Quizzes

=Quizzes= The quizzes will consist of multiple-choice and short-answer questions. Below is a running list of terms and concepts you should know. You should be able to define these terms, to give examples of them, and to apply them in analysis of specific films that we have screened in class. The quizzes will be cumulative, so you will continue to be responsible for material from earlier chapters.

Chapter 2: Film Analysis
See the summary of Chapter 2 on pages 30-31.
 * Motif
 * Parallel
 * Turning point

**Chapter 4: Narrative Form** See the summary of Chapter 4 on pages 84-85. Note: You will not be quizzed on the concepts of syuzhet or fabula.
 * Exposition
 * Backstory
 * Complicating action/Development
 * Climax
 * Resolution
 * Three-Act structure
 * Turning point
 * Episodic structure
 * Frame narration
 * Open-ended narrative
 * Narrative conventions (clarity, unity, characters, closure)
 * Narration: restricted vs. unrestricted
 * Narration: objective vs. subjective

Chapter 5: Mise-en-scene
See the summary of Chapter 5 on pages 124-125.
 * Mise-en-scene
 * Elements of mise-en-scene: setting, the human figure (acting, figure placement, costume), lighting, and composition
 * Lighting: quality (hard vs. soft), contrast (high key vs. low key and natural key), and placement
 * Three-point lighting
 * Elements of composition: balance and symmetry, foreground and background, tight vs. loose framing, open vs. closed framing

Chapter 6: Cinematography
See the summary of Chapter 6 on page 182 You will not be quizzed on the items in the last four bullets.
 * Shot vs. set-up vs. take
 * Camera height (eye-level, low, high)
 * Camera angle (high, low, canted, overhead)
 * Camera distance (xls, ls, mls, ms, mcu, cu, xcu)
 * Storyboard
 * Camera movement:motivated vs. unmotivated
 * Depth of field
 * Long take

Chapter 7: Editing
See the summary of Chapter 7 on page 221.
 * Continuity editing
 * 180-degree rule
 * Shot/reverse shot
 * Match cut, esp. eyeline match
 * Parallel edting
 * Establishing shot
 * Soviet montage editing

Chapter 8: Sound
You should be able to analyze 1) the components and sources of film sound, 2) how sound relates to image, and 3) how sound functions. See Chapter 8 for examples.
 * Components of film sound: dialogue, sound effects, music
 * Sources of film sound: Diegetic vs. non-diegetic sound, onscreen vs. offscreen sound, internal vs. external