Montage
Film Analysis
Plot Specifics
The Second Layer
Grab Bag
100

In this method of montage, cuts are made regardless of content, based only on length of time.

What is Metric Montage?

100

This type of claim states whether a film is good or bad.

What is an evaluative claim?

100

The names of Moonee's two best friends in The Florida Project?

Who are Scootee and Jancy?

100

A prevalent motif in Moonlight that was almost always present during a moment of transformation for Chiron.

What is water?

100

This type of shot involves a moving camera that follows a moving subject.

What is a tracking shot?

200

In this method of montage, cuts are made according to content of the scene, how it flows in relationship to the larger piece. e.g. Continuity editing, match on action

What is Rhythmic Montage?

200

This type of claim is a neutral account of the basic characteristics of a film.

What is a descriptive claim?

200

The first item that Antoine steals in The 400 Blows reflecting the theme of children in adult circumstance.

What is milk?

200

The focus on exteriors and appearances in the built environment of The Florida Project speaks to a theme of ____________.

What is superficiality/consumerism?

200

In this type of cut, we hear the sound before we see the image it comes from.

What is a J cut?
300

In this type of montage, cuts are made based on emotive tone, carried through visual or aural element.

What is Tonal Montage?

300

This type of claim presents an argument about a film's meaning and significance.

What is an interpretive claim?

300

The name of the warlord who provided Simon with the exposition that led to him and Jeanne resolving their conflict.

Who is Chamseddine?

300

This film showed that an unlikely love affair can be a catalyst for revealing the racism and judgement of a community.

What is Ali: Fear Eats the Soul?

300

Broadly, the four types of sound found in a movie.

What is dialogue, score, ambient/environmental sound, and sound effects?

400

In this type of montage, cuts are made based on the intellectual relationships between shots - the juxtaposition of the two shots creates a third meaning.

What is intellectual montage?

400

Broadly speaking, the goal of film analysis is to__________.

What is "articulate meaning?"

400
The midpoint of Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.

What is Ali and Emmi's marraige?

400

In Incendies, one of Nawal Marwan's primary goals was to break the chain of anger.  This goal might be seen reflected best in the character arc of which character in the film?

Who is Simon?

400

In this class, we have watched two films so far that utilize a non chronological narrative structure.  These films are Incendies and ____________.

What is The Battle of Algiers?

500

In this type of montage, cuts are made based on overall tone/theme of the scene or the piece itself, combining elements of metric, rhythmic or tonal montage. I.e parallel editing in The Godfather evokes the hypocrisy of Michael's relationship with church and violence, corruption etc.

What is Overtonal Montage?

500

When a film references another film or work of art.  i.e. Balzac in The 400 Blows

What is intertextual reference?

500

The 400 Blows and The Florida Project share this formal element that forces the audience to think what might happen to the protagonist, and why.

What is an open ending?

500

The name of Antoine's wealthier best friend in The 400 Blows. 

Who is René?

500

A POV shot is usually preceded by a __________.

What is a glance?