FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

Question 1

Allusion

Answer 1

Expressing something outside of the literature

Question 2

Imagery

Answer 2

Using figurative language to set a mood

Question 3

What are the ways to learn about a character?

Answer 3

Think, look, act, say, other people’s opinions

Question 4

3rd person limited POV

Answer 4

One character’s point of view

Question 5

3rd person omniscient POV

Answer 5

Multiple character’s point of view

Question 6

Narratology

Answer 6

Study of how stories work

Question 7

What does a story do?

Answer 7

Tells everything that happened from beginning to end

Question 8

What is a plot?

Answer 8

What parts of the story you decide to tell in which order

Question 9

Film is collaborative.. True or False

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The director is considered the author of the film…True or False

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Screenwriter often have no control over the scripts once they are submitted…True or False

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Most scripts get re- written…True or False

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What are the three major adaptations?

Answer 13

Loose, literal, faithful

Question 14

Loose

Answer 14

major differences from the source material

Question 15

Faithful

Answer 15

Minor difference from source material

Question 16

Literal

Answer 16

exactly the same from the source material

Question 17

Motif

Answer 17

Recurring symbol in a film

Question 18

Symbolism

Answer 18

Something in the film that is more than itself

Question 19

Allegory

Answer 19

The story is told to establish a theme about society

Question 20

Homage

Answer 20

Obvious reference to another filmmaker

Question 21

Realism Plot formula

Answer 21

Select idea or theme
Manipulation of story
Manipulation of Character 
Optimism 
Slice of life

Question 22

Classic Plot formula

Answer 22

Good guy 
Bad guy 
conflict
events leading to resolution of conflict
events leading to character development 
resolution of conflict 
- boring parts

Question 23

What is considered the “norm” particularly in American cinema?

Answer 23

Narrative

Question 24

What is narrative based off of?

Answer 24

Dramatic conflict between protagonist and anatgonist

Question 25

Narrative builds intensity to a dramatic conflict in which one force must “win” and one must “lose” the climax…True or False

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Formalist Plot formula

Answer 26

select idea or theme
restructure time to make a point about selected idea or theme
Look for different points of view

Question 27

There are no good or bad genre…True or False

Answer 27

True

Question 28

What are contracts between the filmmaker and a specific targeted audience>

Answer 28

Genres

Question 29

How are genres set?

Answer 29

In style, subject matter, and values

Question 30

What are the 4 genres?

Answer 30

Primitive, classic, revisionist, parodic

Question 31

Primitive

Answer 31

Introduces the varies conventions for the first time

Question 32

Classic

Answer 32

Follows the conventions and does them extremely well

Question 33

Revisionist

Answer 33

Questions the conventions and perhaps reinvents or renew them

Question 34

Parodic

Answer 34

Makes fun of the conventions

Question 35

Many stories follow the heroic quest…True or False

Answer 35

True

Question 36

Realism Theory

Answer 36

Mirrors how we view the world

Question 37

Formalism Theory

Answer 37

Uses as much as possible to communicate a theme or time to be highly symbolic

Question 38

Classicism Theory

Answer 38

Combination of open and closed form

Question 39

Top

Answer 39

Area associated with power / authority

Question 40

Bottom

Answer 40

Submissive

Question 41

Left

Answer 41

Weaker side of the frame, reserved for the villians

Question 42

Synchronous

Answer 42

Sound and the images match

Question 43

Diegetic

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Sounds the character can hear

Question 44

Voice over

Answer 44

Allows the audience to hear the voice of a character