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the overall patterning of a film, the ways its parts work together to create special effects

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form / formal analysis

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any significant repeated element that contributes to the overall form (object, color, place, sound, etc.)

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motif

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the film refers to things or places already invested with significance in the real world

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referential meaning

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the over-arching, openly asserted theme

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explicit meaning

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more abstract, often deeper interpretation

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implicit meaning

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a HUGE picture, social ideology, belief

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symptomatic meaning

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act structure / three-act structure

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triple e, CMGC (ACT I: exposition, enigmas, expectations; ACT II: causality, motivation, goal-orientation; ACT III: closure)

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passage of time in a film, cut out time in-between

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ellipsis

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the plot’s way of distributing story information in order to receive specific events

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narration

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an agent who purports to be telling us the story

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narrator

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limitations set upon what the audience can see / hear, usually because one character’s internal dialogue is involved

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restricted narration

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the audience sees and knows more than any of the characters can

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unrestricted narration

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only external behavior of characters is depicted

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objective narration

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direct access to a character’s sight / hearing / internal state

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subjective narration

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flashbacks, dreams, hallucinations; access to a character’s head

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mental subjectivity

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what the filmmaker allows us to see through sight and sound

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perceptual subjectivity

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questions

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enigma

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any portion of the plot the lays out story events + character traits

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exposition

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elements of a film that exist within the story world

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diegetic

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elements of a film outside of the story world entirely (credits, score, etc.)

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non-diegetic

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what we see and hear on screen; using flashbacks instead of linear time / make other presentation choices as a means to tell the story

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plot

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what we construct in our heads based on the plot; the chain of events in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

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story

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present to future to present again

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flashforward

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an earlier portion of the story that the plot presents out of chronological sequence

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flashback

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the actions that took place before the plot started
backstory
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a linear chain of cause + effect
causal chain
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the justification given in the film for the presence of an element
motivation
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a character that acts to achieve an object / condition
goal-oriented protagonist
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enigmas answered, expectations met, causal chains closed off, goals either achieved or not achieved
closure
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the time frame of the plot's depicted events; the timeframe as told within a given narrative / on-screen
plot time
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chronology of the story world, 1st event referenced to the last one; the timeframe of the diegesis / how time passes in a story world
story time
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time frame of watching / running time; the temporal framework used in telling and watching the story
screen time
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new situation / conflict every episode, don't need context of the other episodes
episodic series
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you need the context of the other episodes to understand it
serial narrative
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mix of episodic series and serial narrative
episodic serials
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a structure that each individual series can develop because it's "that show," expectation guide based on that particular nature
intrinsic norms
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any components or conventions specific to a genre of a show
extrinsic norms
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TV act structure
character + dramatic need + obstacles + conflict = action / laughter
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act break
commercial / separation of acts in TV structure
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optional opening scene to hook viewers
teaser / cold open
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optional final comment / epilogue
tag
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short segment scenes, often ~2min in length, add to the idea that television presents a rapid succession of short segments to keep and hold attention
beat
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a character's journey
arc
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started in 1950's/late 1940's Europe, flourishing of film movements + breakaway from convention
art cinema
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French New Wave characteristics
real locations instead of sets, simple lighting, visually sloppy, connection btwn plot points not cohesive, lack goal-orientation, ends ambiguously
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psychologically complex characters who lack clear goals, things happen TO them and they REACT, loose cause + effect / unclear motivation, lack of closure
objective realism
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plot manipulations tied to character subjectivity (mental subjectivity and perceptual subjectivity)
subjective realism
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the author ultimately unifies the text, MAXIMUM AMBIGUITY, lots of room for interpretation
authorial expressivity
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when a filmmaker delays fulfilling an expectation for the sake of making the audience feel something
suspense
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the result of an expectation that is revealed to be incorrect
surprise
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places similar + different elements of change to create a progression; a progression moving from beginning to middle to end
development
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a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space
narrative
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the total world of the story action (what we assume to be offscreen but never actually see as an audience)
diegesis
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the portion of the plot that lays out the backstory and initial situation
exposition
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the development brought to a high point, typically resolving issues; emotionally lifts the viewer from a higher degree of tension
climax
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when a film refuses to settle things indefinitely
anticlimactic
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narrative (plot, story, etc.)
structural system
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editing, mise-en-scene, cinematography
stylistic system
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broad concept that constitutes a film's explicit and implicit meanings
theme
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narrative three-act structure mnemonic
triple e CMGC
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objective / subjective REALISM mnemonic
RRRRealism -> aRRRRt cinema
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objective / subjective NARRATION mnemonic
SOS, we're in too deep
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unrestricted / restricted narration mnemonic
unRestRicted / RestRicted --> Range of naRRation (double r's)
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TV narrative structure mnemonic
pull up in the CDOCA, what?

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