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midterm Quiz 3
Meeks' editing theory and aesthetics midterm
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
02/25/2013

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The close up
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When Eisenstein quotes "The kettle began it," the opening words to Dickens' novel, The Cricket on the Hearth, he is arguing that Dickens' prose is the equivalent of what?
Term
Atmosphere
Definition
Eisenstein asserts that one of the most expressive means of revealing the inner world and ethical countenance of the characters themselves is what?
Term
-Method.
-style
-Viewpoint and exposition.
-All of the above.
Definition
Eisenstein uses the word "amazing" to describe Dickens' "nearness" to the characteristics of cinema in terms of what?
Term
That the overuse of those devices reflected the chaos and confusion of post-war Germany.
Definition
When commenting about cinematic techniques in German films in the 1920s, Eisenstein argues what?
Term
The plasticity and slightly exaggerated characters in Dickens' novels and in cinematic heroes.
Definition
Eisenstein speculates that the secret to the similar immense popular successes of Dickens' novel and the cinema lies in what?
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A good camera lens
Definition
Eisenstein compared Dickens' memory and keenness of perception to what?
Term
Organic unity
Definition
True cinematic rhythm, Eisenstein argues, above all presupposes what?
Term
-The reflection of "Small-Town America" in Griffith's style.
-The reflection of "Super-Dynamic America" in Giffith's style.
-Neither a.) or b.) above.
-*Both a.) and b.) above.*
Definition
According to Eisenstein, Dickens appears to have guided what?
Term
Aural images.
Definition
Eisenstein makes the assertion that the visual images of Dickens are inseparable from what?
Term
Aural images.
Definition
Eisenstein makes the assertion that the visual images of Dickens are inseparable from what?
Term
A (conceptual) unity of a higher order.
Definition
Eisenstein concludes is argument by stating for the Soviet filmmakers montage became a means of achieving what?
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