MACS 100 Midterm Exam Questions And Answers | Latest 2025-
2026
1. 2 main points of analysis 1. Formal/aesthetic
in Film studies 2. Social/ideological
2. What was the only gay man in avengers -- underrepresentation of lgbtq+
impor- tance of the
grieving man in the
avengers
3. What is auteur Directors with dominant creative voices in the production of a
media text
4. Arguements for film
as art creativity, formal coherence, moral depth, sublime experience
5. qualities of realism long takes, available light, locations
6. qualities of formalism montage, editing, assembling shots. Manipulation of realism by
com-
pressing time or building meaning
7. What is mise en scene arrangement of objects on the screen
8. components of mise
en scene composition, lighting, image, staging
9. different types of
light- ing (9) studio, location, practical, directed, natural, dittuse, backlighting,
10. Components of ger- man expressionism, film noir
Narra- tive
story, plot, narration
11. what is "story" events depicted or implied within a media text (depicted
graphically, in
dialogue, suggested through behavior)
12. what is plot? structure of events (placing fight scenes strategically within the
movie)
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, MACS 100 Midterm Exam Questions And Answers | Latest 2025-
2026
13. example of editing - linking shots
-setting pace
2/
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2026
1. 2 main points of analysis 1. Formal/aesthetic
in Film studies 2. Social/ideological
2. What was the only gay man in avengers -- underrepresentation of lgbtq+
impor- tance of the
grieving man in the
avengers
3. What is auteur Directors with dominant creative voices in the production of a
media text
4. Arguements for film
as art creativity, formal coherence, moral depth, sublime experience
5. qualities of realism long takes, available light, locations
6. qualities of formalism montage, editing, assembling shots. Manipulation of realism by
com-
pressing time or building meaning
7. What is mise en scene arrangement of objects on the screen
8. components of mise
en scene composition, lighting, image, staging
9. different types of
light- ing (9) studio, location, practical, directed, natural, dittuse, backlighting,
10. Components of ger- man expressionism, film noir
Narra- tive
story, plot, narration
11. what is "story" events depicted or implied within a media text (depicted
graphically, in
dialogue, suggested through behavior)
12. what is plot? structure of events (placing fight scenes strategically within the
movie)
1/
12
, MACS 100 Midterm Exam Questions And Answers | Latest 2025-
2026
13. example of editing - linking shots
-setting pace
2/
12
