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| The main way an audience is able to predict the outcome of a film is based on what? |
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| An explicit meaning is what? |
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| an openly asserted meaning |
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| Small-scale production is most common in what type of film? |
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| Averaged out, a long-running success at the box office will yield what percent of the gross to the theatre? |
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| A chain of events in a cause-effect relationship occurring in time and space is what? |
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| A film that doesn't enter the theatrical market is what? |
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| An important trait that functions to get the narrative moving is a character's what? |
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| What is not a convention of time in a film? |
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| What is true about character narrators? |
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| They can be subjective, revealing details of inner life, or objective, confining the recounting to external events |
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| A film's narration manipulates the audience's degree and the depth of what? |
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| Who is typically considered to be the author of a film? |
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| Unity in a film is a matter of what? |
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| Implicit meanings can lead the audience to come up with broad concepts for the film called what? |
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| Which of the following is not a type of meaning that form creates? |
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| Who is responsible for shooting the insert shots (footage to fill in at certain places)? |
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| Computer technology has changed all phases of film production. Which of the following must still be accomplished manually (not through a computer)? |
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| virtual production assistants |
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| Which of the following is not a formal criterion when making an evaluated judgment on a film? |
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| The person responsible for overseeing the shooting and assembly phases of a film is who? |
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| How do films' narratives create mystery? |
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| by suppressing certain story causes and presenting only effects in the plot |
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| The first purpose of a film's form is to do which of the following? |
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| communicate with the viewer in a uniquely cinematic way |
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| Which of the following is not a factor in creating cinema's illusion? |
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| Which of the following is a diegetic element of film? |
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| dialogue between characters |
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| Why is it important for audiences to examine how films embody narrative form? |
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| because of the prevalence of stories in their lives |
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| Suspense is created by which of the following? |
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| a delay in fulfilling an established expectation |
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| What happened to the major film studios once the studio system disappeared? |
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| They have become distribution companies. |
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| How are films typically categorized? |
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| on the basis of how they were made |
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| What is the most common pattern of plot development? |
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| What is exposition in film? |
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| the portion of the plot that sets out story events and important character traits |
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| The best way to recognize how a film develops formally is to do what? |
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| to compare the beginning and the ending of the film |
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| Does a film element's function depend on the filmmaker's intention? |
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