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.