Which of the following is NOT one of the meanings of the word "narrative" in regard to movies?
A. A type of movie.
The story that a particular film tells.
B. A character who narrates events in the film through voice-over.
C. The particular system by which a fictional story is structured.
D. A concept describing the sequential organization of events presented in almost any kind of movie.
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Because by framing and presenting information we use narrative to arrange and understand the world and our place in it.
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Why do human beings continually create narratives out of various facts and details?
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To denote any cinematic structure in which content is selected and arranged linearly.
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How is "narrative" used in a broad conceptual context?
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A film jumps from scene to scene so that events proceed not in chronological order but according to poetical associations.
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Which of the following is an example of a film employing narrative organization in a way that goes against the arrangement of events in conventional order?
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B
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Which of the following is NOT one of the primary concerns of documentary filmmaking?
A. The recording of reality.
B. The fabrication of fantastic events.
C. The education of viewers.
D. The presentation of political or social analyses.
E. The creation of nonfiction.
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Conformity to narrative conventions.
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Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of experimental movies?
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The categorization of narrative films by the stories they tell and the ways they tell them.
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What is the definition of genre?
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Foreign films.
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Which of the following is NOT a recognized movie genre?
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Organically, as inspired by shifts in history, politics, or society.
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How do film genres generally tend to originate and develop?
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film stock
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Which of the following is NOT an aspect of storytelling that can be used to define movie genre?
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They appeal to audiences' desire for predictability over novelty
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Why have genre films been prevalent since the advent of cinema?
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enforcing fundamental beliefs
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One significant cultural motive behind attending genre movies lies in what?
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C
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Which of the following is NOT an aspect of storytelling that can be used to define movie genre?
A. Recurring theme.
B. Setting.
C. Film stock.
D. Character type.
E. Story formula.
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Not at all—conventions aren't enforced, and while every movie within a particular genre will incorporate some of its elements, few include all conventions.
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How are conventions enforced in genre films?
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Two protagonists enter into marriage without really knowing each other
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Which of the following is NOT part of the story structure of a typical romantic comedy?
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A unifying idea that a film expresses through its narrative or imagery
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What is a movie theme?
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The conflict between civilization and wilderness
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What is the central theme of the Western?
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A familiar character with a few essential traits that recurs throughout a genre
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What is a character type?
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The malevolent and differentiated "other"
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What character type recurs throughout horror films?
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A tough crime drama in which a jaded private detective falls for the charms of an alluring but deadly temptress who hires him to find her kidnapped husband
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Which of the following movies features a film noir protagonist?
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They were low-budget B-movies where much stylistic risk-taking and innovation could be tried out
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Which of the following was a characteristic of film noir during and after World War II?
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A brooding crime thriller with high-contrast, low-key lighting featuring deep shadows
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Which of the following movies represents the film noir style of cinematography?
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The genre expresses anxieties concerning technology and its cost to human freedom and even life.
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What is the science fiction genre's thematic relationship to issues concerning advanced technology?
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Both deal with the human's encounter with forces beyond his or her control and understanding
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What similarities does the horror genre share with the science fiction genre?
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The revelation of the other as merely the projection of the protagonist's repressed fears
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Which of the following is NOT a typical feature of horror movie narratives?
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A darkly sarcastic human-insect hybrid that increasingly reveals to his victims an inner torment and self-loathing
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Which of the following exemplifies the horror movie antagonist as a compelling, three-dimensional character?
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Presidential decrees concerning Native Americans
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Which of the following is NOT an influence on or source for the Western genre of movies?
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An outlaw-turned-sheriff who must come to terms with his dark past
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Which of the following represents the way characters can embody both the traits of the wilderness and civilization in the Western genre?
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the endless possibilities and untamable environment of the Old West
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Since the Western inherently concerns the thematic conflict between civilization and the wilderness, its grandiose landscapes typically symbolize
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On-screen text
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Which of the following is NOT a common element of the musical genre?
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Making the stories of musicals center on backstage musicals where the characters are employed to sing and act anyway.
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What was one of the major solutions to making audiences accept the unrealistic conventions of the musical in a realistic medium like the cinema?
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Slapstick comedy—screwball comedy—light sex comedy
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From left to right, which of the following lists a chronology of American comedy?
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The process by which a particular genre is adapted to meet the expectations of a changing society.
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What is generic transformation?
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Because the genre was seen to be out-of-touch with audiences who had new ideas about moral absolutes, Manifest Destiny, and the role of minorities in settling the West
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Why did the Western genre decline in popularity from the 1960s until the mid-2000s?
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process
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Instead of being described as a distinct movie genre, animation can best be categorized separately from other types of films due to its unique
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Story contains the explicit and implicit events of the film; plot contains the explicit events in a specifically selected arrangement
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What is the difference between story and plot?
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Implied action that happens between two scenes
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Which of the following elements would be considered part of the story but not the plot?
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They piece together the story through the presented plot elements
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How do viewers understand the relationship between story and plot?
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It asked the audience to fill in plot details and order the story out of an elliptical narrative
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Why was the structure of Citizen Kane so difficult for audiences of its time?
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The experiences or events that occur before the start of a movie's narrative
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What is a backstory?
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An aspiring actor asks a man on the street for the time as he rushes to get to rehearsal for which he might be late
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Which of the following would NOT be considered a major event in a film?
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The amount of time that the implied story takes to occur
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What is story duration?
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The elapsed time of events within the story that the film explicitly presents
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What is plot duration?
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The movie's running time onscreen
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What is screen duration?
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When screen time is shorter than plot time
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What is a summary relationship?
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A five-minute scene captures in dramatic slow motion a two-minute shootout between police and a gang of bank robbers
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Which of the following demonstrates a stretch relationship between screen and plot duration?
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Editing
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What device typically allows for the possibility of cinematic time?
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Suspense makes the viewer active in watching the film by causing her to wonder at how events will unfold or turn out
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What is the advantage of suspense over surprise?
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That the element is relatively important because it is part of a pattern
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What does the recurring appearance of a story element signal?
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A loud, dirty, and claustrophobic prison and its debilitating effect on an already mentally disturbed prisoner
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Which of the following exemplifies the way setting can reveal a character's state of mind?
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The overall range, in time and place, of the movie's story
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What is scope as related to duration and setting?
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The plot takes place in just two days and mostly brings the characters together to trace their progress, whereas the story takes place over a lengthy period of time and covers the lives of several characters
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Which of the following describes the relationship between plot and story in Stagecoach?
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Chronological
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Which of the following describes the order of Stagecoach?
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A honky-tonk piano in the bar
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Which of the following is NOT a nondiegetic element in Stagecoach?
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Peacock
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Which of the following is NOT a round character in Stagecoach?
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Reaching Lordsburg
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What common goal do the characters of Stagecoach share?
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Buck's wavering enthusiasm for driving the stagecoach
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Which of the following is NOT a major plot event in Stagecoach?
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A social theme concerning the inevitability of God-ordained territorial expansion
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What is "manifest destiny" in relation to Westerns?
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That civilization occurs as a result of a genuine community built through heroism and shared values
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Which of the following is one of the beliefs persistently expressed in the movies of John Ford?
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narration
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the act of telling the story
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narrator
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who or what tells the story
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camera
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the primary narrator of every movie
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first person narrator
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character who typically tells story in voice-over narration
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third person narrator
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characters outside of narrative can also tell narration. This is called what?
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can see any character or event (unrestricted access to narrative)
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omniscient point of view
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viewers only see what protagonist sees
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Restricted point of view
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1st person narrator character breaks the "fourth wall" that traditionally separates the viewer from the 2D fiction on screen
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direct address narration
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