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What is style? |
| | A) | A film's organization into a categorical, rhetorical, abstract, associational, or narrative system |
| | B) | How film techniques interact to create another formal system of the film |
| | C) | Any aspect of the film medium that can be chosen and manipulated in making a film |
| | D) | A type of filmic organization in which the parts create and support an argument |
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No single film uses all the technical possibilities available. Which of the following accounts for the reason for this? |
| | A) | Historical circumstances limit the choices that filmmakers have open to them |
| | B) | The filmmaker must choose which techniques to employ |
| | C) | Filmmakers deliberately select techniques which will point out story parallels |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Which of the following is not one of the steps in which the audience can analyze a film's style? |
| | A) | Identify what the emotional, symbolic, and perceptual aspects of the film are |
| | B) | Determine the organizational structure of the film, its narrative and nonnarrative formal system |
| | C) | Trace out patterns of techniques within the whole film |
| | D) | Propose functions for the salient techniques and the patterns they form |
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What is the first step of analyzing a film? |
| | A) | To understand what the plot is |
| | B) | To understand the roles of the individuals who are involved in the creation of the film |
| | C) | To understand how the film is put together as a whole |
| | D) | To understand how to properly analyze a film |
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In analyzing a film according to the salient techniques used, what must initially be noticed? |
| | A) | The things, such as cutting and framing, that most viewers do not consciously notice |
| | B) | Whether the film follows a narrative or nonnarrative structure |
| | C) | The names of the important figures involved with the film |
| | D) | The director's concept for the film |
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Does stylistic patterning have to follow the structures of narrative and nonnarrative films? |
| | A) | Yes, it must follow the structures for both types of films |
| | B) | It must follow the structure for narrative, but not nonnarrative |
| | C) | It must follow the structure for nonnarrative, but not narrative |
| | D) | No, it does not have to follow the structures of either type |
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Style may enhance which of the following in a film? |
| | A) | Emotion |
| | B) | Meaning |
| | C) | Perception |
| | D) | All of the above |
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What is one way the audience may sharpen their sense of the function of specific film techniques? |
| | A) | To research the specific techniques the audience member is interested in examining |
| | B) | To imagine alternatives and reflect on what differences that would make |
| | C) | To watch the film multiple times, searching each time for new techniques not previously noticed |
| | D) | By the director making certain techniques obvious to the audience |
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Citizen Kane offers a good example of how a director does what? |
| | A) | Creates style unique to each film |
| | B) | Combines the elements of form and style |
| | C) | Chooses between alternatives |
| | D) | Creates suspense and intrigue for the audience |
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Usually in documentary interviews, the camera shoots in a range from the medium-long shot to the medium close-up. What shots are primarily used in Gap-Toothed Women? |
| | A) | Extreme close-up |
| | B) | Close-up |
| | C) | Long shot |
| | D) | Extreme long shot |
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The River creates parallels by means of rhythms within what two elements? |
| | A) | The editing and cinematography |
| | B) | The mise-en-scene and sound track |
| | C) | The mise-en-scene and cinematography |
| | D) | The editing and soundtrack |
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The purpose of the film Ballet Mecanique is what? |
| | A) | To show how ballet dancing resembles the way a factory machine operates |
| | B) | To make objects dance |
| | C) | To show off the various editing techniques available to filmmakers |
| | D) | To create a narrative that involves only machines |
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The most noticeable characteristic of mise-en-scene in A Movie is what? |
| | A) | Its great variety |
| | B) | Its editing styles |
| | C) | Its cinematography |
| | D) | Its use of time and space |
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What rules need to be followed in order to understand films? |
| | A) | The 180 degree rule |
| | B) | Universal time and space |
| | C) | The screen actors guild rules |
| | D) | No specific set of rules |
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