Film Studies Quiz

A montage compresses time

What is a symbolic representation used to describe visual language, specific to a genre?

A film that consists of two or more genres is called a hybrid

To which group of instruments does a violin belong?

What type of camera shot shows a character's expression?

In which genre would you expect to see a cowboy hat?

War v conflict is a binary opposition

A movement is a stylistic and technical development within an art form

Horror is a genre

Acting is a part of mise-en-scene

A shot reverse shot is often used in editing when

What does mise-en-scene mean?

A piece of narration not accompanied by images is called

What is an omniscient viewpoint?

Make-up is a part of cinematography

A sound or music that you associate with a character is called a

A low angle shot makes the subject appear less dominant/smaller

Ambient sound creates atmosphere in a sequence

What is a combination of sounds that blend together to create a particular atmosphere or environment called?

Ideology is a collection of beliefs held, by an individual, group or society

A denouement is the final part of a narrative, where plot strands are drawn together and matters explained or resolved

A jump cut is a smooth transition

Somebody holding a telephone is an action code

Name one type of focus

Denotation is what we see on screen

An ellipsis is part of the narrative that is left out

What is the role of the 'dispatcher'?

An anti narrative has a plot and a resolution

Connotation is the meanings we may associate with what we see on screen

Pleonastic sound is sound exaggerated for emphasis

Which type of narrative starts at the end?

High key lighting is when bright colour is created through use of filler lights.

Binary opposites are direct opposites

Which is the main light, on which the placement of others is based?

A canted angle means not filmed on the horizontal

Which film movement expressed inner emotions through film form

Propp is famous for his

A sound bridge links two scenes together, even if the setting or narrative action has changed

What is an enigma code?

Which film form is lighting a part of?

A fast pan is called a whip pan.

From Propp's theory, a princess is always

when is a medium (mid) shot used?

What type of camera shot/movement follows in front of or behind a subject

A scene from the past is called

Whose narrative theory refers to equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equibilibrium?

Non-diegetic sound can be heard by the characters

Surrealist films have a narrative

What happens in a trucking shot?

Which types of sound clashes with the on-screen action

The most commonly used straight cut in editing is a transition

What type of shot is it when the camera moves horizontally from one side to the other?