Ch. 2 Film Art
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musiqgirl203 on February 25, 2012
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Bordwell and Thompson Ninth Edition
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Any set of elements in a film that depend on and affect one another is called what? | a system |
| Suspense is created by | a delay in fulfilling an established expectation |
| The main way an audience is able to predict the outcome of a film is based on what? | prior experience |
| As a part of film form, a film's narrative constitutes | the film's story. |
| 4 types of film form | referential, implicit, explicit, and symptomatic. |
| An explicit meaning is what? | an openly asserted meaning |
| Implicit meanings can lead the audience to come up with broad concepts for the film, called what? | theme |
| A symptomatic meaning is what? | meaning that is a manifestation of a wider set of values characteristic of a whole society |
| NOT a formal criterion when making an evaluated judgment on a film? | unity |
| The justification for an element being in a film is that element's | motivation. |
| What is a motif? | any significant repeated element in a film |
| the formal principle of difference may manifest itself through.. | character conflict, action, and setting. |
| The best way to recognize how a film develops formally is to do what? | to compare the beginning and the ending of the film |
| Because a unified film seems to have no gaps between the formal relationships, it may be | called tight. |
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