Film genre - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Purpose/Examples of descriptive writing - Answer As it suggests, descriptive writing describes a film, without evaluation or judgment Purpose/Examples of evaluative writing - Answer An evaluative claim presents a judgment, expressing the author's belief that the film is bad, good, mediocre, flawed, etc. Why interpretive film writing is important - Answer They seek to understand the ways in which film art produces meaning and how meaning is interpreted by viewers Definition of a star - An...

The Classical period () correct answers The majority of both Mandarin and Cantonese film production in Hong Kong is studio-based. Entertainment-oriented cinema with genre influences from the U.S. and Japan. The Transitional period () correct answers Increasing urbanization/westernization. Demise/localization of Cantonese cinema. Dominance of kung-fu films. The Modern period (1979-present) correct answers New generation in front of and behind the camera. Film production freed from studio so...

dystopian : An imagined society that is negative in some way, for example an oppressive society. genre : a major category or type of literature literary device : Any method an author uses to add meaning or interest to a text, such as metaphors, similes or alliteration. literary fiction : Fiction written with serious artistic intentions prose : Any writing that is not poetry novel 2 : An extended piece of prose fiction. novella : a short novel or long short story short story : A...

Contemporary Cinema Final Exam Questions and Answers 100% Verified Postwar Hong Kong Cinema-The Classical Period - -majority of both Mandarin and Cantonese film production in Hong Kong is studio based -entertainment-oriented cinema with genre influences from the U.S. and Japan Postwar Hong Kong Cinema-the Transitional Period - -increasing urbanization/westernization -demise/localization of Cantonese Cinema -Dominance of kung-fu films Postwar Hong Kong Cinema-The Modern Period -1979-pre...

Christmas in CT correct answers Peter Godfrey, 1945 Christmas in CT - genre correct answers Screwball comedy Christmas in CT -aesthetic choice correct answers Show and don't tell Bicycle Thieves correct answers De Sica, 1948 Bicycle thieves - genre correct answers Italian neo realism Bicycle thieves - aesthetic choice correct answers Minimal editing, on location shooting, naturalistic acting All That Heaven Allows correct answers Sirk, 1955 All That Heaven Allows - genre co...

American studio system (the big eight) - correct answer 20th Century Fox - now owned by 21st Century Fox -Columbia Pictures - now owned by Sony. -MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). -Paramount Pictures - now owned by Viacom. -RKO Radio Pictures - defunct c. 1957 -United Artists - purchased by MGM -Universal Studios - now a part of Comcast-owned NBCUniversal. -Warner Bros. - now Time Warner the 'Big Six' collecively command approximately 80 - 85% ...

distract Ans: отвлекать perception Ans: восприятие to impact Ans: влиять Genre Ans: жанр action Ans: боевик, экшн detective Ans: детектив romantic film Ans: романтический фильм adventure film Ans: приключенческий фильм calm down Ans: успокоиться tensive Ans: напряженный pleasant Ans: довольный cheer up (to

[closed] romantic realism - (fixed meaning) not open to interpretation 180 degree rule - a cinematography guideline that states that two characters in a scene should maintain the same left/right relationship to one another 3 point lighting - comprised of three light sources comprising of the key light, fill light, and back light back light - shines on the subject from behind blocking (in film) - arranging the camera to shoot the actors in a certain way as they move blocking (in theater) -...

Implicit Meaning - CORRECT ANSWER lies beneath the surface of a movie's story & presentation Explicit Meaning - CORRECT ANSWER available on the surface of the movie Form - CORRECT ANSWER means by which the subject is expressed and 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...

TFM 160 Final Exam questions with complete solution Implicit Meaning - Correct Answer lies beneath the surface of a movie's story or presentation, internal meaning, implied Explicit meaning - Correct Answer available on the surface, literal meaning, definition Form - Correct Answer means by which the subject is expressed and experienced, how it is presented sets up audience expectation supplies the methods and techniques necessary to present it to the audience Content - Correct Answ...