Implicit Meaning - Correct Answer lies beneath the surface of a movie's story or presentation, internal
meaning, implied
Explicit Meaning - Correct Answer available on the surface, literal meaning, definition
Form - Correct Answer Cinematic Language, how the SUBJECT is expressed
Content - Correct Answer The actual subject
what it is about
Theme - Correct Answer Shared public idea
central idea or message
Formal Analysis - Correct Answer Dissecting everything in a film (cinematography, sound, composition,
design, movement, performance, editing)
Omniscient Narration - Correct Answer The narrator knows everything and therefore can reveal any
manner of things about the plot, characters, motivations and thoughts or feelings of characters, etc.
Restricted Narration - Correct Answer is seen when a movie is filmed from the point of view of only one
character making it, due to this us as the audience only know as much as they do.
Voice-over Narration - Correct Answer off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique
where a voice that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)
protagonist - Correct Answer the leading character
, antagonist - Correct Answer The character, creature, or force that obstructs or resists the protagonist's
pursuit of their goal.
anti-hero - Correct Answer An outwardly unsympathetic protagonist pursuing a morally objectionable
or otherwise undesirable goal.
crisis - Correct Answer A critical turning point in a story in which the protagonist must engage a
seemingly insurmountable obstacle.
rising action - Correct Answer The development of the action of the narrative toward a climax.
inciting incident (catalyst) - Correct Answer The event or situation during the exposition stage of the
narrative that sets the rest of the narrative in motion.
climax - Correct Answer The highest point of conflict in a conventional narrative; the protagonist's
ultimate attempt to attain the goal.
resolution - Correct Answer The concluding narrative events that follow the climax and celebrate or
otherwise reflect upon story outcomes.
diegesis - Correct Answer The total world of a story the events, characters, objects, settings, and
sounds that form the world in which the story occurs.
diegetic element - Correct Answer An element event, character, object, setting, sound that helps
form the world in which the story occurs.
nondiegetic element - Correct Answer Something that we see and hear on the screen that comes from
outside the world of the story (including background music, titles and credits, and voice-over narration)
surprise - Correct Answer A taking unawares that is potentially shocking.
meaning, implied
Explicit Meaning - Correct Answer available on the surface, literal meaning, definition
Form - Correct Answer Cinematic Language, how the SUBJECT is expressed
Content - Correct Answer The actual subject
what it is about
Theme - Correct Answer Shared public idea
central idea or message
Formal Analysis - Correct Answer Dissecting everything in a film (cinematography, sound, composition,
design, movement, performance, editing)
Omniscient Narration - Correct Answer The narrator knows everything and therefore can reveal any
manner of things about the plot, characters, motivations and thoughts or feelings of characters, etc.
Restricted Narration - Correct Answer is seen when a movie is filmed from the point of view of only one
character making it, due to this us as the audience only know as much as they do.
Voice-over Narration - Correct Answer off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique
where a voice that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)
protagonist - Correct Answer the leading character
, antagonist - Correct Answer The character, creature, or force that obstructs or resists the protagonist's
pursuit of their goal.
anti-hero - Correct Answer An outwardly unsympathetic protagonist pursuing a morally objectionable
or otherwise undesirable goal.
crisis - Correct Answer A critical turning point in a story in which the protagonist must engage a
seemingly insurmountable obstacle.
rising action - Correct Answer The development of the action of the narrative toward a climax.
inciting incident (catalyst) - Correct Answer The event or situation during the exposition stage of the
narrative that sets the rest of the narrative in motion.
climax - Correct Answer The highest point of conflict in a conventional narrative; the protagonist's
ultimate attempt to attain the goal.
resolution - Correct Answer The concluding narrative events that follow the climax and celebrate or
otherwise reflect upon story outcomes.
diegesis - Correct Answer The total world of a story the events, characters, objects, settings, and
sounds that form the world in which the story occurs.
diegetic element - Correct Answer An element event, character, object, setting, sound that helps
form the world in which the story occurs.
nondiegetic element - Correct Answer Something that we see and hear on the screen that comes from
outside the world of the story (including background music, titles and credits, and voice-over narration)
surprise - Correct Answer A taking unawares that is potentially shocking.
