Midterm - Form

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

The overall system of relations we can sense among the elements in the whole film. Also known as style.

Question 2

Conventions

Answer 2

Common traits across films

Question 3

Genre

Answer 3

Types of film

Question 4

Norms

Answer 4

What are expected in film and seen as typical

Question 5

Meaning

Answer 5

Understanding of film

Question 6

Referential Meaning

Answer 6

Description and summary of film - with specifics

Question 7

Explicit Meaning

Answer 7

Description and Summary of Film - More Generalized

Question 8

Implicit Meaning

Answer 8

An interpretation of film

Question 9

Interpretations

Answer 9

One’s view of a film’s meaning

Question 10

Symptomatic Meaning

Answer 10

Interpretation of a film applied to a large group or theme

Question 11

Ideology

Answer 11

Set of values revealed by meaning

Question 12

Evaluation

Answer 12

What one thinks of a film

Question 13

Personal Taste

Answer 13

Personal opinion on film

Question 14

Evaluative Judgement

Answer 14

Non-personal review of the film

Question 15

Criteria

Answer 15

Standard for judgement of film

Question 16

Function

Answer 16

Purpose of an element in a film

Question 17

Motivation

Answer 17

Reason for the presence of an element in a film

Question 18

Motif

Answer 18

Recurring formal element in a film

Question 19

Parallelism

Answer 19

Something prompting the viewer to compare elements in a film

Question 20

Variation

Answer 20

Changes in repeated elements

Question 21

Development

Answer 21

Progression of a film’s elements

Question 22

Segmentation

Answer 22

Break-down/outline of a film’s development

Question 23

Scene

Answer 23

A section of the film that takes place in one part

Question 24

Unity

Answer 24

How tight/heavily related a film is

Question 25

Content

Answer 25

The plot/story of a film; what it is about and what happens