FILM 1022 UWO OCT TEST QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE ANSWERS
new tech in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - animatronics and CGI
- dynamic range in sound
- dino world created that brings something imaginative to audiences
experience in Jurassic Park - ANSWER new tech intensifies experience
traditional techniques in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - comedy
- zoom in and pans
change in characters in Jurassic Park - ANSWER Grant starts off being a bad parental figure to
being the best
lesson in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - be careful with nature
- you can learn to bond with children
classical cinema - ANSWER - 90 mins
- three acts approx. 30 mins each
,neo-classical cinema - ANSWER - 120 mins
- extended second act
- often with a turning point
three act structure of Jurassic Park - ANSWER 1. opening setup with themes of dysfunctional
family and human hubris
2. park tour with sun, wonder, excitement -> storm, fear, danger
3. both groups survive the night, and showdown with dinos occur
rep. of nature in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - pics of dinos brought back to moving on screen
- nature as "other"
- humans interfere with nature; greed vs. nature
rep. of gender in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - only one adult female character, second wave
feminism (serious, athletic, brave)
- range of masculinities: John naive, Donald "bad dad", Ian threatens family, Alan "bad dad"
to family hero
rep. of ethnicity in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - Hollywood's progressive range of rep, with local
worker, Henry and Ray, but they are dispensable
- white blonde family at the centre of film
- white explorers popular among history
,- set off of costa rica but all the workers are white
suspense in Jurassic Park - ANSWER crosscutting is used
parallels in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - main characters inside and outside park parallel each
other
cinema - ANSWER medium of experience made through form and style which depends of
people and tech
form - ANSWER overall patterning of a film, the way its parts work together to create specific
effects
style - ANSWER film's use of cinematic techniques: mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing,
sound
mise-en-scene - ANSWER - arrangement of ppl, places, and objects to be filmed
- envisaging the invisible
- setting, props, and performance
- costume and makeup
- lighting and colour
- staging
, cinematography - ANSWER use of cameras and other machines to record images and sounds
editing - ANSWER piecing together individual shots
sound - ANSWER the voices, sound effects, and music that blend on a film's track
movie mechanics - ANSWER different tech enables diff experience; critical flicker fusion and
apparent motion
critical flicker fusion - ANSWER each frame on the projector is shot and projected at 24
frames per second, the projector shutter breaks the light beam as a new image is slid into
place and once while it is held in place the 48 flashes create critical clicker fusion
apparent motion - ANSWER if a visual display is changed rapidly enough, our eye can be
fooled into seeing movement ex. neon ads
3 stages of movie production - ANSWER 1. production
2. distribution
3. exhibition
4 phases of production - ANSWER 1. scriptwriting and funding
COMPLETE ANSWERS
new tech in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - animatronics and CGI
- dynamic range in sound
- dino world created that brings something imaginative to audiences
experience in Jurassic Park - ANSWER new tech intensifies experience
traditional techniques in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - comedy
- zoom in and pans
change in characters in Jurassic Park - ANSWER Grant starts off being a bad parental figure to
being the best
lesson in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - be careful with nature
- you can learn to bond with children
classical cinema - ANSWER - 90 mins
- three acts approx. 30 mins each
,neo-classical cinema - ANSWER - 120 mins
- extended second act
- often with a turning point
three act structure of Jurassic Park - ANSWER 1. opening setup with themes of dysfunctional
family and human hubris
2. park tour with sun, wonder, excitement -> storm, fear, danger
3. both groups survive the night, and showdown with dinos occur
rep. of nature in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - pics of dinos brought back to moving on screen
- nature as "other"
- humans interfere with nature; greed vs. nature
rep. of gender in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - only one adult female character, second wave
feminism (serious, athletic, brave)
- range of masculinities: John naive, Donald "bad dad", Ian threatens family, Alan "bad dad"
to family hero
rep. of ethnicity in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - Hollywood's progressive range of rep, with local
worker, Henry and Ray, but they are dispensable
- white blonde family at the centre of film
- white explorers popular among history
,- set off of costa rica but all the workers are white
suspense in Jurassic Park - ANSWER crosscutting is used
parallels in Jurassic Park - ANSWER - main characters inside and outside park parallel each
other
cinema - ANSWER medium of experience made through form and style which depends of
people and tech
form - ANSWER overall patterning of a film, the way its parts work together to create specific
effects
style - ANSWER film's use of cinematic techniques: mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing,
sound
mise-en-scene - ANSWER - arrangement of ppl, places, and objects to be filmed
- envisaging the invisible
- setting, props, and performance
- costume and makeup
- lighting and colour
- staging
, cinematography - ANSWER use of cameras and other machines to record images and sounds
editing - ANSWER piecing together individual shots
sound - ANSWER the voices, sound effects, and music that blend on a film's track
movie mechanics - ANSWER different tech enables diff experience; critical flicker fusion and
apparent motion
critical flicker fusion - ANSWER each frame on the projector is shot and projected at 24
frames per second, the projector shutter breaks the light beam as a new image is slid into
place and once while it is held in place the 48 flashes create critical clicker fusion
apparent motion - ANSWER if a visual display is changed rapidly enough, our eye can be
fooled into seeing movement ex. neon ads
3 stages of movie production - ANSWER 1. production
2. distribution
3. exhibition
4 phases of production - ANSWER 1. scriptwriting and funding
