TFM 160 Exam #1 Questions and Correct Answers 2023

Explicit Meaning - Everything that a movie presents on its surface Implicit meaning - Lying below the surface of explicit meaning, what the movie actually means Formal analysis - Film analysis that examines formal elements-narrative, cinematography, editing, sound- and how well they convey story, mood, and meaning Cinematic language - The accepted systems, methods, pr conventions by which the movies communicate with thw viewer. Deemed invisible due to the fact that viewers generally passively overlook these "rules" Cultural invisibility - Generally viewers overlook the cultural influences in a movie Shot - One interrupted run of the camera Editing - The process by which an editor combines and cordinates individual shots into a cinematic whole Cut - A direct change from one shot to another Close up - A shot that often shows a part of the body filling the frame Fade in/fade out - Transitional devices in which a shot fades in or out Low angle shot - A shot that takes place below the actipn and puts the observer in a position of inferiority Cutting on action - When shots jump abck and forth showing thw same action from different viewing angles Protagonist - The primary chracter whos pursuit of the goal provides the foundation for the story Theme - A shared public idea or familiar confict or personality type Motif - A recurring visual, sound, or narrative element that imparts meaning or significance Form - The means by whoch a subject is expressed, ie for poetry it is word, for movies:pictures and sound Content - The subject of an artwork Patterns - Manipulate expectations or response, can deem importance upon some aspect of the film Three fundamental principles of film form - Light, An illusion of movement, Manipulation of soace and time in unique ways Movement: persistence of vision - Process by which human brain retains an image for a fraction of a second longer than an eye records it Movement:phi phenomenon - Created by events that succeed eachother rapidly; eye flickering on and off Movement: critical flicker fusion - When lights flicker on and off so rapidly that it appears as if there is constantly light Space manipulation - The angle of the shots , the movement of the camera, setting of props, all affects how we view space Time manipulation - Through editing and jumping of scene to scene, and by messing with order Realism - An interest or concern for the actual or real