film studies test 2

What simile does the horror genre share with the science fiction genre -

both deal with the human's encounter with forces beyond his or her control and understanding

What is the purpose of persuasive documentary films

educate audiences about shared concerns or interests

what is a round character?

Complex characters that posses subtle, repressed, or even contradictory traits that can change significantly over the course of the story

What was one of the major solutions to making audiences accept the unrealistic conventions of the musical in a realistic medium like the cinema?

Making the stories of musicals center on backstage musicals where the characters are employed to sing and act anyway

Which o the following is one of the meanings of the word narrative with regard to movies

The particular system by which a fictional story is structured.

Narrative can not exist without the protagonist processing______.

a goal

The lego movie is a form of____ because it imitates or appropriates recognizable stylistic elements from a previous work or works

a pastiche

Which of the following is true of flat characters

exhibit few distinct traits and do NOT change significantly as the story progresses

Which of the following is an example of a non-diegetic element

intertitles in a silent film

A film that contains unrestricted access to all aspects of a narrative providing any character experiences and perceptions well as information characters know is an example of______ narration.

omniscient

Which of the following is the primary narrator in every movie

the camera

what is generic transformation

the process by which a particular genre is adapted to meet the expectations of a changing society.