Final Exam

Question 1

What are the five parts of dramatic plot structure in film?

Answer 1

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement.

Question 2

The term ‘movie’ is used because films_______.

Answer 2

Give the illusion of movement

Question 3

What is the term for a screenwriter who also directs a film?

Answer 3

Auteur

Question 4

The _______ opposes the protagonist.

Answer 4

Antagonist

Question 5

The _______ is the central figure in the story. They may be referred to as the hero even if they are not ‘good’.

Answer 5

Protagonist

Question 6

Who is responsible for creating a screenplay?

Answer 6

Screenwriter

Question 7

Determining a film’s _______ is most important for analysis.

Answer 7

Overall meaning

Question 8

The entire created world of a narrative is called the _______.

Answer 8

Diegesis

Question 9

The _______ is the time and place the story takes place.

Answer 9

Setting

Question 10

Most commercial films are_______.

Answer 10

Narratives

Question 11

The structure for presenting the events of film is the _______.

Answer 11

Plot

Question 12

Who first established the fundamentals of narrative theory?

Answer 12

Aristotle

Question 13

What is the term for things the audience can hear or see, but are not in the world of the narrative?

Answer 13

Non-diegetic elements

Question 14

The terms ‘cinema’, ‘film’ and ‘movie‘_______.

Answer 14

Can be used interchangeably

Question 15

A(n) _______ is three-dimensional, complex and has many traits.

Answer 15

Round character

Question 16

Movie audiences often make the decision to see a film based on _______.

Answer 16

What actors are in it

Question 17

Many film scholars and critics would argue that screen acting has _______ since the “golden age” of Hollywood.

Answer 17

Evolved

Question 18

A film actor performs for the_____, while a stage actor performs for the_____.

Answer 18

Camera, audience

Question 19

_______ innovated the theories behind method acting.

Answer 19

Constantin Stanislavsky

Question 20

Method acting was primarily taught at_______.

Answer 20

The Actor’s Studio

Question 21

Creating lines that are not part of the script is called _______.

Answer 21

Improvisation

Question 22

The _______ works closely with actors to shape the character.

Answer 22

Director

Question 23

To effectively portray a character, an actor should bring _______ to the role.

Answer 23

Both physical appropriateness and emotional expressiveness

Question 24

‘Good’ acting _______.

Answer 24

Draws attention to itself

Question 25

In ensemble acting _______ .

Answer 25

All cast members work together

Question 26

_____ is an English translation of the phrase 'mise-en-scene'.

Answer 26

Staging

Question 27

The Production Designer determines the _____ of the setting, actors and props.

Answer 27

Look

Question 28

Elements within the _____ provide the meaning of the shot.

Answer 28

Frame

Question 29

The distribution and arrangement of objects within the frame is called _____.

Answer 29

Composition

Question 30

Inanimate objects in the setting are called _____.

Answer 30

Properties

Question 31

The two main styles of film design are _____.

Answer 31

Realistic and Nonrealistic

Question 32

_____ is the appearance of truth in film.

Answer 32

Verisimilitude

Question 33

A scene not shot at a studio or on a set is said to be filmed _____.

Answer 33

on location

Question 34

A(n) _____ frame implies a lack of freedom to move around.

Answer 34

Closed

Question 35

A _____ frame has many objects in it.

Answer 35

High density

Question 36

_____ influence costume design.

Answer 36

Narrative elements

Question 37

_____ can be used to create emphasis within a frame.

Answer 37

Color and light. Both

Question 38

In a(n) _____ frame, characters can easily move offscreen.

Answer 38

Open

Question 39

What is not a major part of mise-en-scene?

Answer 39

Camera use

Question 40

The _____ is primarily responsible for a film's mise-en-scene?

Answer 40

Production designer

Question 41

The _______ is the level and height of the camera in relation to the subject being photographed.

Answer 41

Shooting angle

Question 42

The key formal element in the creation of film is _______.

Answer 42

Light

Question 43

The cinematographer helps decide how the film is _______.

Answer 43

Photographed

Question 44

A _______ is used to gain insight into a character’s emotional state.

Answer 44

Close up

Question 45

The difference between zooming in and dollying in is _______.

Answer 45

Magnification

Question 46

High-key lighting creates _______.

Answer 46

Shadows

Question 47

Lighting _______ determines if light is considered low-key or high-key.

Answer 47

Ratio

Question 48

A _______ tracks movement with a camera mounted on a wheeled support.

Answer 48

Dolly shot

Question 49

A high-angle shot usually implies _______ relative to the subject being photographed.

Answer 49

Inferiority

Question 50

A _______ is one continuous run of the camera.

Answer 50

Shot

Question 51

A _______ is a curved piece of transparent material that captures an image.

Answer 51

Lens

Question 52

What are three major types of lenses used in filmmaking?

Answer 52

Short focal length, medium focal length, long focal length

Question 53

A _______ involves the horizontal movement of a camera.

Answer 53

Pan shot

Question 54

_______ is another title for the cinematographer.

Answer 54

Director of Photography

Question 55

The _______ is often an extreme long shot of the setting.

Answer 55

Establishing shot

Question 56

Most of the sound audiences hear in a film is constructed _____.

Answer 56

In post production

Question 57

The _____ constructs the overall sound for a film.

Answer 57

Sound designer

Question 58

Four general categories of film sound are _____.

Answer 58

Vocal, environmental, music, silence

Question 59

_____ are perceptual characteristics of film sound.

Answer 59

Pitch, loudness, quality

Question 60

Dialogue and _____ are typical vocal sounds.

Answer 60

Narration

Question 61

Foley sounds _____.

Answer 61

are specifically created for particular shots.

Question 62

Ambient sound comes from the _____.

Answer 62

Background

Question 63

Diegetic sound comes from _____.

Answer 63

the world of the film.

Question 64

Nondiegetic sound is _____ by the characters onscreen.

Answer 64

not heard

Question 65

A sound's faithfulness to its source is its _____.

Answer 65

Fidelity.

Question 66

The _____ is the basic building block of editing.

Answer 66

Shot

Question 67

A non-chronological sequence of shots that shows a plot event that happened earlier in the story is called _____.

Answer 67

Flashback

Question 68

Lev Kuleshov discovered that audiences create a(n) _____ from two shots if the first shot is an action, followed by a shot that is a reaction.

Answer 68

Third meaning

Question 69

Shot _____ is the overall length of the shot.

Answer 69

Duration

Question 70

A _____ presents many images to give a lot of narrative information in a short amount of time.

Answer 70

Montage

Question 71

Most narrative feature film editing is meant to be _____.

Answer 71

Complicated

Question 72

The _____ is a convention used to maintain consistent screen direction.

Answer 72

180 degree rule.

Question 73

A _____ is a continuity editing technique used to show a conversation between two people.

Answer 73

Shot/Reverse shot

Question 74

_____ is when transitions between shots are deliberately erratic and unsteady.

Answer 74

Discontinuity editing

Question 75

The _____ are common editing transitions.

Answer 75

dissolve and fade