Film noir - Guides d'étude, Notes de cours & Résumés

Film Chapter 3 Questions and Answers Already Passed What are the four related ways we can define the term narrative? A narrative is... -a story -a type of movie -a way of structuring fictional or fictionalized stories presented in narrative films -the way that movie stories are constructed and presented to engage, involve, and orient an audience -exposition, rising action, climax falling action and resolution -a broader concept that both includes and goes beyond any of these applications -any ...

Question 1 1 / 1 pts In the 1960's women began to question their assigned, traditional sexual roles. True Question 2 1 / 1 pts Cautionary Tales, such as Valley of the Dolls, celebrated the successful lives of single women in the city and showed how women can resist a patriarchal society and triumph. False Question 3 1 / 1 pts In film noir, the femme fatale gains power through use of her sexuality which ultimately ends in her de

FMS 200 Midterm Questions and Answers realist film style ANSWER documentary, film as information, simple cinematography classical film style ANSWER narrative fiction, film as product, stars formalist film style ANSWER film as art, low-budget, avant-garde orthochromatic film ANSWER black and white film stock sensitive to blue and green but not yellow and red (actors had to wear heavy grease paint makeup) klieg lighting ANSWER 3-point lighting system focused into tight beams (allowe...

Implicit Meaning An association, connection, or inference that a viewer makes on the basis of the given (explicit) meaning conveyed by the story and form of a film. Closest to our everyday sense of the word meaning. Explicit Meaning Everything that a movie presents on its surface; the obvious meaning of the movie. Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:03 / 0:15 Full screen Shot unbroken span of action captured by...

implicit meaning - correct answer lies below the surface; implied meaning explicit meaning - correct answer available on the surface; obvious meaning formal analysis - correct answer every element in a frame has a reason; focuses on elements of film (cinematography, editing, sound & design) cinematic invisibility - correct answer makes the film easy to watch; techniques go unnoticed cultural invisibility - correct answer implicit meaning; cultu...

What are the four different ways of looking at Narrative? ("The Idea of Narrative") - correct answer In a story Ina type of movie In a way of structuring fictional or fictionalized stories presented in narrative films. Is a broader concept that both includes and goes beyond any of these applications What are the three categories of movies explored in the reading? ("Types of Movies") Be familiar with the general characteristics for each category of movie. - correct answer Narrative ...

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WST 371 Quiz 4 Question 1 1 / 1 pts In the 1960's women began to question their assigned, traditional sexual roles. True Question 2 1 / 1 pts Cautionary Tales, such as Valley of the Dolls, celebrated the successful lives of single women in the city and showed how women can resist a patriarchal society and triumph. False Question 3 1 / 1 pts In film noir, the femme fatale gains power through use of her sexuality which ultimately ends in her demise. True Question 4 1 / 1 pts According to Tribbett...

Narratology - ANSWER-A study of how stories work, how we make sense of the raw materials of a narrative, how we fit them together to form a coherent whole. Classical paradigm - ANSWER-A movie strong in story, star, and production values, with a high level of technical achievement, and edited according to conventions of classical cutting. Realistic narratives - ANSWER-A style of narrating in which the style is hidden under a familiar surface pattern, but is manipulative to actual realism. ...

Cautionary Tales, such as Valley of the Dolls, celebrated the successful lives of single women in the city and showed how women can resist a patriarchal society and triumph. False • Question 3 1 out of 1 points In film noir, the femme fatale gains power through use of her sexuality which ultimately ends in her demise. True • Question 4 1 out of 1 points According to Tribbetts-Williams, African- American women have played stereotypical roles in popular culture, this/these role(s) include: the...