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TFM 160 Final Exam 2025/2026; Certified
Exam Questions And Correct Verified
Solutions |Excellent Scores
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
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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
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expectations of reality change over time and across culture
What are the three fundamental principles of film form? - Correct-answer--
movies depend on light
- 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
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- 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
- considered non-diegetic if that same character is talking directly to the audience
TFM 160 Final Exam 2025/2026; Certified
Exam Questions And Correct Verified
Solutions |Excellent Scores
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
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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
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expectations of reality change over time and across culture
What are the three fundamental principles of film form? - Correct-answer--
movies depend on light
- 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
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- 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
- considered non-diegetic if that same character is talking directly to the audience
