Filmmakers Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Omniscient narration - correct answer it knows all; it can provide any character's experiences and perceptions, as well as information no character knows. Restricted narration - correct answer reveals information to the audiences only as a specific character learns of it. Story - correct answer all of the explicit and implicit narrative events in the story and the diegesis, or total world in which the story occurs. Plot - correct answer the specific actions and events and the order in ...

CTVR 3 Midterm Score: 75/75 A key pioneer in the science of motion picture technology that shot a series of photos of horses using trip wires was: - Edward Muybridge An early Victorian-era toy that showed pictures moving was called the: - Zoetrope During the period from 1918 to 1933: Film production and attendance roughly: - Doubled During the period from 1918 to 1933: One of the great advances in camera technique was the development of the: - Tighter shots During the period fro...

Film Form and Narrative Questions with complete solution 2023/2024Film Content - correct answer The subject matter or meaning of a film. That which is expressed by a work of art. Film Form - correct answer The means by which a film's content is expressed. The style and techniques used to convey meaning. Film Conventions - correct answer Traditions, dominant styles, and popular forms used by filmmakers which are generally accepted as the principles of filmmaking. Film Genre - correct an...

three-point lighting - correct answer perhaps the best-known lighting convention in feature filmmaking, a system that used three sources of light-key light, fill light, and backlight-each aimed from a different direction and position in relation to the subject; it allows filmmakers to control the ratio between illumination and shadow; also known as three point system key light - correct answer the primary source of illumination in a shot; positioned to one side of the camera, it creates deep ...

Film Chapter 4 Questions and Answers Already Graded A What is the difference between narration and narrator? Narration is the act of telling the story Narrator is who or what tells the story Narrative = Story Camera is the primary narrator The narrator delivers the narration that conveys the narrative. What are the differences between omniscient and restricted narration? Omniscient -it knows all and can tell us whatever it wants us to know -unrestricted access to all aspects of the narrativ...

three-point lighting - perhaps the best-known lighting convention in feature filmmaking, a system that used three sources of light-key light, fill light, and backlight-each aimed from a different direction and position in relation to the subject; it allows filmmakers to control the ratio between illumination and shadow; also known as three point system key light - the primary source of illumination in a shot; positioned to one side of the camera, it creates deep shadows, which are modif...

TFM-160 Unit 1 Quiz1. What is the difference between implicit and explicit meaning? (And how do these terms relate to onions, and ogres, and a movie such as Juno?" - correct answer Ogres, Onions, and movies all have layers. This relates to the implicit and explicit meaning. The implicit meaning lies below the surface of a movie's story and presentation; implied or suggested. The explicit meaning is available on the surface of the movie; obvious. What is "formal analysis" and how does form...

FIL 2552 Final Exam Questions and Correct Answers According to the film, Edwin S. Porter discovered that cutting separate shots together could create a story - Answer-According to the film, this is TRUE. According to history, this is FALSE. According to the film, Edwin S. Porter was the first to use intercutting in his film Life of the American Fireman - Answer-According to the film, this is TRUE. According to history, this is FALSE. According to the film, D.W. Griffith established the tena...

FMS 100 Final Exam Questions With Answers Updated 2024/2025 | Rated A+. 3 Phases of Moviemaking - ANSWER--*Preproduction*: Consists of planning and preparation. It takes as long as necessary to get the job done, on average a year or two. Initially, filmmakers develop an idea or obtain a script they wish to produce. Once the rights to produce are contracted and purchased, producers spend months arranging and financing for production. Another two or three months may be spent rewriting the scr...

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 ...