WL 3371 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Answers
what are the three points of narrative? - ANSWER✔✔-1. story
2. plot
3. narration
story - ANSWER✔✔-the events that are presented to us or that we can infer have happened
plot - ANSWER✔✔-the arrangement or construction of those events in a certain order or structure
narration - ANSWER✔✔-refers to the perspective that organizes the plot according to a certain
emotional, physical, or intellectual point of view
What are the 8 dramatic points - ANSWER✔✔-1. exposition: the action starts
2. inciting incident: stimulus, conflict
3. rising action: complications
4. turning point: build up right before climax
5. climax: most dramatic point
6. falling action: "decrescendo", reversal
7. resolution: end of conflict, return to harmony
8. denouement: final comment or after thought
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ocularization - ANSWER✔✔-relation between what a character sees and what the camera sees
what are the three types of ocularization - ANSWER✔✔-1. simple: what the camera shows corresponds
to what the character sees
2. zero: what the camera shows doesn't relate to any character
3. internal: subjective images shown by the editing, the dreams, the mise-en-abyne, etc.
framing/composition: - ANSWER✔✔-physical space
shot: - ANSWER✔✔-determined according to the distance between the camera and the subject shown in
the image. Single image on screen before it cuts to the next shot.
what are the seven types of shots - ANSWER✔✔-1. wide shot
2. full shot (full body)
3. 3/4 shot (medium long or American shot) (knee up)
4. medium shot (waist up)
5. medium close-up (chest up)
6. close-up
7. extreme close-up
what are the four types of flashbacks? - ANSWER✔✔-1. flashback puzzle
2. flashback at the beginning
3. nostalgic flashback
4. traumatic flashback
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