CHAPTER 1 - DRAMA AND FILM EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026
Narrative Film - Answers movie that relates to a story
Plot - Answers structure of the story
Causal Plot - Answers exposition, complications, climax, resolution/denouement
Episodic Plot - Answers exposition, episodes, climax, resolution/denouement
Flashbacks - Answers interrupt the chronological flow of the story, bringing new insights to the
current situation
Linear Plot - Answers plot with a strict chronological timeline
Epic - Answers story with multiple complications and climaxes
Protagonist - Answers character through whose eyes we experience the movie
Antagonist - Answers character who generates a conflict to set complications in motion
Setting - Answers location and time frame in which a story takes place
Period Film - Answers movie set in a defined historical era
Theme - Answers central idea underlying a given story
Mood - Answers tone
Cinematography - Answers art of making moving pictures
Mise-en-scène - Answers visual element, including lighting, costumes, décor and the relationship
between these elements to each other and how they are photographed
Point of View - Answers perspective of the camera eye (POV)
Omniscient POV - Answers objective point of view allowing audience to see action and more details as
an observer
Subjective POV - Answers see the movie through the eyes of a character
Editing - Answers joining shots together during postproduction
Shot - Answers length of film delineated by a cut
Crosscutting - Answers alternation of shots from two or more sequences
Montage - Answers a section of film comprising a number of brief shots edited together in order to
show a series of events in a condensed manner
Cut - Answers connection between two shots
Nonlinear Plot - Answers a story that is told out of chronological order, e.g. a plot with flashbacks
Postproduction - Answers the phase of filmmaking that occurs after the film has been shot
Tone - Answers mood or the pervading atmosphere or emotional quality in a passage of music or a
portion of a film
5 Elements of Drama - Answers plot, character, setting, theme, mood
Narrative Film - Answers movie that relates to a story
Plot - Answers structure of the story
Causal Plot - Answers exposition, complications, climax, resolution/denouement
Episodic Plot - Answers exposition, episodes, climax, resolution/denouement
Flashbacks - Answers interrupt the chronological flow of the story, bringing new insights to the
current situation
Linear Plot - Answers plot with a strict chronological timeline
Epic - Answers story with multiple complications and climaxes
Protagonist - Answers character through whose eyes we experience the movie
Antagonist - Answers character who generates a conflict to set complications in motion
Setting - Answers location and time frame in which a story takes place
Period Film - Answers movie set in a defined historical era
Theme - Answers central idea underlying a given story
Mood - Answers tone
Cinematography - Answers art of making moving pictures
Mise-en-scène - Answers visual element, including lighting, costumes, décor and the relationship
between these elements to each other and how they are photographed
Point of View - Answers perspective of the camera eye (POV)
Omniscient POV - Answers objective point of view allowing audience to see action and more details as
an observer
Subjective POV - Answers see the movie through the eyes of a character
Editing - Answers joining shots together during postproduction
Shot - Answers length of film delineated by a cut
Crosscutting - Answers alternation of shots from two or more sequences
Montage - Answers a section of film comprising a number of brief shots edited together in order to
show a series of events in a condensed manner
Cut - Answers connection between two shots
Nonlinear Plot - Answers a story that is told out of chronological order, e.g. a plot with flashbacks
Postproduction - Answers the phase of filmmaking that occurs after the film has been shot
Tone - Answers mood or the pervading atmosphere or emotional quality in a passage of music or a
portion of a film
5 Elements of Drama - Answers plot, character, setting, theme, mood
