Plot & Narrative
This type of film tells a story.
What is a narrative film?
The main character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
The central idea underlying a story.
What is theme?
The planning phase of filmmaking.
What is preproduction?
The art of taking moving pictures.
What is cinematography?
Another word for “temporal.”
What is relating to time?
The opposing force that creates conflict.
What is the antagonist?
The emotional atmosphere of a film.
What is mood (or tone)?
The stage when filming takes place.
What is production?
Photography, painting, and film all present this.
What is a framed image?
Name the four parts of a causal plot.
What are exposition, complications, climax, and resolution?
Setting includes these two components.
What are location and time?
True or False: All films have strong themes.
What is false?
The stage where editing, sound effects, and music are added.
What is postproduction?
In film, the visual presentation including lighting, costumes, and décor is called this.
What is mise-en-scène?
This type of plot presents loosely connected events that do not build directly upon one another.
What is an episodic plot?
Name one psychological way setting can influence an audience.
Examples may include: creates fear, nostalgia, isolation, chaos, safety, etc.
If plot gives us actions, theme gives us this.
What is intellectual meaning?
Why should film music students understand cinematography?
Because music must align with timing, editing, camera movement, and visual storytelling.
Define a Dutch angle.
What is when the camera is tilted so the image appears at an angle?
This technique interrupts chronological order and often reveals information from the past.
What is a flashback?
A film set in a historical era requiring attention to costumes, accents, and props is called this.
What is a period film?
These two tools are most powerful for directors in creating mood.
What are visual elements and music?
Name all three stages of film production in order.
What are preproduction, production, and postproduction?
Name three factors cinematographers consider when composing a shot.
Camera angle, proximity, lighting, lenses, movement (any three).