THEA 1023 Unit 2 Quiz || All Questions Answered Correctly.
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THEA 1023
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THEA 1023
Treatment correct answers (Synopsis) An outline of the action that briefly describes the essential ideas and structure for a film
Shooting Script correct answers (1 page=1 minute) A guide and reference point for all members of the production unit in which the details of each shot are listed and ...
THEA 1023 Unit 2 Quiz || All Questions Answered Correctly.
Treatment correct answers (Synopsis) An outline of the action that briefly describes the essential
ideas and structure for a film
Shooting Script correct answers (1 page=1 minute) A guide and reference point for all members
of the production unit in which the details of each shot are listed and can thus be followed during
filming
Roundtable Writing correct answers People discuss and debate ideas for writing a film
Script Doctor correct answers Professional screenwriters who are hired to review a screenplay
and improve it
Storyboard correct answers A scene-by-scene (or sometimes shot-by-shot) breakdown that
combines sketches or photographs of how each shot is to look and written descriptions of the
other elements that are to go with each shot, including dialogue, sound, and music
Diegesis correct answers The total compilation of a story- events, characters, objects, settings,
and sounds- that form the world in which the story occurs
MacGuffin correct answers An object, document, or secret within a story that is vitally important
to the characters, and thus motivates their actions and the conflict, but that turns out to be less
significant to the overall narrative than we might at first expect
Film Noir correct answers A genre that seeks to disorient the viewer and convey a sense of
unease
Femme Fatale correct answers (Deadly woman) A role that casts women as seductive,
autonomous, and deceptive predators who use men for their own means
In Medea Res correct answers When a film begins in the middle of the story
Internal Conflict correct answers Psychological struggle within the mind of a character (self
doubt, inexperience, personal history, emotional problems, ethics)
External Conflict correct answers Struggle between a character and an outside force such as
nature or another character, which drives the dramatic action of the plot (society, group,
individual, nature, circumstances)
Hammartia correct answers A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero/heroine (hubris,
overweening pride)
Foreshadow correct answers To warn of a future event
, Catharsis correct answers The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief form, strong or
repressed emotions
Mimesis correct answers Imitation, in particular
Hub correct answers A major event in a plot; a branching point in the plot structure that forces a
character to choose between or among alternate paths
Satellite correct answers A minor plot event in the diegesis but detachable from it; removing a
satellite may affect the overall texture of the narrative
Pathos correct answers A quality that evokes pity or sadness
Bathos correct answers An effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from
the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous
Writers Guild of America correct answers Joint efforts of two different US labor unions
representing TV and film writers; copyrights 10,000 scripts a year
Rule of Three correct answers Only 3 writers may get screen credit for a movie script
Mise en Scene correct answers (Staging) The overall look and feel of a movie- the sum of
everything the audience sees, hears, and experiences while viewing it
Read the Frame Left to Right correct answers Reading the frame from the left to the right (easy
up/down, hard up/down)
Rule of Thirds correct answers A principle of composition that enables fimmakers to maximize
the potential of the image, balance its elements, and create the illusion of depth. A grid pattern,
when superimposed on the image, divides the images into horizontal thirds representing the
foreground, middle ground, and background planes, and into vertical thirds that break up those
planes into additional elements
Anamorphic Ratio correct answers (W x H) 1.85:1; W=1.85 x H; projected
Chiaroscuro correct answers The use of deep gradations and subtle variations of lights and darks
within an image
Expressionism correct answers A style of which the creator seeks to express emotional
experience rather than impressions of the external world
Socialist Realism correct answers The theory of art officially sanctioned by the state in some
communist countries, by which artistic work was supposed to reflect and promote the ideals of a
socialist society
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