Restricted narration Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Omniscient narration - correct answer it knows all; it can provide any character's experiences and perceptions, as well as information no character knows. Restricted narration - correct answer reveals information to the audiences only as a specific character learns of it. Story - correct answer all of the explicit and implicit narrative events in the story and the diegesis, or total world in which the story occurs. Plot - correct answer the specific actions and events and the order in ...

Film Chapter 4 Questions and Answers Already Graded A What is the difference between narration and narrator? Narration is the act of telling the story Narrator is who or what tells the story Narrative = Story Camera is the primary narrator The narrator delivers the narration that conveys the narrative. What are the differences between omniscient and restricted narration? Omniscient -it knows all and can tell us whatever it wants us to know -unrestricted access to all aspects of the narrativ...

What are the differences between omniscient and restricted narration? - Omniscient -it knows all and can tell us whatever it wants us to know -unrestricted access to all aspects of the narrative -any character's experiences and perceptions Restrictive -limits the information it provides the audience to things known by a single character -Rear Window -audience identifies with the character's singular perspective -can be unreliable How (and why) do we distinguish between the...

Implicit Meaning - correct answer under the surface, hidden meaning Explicit Meaning - correct answer obvious, surface meaning/story Form - correct answer the means by which a subject is expressed. the form for poetry, it's words; for drama, it's speech and action; for movies it's pictures and sound Content - correct answer the subject, what it is about Formal Analysis - correct answer how a scene uses: narrative, cinematography, e...

Implicit Meaning lies beneath the surface of a movie's story or presentation, internal meaning, implied Explicit Meaning available on the surface, literal meaning, definition Form Cinematic Language, how the SUBJECT is expressed Content The actual subject what it is about Theme Shared public idea central idea or message Formal Analysis Dissecting everything in a film (cinematography, sound, composition, design, movement, performance, editing) Om...

form - correct answer means by which the subject is expressed & experienced (how it is presented). Form sets up audience expectation. Form supplies the methods & techniques necessary to present it to the audience. content - correct answer The subject of an artwork (what it is about). Content provides something to express. theme - correct answer central idea or message formal analysis - correct answer dissects the complex synthesis of cinematography, s...

Implicit Meaning - correct answer Lies below the surface of a movie's story and presentation Explicit Meaning - correct answer An association, connection, or inference that a viewer makes on the basis available on the surface of the movie Form - correct answer Means by which a subject is expressed and experienced Content - correct answer Subject of an artwork (what the work is about) Theme - correct answer Unifying idea that the film...

features of classical hollywood film - plot driven by a goal oriented individual, protagonist - character desires and traits are clear and reamin consistent - all scenes further cause and effect narrative - 2 or more story lines related to eachother (professional & personal plot) - most plots chronological order/flashbacks - high degree of closure, answers questions about the film in the end unrestricted narration the audience knows more than any character in the film (most hollywo...

Editing The process (art and technique) by which the editor selects, arranges, and assembles the visual, sound, and special effects to tell a story Shot Basic building blocks of film editing A shot's two distinct values? -the value of the photographic image in itself -the value acquired when the shot is placed in relationship to other shots Cut Editing's most fundamental tool The Kuleshov Effect Meaning comes from the editing, not from the physical really th...

What are the differences between omniscient and restricted narration? - correct answer Omniscient -it knows all and can tell us whatever it wants us to know -unrestricted access to all aspects of the narrative -any character's experiences and perceptions Restrictive -limits the information it provides the audience to things known by a single character -Rear Window -audience identifies with the character's singular perspective -can be unreliable How (and why) do we distinguish...