors and fairly unknown casts
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Key lighting (high and low)
Lighting design to create different light/dark ratios. High-key lighting is bright and produces little shadow, whereas low-key lighting is used to specifically create shadow and contrast.
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Mainstream
Popular, conventional, and/or part of a major film studio system
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Mise-en-scène
Literally, ‘what is in the frame’: setting, costume & props, colour, lighting, body language, positioning within the frame all come together to create meaning
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Motif
A dominant theme or recurring idea
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Plot
Different to story, plot is the narrative order that the story is told in
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Representation
The way that people, places and events are constructed
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Screenplay
Written by the screen writer, this document tells the story and will contain no camera direction.
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Story
The ideas and events of the narrative whole
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Shooting script
Written by the director & cinematographer (not the screen writer), this script focuses on planning the camera shots & other practical elements that will bring the screenplay to life.
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Spectator
An individual member of the audience. Although we may view a film in the cinema together, the experience will be individual according to a range of factors.
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From the French 'author'. A director who has control over the style of the film

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Auteur

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Aspects of camera angles, distance, and movement. Also a consideration of colour, lighting, and texture of the footage

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Card 4

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When,where,how, and why the film is set. The time, place, and circumstances

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Card 5

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Methods, ingredients, things necessary for the style/category of film

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