Film Art: Chapter 3
Narrative Film – answer A film that tells a story
Narrative – answer A chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time
and space
Story - answer the chain of events in chronological order
Plot - answer An interlaced sequence of events
Diegesis - answer Recounted Story (Greek)
Nondiegetic elements - answer Credits; Films' score
Flashback - answerScene in the Past
Flash-forward - answerScene in the Future
Screen Duration - answerTime of Movie
Story Duration - answerLength of time in a movie
Frequency - answerRepetition of something
setup - answerfirst quarter of film
In Media Res - answerIn the Middle of Things
Exposition - answerThe plot that lays out the back story and the initial situation
Goal-Oriented Plot - answerA character takes steps to achieve an object or condition
Investigation - answerA type of search
Climax - answerThe pinnacle of conflict
Narrator - answerChoosing the order/duration of events; what is being framed on the
screen
Objective Narration - answer"On the Outside"
Subjective Narration - answer"On the inside"
Narrative Film – answer A film that tells a story
Narrative – answer A chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time
and space
Story - answer the chain of events in chronological order
Plot - answer An interlaced sequence of events
Diegesis - answer Recounted Story (Greek)
Nondiegetic elements - answer Credits; Films' score
Flashback - answerScene in the Past
Flash-forward - answerScene in the Future
Screen Duration - answerTime of Movie
Story Duration - answerLength of time in a movie
Frequency - answerRepetition of something
setup - answerfirst quarter of film
In Media Res - answerIn the Middle of Things
Exposition - answerThe plot that lays out the back story and the initial situation
Goal-Oriented Plot - answerA character takes steps to achieve an object or condition
Investigation - answerA type of search
Climax - answerThe pinnacle of conflict
Narrator - answerChoosing the order/duration of events; what is being framed on the
screen
Objective Narration - answer"On the Outside"
Subjective Narration - answer"On the inside"