TFM 2025/2026 Exam Questions and Answers (100% PASS
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omniscient - all knowing unrestricted aspects to all aspects
story - 1- narrative events presented explicitly on screen
2-implicit/inferred events
Story incorporates what's implied
diegesis of a story - total world of story aka events characters objects settings and sounds
nondiegetic elements in the plot - things we see and hear on screen that come from the outside
world aka score music, titles, credits, voice over.-sounds characters can't hear
Summary relationship - screen duration is shorter than plot duration
Real time: screen duration corresponds directly to plot duration
Stretch relationship: screen duration is longer than plot duration
Voice-over Narration - When we hear a characters voice over the picture without actually seeing the
character speak words.
Direct Address Narration - Directly to the audience/ breaks the fourth wall separating the viewer
from the two-D fiction on screen.
Restricted Narration - limits information it provides the audience to things only known to a single
character.
Plot - specific actions/events + the order to effectively convey narrative
Round Characters - complex character, possess numerous subtle/repressed or contradictory traits
that change over the story
Flat Characters - uncomplicated with few distinct traits and don't change significantly throughout the
story
, Protagonist - primary character who pursues the goal sometimes called the hero but that is
misleading.
Antagonist - opposes the protagonist
Anti Hero - unsympathetic protagonist chasing less than noble goals
Inciting Incident (Catalyst) - presents the character with the goal that will drive the rest of the
narrative
Rising Action - tension provokes enhances our engagement with ongoing narrative
Crisis - narrative peak/ the goal is in greatest jeopardy and affirmative answer to the central
question, seems all but impossible
Climax - comes when the protagonist faces this major obstacle in the process, protagonist must
usually takes a great risk, makes a significant sacrifice, or overcomes a personal flaw.
Resolution - narrative wraps up loose ends and moves towards conclusion
Story - narrative events presented explicitly on screen
implicit/inferred events - lies below the surface of the movie's story and presentation
Diegesis - events, characters, objects, setting, sounds that occur in world
Diegetic Element - elements that make up diegesis
Story Duration - amount of time that the implied story takes to occur
Plot Duration - time elapsed of those events within the story that the film explicitly presents
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omniscient - all knowing unrestricted aspects to all aspects
story - 1- narrative events presented explicitly on screen
2-implicit/inferred events
Story incorporates what's implied
diegesis of a story - total world of story aka events characters objects settings and sounds
nondiegetic elements in the plot - things we see and hear on screen that come from the outside
world aka score music, titles, credits, voice over.-sounds characters can't hear
Summary relationship - screen duration is shorter than plot duration
Real time: screen duration corresponds directly to plot duration
Stretch relationship: screen duration is longer than plot duration
Voice-over Narration - When we hear a characters voice over the picture without actually seeing the
character speak words.
Direct Address Narration - Directly to the audience/ breaks the fourth wall separating the viewer
from the two-D fiction on screen.
Restricted Narration - limits information it provides the audience to things only known to a single
character.
Plot - specific actions/events + the order to effectively convey narrative
Round Characters - complex character, possess numerous subtle/repressed or contradictory traits
that change over the story
Flat Characters - uncomplicated with few distinct traits and don't change significantly throughout the
story
, Protagonist - primary character who pursues the goal sometimes called the hero but that is
misleading.
Antagonist - opposes the protagonist
Anti Hero - unsympathetic protagonist chasing less than noble goals
Inciting Incident (Catalyst) - presents the character with the goal that will drive the rest of the
narrative
Rising Action - tension provokes enhances our engagement with ongoing narrative
Crisis - narrative peak/ the goal is in greatest jeopardy and affirmative answer to the central
question, seems all but impossible
Climax - comes when the protagonist faces this major obstacle in the process, protagonist must
usually takes a great risk, makes a significant sacrifice, or overcomes a personal flaw.
Resolution - narrative wraps up loose ends and moves towards conclusion
Story - narrative events presented explicitly on screen
implicit/inferred events - lies below the surface of the movie's story and presentation
Diegesis - events, characters, objects, setting, sounds that occur in world
Diegetic Element - elements that make up diegesis
Story Duration - amount of time that the implied story takes to occur
Plot Duration - time elapsed of those events within the story that the film explicitly presents
