TEST BANK FOR LOOKING AT MOVIES, 6TH EDITION, DAVE MONAHAN

TEST BANK FOR LOOKING AT MOVIES, 6TH EDITION, DAVE MONAHAN Chapter 2: Principles of Film Form MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Usually, each of the systems that becomes the “complex synthesis” of a movie is a. largely haphazard and accidentally arranged. b. highly organized and deliberately assembled. c. strangely careless and shoddily produced. d. awkwardly thought-out and hastily conceived. e. perfectly streamlined and unsusceptible to error. ANS: B DIF: Easy REF: Page 32 TOP: Film Form MSC: Remembering 2. One system of film, mise-en-scène, involves a. dialogue, music, ambience, and effects tracks. b. cuts, montage, dissolves, and fade-in/fade-outs. c. actors, actresses, characters, and narrators. d. lighting, setting, props, costumes, and makeup. e. camera movements and coordination. ANS: D DIF: Moderate REF: Page 32 TOP: Film Form MSC: Remembering 3. Content is defined as________, and form is defined as ________. a. the subject of an artwork; the means by which that subject is expressed and experienced b. the means by which a subject is expressed and experienced; the subject of an artwork c. the artwork itself; the subjects left out of an artwork d. the subjects left out of an artwork; the artwork itself e. the creator of an artwork; the artist’s creation ANS: A DIF: Moderate REF: Page 32 TOP: Form and Content MSC: Remembering 4. Which of the following would be considered a film’s use of form? a. a highly complex psychological drama’s intertwining storylines b. a character’s background story in a witty comedy c. the use of dramatic lighting to convey a madman’s tortured psyche in a slasher film d. the sound track of a movie sold as an individual recording album e. the director’s publicity notes accompanying the release of his or her latest film ANS: C DIF: Moderate REF: Page 32 TOP: Form and Content MSC: Applying 5. In the abortion clinic scene from Juno, the content is ________, while the form is ________. a. the character Juno; Ellen Page, the actress who plays Juno b. Juno in the waiting room; the entire film of Juno c. Juno in the waiting room; decor, patterns, implied proximity, point of view, moving camera, and sound d. director Jason Reitman; Juno in the waiting room e. decor, patterns, implied proximity, point of view, moving camera, and sound; Juno in the waiting room ANS: C DIF: Difficult REF: Page 33 TOP: Form and Content