Film
Form - answer the overall patterning of a film
Style - answer the film's use of cinematic techniques, four categories: mis-en-scene,
cinematography, editing, sound
Storyboard - answer a series of comic strip like sketches of the shots in each scene
conventions - answer common traits of film
referential meaning - answer The pared down summary of a film, focusing on the major
story elements.
explicit meaning - answer A meaning directly suggested by the content of the film.
implicit meaning - answer An interpreted message of the film, not explicitly stated within
the film.
symptomatic meaning - answerThe message of the film, interpreted through the society
that created it
motifs - answersiginificant repeated element that contributes to the overall form
development - answerplaces similar and different elements within a pattern of change
narrative - answerA chain of cause and effect events
story - answerchain of events in chronological order
plot - answerseries of events shown in the film, both diegetic and non-diegetic, in the
order that they are shown to the audience
diegesis - answerthings that are assumed to exist in the world that the film depicts
non diegetic - answerthings not directly in the film like score or credits
narration - answera plot's way of distributing story information in order to achieve
specific effects
POV shot - answershot's taken from a character's optical standpoint
Form - answer the overall patterning of a film
Style - answer the film's use of cinematic techniques, four categories: mis-en-scene,
cinematography, editing, sound
Storyboard - answer a series of comic strip like sketches of the shots in each scene
conventions - answer common traits of film
referential meaning - answer The pared down summary of a film, focusing on the major
story elements.
explicit meaning - answer A meaning directly suggested by the content of the film.
implicit meaning - answer An interpreted message of the film, not explicitly stated within
the film.
symptomatic meaning - answerThe message of the film, interpreted through the society
that created it
motifs - answersiginificant repeated element that contributes to the overall form
development - answerplaces similar and different elements within a pattern of change
narrative - answerA chain of cause and effect events
story - answerchain of events in chronological order
plot - answerseries of events shown in the film, both diegetic and non-diegetic, in the
order that they are shown to the audience
diegesis - answerthings that are assumed to exist in the world that the film depicts
non diegetic - answerthings not directly in the film like score or credits
narration - answera plot's way of distributing story information in order to achieve
specific effects
POV shot - answershot's taken from a character's optical standpoint
