TFM 160 Final SDSU Study Guide with complete solution
Implicit Meaning
Internal Meaning, Implied
Explicit Meaning
Literal Meaning, definition
Form
Cinematic Language, how the SUBJECT is expressed
Content
The actual subject
Formal Analysis
Dissecting everything in a film (cinematography, sound, composition, design,
movement, performance, editing)
Theme
Shared public idea
Realism
Actual or real
Antirealism
Abstract, Fantastic
Cinematic Language
Not of words but of myriad integrated techniques and concepts, connects us to the story
while deliberately concealing the means by which it does
1. Manipulate space and time
2. Provide an illusion of movement
3. Movies depend on light
What are the three fundamental principles of film form?
Genre
Categorization of films
Narrative, documentary, experimental
What are the three categories of movies explored in "Types of Movies"
Narrative
Fiction
Documentary
Recording reality
Experimental
Non commercial, non conforming
What are the three basic types of animation?
Hand-drawn, stop-motion, and digital
Omniscient Narration
Narrator knows all and can provide anything about ANY character
Restricted Narration
Reveals info to the audience only as specific character learns it
Protagonist
Primary character who determines the story's structure
Antagonist
Person, creature, force, obstructing the protagonist
, Anti-Hero
Protagonist chasing less noble goals
Inciting Incident (Catalyst)
Presents the character with the goal that will drive the rest of the narrative
Rising Action
Narrative builds toward a peak, breaking point
Crisis
Insurmountable obstacle, narrative peak
Climax
Comes when protagonist faces major obstacle
Resolution
Third act of falling action. narrative wraps up any loose ties
Story
All the explicit and implicit narrative events and the diegesis. IMPLIED EVENTS
Plot
Specific actions and events in the order in which they are arranged including non-
diegetic elements
Diegesis
-Total world of the story,
-Events, characters, objects, settings, and sound that form the world
Diegetic
-Elements that make up the world that the story takes place in
Non Diegetic
-Things we see and hear on the screen that come from outside the world of the story
-Score music, titles and credits, third person voice over narrator
What is meant by the diegesis of a story? What is the difference between diegetic and
nondiegetic elements in the plot?
Story
-Implied events and explicitly presented events
-all the narrative events that are explicitly presented on-screen
-all the events that are implicit or that we infer to have happened but are not explicitly
present in the movie
Plot
-Nondiegetic material and explicitly presented events
-the specific actions and events that the filmmakers select and the order in which they
arrange this events to effectively convey the narrative to the viewer
-includes nondiegetic elements
-Specific events and elements are selected and ordered to present the cause-and-effect
chain of events that enables the audience to experience the narrative
What is the difference between story and plot?
Summary Relationship is most common
Implicit Meaning
Internal Meaning, Implied
Explicit Meaning
Literal Meaning, definition
Form
Cinematic Language, how the SUBJECT is expressed
Content
The actual subject
Formal Analysis
Dissecting everything in a film (cinematography, sound, composition, design,
movement, performance, editing)
Theme
Shared public idea
Realism
Actual or real
Antirealism
Abstract, Fantastic
Cinematic Language
Not of words but of myriad integrated techniques and concepts, connects us to the story
while deliberately concealing the means by which it does
1. Manipulate space and time
2. Provide an illusion of movement
3. Movies depend on light
What are the three fundamental principles of film form?
Genre
Categorization of films
Narrative, documentary, experimental
What are the three categories of movies explored in "Types of Movies"
Narrative
Fiction
Documentary
Recording reality
Experimental
Non commercial, non conforming
What are the three basic types of animation?
Hand-drawn, stop-motion, and digital
Omniscient Narration
Narrator knows all and can provide anything about ANY character
Restricted Narration
Reveals info to the audience only as specific character learns it
Protagonist
Primary character who determines the story's structure
Antagonist
Person, creature, force, obstructing the protagonist
, Anti-Hero
Protagonist chasing less noble goals
Inciting Incident (Catalyst)
Presents the character with the goal that will drive the rest of the narrative
Rising Action
Narrative builds toward a peak, breaking point
Crisis
Insurmountable obstacle, narrative peak
Climax
Comes when protagonist faces major obstacle
Resolution
Third act of falling action. narrative wraps up any loose ties
Story
All the explicit and implicit narrative events and the diegesis. IMPLIED EVENTS
Plot
Specific actions and events in the order in which they are arranged including non-
diegetic elements
Diegesis
-Total world of the story,
-Events, characters, objects, settings, and sound that form the world
Diegetic
-Elements that make up the world that the story takes place in
Non Diegetic
-Things we see and hear on the screen that come from outside the world of the story
-Score music, titles and credits, third person voice over narrator
What is meant by the diegesis of a story? What is the difference between diegetic and
nondiegetic elements in the plot?
Story
-Implied events and explicitly presented events
-all the narrative events that are explicitly presented on-screen
-all the events that are implicit or that we infer to have happened but are not explicitly
present in the movie
Plot
-Nondiegetic material and explicitly presented events
-the specific actions and events that the filmmakers select and the order in which they
arrange this events to effectively convey the narrative to the viewer
-includes nondiegetic elements
-Specific events and elements are selected and ordered to present the cause-and-effect
chain of events that enables the audience to experience the narrative
What is the difference between story and plot?
Summary Relationship is most common
