components of a film

Question 1

visuals

Answer 1

the filmic images captured by the camera

Question 2

sound

Answer 2

the sounds captured by microphones and spliced onto film

Question 3

motif

Answer 3

“Any narrative, visual, or sound element that is repeated and thereby acquires and reflects its significance to the story, characters, or themes of the film.” (Film: A Critical Introduction)

Question 4

diegesis

Answer 4

: a style of fiction story telling that presents an interior view of a world in which:

1. Details about the world itself and the experience of its characters are revealed explicitly through narrative.
2. The story is told or recounted, as opposed to shown or enacted.
3. There is a presumed detachment from the story of both the speaker and the audience.

Question 5

non-diegetic/extradiegetic devices

Answer 5

A term used for any narrative, sound, or visual element not contained in the story world.” Stylistic elements of how the narrator tells the story.