Film terminology
Is low key lighting bright or dim?
dim
What is the term to describe time, place and social background?
setting
What is the term for a person giving a speech or the person who has written an article?
Sender
Change the following sentence to past tense:
I can't believe she is late again. She looks so tired, and I wonder if she has slept.
I coldn't believe she was late again. She looked so tired, and I wondered if she had slept.
How many words should a summary be?
150
What shot would be used to show the emotions on a character's face?
close up
What kind of narrator knows the thoughts of everyone in the story?
omniscient
What mode of appeal uses emotive language?
pathos
What is the tillægsord and what is the biord?
The dog's fur is very soft.
tillægsord: soft
biord: very
How many analytical terms are you asked to include in the short analytical essay?
4
What is the denoument of a film?
The ending
What does it mean if a story is told chonologically?
The story is told in the order that the events happened.
what kind of character goes through an internal change/develops throughout the story?
dynamic
Which word is the odd one out?
Glove, sky, water, love, shoe, arm
love because it is an abstract noun
the others are concrete nouns - you can see them.
What tense should you write your exam in?
present (nutid)
If you see a scene taking place in a park and you can hear a dog bark, children playing and grown-ups talking, what kind of sound can you hear?
diegetic
vengeful, gloomy, irritated, pessimistic, enraged, lonely
angry: vengeful, irritated, enraged
sad: lonely, pessimistic, gllomy
What mode of appeal is the sender using here?
I have been analysing the dna from the bones of ancient skeltons for two decades and led the excavation of a 4000 year old mummy...
What word class is "baking" here?
Her baking is delicious.
navneord
Would a TedTalk be a part of an exam question about fiction, non-fiction or a short film?
non-fiction
What is it called when the sounds we hear on the screen do not match the images?
For example, happy music playing while a murder is happening.
contrapuntal sound
Who is the person who opposes the protagonist?
antagonist
What kind of words are underlined in the following:
The tiny child was found shivering in a corner with just a thin jacket on a freezing January night.
loaded
What word class is running in the following three sentences:
a) I am running three miles tonight.
b) The running water is noisy.
c) Her running has improved by 2 second per mile.
a) udsagnsord
b) tillægsord
c) navneord
What is a topic sentence?
The first line of a paragraph which tells the reader what the paragraph will discuss.