CTVA 301 FINAL EXAM questions well
answered passed
Narrative - correct answer ✔✔chain of events in a cause and effect relationship occurring in
time and space
Diegesis - correct answer ✔✔everything in the world of the film
Non diegetic material - correct answer ✔✔things brought from the outside world of the film
Story all the events of a narrative (what we know)
Plot - correct answer ✔✔the way certain events are presented in the film (not presented on
screen but the audience can figure it out)
ex: Emily and her son die in a car accident but it's not show to the audience only mentioned
(Citizen Kane)
Restricted narration - correct answer ✔✔viewer and character know the same amount of
information (knowledge is restricted)
Unrestricted narration - correct answer ✔✔viewer has more knowledge than characters
Narration - correct answer ✔✔guides the spectator
Narrator - correct answer ✔✔Person telling the story
, Non character narration - correct answer ✔✔the anonymous "voice of God"; this type is a
matter of fact commentator who may be objective or subjective. Sometimes the narrator is not
revealed until the end of the story.
Genre - correct answer ✔✔a group of films, directed by different directors, which share
numerous elements (genre conventions). Each genre has its own distinct conventions.
The Femme Fatale - correct answer ✔✔an attractive and seductive woman, especially one who
will ultimately bring disaster to a man who becomes involved with her
Iconography - correct answer ✔✔symbolic images that carry meaning from film to film
Film Noir Genre Themes - correct answer ✔✔Representation of family: dysfunctional
Representation of romantic love heterosexual couple, mutual destruction between men, more
protective gestures of loving
Representation of workplace: frustrating
Representation of women exciting childless boring potentially childbearing sweetheart
Will Hays - correct answer ✔✔post master general for US chair of Republican committee;
known for Hays office; decided what could be allowed and not allowed
Roman Catholic Legion of Decency, 1934 - correct answer ✔✔Powerful pressure group
dedicated to forcing the film industry to alter its content.
Secured implementation of the Code.
powerful group imposing ideology threatened to boycott if the code was not upheld
Joseph Breen (1934-1954) - correct answer ✔✔MPAA, carried out the code
answered passed
Narrative - correct answer ✔✔chain of events in a cause and effect relationship occurring in
time and space
Diegesis - correct answer ✔✔everything in the world of the film
Non diegetic material - correct answer ✔✔things brought from the outside world of the film
Story all the events of a narrative (what we know)
Plot - correct answer ✔✔the way certain events are presented in the film (not presented on
screen but the audience can figure it out)
ex: Emily and her son die in a car accident but it's not show to the audience only mentioned
(Citizen Kane)
Restricted narration - correct answer ✔✔viewer and character know the same amount of
information (knowledge is restricted)
Unrestricted narration - correct answer ✔✔viewer has more knowledge than characters
Narration - correct answer ✔✔guides the spectator
Narrator - correct answer ✔✔Person telling the story
, Non character narration - correct answer ✔✔the anonymous "voice of God"; this type is a
matter of fact commentator who may be objective or subjective. Sometimes the narrator is not
revealed until the end of the story.
Genre - correct answer ✔✔a group of films, directed by different directors, which share
numerous elements (genre conventions). Each genre has its own distinct conventions.
The Femme Fatale - correct answer ✔✔an attractive and seductive woman, especially one who
will ultimately bring disaster to a man who becomes involved with her
Iconography - correct answer ✔✔symbolic images that carry meaning from film to film
Film Noir Genre Themes - correct answer ✔✔Representation of family: dysfunctional
Representation of romantic love heterosexual couple, mutual destruction between men, more
protective gestures of loving
Representation of workplace: frustrating
Representation of women exciting childless boring potentially childbearing sweetheart
Will Hays - correct answer ✔✔post master general for US chair of Republican committee;
known for Hays office; decided what could be allowed and not allowed
Roman Catholic Legion of Decency, 1934 - correct answer ✔✔Powerful pressure group
dedicated to forcing the film industry to alter its content.
Secured implementation of the Code.
powerful group imposing ideology threatened to boycott if the code was not upheld
Joseph Breen (1934-1954) - correct answer ✔✔MPAA, carried out the code
