Chapter 8 Quiz

Dolly and crane shots in Citizen Kane

Crane shot up the side of the nightclub, craning shot down to Susan's table inside the nightclub, to signal flashbacks, crane shots are often used.

If a character begins to leave the frame in a scene, the viewer expects the camera to remain stationary.

False

Independent films have less opportunity to make extreme stylistic choices

False

Welles uses the shock cut to convey the passage of time during the "breakfast table" sequence between Kane and his first wife

False, he uses many shot/reverse shot exchanges arranged in a way similar to the whip pan

Parallelism, an important feature in many great films, is surprisingly absent from Citizen Kane.

False, parallels are extremely present in Citizen Kane

In Citizen Kane, each narrator's version is presented as objective and omniscient narration.

False, we are given limited knowledge that we must accept as true from each of Kane's acquaintances' perspectives.

In the dinner scene in Shadow of a Doubt in which Uncle Charlie praises small-town living, what purpose does the dialogue serve?

The dialogue served as a step in the process of strengthening young Charlie's suspicions that her uncle is a serial killer.

A filmmaker's creative choices can be constrained by technology, stylistic norms, or taste.

True

If a character speaks, the viewer expects to hear diegetic sound that is faithful to the source.

True

In Citizen Kane, Welles makes the narrator, Thompson, almost unidentifiable through the use of low-key lighting and staging choices.

True

Tati's stylistic choices in Mon Oncle produce a thematic and narrative contrast of charming neighbors to modern homes that runs throughout the film

True

The 180 degree editing of The Maltese Falcon is typical of traditional form and of no interest, and would thus not be considered a salient technique used by the filmmaker.

True

Welles makes the important newsreel sequence distinctive by using a number of techniques that do not appear anywhere else in Citizen Kane.

True

The "shock cut"

creates a jarring juxtaposition, which usually means a sudden shift to a higher sound volume and a considerable graphic discontinuity. One example is the abrupt beginning of the newsreel after the lingering deathbed image.

The editing of Citizen Kane

draws comparisons between moments that parallel each other, like the two instances when Kane seems to win public support, by using a couple of shots of Kane speaking and then using one or two close shots of the audience

The nature of the lighting, setting, and music give the opening scene of Citizen Kane a feel most associated with

mystery and horror

Our Hospitality creates its gags by

putting two elements into the same shot and letting us observe the comic juxtaposition

What can limit the stylistic choices of a filmmaker?

technology, dominant trends/stylistic norms

In Shadow of a Doubt, which of the following is done by the development and stylistic presentation of the story?

the slow pan into uncle Charlie's face which makes him seem even more menacing as everyone else is gradually edged out of the shot.

Salient stylistic techniques

to emphasize, clarify, intensify, or complicate our understanding of an action, to get us to notice said action, imagine alternatives