Please put your Quiz #1 result and your blog post here as a comment. Reminder: your blog post should, in complete sentences, describe the reasoning for formal choices in Mad Max Fury Road. You address at least three different aspects of filmmaking. Aspects of filmmaking are:
Screenwriting
Mise-en-scene
Cinematography
Acting
Editing
Sound
Music
…thanks!
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Mad Max was a very different movie then what I typically see in movies. Such as the ironic music that was playing not in the background of the film though in the actual scene when the bad people were car chasing Max, Furiosa and the others; there was a car specifically for the guitar player to play hard core metal to add suspense and irony to the scene. One scene that was not so great that caught my attention was the moment where Furiosa got her arm cut off though about 2 seconds after half her arm came off there was barely any blood gushing out as well as her arm looking like it was sewed and fixed where it was supposed to bleed from. If that would of happened she wouldn’t be alive she should of died from loss of blood, though it was meant for her to survive in the movie. Also, Max’s and Furiosas as well as the ladies acting in the movie was really believable from their emotions of their character such like Max when he gets flash backs from his daughter or Furiosa where all through out the movie she has a very strong leadership act and lastly, the woman in white all had the same fear but different characteristics. On the other hand, Immortan Joe did not have such good acting such as when the camera would do a close up to his face when he was angry; it wasn’t so intimidating other than the fact he was supposed to be since he’s the antagonist of the film.
Quiz name: Looking at Movies, 4e
Chapter Number: 01
Student’s name: elsie santos
Student’s email: lc_santos1@yahoo.com
Number of questions: 10
Percent correct: 100%
Question: Fade-out/fade-in is a filmmaking technique that indicates a passage of time. Which clip illustrates fade-out/fade-in? Two Cars, One Night : view clip Bartholomew’s Song : view clip Snapshot : view clip
Student answered: c) Snapshot
Correct answer is: c) Snapshot
Question: Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action.
Student answered: b) False
Correct answer is: b) False
Question: Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?
Student answered: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Correct answer is: d) the joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it
Question: What is implicit meaning?
Student answered: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Correct answer is: c) meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story and presentation
Question: All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?
Student answered: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Correct answer is: b) techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling
Question: What is formal analysis?
Student answered: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Correct answer is: a) an analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed
Question: Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?
Student answered: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Correct answer is: b) It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems.
Question: In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having this “invisible meaning” include
Student answered: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Correct answer is: b) fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action.
Question: Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?
Student answered: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Correct answer is: c) Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations.
Question: Cutting on action is a common editing technique that hides the shift from one shot to the next by ending the first shot in the middle of a continuing action and starting the next shot at some point further along in the same action. Which clip is an example of cutting on action? The Hill : view clip Death to the Tinman : view clip Kleingeld : view clip
Student answered: a) The Hill
Correct answer is: a) The Hill
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