Film Final Exam
narrative - answer a story told by a narrator or conveyed by a narrational point of view
scriptwriters - answer Individuals who create either original stories or adaptations from
novels, short stories or other sources as a film script.
screen play - answer the text from which a movie is made, including dialogue and info
about action, setting, etc; as well as shots and transitions; developed from a treatment
also known as script.
intertitles - answer printed text inserted between film images, typically used in silent
films to indicate dialogue and exposition and in contemporary films to indicate time and
place or other transitions.
story - answer the subject matter or raw material of a narrative, or our reconstruction of
the events of a narrative based on what is explicitly shown and ordered in the plot.
characters - answer individuals who motivate the vents and perform the actions of the
story.
plot - answerthe narrative ordering of the vents of the story as they appear in the actual
work, selected and arranged according to particular temporal, spatial, generic, causal or
other patterns; in narratology, also known in Russian as syuzhet.
narratology - answerthe study of narrative forms, encompassing stories of all kinds,
including films; from the Russian form are derived the terms fabula (story), al the vents
included in a tae or imagined by the reader or viewer in order in which they are
assumed to have occurred and syuzhet (plot), the ordering of narrative events in the
particular narrative.
classical film narrative - answera style of narrative filmmaking centered on one or more
central characters who propel the plot with a cause and effect logic wherein an action
generates a reaction. Normally plots are developed with linear chronologies directed at
definite goals and the film employes an omniscient or a restricted their person narration
that suggests some degree of verisimilitude.
character coherence - answera quality created within a fiction of characters displaying
behavior, emotions, and thoughts that appear consistent and coherent
character depth - answera quality created within a fiction of characters displaying
psychological and social features that distinguish them as rounded and complex in a
way that approximates realistic human personalities.
, protagonist - answerindividuals identified as the positive forces in a film.
antagonist - answercharacters who oppose the protagonists as negative forces
archetype - answeran orignal model or type, such as satan as an archetype of evil
stereotype - answera character type that simplifies and standardizes perception that
one group hold about another, often less numerous, powerful, or privileged group.
character development - answerthe patterns through which characters in a particular
film move from one mental, physical or social state to another.
diegesis - answera term that refers to the world of films story including not only what is
shown but also what is implied to have taken place. it comes from the Greek world
meaning narration
nondiegetic - answeran insert that depicts an action object, or title origination outside of
the space and time of the narrative world.
linear chronology - answerplot events and actions that proceed one after another as a
forward movement of time
deadline structure - answera narrative structure that accelerates the action and plot
toward a central event or action that must be accomplished by a certain time.
narrative frequency - answerhow often certain plot elements are repeated
narration - answerthe telling of a story or description of a situation; the emotional,
physical, or intellect perspective through which the characters, events, and action of the
plot are conveyed. In film, it is most explicit when provided as asynchronous verbal
commentary on the action or images, but it ca also designate the storytelling function of
the camera, the editing, and the verbal and other soundtracks.
first person narration - answernarration that is identified with a single individual typically
a character in the film.
third person narration - answera narration that assumes an objective and detached
stance vis-a-vis the plot and characters, describing events from outside the story.
narrative frame - answera context or person positioned outside the principle narrative of
a film, such as bracketing scenes in which a character in the story's present begins to
relate events of the past and later concludes her or his tale.
omniscient narration - answernarration that presents all elements of the plot, exceeding
that perspective of any one character; see also third person narration.
narrative - answer a story told by a narrator or conveyed by a narrational point of view
scriptwriters - answer Individuals who create either original stories or adaptations from
novels, short stories or other sources as a film script.
screen play - answer the text from which a movie is made, including dialogue and info
about action, setting, etc; as well as shots and transitions; developed from a treatment
also known as script.
intertitles - answer printed text inserted between film images, typically used in silent
films to indicate dialogue and exposition and in contemporary films to indicate time and
place or other transitions.
story - answer the subject matter or raw material of a narrative, or our reconstruction of
the events of a narrative based on what is explicitly shown and ordered in the plot.
characters - answer individuals who motivate the vents and perform the actions of the
story.
plot - answerthe narrative ordering of the vents of the story as they appear in the actual
work, selected and arranged according to particular temporal, spatial, generic, causal or
other patterns; in narratology, also known in Russian as syuzhet.
narratology - answerthe study of narrative forms, encompassing stories of all kinds,
including films; from the Russian form are derived the terms fabula (story), al the vents
included in a tae or imagined by the reader or viewer in order in which they are
assumed to have occurred and syuzhet (plot), the ordering of narrative events in the
particular narrative.
classical film narrative - answera style of narrative filmmaking centered on one or more
central characters who propel the plot with a cause and effect logic wherein an action
generates a reaction. Normally plots are developed with linear chronologies directed at
definite goals and the film employes an omniscient or a restricted their person narration
that suggests some degree of verisimilitude.
character coherence - answera quality created within a fiction of characters displaying
behavior, emotions, and thoughts that appear consistent and coherent
character depth - answera quality created within a fiction of characters displaying
psychological and social features that distinguish them as rounded and complex in a
way that approximates realistic human personalities.
, protagonist - answerindividuals identified as the positive forces in a film.
antagonist - answercharacters who oppose the protagonists as negative forces
archetype - answeran orignal model or type, such as satan as an archetype of evil
stereotype - answera character type that simplifies and standardizes perception that
one group hold about another, often less numerous, powerful, or privileged group.
character development - answerthe patterns through which characters in a particular
film move from one mental, physical or social state to another.
diegesis - answera term that refers to the world of films story including not only what is
shown but also what is implied to have taken place. it comes from the Greek world
meaning narration
nondiegetic - answeran insert that depicts an action object, or title origination outside of
the space and time of the narrative world.
linear chronology - answerplot events and actions that proceed one after another as a
forward movement of time
deadline structure - answera narrative structure that accelerates the action and plot
toward a central event or action that must be accomplished by a certain time.
narrative frequency - answerhow often certain plot elements are repeated
narration - answerthe telling of a story or description of a situation; the emotional,
physical, or intellect perspective through which the characters, events, and action of the
plot are conveyed. In film, it is most explicit when provided as asynchronous verbal
commentary on the action or images, but it ca also designate the storytelling function of
the camera, the editing, and the verbal and other soundtracks.
first person narration - answernarration that is identified with a single individual typically
a character in the film.
third person narration - answera narration that assumes an objective and detached
stance vis-a-vis the plot and characters, describing events from outside the story.
narrative frame - answera context or person positioned outside the principle narrative of
a film, such as bracketing scenes in which a character in the story's present begins to
relate events of the past and later concludes her or his tale.
omniscient narration - answernarration that presents all elements of the plot, exceeding
that perspective of any one character; see also third person narration.
