The gangster films Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

How do movies use the elements of time and space? - correct answer they manipulate time and space How can patterns be broken for dramatic and expressive purposes? - correct answer close ups and wide angle shots two interrelated aspects of the entire formal system of a work of art - correct answer form and content Narrative films - correct answer fiction Documentary films - correct answer Nonfiction Experimental films - correct answer avant-garde Freeze-frame - correct answer st...

Purpose/Examples of descriptive writing - Answer As it suggests, descriptive writing describes a film, without evaluation or judgment Purpose/Examples of evaluative writing - Answer An evaluative claim presents a judgment, expressing the author's belief that the film is bad, good, mediocre, flawed, etc. Why interpretive film writing is important - Answer They seek to understand the ways in which film art produces meaning and how meaning is interpreted by viewers Definition of a star - An...

What are the four different ways of looking at Narrative? ("The Idea of Narrative") - correct answer In a story Ina type of movie In a way of structuring fictional or fictionalized stories presented in narrative films. Is a broader concept that both includes and goes beyond any of these applications What are the three categories of movies explored in the reading? ("Types of Movies") Be familiar with the general characteristics for each category of movie. - correct answer Narrative ...

Film Chapter 3 Questions and Answers Already Passed What are the four related ways we can define the term narrative? A narrative is... -a story -a type of movie -a way of structuring fictional or fictionalized stories presented in narrative films -the way that movie stories are constructed and presented to engage, involve, and orient an audience -exposition, rising action, climax falling action and resolution -a broader concept that both includes and goes beyond any of these applications -any ...

What are the four different ways of looking at Narrative? ("The Idea of Narrative") In a story Ina type of movie In a way of structuring fictional or fictionalized stories presented in narrative films. Is a broader concept that both includes and goes beyond any of these applications What are the three categories of movies explored in the reading? ("Types of Movies") Be familiar with the general characteristics for each category of movie. Narrative Documentary Experimental ...

implicit meaning lies below the surface; implied meaning explicit meaning available on the surface; obvious meaning formal analysis every element in a frame has a reason; focuses on elements of film (cinematography, editing, sound & design) cinematic invisibility makes the film easy to watch; techniques go unnoticed cultural invisibility implicit meaning; cultural mores and prejudices lay under the surface; filmmaking is either aware or unaware shot uni...

Which of the following sentences BEST describes cinematic language? - the techniques (effects) and tools (editing/camera work/etc) filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film (T/F)Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single, uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action? - False In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a movie having the "invisible meaning" include - fade in/fade out, lo...

Implicit Meaning An association, connection, or inference that a viewer makes on the basis of the given (explicit) meaning conveyed by the story and form of a film. Closest to our everyday sense of the word meaning. Explicit Meaning Everything that a movie presents on its surface; the obvious meaning of the movie. Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:03 / 0:15 Full screen Shot unbroken span of action captured by...

In the film Juno, the hero (Juno) procures a drug store pregnancy test. This purchase becomes the film's: - Call to Adventure What were the last few movies we watched? - The Searchers, The Kings Speech, Gravity Which of the following statements best characterizes the treatment of viewer expectations? - Our experience watching any given film is affected by how that film manipulates our expectations True or False: Cultural invisibility is a consequence of the audience's shared ...

What are the four different ways of looking at Narrative? ("The Idea of Narrative") - In a story Ina type of movie In a way of structuring fictional or fictionalized stories presented in narrative films. Is a broader concept that both includes and goes beyond any of these applications What are the three categories of movies explored in the reading? ("Types of Movies") Be familiar with the general characteristics for each category of movie. - Narrative Documentary Experimenta...