News
Are news stories a form of narrative?
Yes, they are
True or False: Films do not have descriptive passages.
True
Give a synonym for "implicit characterization".
Indirect characterization
What two elements are compared in the rhythm of a narrative?
time of the fabula and story time
How do we call the style when facts are presented in a descending order of importance?
The inverted pyramid style
How is the number of details in a film in contrast to a novel?
They are indeterminate, but the watcher cannot notice all of them
Name the narrative roles filled by characters according to Greimas.
Giver (sender/superhelper), receiver (beneficiary), subject, object, helper, opponent
What type of rhythm do we have in the following sentence: "Eighteen months had elapsed since her first arrival at Elmwood Lodge, when she was unexpectedly summoned to the drawing room".
Ellipsis
What are the two primary types of continuous news stories?
"What happened?" and "what will happen?"
How are the thoughts of a character revealed in a film?
Through an external voice, written words or images that alternate with the images rendering the present time of the story.
How do we called the element in character analysis indicated by italics in the following passage?
Peter, James's father, works at the post office. Now he is doing the shopping. The poor man has little time for his family.
The way the character is designated (referred to by the narrator)
Determine the tempo of the following passage: Mr. Rolleston looked into his nephew’s anxious face, and then on the ground; but made no reply, though the muscles of his mouth worked with some strong emotion. "In pity to my agony, speak I implore you!" pleaded Trevyllian, laying his hand on his arm. "Play not the lover to me, boy," cried Mr. Rolleston angrily, shaking off his hand.
Scene
What is the difference between tabloids and broadsheets?
Tabloids - smaller and more sensational,
Broadsheets - larger and more serious
Compare the narrator of a novel with that of a film.
Filmic narrator - fixed (placed somewhere), not all knowing
Analyse the character's speech from the following excerpt: "You had better retire my dears before your father comes back, as he is not in an amiable mood tonight; and it may be as well to say nothing more to him of this new favorite, who is all in all at present,” observed Mrs. Bradley to her daughters, suspecting that her husband’s visit to Grace would not improve his temper; and the young ladies and their governess retired accordingly.
formal (retired, no contractions), upper-class
Determine the tempo of the following passage:
Thus the two sisters grew up together, until one day, without previous warning, Thomas Gray went off to America, and coolly left his wife and children behind. Mrs. Gray reared her husband's child like her own, and worked for both, without ever repining at the double burden. When her husband returned to England, after three years' absence, Mrs. Gray lost no time in compelling him to grant her a weekly allowance for herself, and for the support of her children. Thomas Gray could not resist the claim; but he gave what the law compelled him to give, and no more. He never returned to live with his wife; he never expressed a wish to see either of his daughters.
Summary
Hard news, revelations about the past
How do we call the technique used in the following excerpt of the film "Thelma and Louise"?
Freeze-frame
What makes a character predictable?
reference to a character (every mention of the identity of the character), the description of the external appearance, profession, genre of the narrative
Determine the type of rhythm in the following passage: The village, in which the first scenes of this history are laid, was called Trennach; and the land about it was bleak and bare and dreary enough, though situated in the grand old county of Cornwall. For, mines lay around, with all the signs and features of miners' work; yawning pit mouths, leading down to their rich beds of minerals - some of the mines in all the bustle of full operation, some worked out and abandoned. Again, surrounding these, might be seen miners' huts, and other dwelling-places, and the counting-houses attached to the shafts.
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