Narrative Quiz

Question 1

Chronology

Answer 1

The order in which events occur in time

Question 2

Causality

Answer 2

the process by which one event leads to or influences another

Question 3

Spatial Relationships

Answer 3

The relationship that characters and objects have to the space they are in, and to one another

Question 4

Setting

Answer 4

The time and place in which the vents of the narrative occur

Question 5

Story

Answer 5

The totality of all the dramatic events in the order in which they originally occur, including events that are both presented in the film, and which are surmised or assumed by the audience.

Question 6

Plot

Answer 6

Story material that has been structured and arranged by the storyteller, which often differs from the story because it isn’t necessarily in order or complete

Question 7

Diegetic Element

Answer 7

An element of the film that from the world of the story E.g. the sound of a character playing the piano

Question 8

Non-Diegetic Element

Answer 8

an element of the film that is not from the world of the story e.g. a music track added to heighten the mood, OST

Question 9

Characters

Answer 9

Individuals who populate the story

Question 10

Protagonist

Answer 10

The main character, around who the action revolves and with whom the audience identifies.

Question 11

Antagonist

Answer 11

the character who opposes the protagonist

Question 12

Dynamic Characters

Answer 12

Characters who change during the course of the film

Question 13

Static Characters

Answer 13

Characters who remain the same during the course of the film

Question 14

Character Development

Answer 14

Also known as character evolution, is the change or growth of a dynamic character during the film

Question 15

Catalyst

Answer 15

A person, situation or event that propels a character to change

Question 16

Conflict

Answer 16

A struggle between opposing forces

Question 17

External Conflict

Answer 17

A struggle between a character and their environment or other characters

Question 18

Internal Conflict

Answer 18

An internal struggle the character has with themselves is

Question 19

Dialogue

Answer 19

The lines that characters speak during the film

Question 20

Narration

Answer 20

The lines that a character outside the world of the film speaks about the narrative

Question 21

Classical Narrative Structure

Answer 21

A narrative, used frequently in hollywood that iis linear and employs a three act structure

Question 22

opening balance

Answer 22

the established order at the beginning of the film

Question 23

disordering event

Answer 23

an event that disturbs the established order

Question 24

exposition

Answer 24

background information about characters, place and objects that is needed for the storyteller to setup the story

Question 25

set up

Answer 25

the first act of a film with a classical narrative structure, in which the viewer learns about the characters and their situation. sometimes called THE exposition

Question 26

rising action

Answer 26

a pattern of increasingly intense action that occupies that bulk of the film

Question 27

plot point

Answer 27

an event in a film that spins the action around in a new direction

Question 28

climax

Answer 28

the culmination of rising action, the moment of greatest intensity

Question 29

denouement, or resolution

Answer 29

after the climax, the action diminishes or falls off, as the complications of the conflict resolve

Question 30

motif

Answer 30

a pattern of repeated elements in a film

Question 31

theme

Answer 31

a unifying idea or motif in a film that relates the film to larger issues in the world

Question 32

ideology

Answer 32

a set of values, beliefs or assumptions about the world