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978-1457663543 Chapter 1
ii CHAPTER 1 ENCOUNTERING FILM: FROM PREPRODUCTION TO EXHIBITION KEY OBJECTIVES • List the ways the stages of filmmaking, from preproduction through production to postproduction, and explain how each stage informs what we see on the screen. • Describe how […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 10
62 CHAPTER 10 MOVIE GENRES: CONVENTIONS, FORMULAS, AND AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS KEY OBJECTIVES • Understand why film genres attract audiences. • Describe the historical origins of film genres, and explain how they can change over time. • Define what conventions, formulas, […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 11
69 CHAPTER 11 READING ABOUT FILM: CRITICAL THEORIES AND METHODS KEY OBJECTIVES • Explain the concept of cinematic specificity. Introduce the method of formal analysis. • Describe the interdisciplinary nature of film and media studies. • Outline the major positions […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 12 Part 1
74 CHAPTER 12 WRITING A FILM ESSAY: OBSERVATIONS, ARGUMENTS, RESEARCH, AND ANALYSIS KEY OBJECTIVES • Describe the difference between reviews and critical essays. • Practice taking notes on films and how to organize those notes. • Choose a topic and […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 12 Part 2
90 1. Count and then time the shots in the sequence. How does the rhythm of the editing in the sequence contribute to the film’s mood or meaning? 2. How is the gag set up by editing? Much of the […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 2
10 CHAPTER 2 HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY: HOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND KEY OBJECTIVES • Draw the broad outlines and periods of film history. • Explain global dimensions of film history, emphasizing the distinctive nature of different national cinemas as well as transnational […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 3
19 CHAPTER 3 MISE-EN-SCÈNE: EXPLORING A MATERIAL WORLD KEY OBJECTIVES • Define “mise–en–scène” and identify how theatrical and other traditions affect the history of cinematic mise–en– scène. • Describe how sets and props relate to a film’s story. • Explain […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 4
26 CHAPTER 4 CINEMATOGRAPHY: FRAMING WHAT WE SEE KEY OBJECTIVES • Outline the development of the film image from an historical heritage of visual spectacles. • Describe how the frame of an image positions our point of view according to […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 5
CHAPTER 5 EDITING: RELATING IMAGES KEY OBJECTIVES • Understand the artistic and technological evolution of editing. • Examine the ways editing constructs different spatial and temporal relationships among images. • Detail the dominant style of continuity editing. • Identify the […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 6
39 CHAPTER 6 FILM SOUND: LISTENING TO THE CINEMA KEY OBJECTIVES • Explain the various ways sound is important to the film experience. • Describe how the use and understanding of sound reflect different historical and cultural influences. • Explain […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 7
CHAPTER 7 NARRATIVE FILMS: TELLING STORIES KEY OBJECTIVES • Summarize the cultural ubiquity of storytelling in film. • Describe the different historical practices that create the foundations for film narratives. • Explain how film narratives construct plots that can arrange […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 8
52 CHAPTER 8 DOCUMENTARY FILMS: REPRESENTING THE REAL KEY OBJECTIVES • Recognize that documentary films are best distinguished as cultural practices. • Describe how documentary films employ nonfictional and non-narrative images and forms. • Identify how documentary movies make and […]
978-1457663543 Chapter 9
57 CHAPTER 9 EXPERIMENTAL FILM AND NEW MEDIA: CHALLENGING FORM KEY OBJECTIVES • Describe experimental film and media as cultural practices. • Explain how experimental works make and draw on aesthetic histories. • Point out how these works explore the […]
978-1457663543 Test Bank Chapter 1
CHAPTER 1 ENCOUNTERING FILM: FROM PREPRODUCTION TO EXHIBITION MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Preproduction is A. before the cameras roll. B. when a project is in development. C. when funds are raised. 2. In the 1990s, independent films were typically financed A. […]
978-1457663543 Test Bank Chapter 10
132 CHAPTER 10 MOVIE GENRES: CONVENTIONS, FORMULAS:, AND AUDIENCE EXPECTATIONS MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Fordism inspired Hollywood studios to A. create, again and again, many different modified versions of a popular movie. B. establish their association with specific genres. 2. In […]
978-1457663543 Test Bank Chapter 11
135 CHAPTER 11 READING ABOUT FILM: CRITICAL THEORIES AND METHODS MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. The “imaginary” A. is one of three domains of psychic experience. B. deals in images. C. is rooted in the mirror stage. 2. In her essay, “Is […]
978-1457663543 Test Bank Chapter 2
108 CHAPTER 2 HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY: HOLLYWOOD AND BEYOND MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. The “Biograph Girl” was C. D. W. Griffith. D. Mary Pickford. E. None of the options is correct. The answer can be found on p. 60. 2. For […]
978-1457663543 Test Bank Chapter 3
111 CHAPTER 3 MISE-EN-SCÈNE: EXPLORING A MATERIAL WORLD MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Mise-en-scène includes A. sets and setting. B. actors. 2. The function of costumes and make-up in films is A. to help viewers understand and follow a character and the […]
978-1457663543 Test Bank Chapter 4
114 CHAPTER 4 CINEMATOGRAPHY: FRAMING WHAT WE SEE MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. CinemaScope A. was used exclusively by director Nicholas Ray. B. is another name for Academy ratio. C. has an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. C. a small circular piece of […]
978-1457663543 Test Bank Chapter 5
117 1. A scene is A. a model for sports montages. B. an identifiable motif, regardless of changes in space and time. C. a single length of film. D. one or more shots that describe a continuous space, time, and […]
978-1457663543 Test Bank Chapter 6
120 CHAPTER 6 FILM SOUND: LISTENING TO THE CINEMA MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. A microphone suspended over the action outside of camera range on a device resembling a fishing pole is called C. a sound bridge. D. a walla. E. None […]
978-1457663543 Test Bank Chapter 7
123 CHAPTER 7 NARRATIVE FILMS: TELLING STORIES MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Character development can involve A. a physical alteration. B. changes from within. C. an improvement or advancement in some quality of the character. 2. A historical narrative location A. is […]
978-1457663543 Test Bank Chapter 8
126 CHAPTER 8 DOCUMENTARY FILMS: REPRESENTING THE REAL MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Portapak is A. a lightweight 16mm camera. E. None of the options is correct. The answer can be found on p. 289. 2. In 1926, the term “documentary film” […]
978-1457663543 Test Bank Chapter 9
129 CHAPTER 9 EXPERIMENTAL SCREENS: AVANT-GARDE FILM, VIDEO ART, AND NEW MEDIA MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS 1. Who considered cinema the most important of the arts for the revolutionaries? A. Germaine Dulac B. Dziga Vertov C. Fernand Léger 2. Which of the […]