FILM 1 MIDTERM
Analysis is defined as: - answer the act of taking something apart to figure out what it is
made of and how it fits together.
The term cinema comes from the Greek word kinesis, which means ________ - answer
movement
Almost all commercial feature-length movies share this basic characteristic: - answer
narrative
The search for answers in film analysis boils down to one essential question - answer
What does it mean?
Audiences tend to identify subconsciously with the ________. - answer Camera’s
viewpoint
The most common editing technique designed to hide the instantaneous shift from one
camera viewpoint to another is__________. - answer Cutting on action
Filmmakers are compelled to favor stories and themes that reinforce viewers'________.
- answer Shared belief systems
A protagonist is most often the ________ in a story - answer Main character
If a camera adjusts to see what the actor sees each time he or she turns his or her
head, it is called taking the actor's - answerpoint of view
________ often establishes patterns and rhythms only to break them for dramatic
impact. - answerediting
________ is the subject of an artwork, and _______ is the means by which
the subject is expressed. - answercontent; form
Our decision to see a particular movie is almost always based on certain -
answerexpectations
Very often a movie starts with a world that is altered by a particular incident
that forces the characters to ________. - answerPursue a goal
A MacGuffin is an object of vital importance to the characters that - answerturns out to
be insignificant
, The cinematographer for John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940) was - answerGreg
toland
Film movement is made possible by two interacting optical and perceptual phenomena:
- answerphi and persistence of vision
Between 1895 and 1905 the French filmmakers Auguste and Louis Lumière and
George Méliès established these two basic directions that cinema would follow: -
answerrealism and antirealism
Conventions by which the movies communicate with the viewer - answercinematic
language
Understanding the language of the cinema is dependent upon - answerunderstanding
cinematic terms
Some of the difficulties in analyzing a film include: - answerA&B
Like All language, the main function of Cinematic Language is - answerto communicate
Narrative refers to - answerStory
Analyzing Story Structure - answerAnalyzes its form
In 'traditional' cinema - answerA&C
In this class we will study four central components of cinema. What are they? -
answerNarrative, Mise en Scene, Performance, Editing, Sound
Content includes topics like - answerStory and Theme
Once a narrative begins, expectations make viewers ask questions about: - answerthe
story's outcome
Antirealism is defined as an interest in or concern for - answerthe abstract, speculative
or fantastic
What is the definition of "verisimilitude"? - answerconvincing appearance of truth
Aristotle states that a story must have a beginning, middle, and an end. What does this
refer to - answerA&C
What is meant by "cinematic language"? - answerThe accepted systems, methods, or
conventions by which the movies communicate with the viewer.
Analysis is defined as: - answer the act of taking something apart to figure out what it is
made of and how it fits together.
The term cinema comes from the Greek word kinesis, which means ________ - answer
movement
Almost all commercial feature-length movies share this basic characteristic: - answer
narrative
The search for answers in film analysis boils down to one essential question - answer
What does it mean?
Audiences tend to identify subconsciously with the ________. - answer Camera’s
viewpoint
The most common editing technique designed to hide the instantaneous shift from one
camera viewpoint to another is__________. - answer Cutting on action
Filmmakers are compelled to favor stories and themes that reinforce viewers'________.
- answer Shared belief systems
A protagonist is most often the ________ in a story - answer Main character
If a camera adjusts to see what the actor sees each time he or she turns his or her
head, it is called taking the actor's - answerpoint of view
________ often establishes patterns and rhythms only to break them for dramatic
impact. - answerediting
________ is the subject of an artwork, and _______ is the means by which
the subject is expressed. - answercontent; form
Our decision to see a particular movie is almost always based on certain -
answerexpectations
Very often a movie starts with a world that is altered by a particular incident
that forces the characters to ________. - answerPursue a goal
A MacGuffin is an object of vital importance to the characters that - answerturns out to
be insignificant
, The cinematographer for John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940) was - answerGreg
toland
Film movement is made possible by two interacting optical and perceptual phenomena:
- answerphi and persistence of vision
Between 1895 and 1905 the French filmmakers Auguste and Louis Lumière and
George Méliès established these two basic directions that cinema would follow: -
answerrealism and antirealism
Conventions by which the movies communicate with the viewer - answercinematic
language
Understanding the language of the cinema is dependent upon - answerunderstanding
cinematic terms
Some of the difficulties in analyzing a film include: - answerA&B
Like All language, the main function of Cinematic Language is - answerto communicate
Narrative refers to - answerStory
Analyzing Story Structure - answerAnalyzes its form
In 'traditional' cinema - answerA&C
In this class we will study four central components of cinema. What are they? -
answerNarrative, Mise en Scene, Performance, Editing, Sound
Content includes topics like - answerStory and Theme
Once a narrative begins, expectations make viewers ask questions about: - answerthe
story's outcome
Antirealism is defined as an interest in or concern for - answerthe abstract, speculative
or fantastic
What is the definition of "verisimilitude"? - answerconvincing appearance of truth
Aristotle states that a story must have a beginning, middle, and an end. What does this
refer to - answerA&C
What is meant by "cinematic language"? - answerThe accepted systems, methods, or
conventions by which the movies communicate with the viewer.
