CTVA 210 Final questions with verified
answers
genre - correct answer ✔✔types of films that audiences and filmmakers recognize by their
familiar narrative conventions.
genre conventions - correct answer ✔✔centers on plot patterns
genre iconography - correct answer ✔✔consists of recurring symbolic images that carry
meaning from film to film
history of genres - correct answer ✔✔many genres begin by borrowing conventions from other
media.
genre cycles - correct answer ✔✔the result of genres rising and falling in prestige and
popularity.
cross cultural genre mixing - correct answer ✔✔borrowing genres from other cultures, ie.
Japanese swordplay blends well with western.
reflectionist model - correct answer ✔✔assume that genres reflect social attitudes, as if in a
mirror.
melodrama - correct answer ✔✔a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and
exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions.
western - correct answer ✔✔earliest film genres, established in 1910s.
, horror - correct answer ✔✔aims to shock, disgust, repel; create emotional effect
film noir - correct answer ✔✔a movie about crime that uses dark shadows and lighting to show
the complicated moral nature of the subject
backstage musical - correct answer ✔✔genre of musical with a plot set in a theatrical context
that revolves around the production of a play or musical revue.
straight musical - correct answer ✔✔differentiate between two kinds of theatrical productions,
a musical and a non-musical.
documentary film - correct answer ✔✔nonfictional motion picture intended to document some
aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.
types of documentary - correct answer ✔✔taking a stand, stating an opinion, advocating a
problem.
compilation documentaries - correct answer ✔✔produced by assembling images from archival
sources
interview documentaries - correct answer ✔✔records testimony about events or social
movements
direct-cinema documentaries - correct answer ✔✔characteristically records an ongoing event as
it happens, with minimal interference by filmmaker
cinema-vérité - correct answer ✔✔following an event as it unfolds
answers
genre - correct answer ✔✔types of films that audiences and filmmakers recognize by their
familiar narrative conventions.
genre conventions - correct answer ✔✔centers on plot patterns
genre iconography - correct answer ✔✔consists of recurring symbolic images that carry
meaning from film to film
history of genres - correct answer ✔✔many genres begin by borrowing conventions from other
media.
genre cycles - correct answer ✔✔the result of genres rising and falling in prestige and
popularity.
cross cultural genre mixing - correct answer ✔✔borrowing genres from other cultures, ie.
Japanese swordplay blends well with western.
reflectionist model - correct answer ✔✔assume that genres reflect social attitudes, as if in a
mirror.
melodrama - correct answer ✔✔a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and
exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions.
western - correct answer ✔✔earliest film genres, established in 1910s.
, horror - correct answer ✔✔aims to shock, disgust, repel; create emotional effect
film noir - correct answer ✔✔a movie about crime that uses dark shadows and lighting to show
the complicated moral nature of the subject
backstage musical - correct answer ✔✔genre of musical with a plot set in a theatrical context
that revolves around the production of a play or musical revue.
straight musical - correct answer ✔✔differentiate between two kinds of theatrical productions,
a musical and a non-musical.
documentary film - correct answer ✔✔nonfictional motion picture intended to document some
aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record.
types of documentary - correct answer ✔✔taking a stand, stating an opinion, advocating a
problem.
compilation documentaries - correct answer ✔✔produced by assembling images from archival
sources
interview documentaries - correct answer ✔✔records testimony about events or social
movements
direct-cinema documentaries - correct answer ✔✔characteristically records an ongoing event as
it happens, with minimal interference by filmmaker
cinema-vérité - correct answer ✔✔following an event as it unfolds
