Final Test

Question 1

genre

Answer 1

kind or type of film - tacit agreement between audience and spectators

Question 2

first appearance of
the genre; conventions not in place

Answer 2

primitive or nascent phase

Question 3

genre conventions established & codified

Answer 3

classical phase

Question 4

response to feeling of stagnancy in the genre

Answer 4

parodic baroque phase

Question 5

films use genre to critique or
question conventions & their implications

Answer 5

revisionist phase

Question 6

return to genre as nostalgia

Answer 6

homage phase

Question 7

what term was coined by grieson / what does he say about it?

Answer 7

documentary, ‘the creative treatment of actuality’

Question 8

voice conventions of documentary

Answer 8

who is talking to whom about what

Question 9

herzog conventions

Answer 9

ecstatic truth, romantic, uncomfortably long takes, exploitative

Question 10

3 key concerns in documentaries

Answer 10

• form: structure and presentation
• representation: how reality and subjects are portrayed
• ethics: moral responsibilities of filmmakers

Question 11

documentary conventions

Answer 11

vo / narration
explanatory titles
interviews
real events / ppl
naturalistic style
archival footage
expert testimonials

Question 12

herzog born and where

Answer 12

munich, 1942

Question 13

4 approaches to genre

Answer 13

as cultural myths
as cultural memories
as rituals
reflectionist
hybrids

Question 14

genre conventions

Answer 14

plot
thematic
setting
character
technical
star
iconography

Question 15

4 axes of critical orientation

Answer 15

mimetic, expressive, formal, affective/ didactic (artwork at the middle)

Question 16

what does sarris say (CIRCLES) / (2ND PHASE)

Answer 16

technical competence, distinguishable personality, interior meaning

Question 17

interior meaning!!

Answer 17

meaning arising from the tension between the director’s personality & his material

Question 18

hitchcock’s things

Answer 18

cameos, macguffin (red herring), catholic guilt, voyeurism, women’s hairstyles, innocents, master of suspense

Question 19

(about hitchcock) Truffaut says…

Answer 19

belongs among artists of anxiety, (like kafka and poe) in helping us to understand ourselves

Question 20

problems of sarris auteur theory (KAEL)

Answer 20

ignores films as collaborative art
too much retroactive psychoanalysis
intentional fallacy
exclusivity / elitism (WHO DECIDES THE CRITERIA)

Question 21

oscar micheaux

Answer 21

born 1884 in s dakota,

sold his novels door to door, auteur, 30 films over 10 years

Question 22

Truffuat’s notion of auteur

Answer 22

director is author of film
visual style is evident
evolves
consistent concern with key thematic issues

(only men)

Question 23

even though documentary, Grizzly Man example of ____, while AM / SC examples of ______

Answer 23

narrative of conflict / narratives of integration

Question 24

dorothy arzner

Answer 24

american, 25 films

Question 25

ida lupino

Answer 25

british, 7 films

Question 26

alice guy blanche

Answer 26

too many films to count

Question 27

what was founded in Paris, 1936 by Georges Franju & Henri Langlois

Answer 27

(1ST PHASE) Cinematheque francaise

Question 28

hictchcock born

Answer 28

london, 1899-1980

Question 29

films tech (major studies) are shaped by combination

Answer 29

social, cultural, and economic factors

Question 30

narrative of conflict

Answer 30

driving force propels narrative by creating conflict

Question 31

narrative of integration

Answer 31

focus on interpersonal relationships / emotional qualities

Question 32

critique of canon

Answer 32

Who gets excluded from the canon, & why? Who gets to decide?