Jean-Luc Godard
Introduction to Cinema Keywords
(try and have an understanding of what each term means in relation to film and how to incorporate it into a discussion of film and close scene analysis)
FORM
STYLE
REALISM
DIEGETIC
CONTINUITY
SPECTACLE
CINEMA OF ATTRACTIONS
SPECTATOR
EARLY CINEMA
CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD CINEMA
NARRATIVE
CONVENTIONS
STRUCTURALISM
FORMALISM
GENRE
AUTEUR
REFERENTIAL MEANING
IMPLICIT MEANING
SYMPTOMATIC MEANING
EXPLICIT MEANING
LINEARITY
FUNCTION
SIMILARITY & REPETITION
DIFFERENCE & VARIATION
DEVELOPMENT
FORM AS SYSTEM
FORMAL EXPECTATIONS
EMOTION & FEELING
EVALUATION
IDEOLOGY
PLOT
UNITY/DISUNITY
CAUSE & EFFECT
TIME
SPACE
PARALLELISM
LOCATION
STORY
PLOT
NON-DIEGETIC
CHARACTER ACTIONS
LINEAR & NON-LINEAR
CAUSAL MOTIVATION
TEMPORAL ORDER
TEMPORAL DURATION
TEMPORAL FREQUENCY
SPACE
STORY SPACE
PLOT SPACE
SCREEN SPACE
PLOT PATTERNS
CHANGE IN KNOWLEDGE
GOAL ORIENTED PLOT
OMNISCIENT NARRATION
RESTRICTED NARRATION
RANGE
DEPTH
OBJECTIVITY
SUBJECTIVITY
MISE-EN-SCENE
COSTUMES & MAKEUP
LIGHTING
SETTING & COLOUR
MOVEMENT
PROPS
SHADOWS
3 POINT LIGHTING
FRONTAL LIGHTING
SIDE LIGHTING
BACK LIGHTING
UNDER LIGHTING
TOP LIGHTING
STAGING
DEPTH CUES
LINEAR PERSPECTIVE
DEEP SPACE
SHALLOW SPACE
CENTRAL PERSPECTIE
FRONTALITY
GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM
MODERNISM
SOVIET MONTAGE
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
KULESHOV EFFECT
MONTAGE
CHARACTERIZATION
TRANSFERENCE
SYNAESTHESIA
NEUTRALIZATION
ART MACHINE
CONSTRUCTIVISM
RAW MATERIAL
REVOLUTIONARY CINEMA
INDUSTRIALIZATION
