Unit+9+Key+Concepts

=Unit 9 Key Concepts=


 * Autuer Theory-** Auteur Theory suggests that a director can use the commercial apparatus of film-making in the same way that a writer uses a pen or a painter uses paint and a paintbrush.


 * Character Arc-** Is the status of the character as it unfolds throughout the story, the storyline or series of episodes. Characters may begin the story with a certain viewpoint and, through events in the story, that viewpoint changes. A character arc generally only affects the main character the most in a story, though other characters can go through similar changes.


 * Mis en scene-** French term and originates in the theater. It means, "put in the scene!" or "placing on stage". It is used to describe the design aspects of theater or production through story boarding, cinematography, stage design, and direction.


 * Method Acting-** A n acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed.


 * Conflict-** turning point of a narrative work is its point of highest tension or drama or when the action starts in which the solution is given. The rest of the movie is based on the characters overcoming the conflict. Struggle between different people fighting for the same cause like in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.


 * Types of Conflict-** There are many types of conflict, such as physical, words, or in some cases there is pictures to show what is happening. Some conflict can be emotional, usually shown in movies where the the leading character is having issues with the outside world.


 * Rising Action -** series of events that begin immediately after the exposition, or introduction, of the story and builds up to the climax.


 * Setup-** An organization or arrangement. It is what sets the tone/foreshadows the remainder of the film. It is the base which the movie builds on and leads to the result.


 * Exposition-** Providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme. Exposition is considered one of four rhetorical modes of discourse, along with argumentation, description, and narration.


 * Climax-** The highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something. It is a decisive moment that is a major turning point in a plot. The highest point where the most intense moment of drama occurs. Marks a change in the protagonist's affairs, whether for better or for worse. Typically, the "twist" in the film occurs at the climax. This part of a movie keeps you on the edge of your seat, often leading to an important part of a movie.


 * Resolution-** The ending or final solution to the conflict or problem. Resolution is often used for a pixel count in digital imaging. High resolution also means image detail.


 * Protagonist**- The leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work. A leading actor, character, or participant. Faces conflict with the antagonist(s), doing the opposite of what the antagonist is doing.


 * Antagonist-** A character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend. In other words, a person, or a group of people who oppose the main character, or the main characters. Basically the "bad guy" of a film or story.


 * Subtext -** The second meaning to a film. For example, In Treasure of the Sierra Madre the main story is about men finding gold, but the hidden meaning is that greed will corrupt people. usually a moral that can teach a very valuable lesson, or show the consquences of bad actions.