Character Constellation correct answers Protagonist, antagonist, agon, romantic double,
Goals: Desires and Needs; when the goals of a protagonist are blocked, we have conflict
Narration correct answers the manner or way in which the narrative is presented to the audience
Narrative correct an...
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Character Constellation correct answers Protagonist, antagonist, agon, romantic double,
Goals: Desires and Needs; when the goals of a protagonist are blocked, we have conflict
Narration correct answers the manner or way in which the narrative is presented to the audience
Narrative correct answers a CHAIN of EVENTS in CAUSE/EFFECT relationship occurring in
TIME and SPACE
Sub-systems of Film Form: correct answers Narrative System and cinematic style
Narrative system correct answers Character Constellation; Setting; Plot Development; and
Narration
perceptual subjectivity correct answers audiences are shown what a character sees and/or hears
from the POV of THAT CHARACTER
Mental subjectivity correct answers audiences are shown what a character thinks or feels
(dreams, memories [flashbacks], fantasies, hallucinations)
4 aspects/elements of Mise en Scene correct answers setting and props,
Costumes and makeup,
lighting,
figure expression and facial movement
2 subsystems of film form correct answers narrative system and cinematic style
Film correct answers an INTEGRATED SUCCESSION of PROJECTED IMAGES and
AMPLIFIED SOUNDS that COMMUNICATE IDEAS/MEANINGS and EVOKE EMOTIONS.
, Film form correct answers The OVERALL SYSTEM of RELATIONSHIPS among the
ELEMENTS that we PERCEIVE in a film.
Narrator correct answers a specific agent whose spoken lines of dialogue tell the story (can be a
character or a non-character)
Episodic or loose narrative: correct answers individual scenes are unified but the links between
them are not clear
Framed narrative: correct answers a story within a story
Inside narrative: correct answers the story that is told inside/within another story
Frame narrative: correct answers the outside story; the narrative present; the story within which
another story is told
Classical Hollywood Cinema: correct answers shows a clear-cut individual protagonist (usually
male) who has specific and obvious goals and clear obstacles in the path of achieving those
goals. Such films privilege the narrative over the cinematic style, which therefore often is
described as invisible or unobtrusive style. The narratives of such films stress continuity (tight
narratives, usually linear [clear links of cause and effect between individual scenes]) and almost
always the conflicts are resolved by the end of the film.
Setting correct answers Narrative term which conveys time and place
set correct answers The physical way the filmmaker conveys the setting of the narrative to the
viewer
3 light sources in Classic hollywood cinema correct answers Key light,
fill light,
back light
motif correct answers any significant repeated element in a film narrative
Deep focus correct answers within a single shot, ALL the planes in front of the lens are in
SHARP focus at the same time
Shallow focus correct answers within a single shot, ONLY ONE (1) plane in front of the camera
is in SHARP focus at the same time
Racking Focus/Racking/Pulling: correct answers in a single shot which is in SHALLOW focus,
changing the plane which is in SHARP focus DURING that single shot
Depth of Field correct answers the range of distances in front of the lens within which objects
can be photographed in SHARP focus
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