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 Cinematic Language, how the SUBJECT is expressed
Content - correct answer The actual subject
what it is about
Theme - correct answer Shared public idea
central idea or message
Formal Analysis - correct answer Dissecting everything in a film (cinematography, sound, composition,
design, movement, performance, editing)
Omniscient Narration - correct answer The narrator knows everything and therefore can reveal any
manner of things about the plot, characters, motivations and thoughts or feelings of characters, etc.
Restricted Narration - correct answer is seen when a movie is filmed from the point of view of only one
character making it, due to this us as the audience only know as much as they do.
Voice-over Narration - correct answer off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique
where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)
protagonist - correct answer the leading character
antagonist - correct answer The character, creature, or force that obstructs or resists the protagonist's
pursuit of their goal.
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anti-hero - correct answer An outwardly unsympathetic protagonist pursuing a morally objectionable or
otherwise undesirable goal.
crisis - correct answer A critical turning point in a story in which the protagonist must engage a seemingly
insurmountable obstacle.
rising action - correct answer The development of the action of the narrative toward a climax.
inciting incident (catalyst) - correct answer The event or situation during the exposition stage of the
narrative that sets the rest of the narrative in motion.
climax - correct answer The highest point of conflict in a conventional narrative; the protagonist's
ultimate attempt to attain the goal.
resolution - correct answer The concluding narrative events that follow the climax and celebrate or
otherwise reflect upon story outcomes.
diegesis - correct answer The total world of a story—the events, characters, objects, settings, and sounds
that form the world in which the story occurs.
diegetic element - correct answer An element—event, character, object, setting, sound—that helps form
the world in which the story occurs.
nondiegetic element - correct answer Something that we see and hear on the screen that comes from
outside the world of the story (including background music, titles and credits, and voice-over narration)
surprise - correct answer A taking unawares that is potentially shocking.
suspense - correct answer The anxiety brought on by partial uncertainty: the end is certain, but the
means are not.