4 (s. 134-135) Flashcards
(24 cards)
______
Closure
The notion of closure is connected to ______ with which a piece of music, a poem, a story, or a typical movie concludes.
the sense of finality
The notion of closure is connected to the sense of finality with which a piece of music, a poem, a story, or a typical movie ______.
concludes
It is the impression that ______ is just the right point.
exactly the point where the work does end
It is the impression that exactly the point where the work does end is ______.
just the right point
To have gone beyond that point would have been ______.
an error
It would have been to have ______.
gone too far
But to have ______ would also have been a mistake.
stopped before that point
Closure is a matter of ______ rather than simply stopping or ceasing or running out of steam or crashing. When a filmmaker effectuates closure, then we feel that there is nothing remaining for her to do.
concluding
Closure is a matter of concluding rather than simply stopping or ceasing or running out of steam or crashing. When a filmmaker effectuates closure, then ______.
we feel that there is nothing remaining for her to do
There is nothing left to ______.
recount
Closure involves ______ with respect to the motion picture. When the last image flickers off the screen, there is no more of the story to tell, nor has anything that needed to be told been left unsaid.
a feeling of completeness
Closure involves a feeling of completeness with respect to the motion picture. When the last image flickers off the screen, there is ______, nor has anything that needed to be told been left unsaid.
no more of the story to tell
Closure involves a feeling of completeness with respect to the motion picture. When the last image flickers off the screen, there is no more of the story to tell, ______.
nor has anything that needed to be told been left unsaid
Or that, at least, is what ideally the viewer feels and is ______.
intended to feel
But what accounts for closure? As already observed, we often say with respect to a successful movie narrative that “everything has been ______”.
wrapped up
… David Hume’s essay ______, where he points out: “Had you any intention to move a person extremely by the narration of any event, the best method of increasing its effect would be artfully to delay informing him of it, and first to excite his curiosity and impatience before you let him into the secret.”
“Of Tragedy” [1757]
… David Hume’s essay “Of Tragedy” [1757], where he points out: “Had you any intention to ______, the best method of increasing its effect would be artfully to delay informing him of it, and first to excite his curiosity and impatience before you let him into the secret.”
move a person extremely by the narration of any event
… David Hume’s essay “Of Tragedy” [1757], where he points out: “Had you any intention to move a person extremely by the narration of any event, ______ would be artfully to delay informing him of it, and first to excite his curiosity and impatience before you let him into the secret.”
the best method of increasing its effect
… David Hume’s essay “Of Tragedy” [1757], where he points out: “Had you any intention to move a person extremely by the narration of any event, the best method of increasing its effect would be ______, and first to excite his curiosity and impatience before you let him into the secret.”
artfully to delay informing him of it
… David Hume’s essay “Of Tragedy” [1757], where he points out: “Had you any intention to move a person extremely by the narration of any event, the best method of increasing its effect would be artfully to delay informing him of it, and ______ before you let him into the secret.”
first to excite his curiosity and impatience
… David Hume’s essay “Of Tragedy” [1757], where he points out: “Had you any intention to move a person extremely by the narration of any event, the best method of increasing its effect would be artfully to delay informing him of it, and first to excite his curiosity and impatience ______.”
before you let him into the secret
Calle this ______. And although Hume is offering this advice to playwrights, it has also become the creed of screenwriters.
Hume’s principle
Calle this Hume’s principle. And although Hume is offering this advice to playwrights, it has also become ______.
the creed of screenwriters
