Film Theory
Film Didactics
Genres
Screened Films
100
What is the key element that is mainly concerned with actors and actresses?
Performance
100
What are the conventional three-step-tasks to deal with moving images in teaching settings called?
Pre-/ While- / Post-Watching tasks
100
Name one technique that makes Comedies humorous!
wordplay, wit, clever dialogue,
physical comedy, exaggerated actions,...
100
Who are the last two people competing in the Film "Circle"?
Eric (Young Guy) and an unborn child.
200
What is the camera-shot called that focuses on a small portion of action but includes a high degree of visual detail?
Close-Up
200
Name one criterion that can be considered when selecting films for teaching! (according to Sherman, Donaghy & Whitcher)
- dialogue with a high degree of visual support and a close connection between speech and action
- clearly enunciated speech
- only one character speaking at a time
- clear, conventional storylines
- titles, graphics and animations
200
What is the special narrative function of songs in Musical Films?
Songs help drive the plot forward, develop characters and express their innermost wishes or thoughts without relying on the dialogue.
200
I am a ______ sifter. I have a sieve of sifted ______ and a sieve of unsifted ______,
because I am a _____ sifter
Thistle(s)
300
What do you call the method (and theory) of cutting and recombining of various recorded or existant scenes into a longer film sequence?
Montage
300
In which three contextual forms films be looked at and talked about (according to Anders & Staiger)?
... as artistic expression
... as mass medium
... as economic value
300
Which sorts of Protagonists and Villains do we mostly find in Action Films?
Heroic Protagonists
- usually skilled in combat and determined to defeat the villain
- often likable and relatable, they can inspire the
audience to believe in the power of good
Over-the-top Villains
- larger-than-life
- often motivated by greed, power, or revenge
- ruthless and cunning, and often pose significant threat to the hero
300
What is the premise of the first episode of the television series Twilight Zone's "Shatterday"?
The story follows a man who finds that a double of himself has moved into his apartment and is taking over his life.
400
What aspects (3) can be perceived through narrative film structures?
How time, thoughts, actions can be perceived by the audience & challenged by the screenwriter
400
Next to being able to read films appropriately (Filmlesefähigkeit) what other 2 skills/abilities are vital to gain, possess and foster when students deal with films in class?
1. ability to take part in discourses (Diskursfähigkeit)
2. judging/evaluating/criticising films based on the use of cineastic, aesthetic, technical, qualitative means (ästhetische Urteilbildung)
400
Which one of these functions do Drama Films not fulfill?
■ Entertainment and Escapism
■ Education and Social Commentary
■ Empathy and Emotional Connection
■ Inspiration and Change
■ Cultural Preservation
NONE!
400
What is the name of the A.I. that wrote and directed the short films Zone Out, It's No Game and Sunspring?
a) Bob
b) Belinda
c) Balexa
d) Ben
e) Biri
f) Benjamin
g) Bella
f) Benjamin
500
What is the term used to describe dreams or dream-like elements in films called?
Oneiric (structure)
500
Name at least 2 compononents necessary for developing competences in Film Education (according to the Arbeitskeits Filmbildung and what those entail!
Film in Media Society
- influence on social, political, cultural, economical aspects of society
Socialisation with Film
- offers insights into self-educational and identity-forming processes, as well as of other cultures/cultural socialisations
Film Pedagogy and its Didactics
- implementing film-education in structured learning and teaching processes in order to foster respective comeptences of the learners over
multiple class levels
Film Production and Presentation
- knowledge about applied film basics, film didactics, cinematic means and its cinaesthetic effects
Film Analysis and Film History
- analytical capability of describing cinematic means in their cross-mediality, artistry and film-specificity, singularly and in unison, in varying contexts
500
Which three digits frequently appear in fairy tales?
3 (bears, pigs,...), 7 (dwarves, young goats,...), 12 (mill squires, golden plates, years old,...)
500
Why does the Chinese student Siyi struggle in Theater class and how does the short film end?
She has trouble correctly enunciating the /th/-sounds.
She ends up quitting the class, without telling her Professor because she still has to perform the Closing Night of the Theater Play. (De Closin Night)