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| 1 |  |  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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| 2 |  |  No single film uses all the technical possibilities available. Which of the following accounts 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 the answers are correct. |
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| 3 |  |  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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| 4 |  |  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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| 5 |  |  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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| 6 |  |  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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| 7 |  |  Style may enhance which of the following in a film? |
|  | A) | emotion |
|  | B) | meaning |
|  | C) | perception |
|  | D) | All the answers are correct. |
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| 8 |  |  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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| 9 |  |  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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| 10 |  |  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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| 11 |  |  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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| 12 |  |  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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| 13 |  |  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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| 14 |  |  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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