Formal Analysis, Mise-en-scene, Lighting

Question 1

Function

Answer 1

form: the pattern of elements
those elements fulfill purpose (do something in the larger whole)

Question 2

Motivation

Answer 2

narrative function of an element in a film: narrative or stylistic devices

Question 3

Motifs

Answer 3

ANY significant element that is REPEATED in a film narrative or stylistic device, which often have thematic significance

Question 4

Variation

Answer 4

Consists of any significant film element that is repeated in a film but that repetition entails variations on past instances, either narrative or stylistic

Variation frequently bears narrative significance

Question 5

Narrative Elements

Answer 5

Those elements of a film that constitute a film’s story: plot, settings, characters, the goals, and subjective states of the characters

Question 6

Stylistic Elements

Answer 6

Elements of a film through which the story is told: mise-en-scéne, editing, music, etc.

Question 7

What elements work together and cannot be separated without consequences?

Answer 7

narrative and stylistic elements

Question 8

Form

Answer 8

the overall set of relationships among a film’s parts

Question 9

Development

Answer 9

the progression of a film’s development from beginning, middle & end, aka the film’s plot structure

Question 10

Mise-en-scéne

Answer 10

All of elements placed in front of the camera to be photographed the settings and props, lighting, costumes and makeup, and figure behaviour

putting into scene

Question 11

Versimilitude

Answer 11

the degree of resemblance that an image

Question 12

Artifice

Answer 12

artificial/manmade