EXAM 2

Which of the following is one of the beliefs persistently expressed in the movies of John Ford?

That civilization occurs as a result of genuine community built through heroism and shared values

Omniscient narration offers ___ access to the narrative of a film

Unrestricted

What are major elements of cinematic design?

setting, decor, properties, lighting, costume, makeup, hairstyle

What does a take refer to?

Each time a planned shot is captured

Which of the following persuasive documentaries chronicles the history of the US prison and justice system as a systemized form of slavery?

!3th (2016)

The width of an image related to its height is known as the aspect ratio. What is the aspect ratio of this image

1:33:1

Documentary filmmaking, which uses actual people, places, and events as source material, is described by John Gierson as

A creative treatment of actuality

Which clip represents a zoom?

Kleingeld

Which of the following would NOT be considered a major event in a film?

An aspiring actor asks a man on the street for the time as he rushes to get to a rehearsal for which he might be late

"Storytelling is storytelling no matter what your medium is. And the [...] get them to care". What is Brad Bird referring to in this quote?

Animation

The first assistant electrician on the camera crew is called the

Best boy

What is a movie's narrative?

The telling of a movie's story

Consider carefully the details of the mise en scene in the following clips. Based on the mise en scene, which do you think belongs in a dystopian futuristic narrative inhabited by mostly one dimensional characters

Bartholomew's song

The predetermined movement of actors that is planned according to the needs of the story is called

Blocking

What similarities 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

The member of the camera crew who controls the camera during the shot is called the

Camera operator

What kind of lighting is typically used to distort facial features and cast shadows in horror movies?

Chiaroscuro lighting

The process of capturing moving images on film or a digital storage device is called

Cinematography

When the protagonist faces the seemingly insurmountable obstacle, this is known as the ___

Climax

The title of the movie Tangerine (2015) was inspired by what process during post production?

Color grading

The organization, distribution, movement, balance, and general relationship of objects and figures within the space of a shot is called

Composition

Why have sex?

They appeal to audiences' desire for predictability over novelty

A low-angle shot is often used to

Make the subject seem powerful

Documentaries that explore -an sometimes critique- the documentary form itself are known as ___ documentaries

Reflexive

Nanook of the North (1922), which presents people and places in a straightforward manner is an example of

A factual documentary

Which of the following demonstrates a stretch relationship between screen and plot duration?

A five minute scene captures in dramatic slow motion a two minute shootout between police and a gang of bank robbers

Narrative cannot exist without the protagonist possessing:

A goal

What is "manifest destiny" in relation to Western?

A social theme concerning the inevitability of God-ordained territorial expansion

The founding purpose of the persuasive documentary was to

Address social injustice

Which of the following describes the distinct visual style of film noir?

Deep shadows, nighttime exterior scenes, elements composed diagonally in the frame

Which of the following is NOT an example of a non diegetic element?

Dialogue

A character who interrupts the narrative to speak to the audience watching the film, thus breaking the "fourth wall" that separates the viewer from the two-dimensional fiction on-screen, is delivering ___

Direct address narration

A lens with a short focal length (also known as a wide-angle lens) makes subjects on screen appear farther apart than they actually are. Which image uses a lens with a short focal length?

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Gangster films are characterized by _____________ and _____________.

Exploring the American dream; an antihero

Screen duration is the amount of time a shot is on-screen

False

The character who pursue a goal and is the central figure of a story but has a dark and hostile nature is called an antagonist

False

The inciting incident, or catalyst, occurs when the protagonist faces his or her greatest obstacle

False

Watch this clip from Bartholomew's Song and assess the validity of the following statement: The story duration of this scene is approximately 15 seconds

False

A ___ film stock is extremely sensitive to light and is therefore useful in low-light situations

Fast

What is direct address narration?

First-person narration delivered directly to the audience, breaking the "fourth wall."

Hybrid films illustrate the

Flexibility of film form by blurring boundaries of film categorization

This member of the camera crew is the chief electrician for the production

Gaffer

This member of the camera crew is the all-around handyperson who works with both the camera persons and the electricians to get the camera and lighting ready for shooting

Grip

What are the three basic types of animation?

Hand-drawn, stop-motion, and computer animation

Experimental films frequently reflect the creative vision of a single artist. These films ____

Invite individual interpretation

Why was the structure of Citizen Kane so difficult for audiences of its time?

It asked the audience to fill in plot details and order the story out of an elliptical narrative

A shot that is in between a long shot and a medium shot is known as the American shot, a two-shot, or a medium long shot. Which still represents this kind of shot?

King's Speech (shot 3)

An observational documentary generally does which of the following?

Limits the use of voiceover narration, eliminates as many signs of meditation as possible

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 the backstage musicals where the characters are employed to sing and act anyway

Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) was the work of which director, considered to be the first major American experimental filmmaker?

Maya Deren

Depth of field refers to the distance in front of the camera (and its length) in which the subjects are in apparent sharp focus. A lens with a short focal length has a complete depth of field. Which image represents a complete depth of field?

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Which type of shot frames the subject from somewhere around the waist up, making him or her large enough in the frame to reduce the background to the point of insignificance?

Medium shot

Which of the following statements about mise en scene is not true?

Mise en scene has two visual components: lighting and movement

Which of the following distinguishes narrative films from other kinds of movies?

Narrative films are directed toward fiction

Three major types of movies are

Narrative, experimental, and documentary

What are three elements that describe neorealism?

Nonprofessional actors, shooting on location, naturalism

Which image represents a high-angle shot?

North by Northwest

A film in which the action is captured by a camera unbound by the constraints of time, space, narrative, or character is called:

Omniscient narration

Which of the following is NOT a common element of the musical genre?

On-screen text

What is a setup?

One camera position and everything associated with it

How do film genres generally tend to originate and develop?

Organically, as inspired by shifts in history, politics, or society

The Lego Movie (2014) is an example of this, a term applied to a work of art that imitates or appropriates recognizable stylistic elements from previous work or works

Pastiche

A movie's ___________ consists of the specific actions and events that filmmakers select and the order in which they arrange those events

Plot

The elapsed time of those events within the story that the film explicitly presents is called the ___

Plot duration

Which of the following constitutes a subgenre?

Police films involving the pairing of two partners with completely opposite personalities

An open frame is generally employed in _____________ films, while a closed frame is generally employed in ____________ films

Realistic, formalist?????

Which of the following statements about round characters is NOT true?

Round characters generally exhibit predictable behavior

Horror films are often characterized by a protagonist who

Saves a community that rejects her

The overall range, in time and place, of the movie's story is known as the ___ of a film

Scope

What are the three types of duration identified in this chapter?

Screen duration, plot duration, story duration

The person in charge of set dressing and supervising a variety of specialists is called a

Set decorator

Deeming a new subgenre the "white picket fence comedy" because of its location in the American suburbs involves a categorization of it according to its:

Setting

The amount of time that the implied story takes to occur is called the ___

Story duration

The total world of a film's ____________ is called its ____________

Story; diegesis

Unlike _________ order, which flows chronologically, ________ order can be manipulated so that events are presented non chronologically

Story; plot

What kind of acting style is appropriate for most Western heroes?

Subdued

The story formula for this type of movie usually involves the origins of the protagonist's powers, and/or high stakes struggle to defeat a villainous attempt to destroy a city, country, or universe

Superhero movies

In Psycho (1960), director Alfred Hitchcock shows the viewer, but not the detective Arbogast, a shot of Mrs. Bate's bedroom gliding open, before she attacks him with a knife. This storytelling device is known as ___

Suspense

What does the recurring appearance of story element signal?

That the element is relatively important because is is part of a pattern

What is the three point system in respect to lighting?

The combination of key light, fill light, and back light

Genre refers to the categorization of narrative films by the stories they tell and the ways they tell them. Which of the following statements is NOT true of genre?

The convention of genre films are stable and do not evolve

Since the Western inherently concerns the thematic conflict between civilization and the wilderness, its grandiose landscapes typically symbolize

The endless possibilities and untamable environment of the old West

Unlike a static painting or picture, a motion picture moves and thus shifts its point of view. Point of view is implied by

The framing of a shot

What character type recurs throughout horror films?

The malevolent and differentiated "other"

Which of the following genres was not born out of any specific political or cultural movement or preexisting literary genre?

The musical

What is scope as related to duration and setting?

The overall range, in time and place of the movie's story

What is an antagonist?

The person, people, creature, or force responsible for obstructing the protagonist

Which of the following describes the relationship between plot and story in Stagecoach?

The plot takes place in just two days and mostly brings the characters together to trace their progress, whereas the story takes place over a lengthy period of time and covers the lives of several characters

Which of the following statements about the production designer is not true?

The production designer is hired relatively late in the production process

Which of the following is a typical variation of the basic horror plot structure?

The protagonist begins to become the other and eventually faces the decision to either destroy him or else complete the transformation

Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of horror movie narratives?

The revelation of the other as merely the projection of the protagonist's repressed fears

This clip from Death to the Tinman provides an example of a ___________ narrator

Third-person

Narrative structure is typically characterized by how many acts?

Three

What is the rule of thirds?

a framing convention that divides the frame into three horizontal sections and three vertical sections

The digital revolution has affected

almost all areas of movie-making, including makeup and hairstyling

In animated films which consist of primarily computer-generated imagery, the relationship between the director and the production designer is the same as in nonanimated films, except that the production designer and his staff have

even greater control over the mise-en-scène and the entire look of the film than they could possibly have in non animated films

What is figure movement?

the movement of something concrete within the frame