World Cinema
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Course Introduction
World Cinema explores the diverse landscape of global filmmaking, examining prominent movements, influential directors, and significant films from around the world. Students will analyze the ways in which different cultural, historical, and social contexts shape cinematic narratives, aesthetics, and techniques. The course encourages critical engagement with issues such as representation, globalization, national identity, and transnational production, providing a comprehensive understanding of how cinema reflects and influences societies across continents. Through screenings, readings, and discussions, students will broaden their appreciation of film as a dynamic and cross-cultural art form.
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Film Art An Introduction 11th Edition by
David Bordwell
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Chapter 1: Film As Art
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Q1) Exhibition factors,such as image size,may affect a filmmaker's
A)production schedule.
B)marketing plans.
C)ability to secure funding.
D)stylistic choices.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is NOT one of the modes of production?
A)Small-scale
B)Conglomerate
C)Independent
D)Large-scale studio
Answer: B
Q3) Amos Poe and Maya Deren are
A)heads of the two biggest American distribution firms.
B)pioneers of digital animation.
C)experimental filmmakers who have used small-scale production.
D)prominent Hollywood directors who switched to independent filmmaking.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Significance of Film Form
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Q1) A film is said to be complex if A)spectators have difficulty following the story line.
B)it involves numerous characters.
C)it invites spectators to think more deeply about their own real-life situations.
D)it creates multiple relations among many different formal film elements.
Answer: D
Q2) Similarities between two or more distinct elements of a film are called A)repetitions.
B)consistencies.
C)shared traits.
D)parallels.
Answer: D
Q3) Variation is a fundamental principle of film form. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Narrative Form
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Q1) What is the term for a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space?
A)Narrative
B)Plot
C)Causality
D)Parallelism
Answer: A
Q2) In a film,the high point of the action that increases tension for the spectator is called the
A)climax.
B)resolution.
C)closing.
D)conflict.
Answer: A
Q3) A classical narrative usually involves a blocking element,or an opposition that creates conflict for the protagonist.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The Shot- Mise-EN-Scene
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Q1) Films shot in the studio have mise-en-scene,whereas films made entirely on location do not.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The easiest way for a filmmaker to achieve compositional balance is to
A)focus on figures on the right or the left.
B)make the shot as wide as possible.
C)center the frame on the human body.
D)counterweight two or more elements.
Q3) Setting plays a less significant role in the cinema than it does in the theater.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The term key light refers to A)subdued lighting.
B)background lighting.
C)the primary light source.
D)a natural light source.
Q5) "Hard" lighting reveals well-defined shadows and crisp textures.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: The Shot- Cinema-to-Graphy
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Q1) Shots in which a filmmaker prefers bumpy over smooth camera movements are usually created
A)by the operator walking with a handheld camera.
B)in the postproduction phase.
C)with a camera mounted to a dolly.
D)by the operator deliberately jerking the camera up and down rapidly.
Q2) The projection speed for sound films was first standardized at
A)24 frames per second.
B)50 feet per minute.
C)36 frames per second.
D)30 minutes per reel.
Q3) Digital grading allows for altering the color of shots in postproduction.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is NOT true of an extreme close-up?
A)It singles out one portion of a character's face.
B)It focuses on a character from the waist up.
C)It isolates an object.
D)It magnifies an object.
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Chapter 6: The Relation of Shot to Shot- Editing
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Q1) A match on action is a common method of breaking the axis of action.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The axis of action is
A)an imaginary vertical line down the center of the screen around which the characters are clustered to preserve a graphic circle.
B)an imaginary 180-degree line between the main characters that determines where the camera should be placed to preserve continuity.
C)an imaginary 30-degrees line between the main character and the camera that determines where the camera should be placed for close-ups.
D)a chalk line marked on the floor to show how far away from the camera the actor should be.
Q3) Graphic qualities are rarely considered in traditional continuity editing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Most shot/reverse-shot cuts utilize the eyeline match.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Sound in the Cinema
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Q1) In the scene when Virginia is on the beach in The Snake Pit,the crossing of internal and external diegetic sound borders accomplishes what narrative goal?
A)It gives the viewer a better sense of the spatial dimensions of the mise-en-scene.
B)It gives the viewer access to the larger political context of the story.
C)It confuses the viewer in order to then reveal Virginia's mental state.
D)It provides the viewer with an intimate understanding of the protagonist's sexuality.
Q2) The rhythm,melody,harmony,tempo,volume,and instrumentation of the music can all strongly affect a viewer's emotional reactions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) To aid in synchronization,the soundtracks of animated films are recorded after all the images are completed.
A)True
B)False
Q4) How does on-screen and off-screen sound work with optical point-of-view cutting to illuminate character perspective in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown?
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Chapter 8: Summary- Style and Film Form
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Q1) What are salient stylistic techniques?
A)Techniques that can be noted and named
B)A confusing choice a filmmaker made
C)The important techniques the film most relies on to create its style
D)Costume choices
Q2) Which of the following does NOT belong to this list of films and their salient techniques?
A)Grand Illusion: the long take
B)Citizen Kane: shooting in depth
C)October: mobile camera
D)Mon Oncle: comic sound manipulations
Q3) If a character begins to leave the frame in a scene,the viewer expects the camera to remain stationary.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A salient characteristic of Citizen Kane's style is the use of A)crosscutting.
B)nondiegetic inserts.
C)nonactors.
D)dolly and crane shots.
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Chapter 9: Film Genres
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Q1) Select any film genre that has been discussed in this course.Provide two examples of conventions that are significant to the genre.Now cite two specific scenes from films that provide examples of innovative handling or unique adaptation of those conventions.
Q2) A genre's iconography consists of
A)its typical plot patterns.
B)its use of recurring themes.
C)the sum of all its editing conventions.
D)its characteristic objects,settings,and stars.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a film genre?
A)Western films
B)Black-and-white films
C)Science-fiction films
D)Musical films
Q4) One characteristic of any given genre is that its form remains unchanged over time.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly describe how ideas about genre are used by people within the film industry,by film reviewers,and by ordinary moviegoers.
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Chapter 10: Documentary, Experimental, and Animated Films
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Q1) In animation,cels are
A)segments of the storyboard.
B)clear rectangular sheets of celluloid.
C)sections within the script.
D)areas of the screen on which images are drawn.
Q2) A Movie by Bruce Conner is a(n)
A)example of a compilation documentary film.
B)compilation that exemplifies associational form.
C)example of a direct-cinema documentary film.
D)experimental film that exemplifies abstract form.
Q3) Animated films are distinguished from live-action ones by the kinds of work done at the ______ stage.
A)development
B)pre-production
C)production
D)post-production
Q4) Write a paragraph explaining how we distinguish a documentary using categorical form from one using rhetorical form.Use specific examples from Film Art,from lectures,or from films shown for the course.
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Chapter 11: Historical Changes in Film Art
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Q1) Most of the "movie brats" who emerged in the early 1970s had
A)gone to film school,where they studied film traditions.
B)come up through the ranks of the studio system.
C)gone into the business without any knowledge of filmmaking.
D)come out of a strong Surrealist tradition.
Q2) Which of the following does NOT characterize German Expressionism?
A)Emphasis on creative editing
B)Distorted,exaggerated shapes
C)All elements of the mise-en-scene interact graphically.
D)Actors wore heavy makeup and moved in unusual ways.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT one of the typical characteristics of French Impressionist films?
A)Intimate psychological and subjective narratives
B)Loud action sequences,such as sword fights,to propel the narrative
C)Love triangles among a small cast of characters
D)Use of superimposition and rhythmic editing to evoke thoughts and moods
Q4) The introduction of sound and color radically changed the classical Hollywood approach to storytelling.
A)True
B)False
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