Unit #1 Test Flashcards
One of the stages of the archetypical historic quest in the hero’s resolve is tested
True
Spectator only take in one medium at a time
False
The revisionist stage of genre questions its convention and may reinvent or renew them
True
Story covers everything that happens from beginning to end
True
Using homage in film is not the same as stealing ideas
True
Unreliable narrator are used in stories for compelling it
True
Most American films today falls under classims
True
Age has nothing to do with whether or not a film can be considered classicism
True
Formalism is more concerned about exploring an idea/ theme than a logical point
true
Docmentary is the extreme end of realism
True
Avant Garde is the extreme end of formalism
True
Stages of genre
Primitve, parody, classic, revisionist
Story
+ Select an IDEA or THEME
Restructure time to make a point about selected IDEA or THEME
+ Look for different points of view/narrators (limited, unreliable) to make a point about selected IDEA or THEME
Formalist plot formula
Story \+ Select an IDEA or THEME - Manipulation of STORY - Manipulation of CHARACTER - Optimism \+ slice of life =
Realism plot formula
Theme of Hugo
Finding your place in life
Theme of Inception
It’s okay to lie to yourself because of a dream
Director of Hugo
Chrisphoter
Director of Inception
Martin
Find the allusion of each character
Yusef - Joseph from the bible
Arthur- King Arthur
Mal - Bad
Ariadne - Greek mythology
Symbol in Hugo
Heart key
Symbol in Inception
Kids, spinning top
Motif in Hugo
Gears used in the clocks
Motif in Inception
Lead into mal coming
In hugo and Inception was the narrator reliable or unreliable, internal or external ?
Both external and reliable
Point of view in Hugo and Inception
3rd Person ominiscient
Did the character first refused the call to action in Hugo and Inception?
No
Cobb accepts Saito’s job offer right away
False
Cobb’s shadow he had to overcome is
Mal and himself
Where does Cobb’s “dark night of the soul” takes place?
In the limbo
What is the “shadow” Cobb has to overcome?
Himself - Mal
In Inception, the point of no return is…?
When the Enter Fisher’s dreams
In Inception, the complication/ higher stakes is…?
When Fisher’s subconscious is weaponized
Cobb’s resolve is tested when…?
Fisher gets killed
In Inception, the major setback…?
Fisher dies
In Hugo, the final push is?
Going back to the train to get the automaton
Dominick Cobb
I’m obessed with going home with my children
Robert Fisher
I have daddy issues and decided to break up my father’s company
Eames
Im a master forger/ actor
Arthur
I fought in zero gravity and was shot in the head by my partner
Saito
I bought an airline for convience
Created the sleep potions
Yusef
Ariadne
I followed the team member into his dreams because I was afraid he was danger to the team
