week 1

Question 1

form

Answer 1

film has form. By form, in its broadest sense, we mean the
overall set of relationships among a film’s parts.

Question 2

film creates expectations of what is going to happen

Answer 2

if it take time for the film respond to the questions/expectation it creates suspense

Question 3

our exepctations ome from our
past experiences

Question 4

Filmmakers work hard to inject emotion into their movies.

Answer 4

-Emotions represented within the film play particular roles in the film’s overall
form:

the face expression of horror of a character means we should be afraid of him

-Form shapes the spectator’s emotional response, too.

Question 5

meaning

Answer 5

Like emotion, meaning is important to our experience of artworks. As viewers
we are constantly testing the work for larger significance, for what it says or
suggests. And filmmakers often create movies to convey their ideas and
opinions. They want us to grasp the meanings they’ve offered

Question 6

Referential meaning.

Answer 6

allusion to particular items of
knowledge outside the film that the viewer is expected to recognize.

ex:Here the referential meanings of Kansas and the Great
Depression play a definite role in the overall contrast of settings that the
film’s form creates.

Question 7

explicit meaning

Answer 7

significance presented overtly, usually in
language and often near the film’s beginning or end.

like a fraise: there is no place like home

Question 8

implicit meaning

Answer 8

When perceivers ascribe implicit meanings to an artwork, they’re
usually said to be interpreting it.

Question 9

symptomatic meaning

Answer 9

significance that the
film divulges, often against its will, by virtue of its historical or social
context.F

Question 10

criterias if a movie is good or bad (is subjective)

Answer 10

for some
-if it is realistic
if it is moral
-if it has coherence
-if it has intesity of effect(if it is emotional engangin-is good)
-if it has complexity( A complex film engages our interest on different
levels and tends to create several patterns of feelings and meanings)
-orginality

Question 11

motivation gives
elements specific functions.

Question 12

similarities and repetitions

Answer 12

in our pattern established
and satisfied formal expectations. Similarity and repetition, then, constitute an
important principle of film form.

Question 13

motifis

Answer 13

any significant repeated element that
contributes to the overall form.

it may be an object,a color,a place,a person , a sound

Motifs are fairly exact repetitions, but a film can chart broader
similarities between its ingredients

Question 14

parallels

Answer 14

Parallels cue us to compare two or more distinct
elements by highlighting some similarity

. For example, Dorothy says she feels
that she has known the Scarecrow and the Tin Man before.

Question 15

Difference and Variation

Answer 15

A filmmaker is unlikely to rely only on repetitions. AAAAAA is rather boring.
There should also be some changes, or variations, however small. So difference,
or variation, is another fundamental principle of film form.

variation and differences help us create paralels

Question 16

Development

Question 17

film has Unity when:

Answer 17

We feel that every element
fulfills particular functions, that we understand the similarities and differences
among elements, that the form develops logically, and that no element is
superfluous. The film’s overall unity can give our experience a sense of
completeness and fulfillment.