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
... [Show More] 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 belief systems, and frequently contributes to hidden movie meaning? - ✔✔ True
A movie is a coordinated synthesis of performance, composition, sound, and editing that creates meaning to tell a story. When we analyze this synthesis we are analyzing: - ✔✔ form
Talking about Hitchcock's MacGuffin, which statement below is untrue? - ✔✔ The hook to a screen play
Good word of mouth comes from both memorable characters and great visual effects, so long as both elements tap into the __________________ to drive their stories: - ✔✔ Human condition
True or False: Most screen stories follow 10 "signposts" to complete their journey. - ✔✔ False; 12
Heroes are often reluctant to tackle the challenge they've been given and reveal this insecurity after passing which of the following "signposts": - ✔✔ Refusal
Which of the following statements about art form is true: - ✔✔ Movies can move seamlessly from one space to another.
Heroes go through a metamorphosis of sorts getting through the film's Crisis. Which scene below best reflects the Crisis in the David Mamet film, The Edge: - ✔✔ Charles & Bob killing the Kodiak bear
The interaction between two optical and perceptual phenomena makes moving pictures possible. The persistence of vision provides the illusion of ______________ while the phi phenomenon provides the illusion of ____________. - ✔✔ succession; movement
True or False: The movie Hard Times was a convoluted film set in the 1950s? - ✔✔ it actually was on 1975 when the movie was release******* AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK IN THE 1930'S
Form describes _____________, while content describes _____________. - ✔✔ The means of expression; the subject of a movie
Cinematic language combines various elements such as lighting, movement, sound, and camera effects into single _______________ that create meaning analogous to a sentence. - ✔✔ Shots
Viewers identify with _______________ as filmmakers use ____________ to make meaning: - ✔✔ The lens; the camera
Audiences expect to see certain conventions in certain movie genres. For that reason, the obligatory "shoot out" is found most often in which of the following genres: - ✔✔ Westerns
What is cinematic language? - ✔✔ The techniques (effects) and tools (editing/camera work/etc) filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film.
True or False: 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 this "invisible meaning" include: - ✔✔ Fade-in/fade-out, low-angle shot, and cutting on action
What is implicit meaning? - ✔✔ Meaning that lies below the surface of a movie's story and presentation
Gangster films are characterized by _____________ and _____________. - ✔✔ Exploring the American dream; an antihero
Direct cinema _______________ and _____________. - ✔✔ limits the use of narrators; allows the audience to observe events as they occur
Which of the following distinguishes narrative films from other kinds of movies? - ✔✔ Narrative films are directed toward fiction.
In film noir, the protagonist is usually an antihero who: - ✔✔ rarely pursues or achieves leadership status
True or False: Experimental films are many times made by a single filmmaker on low budgets with no expectation of financial gain. - ✔✔ True
Animation films are: - ✔✔ a different form of moviemaking, but not necessarily a single type of movie
The planning of the positions and movements of the actors and camera is called: - ✔✔ blocking
True or False: The memorable Greenwich Village setting of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window was shot on location in New York City. - ✔✔ False; Los Angeles
The three major types of movies are: - ✔✔ Narrative, experimental, and documentary
Documentary filmmaking, which uses actual people, places, and events as source material, is described by John Grierson as: - ✔✔ a creative treatment of actuality
What are the three basic types of animation? - ✔✔ hand-drawn, stop-motion, and digital
Which of the following statements about mise-en-scène is NOT true? - ✔✔ Mise-en-scène has two visual components: lighting and movement [Show Less]