Final Exam Flashcards by Jada James

What is a “motif”?

An important element that is repeated throughout a film

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Which of the following criterion for evaluating a film involves an assessment of how emotionally engaging the film is?

intensity of effect

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The “rental” is

the share of the theatrical film gross that goes to the distributor.

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In the judgement of a film’s quality, a “criterion” is

a standard that can be applied to many different films.

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During shooting, separate shots are made “out of continuity,” which means that they are created

in the order that is most convenient for production.

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A delay in the fulfillment of an established expectation creates

suspense.

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Which of the following works is NOT structured around a journey

Collateral

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A film is said to be complex if

it creates multiple relations among many different formal film elements.

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A “clapperboard” (also called a “slate”) is

a sign held in front of the lens to record information about a particular take.

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A preliminary synopsis of a film’s action is called a

treatment.

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Emotions experienced by spectators result from spectator’s perceptions of

formal patterns in the film.

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Elements such as traditions, dominant styles, or popular forms that are comm to several different types of art are called

conventions

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Surprise generally results from

an expectation that turns out to be incorrect.

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Which of the following conventions, common in current films, would have be considered unusual in the 1940s and 1950s?

flashbacks to earlier events

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Implicit meanings are sometimes called

subtexts.

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Which of these is NOT a standard width for film strips?

24mm

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Which of the following is NOT an example of a manifestation of the formal principle of difference in a film?

Characters wear similar costumes or hairstyles.

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A film that is cohesive in its overall form has

unity.

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Comparing the beginning with the ending of a film helps spectators to understand

the film’s overall pattern.

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Ancillary markets are

film markets other than theatrical exhibition.

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A written outline that details the major and minor parts of a film, making the parts by numbers and letters, is a

segmentation.

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A “work print” is

The unedited footage printed from the camera negative (mostly for editing now).

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Symptomatic meanings result from

the characteristics of a particular society at a particular time.

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Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element of a film?

the pattern of narrative events

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Which of the following is NOT a type of meaning that spectators might consider in a film?

declared meaning

Which of the following describes a stylistic pattern used in The Wizard of Oz?

Colors are used to identify landmarks and locations within the story.

Events involving characters that form a film's story is/are the

narrative elements.

A film's "development" is based on repetition as well as

progression.

Which of the following is NOT one of the modes of production?

conglomerate

What is the term for the relationships among the parts of a film?

form

What kinds of emotions are most likely produced by expectations that are fulfilled?

satisfaction or relief

On convention of narrative form is that

the conclusion of a film resolves characters' problems.

Similarities between two or more distinct elements of a film are called

. | parallels.

A "master shot" is

A single take of all the action of a scene.

"Style" refers to

a film's use of various cinematic techniques.

in a film when actors engage in conversation they usually

look directly at each other and seldom blink

"Performance capture" focuses on filming

the face.

"Setup" refers to

. | the first quarter of a film's plot.

The chains of actions that make up the narratives of classical Hollywood films typically depend on

psychological causes.

"Depth" of narration refers to

how much the spectator learns about the character's psychological states.

The opening scene of Pulp Fiction is an example of

. | a manipulation of temporal order.

Which of the following is not considered a part of a shot's mise-en-scene?

the camera's angle on the action

A complex character typically

possesses a variety of traits.

Christopher Nolan created a unique manipulation of time in his film Memento by structuring the story in which of the following ways?

in reverse chronological order

What is the term for how often a story event is presented in a plot?

frequency

Which of the following is not a type of lighting in the three-point lighting system?

rack light

A "point-of-view shot" is taken from

. | a character's optical standpoint.

A "prop" is an object in the setting that

has a function in the action of the film.

Which of the following is not a term for a type of directional lighting?

overlighting

Which of the following genres does NOT provide conventions used in Citizen Kane?

the Western

At what point in a film does most of the exposition usually take place?

near the beginning

In a narrative film an element is nondiegetic it it

. | is not part of the world of the depicted narrative.

The system of lighting widely used in classical Hollywood filmmaking is known as

three-point lighting.

Film scholars use the term mise-en-scene to describe the director's control over

what appears in the film frame.

Action that place before the plot begins is called the

backstory.

in a narrative, the sum total of all events in chronological order is the

story

which of the following statement is not true of the narration in citizen kane

For much of the film, the information presented by the narration is the reporter Thompson's knowledge.

film art's segmentation of citizen kane shows that the film's narrative is built around

a series of lengthy flashbacks

in citizen krane, the event that causes the reporter thompson to write a story on kane is kane's

death

classical filmmakers prefer that the end of a film

bring closure

in a film, the high point of the action that increases tension for the spectators is called the

climax

as defined by film art, a film's "plot" is

everything visually and audibly present in the film

what is the term for a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space

narrative

frontality of staging means that

character is facing toward the camera

stop-action involves

animating an object by changing its position between each frame shoe

A sound bridge is categorized as

. | diegetic sound.

Volume, pitch, and timbre all contribute to the sonic texture of a film.

true

How are speech, music, and sound effects captured?

All of the answers are correct.

digestiv sound must come from an on-screen source

false

foley sound effects are the most common kind of nondiegtic sound

false

To aid in synchronization, the soundtracks of animated films are recorded after all the images are completed.

false

ndependent films have less opportunity to make extreme stylistic choices.

false

A category of film that typically uses sonic flashbacks intercut with diegetic synchronous sound is

trial films

In a modern film, how many separate tracks may be layered into the mix at any given moment?

a dozen or more

What are salient stylistic techniques?

techniques that can be noted and named

What can limit the stylistic choices of a filmmaker?

All of the answer choices are correct.

If a character begins to leave the frame in a scene, the viewer expects the camera to remain stationary.

false

made in a nonreflective space so that it's "clean" and can be manipulated electronically later to yield the desired effects. A dry recording is a recording

made in a nonreflective space so that it's "clean" and can be manipulated electronically later to yield the desired effects.

Which of the following does NOT affect sound perspective in a theater space?

synchronization

In film sound, "fidelity" refers to

sound that seems appropriate to its source in the film.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three major perceptual properties of film sound?

texture

The nature of the lighting, setting, and music give the opening scene of Citizen Kane a feel most associated with

mystery movies

Sounds perform many functions in film including

All the answers are correct.

Fidelity refers to the quality of recording.

false

A dialogue overlap is when a line of dialogue continues across a cut.

true

Ambient sounds are the sounds that

the natural sounds in the background of a scene when it's recorded.

Which of the following statements about diegetic sound is NOT true?

It can come from a source inside or outside the world of the film.

The rhythm, melody, harmony, tempo, volume, and instrumentation of the music can all strongly affect a viewer's emotional reactions.

true

To create suspense, horror and mystery films often use

sound from an unseen source.

mental sound.Sound that represents a character's thoughts without the character speaking aloud is called

internal diegetic sound.

Film sound can include any mixture of noise, music, and speech.

true

Film sound can include any mixture of

speech, music, and noise

Rhythm involves what aspects?

All of the answers are correct.

The term Mickey Mousing refers to

tightly matching movement to music on the screen.

A filmmaker's creative choices can be constrained by technology, stylistic norms, or taste.

true

The pitch, or frequency, of a sound affects the

perceived highness or lowness of the sound.

A sound bridge is

overlapping the sound of one scene into the next.

The term dialogue overlap means

continuing a line of dialogue over cuts during shot/reverse shot.

If a character speaks, the viewer expects to hear diegetic sound that is faithful to the source.

true