FILM FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Story - Answers - Is the subject matter or raw material of a narrative, w/ the actions and
events ordered chronologically.
Plot - Answers - Orders the events and actions of the story according to particular
temporal and spatial patterns, selecting some actions, individuals, and events and
omitting others
character coherence - Answers - What is the product of different psychological,
historical, or ther expectations that see people and thus characters in fictional
narratives, as fundamentally consistent and unique.
depth - Answers - Character __________ is the motional and intellectual aspects of a
character; different layers of emotions
Stereotype - Answers - Exaggerate or reduce a character from being realistic
Character Development - Answers - Patterns where characters move from one mental,
physical, or social state to another in a particular film; we reevaluate them as they
develop
Linear chronology - Answers - When selected events and actions proceed one after the
another through forward movement in time
deadline structure - Answers - A narrative structure that accelerates the action and plot
toward a central event or action that must be accomplished by a certain time.
narrative duration - Answers - *Narrative duration VS. Narrative frequency*
Refers to the length of time an event or action is presented in a plot
narrative frequency - Answers - *Narrative duration VS. Narrative frequency*
Describes how often those plot elements are repeatedly shown
first person - Answers - Narration that is identified with a single individual, typically
(though not always) a character in the film.
third person - Answers - A narration that assumes an objective and *detached stance*
vis-à-vis the plot and characters, describing events from *outside the story*. and has a
*presiding attitude or perspective*.
narrative - Answers - *Documentary film VS. Narrative Films*
This type of film is usually at the heart of commercial entertainment?
documentary - Answers - *Documentary film VS. Narrative Films*
This type of film usually operates according to an economics of information?
, subjective - Answers - A __________ documentary creates films that more like
autobiographies or diaries.
mockumentary - Answers - What is an extreme example of how documentaries can
generate different experiences and responses depending on viewing context and one's
knowledge of the traditions and aims of such films?
anthropological - Answers - What kind of film explores different global and cultural
peoples, both living and extinct?
ethnographic - Answers - What kind of documentary looks at groups who are
marginalized (or groups that are considered invisible to the mainstream)?
political - Answers - What kind of documentary aims to investigate and to celebrate the
political activities of men and women as they appear within the struggles of small and
large social spheres?
historical - Answers - What kind of documentary concentrates largely on recovering and
representing events or figures in history?
avant garde - Answers - "Cutting edge"?
formalist - Answers - Experimental films are _______________ -concerned with
problems of form, over issues of content..
lyrical - Answers - What kind of film may emphasize a personal voice or vision through
the singularity of the imagery or through such techniques as voiceovers or handheld
camera movements?
lyrical style - Answers - What kind of film *style* expresses emotions, beliefs, or some
other personal position in film, much like the voice of a lyric poet does in literature.
activist videos - Answers - 1980's ________ _________ used experimental techniques
of editing, design elements drawn from advertising and propaganda, and self-conscious
voiceover and personal reflection
new media - Answers - the Internet, digital formats, video game consoles, smartphones,
touchscreen devices, and the software applications and imaginative creations they
support
underground film - Answers - Nonmainstream film, associated particularly with the
experimental film culture of 1960s and 1970s New York and San Francisco,
characterized by the intersection of performance and sexual subcultures.
Story - Answers - Is the subject matter or raw material of a narrative, w/ the actions and
events ordered chronologically.
Plot - Answers - Orders the events and actions of the story according to particular
temporal and spatial patterns, selecting some actions, individuals, and events and
omitting others
character coherence - Answers - What is the product of different psychological,
historical, or ther expectations that see people and thus characters in fictional
narratives, as fundamentally consistent and unique.
depth - Answers - Character __________ is the motional and intellectual aspects of a
character; different layers of emotions
Stereotype - Answers - Exaggerate or reduce a character from being realistic
Character Development - Answers - Patterns where characters move from one mental,
physical, or social state to another in a particular film; we reevaluate them as they
develop
Linear chronology - Answers - When selected events and actions proceed one after the
another through forward movement in time
deadline structure - Answers - A narrative structure that accelerates the action and plot
toward a central event or action that must be accomplished by a certain time.
narrative duration - Answers - *Narrative duration VS. Narrative frequency*
Refers to the length of time an event or action is presented in a plot
narrative frequency - Answers - *Narrative duration VS. Narrative frequency*
Describes how often those plot elements are repeatedly shown
first person - Answers - Narration that is identified with a single individual, typically
(though not always) a character in the film.
third person - Answers - A narration that assumes an objective and *detached stance*
vis-à-vis the plot and characters, describing events from *outside the story*. and has a
*presiding attitude or perspective*.
narrative - Answers - *Documentary film VS. Narrative Films*
This type of film is usually at the heart of commercial entertainment?
documentary - Answers - *Documentary film VS. Narrative Films*
This type of film usually operates according to an economics of information?
, subjective - Answers - A __________ documentary creates films that more like
autobiographies or diaries.
mockumentary - Answers - What is an extreme example of how documentaries can
generate different experiences and responses depending on viewing context and one's
knowledge of the traditions and aims of such films?
anthropological - Answers - What kind of film explores different global and cultural
peoples, both living and extinct?
ethnographic - Answers - What kind of documentary looks at groups who are
marginalized (or groups that are considered invisible to the mainstream)?
political - Answers - What kind of documentary aims to investigate and to celebrate the
political activities of men and women as they appear within the struggles of small and
large social spheres?
historical - Answers - What kind of documentary concentrates largely on recovering and
representing events or figures in history?
avant garde - Answers - "Cutting edge"?
formalist - Answers - Experimental films are _______________ -concerned with
problems of form, over issues of content..
lyrical - Answers - What kind of film may emphasize a personal voice or vision through
the singularity of the imagery or through such techniques as voiceovers or handheld
camera movements?
lyrical style - Answers - What kind of film *style* expresses emotions, beliefs, or some
other personal position in film, much like the voice of a lyric poet does in literature.
activist videos - Answers - 1980's ________ _________ used experimental techniques
of editing, design elements drawn from advertising and propaganda, and self-conscious
voiceover and personal reflection
new media - Answers - the Internet, digital formats, video game consoles, smartphones,
touchscreen devices, and the software applications and imaginative creations they
support
underground film - Answers - Nonmainstream film, associated particularly with the
experimental film culture of 1960s and 1970s New York and San Francisco,
characterized by the intersection of performance and sexual subcultures.
