TFM 160 Final Exam
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 means by which the subject is expressed and experienced, how it is presented
sets up audience expectation
supplies the methods and techniques necessary to present it to the audience
Content - correct answer the subject of the artwork
what it is about
provides something to express
Formal Analysis - correct answer dissects the complex synthesis of cinematography, sound, composition,
design, movement, performance, and editing by the creative artists involved with making the movie
every element in every frame is there for a reason
inspects the technical aspects of the movie rather than the "meaning" of the film
Theme - correct answer central idea or message
Realism - correct answer an interest in or concern for the actual or real, a tendency to view or represent
things as they really are (Lumie res)
Antirealism - correct answer an interest in or concern for the abstract, speculative, or fantastic (Melies)
Versimilitude - correct answer a convincing appearance of truth
convince the viewer the things they are seeing are really there
expectations of reality change over time and across culture
What are the three fundamental principles of film form? - correct answer - movies depend on light
,TFM 160 Final Exam
- movies provide an illusion of movement
- movies manipulate space and time in unique ways
Genre - correct answer categorization of narrative films by the stories they tell and the ways they tell
them
What are the three categories of movies explored in reading? - correct answer - Narrative - fiction,
purpose is to entertain, cinematic structure and can be realistic or unrealistic
- Documentary - nonfiction, purpose is to inform
- Experimental - defy categorization and convention, avent-garde, pushing the boundaries of traditional
movies and innovative
How does animation differ from the other three basic types of movies? - correct answer - conventional
photography is different
- different mechanisms to create the multitude of still images that motion pictures require
- Traditional (hand-drawn) Animation
- Stop-Motion Animation
- Computer Generated Imagery (CGI)
Omniscient Narration - correct answer - it knows all and can tell us whatever it wants us to know
- has unrestricted access to all aspects of the narrative
- it can provide any character's experiences and perceptions, as well as information that no other
character knows
Restricted Narration - correct answer limits the information provided to the audience to knowing what
the character knows as they find out
Voice-Over Narration - correct answer when we hear the character' voice over the picture without
actually seeing the character speak words
- considered diegetic if the voice over narration is the character speaking, who appears on screen and it
is their thoughts being said that no one else hears
, TFM 160 Final Exam
- considered non-diegetic if that same character is talking directly to the audience
Direct-Address Narration - correct answer interrupting the narrative to speak directly to the audience
- The Office
Protagonist - correct answer the primary character who pursues the goal
Antagonist - correct answer person, people, creature, or force responsible for obstructing our
protagonist
Anti-Hero - correct answer unsympathetic protagonist chasing less than noble cause
Inciting Incident (Catalyst) - correct answer the event that begins a story's problem
Rising Action - correct answer the narrative build up where the conflict intensifies and the goal remains
out of reach
Crisis - correct answer story has reached a turning point and it is working it's way toward resolution
- a critical turning point in a story when the protagonist must engage a seemingly insurmountable
obstacle
Climax - correct answer when the protagonist faces a major obstacle
Resolution - correct answer goal is either gained or lost and moves toward conclusion
Story - correct answer all of the explicit and implicit narrative events in the story and the diegesis or total
world in which the story occurs
Plot - correct answer the specific actions and events and the order in which the events are arranged to
convey the narrative to the viewer, including the non-diegetic elements
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 means by which the subject is expressed and experienced, how it is presented
sets up audience expectation
supplies the methods and techniques necessary to present it to the audience
Content - correct answer the subject of the artwork
what it is about
provides something to express
Formal Analysis - correct answer dissects the complex synthesis of cinematography, sound, composition,
design, movement, performance, and editing by the creative artists involved with making the movie
every element in every frame is there for a reason
inspects the technical aspects of the movie rather than the "meaning" of the film
Theme - correct answer central idea or message
Realism - correct answer an interest in or concern for the actual or real, a tendency to view or represent
things as they really are (Lumie res)
Antirealism - correct answer an interest in or concern for the abstract, speculative, or fantastic (Melies)
Versimilitude - correct answer a convincing appearance of truth
convince the viewer the things they are seeing are really there
expectations of reality change over time and across culture
What are the three fundamental principles of film form? - correct answer - movies depend on light
,TFM 160 Final Exam
- movies provide an illusion of movement
- movies manipulate space and time in unique ways
Genre - correct answer categorization of narrative films by the stories they tell and the ways they tell
them
What are the three categories of movies explored in reading? - correct answer - Narrative - fiction,
purpose is to entertain, cinematic structure and can be realistic or unrealistic
- Documentary - nonfiction, purpose is to inform
- Experimental - defy categorization and convention, avent-garde, pushing the boundaries of traditional
movies and innovative
How does animation differ from the other three basic types of movies? - correct answer - conventional
photography is different
- different mechanisms to create the multitude of still images that motion pictures require
- Traditional (hand-drawn) Animation
- Stop-Motion Animation
- Computer Generated Imagery (CGI)
Omniscient Narration - correct answer - it knows all and can tell us whatever it wants us to know
- has unrestricted access to all aspects of the narrative
- it can provide any character's experiences and perceptions, as well as information that no other
character knows
Restricted Narration - correct answer limits the information provided to the audience to knowing what
the character knows as they find out
Voice-Over Narration - correct answer when we hear the character' voice over the picture without
actually seeing the character speak words
- considered diegetic if the voice over narration is the character speaking, who appears on screen and it
is their thoughts being said that no one else hears
, TFM 160 Final Exam
- considered non-diegetic if that same character is talking directly to the audience
Direct-Address Narration - correct answer interrupting the narrative to speak directly to the audience
- The Office
Protagonist - correct answer the primary character who pursues the goal
Antagonist - correct answer person, people, creature, or force responsible for obstructing our
protagonist
Anti-Hero - correct answer unsympathetic protagonist chasing less than noble cause
Inciting Incident (Catalyst) - correct answer the event that begins a story's problem
Rising Action - correct answer the narrative build up where the conflict intensifies and the goal remains
out of reach
Crisis - correct answer story has reached a turning point and it is working it's way toward resolution
- a critical turning point in a story when the protagonist must engage a seemingly insurmountable
obstacle
Climax - correct answer when the protagonist faces a major obstacle
Resolution - correct answer goal is either gained or lost and moves toward conclusion
Story - correct answer all of the explicit and implicit narrative events in the story and the diegesis or total
world in which the story occurs
Plot - correct answer the specific actions and events and the order in which the events are arranged to
convey the narrative to the viewer, including the non-diegetic elements
