Question 1

What is the definition of narrative?

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

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All the events in a narrative, both the ones explicitly presented and those the viewer infers

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Everything that exists in the world of the particular film - sights, sounds, events, characters

Question 2

What is the definition of plot?

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

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All the events in a narrative, both the ones explicitly presented and those the viewer infers

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

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Everything that exists in the world of the particular film - sights, sounds, events, characters

Question 3

What are diegetic elements in a film?

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Everything that exists in the world of the particular film - sights, sounds, events, characters

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

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All the events in a narrative, both the ones explicitly presented and those the viewer infers

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

Question 4

What are non-diegetic elements in a film?

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Aspects of a film that are not part of the film's "world" - credits, voice-overs, music (score)

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

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All the events in a narrative, both the ones explicitly presented and those the viewer infers

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

Question 5

What is the definition of fabula?

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Chronological narrative in its entirety

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All the events in a narrative, both the ones explicitly presented and those the viewer infers

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

Question 6

What is the difference between a score and a soundtrack?

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Score is music written not only for a particular film but for a particular scene within a particular film, while soundtrack refers to songs related to or in a film

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Score is music written for a particular film, while soundtrack refers to all the sounds in a film

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Score and soundtrack are two terms that mean the same thing

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Score is the collection of songs in a film, while soundtrack is the instrumental music

Question 7

What is a flashback in a story?

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A portion of a story that the plot presents out of chronological order, usually to give background about a character

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

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All the events in a narrative, both the ones explicitly presented and those the viewer infers

Question 8

What is temporal duration in a plot?

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The time span presented in the plot and assumed to operate a story

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

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All the events in a narrative, both the ones explicitly presented and those the viewer infers

Question 9

What is the definition of exposition in a plot?

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The portion of the plot that sets out the story events and character traits important in the opening situation

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All the events in a narrative, both the ones explicitly presented and those the viewer infers

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

Question 10

What is a point-of-view shot in film?

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Shots taken from a character's optical standpoint

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Shots from a low angle looking up at the characters

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Shots that show the entire setting of a scene

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Shots from a high angle looking down on the characters

Question 11

What is sound perspective in film?

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When the audience hear sounds as the character would hear them

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When the audience hears all sounds in the film equally

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When the audience hears sounds as an external observer

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When the audience hears sounds from an omniscient perspective

Question 12

What is mental subjectivity in a plot?

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Where the plot plunges into the character's mind and the audience might hear an internal voice reporting the character's thoughts, see the character's "inner images," representing memory, fantasy, dreams, or hallucinations

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

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All the events in a narrative, both the ones explicitly presented and those the viewer infers

Question 13

What is a narrator in a story?

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Some specific agent who claims to be telling the story and may be a character in the story

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

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Everything that exists in the world of the particular film - sights, sounds, events, characters

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

Question 14

What is a non-character narrator in a film?

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Usually in documentaries, this person is not an active figure in a storyline, yet still reports what is happening in a film

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

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Everything that exists in the world of the particular film - sights, sounds, events, characters

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

Question 15

What is a parallel narrative structure in a film?

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When elements of a film taking place at the same time are artistically shown with screen editing

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

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Everything that exists in the world of the particular film - sights, sounds, events, characters

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

Question 16

What does it mean to open a film's story in medias res?

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Opening a film's story in the middle of things

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A chain of events in cause/effect relationship occurring in time and space

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Everything visibly and audibly present in the film

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Everything that exists in the world of the particular film - sights, sounds, events, characters

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