A character or plot tht is found across cultures and time in literature and film. Example: A her who goes on a journey in searc of something to prove his worthiness.
What is an archetype?
100
A pan is an example of this aspect of filmmaking.
What is camera movement?
100
In film, an homage is similar to this literary element.
What is allusion?
100
The reason Alfred Hitchcock chose to film Psycho in black and white.
What is to tone down the shock value.
100
"The plot of The Straight Story is very simple."
What is analysis?
200
The composition of a scene that helps to communicate the overall theme of the film. It includes the setting, lighting, music, as well as all elements that combine to create the totality of the scene.
What is mise-en-scene?
200
An establishing shot occurs at this point during a scene.
What is the beginning?
200
The main character of a film.
What is a protagonist?
200
Pleasantville pays homage to what other films?
What is Patton, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Shawshank Redemption.
200
"In the small New Zealand settlement of Whangara, the locals claim descent from the Whale Rider, Paikea."
What is description?
300
One scene gradually goes dark and the new one gradually emerges from the darkness.
What is Fade-out/Fade-in?
300
Final decisions about the types of Cuts to be used are made during this stage of the film-making process.
What is editing?
300
The way in which a Director could build a motif in a film.
What is repetition?
300
A good example of symbolism in Pleasantville is the use of this film element.
What is color?
300
"Hitchcock was particularly interested in the morality of watching..."
What is interpretation?
400
A gradual transition in which the end of one scene is superimposed over the beginning of a new one.
What is a dissolve?
400
This type of shot could effectively be used during a dinner conversation.
What is a Reverse Shot?
400
The point in a narrative when it seems as if nothing can get worse for the main character.
What is the climax?
400
The reason many film associations consider Citizen Kane as the best film of all time.
What is Welles' visual genius at inventing film techniques?
400
"Sherman Alexie has prepared a wonderful script that is human, tender, sad, and desperately funny. "
What is evaluation?
500
Diffused shadows and atmospheric pools of light. Produces less illumination and has a dark atmosphere and tone.
What is low key lighting?
500
The most basic part of a Film.
What is the frame?
500
The Western, thriller, and science fiction are all examples of this classification of film.
What is genre?
500
The reason Rosebud is significant.
What is a symbol for Kane's loss of innocence?
500
"Whale Rider deals with themes children will recognize: leadership, expectations, and disapointments."