TFM 160 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Implicit Meaning - Answers - lies beneath the surface of a movie's story or presentation,
internal meaning, implied
Explicit Meaning - Answers - available on the surface, literal meaning, definition
Form - Answers - Cinematic Language, how the SUBJECT is expressed
Content - Answers - The actual subject
what it is about
Theme - Answers - Shared public idea
central idea or message
Formal Analysis - Answers - Dissecting everything in a film (cinematography, sound,
composition, design, movement, performance, editing)
Omniscient Narration - Answers - The narrator knows everything and therefore can
reveal any manner of things about the plot, characters, motivations and thoughts or
feelings of characters, etc.
Restricted Narration - Answers - is seen when a movie is filmed from the point of view of
only one character making it, due to this us as the audience only know as much as they
do.
Voice-over Narration - Answers - off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production
technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)
protagonist - Answers - the leading character
antagonist - Answers - The character, creature, or force that obstructs or resists the
protagonist's pursuit of their goal.
anti-hero - Answers - An outwardly unsympathetic protagonist pursuing a morally
objectionable or otherwise undesirable goal.
crisis - Answers - A critical turning point in a story in which the protagonist must engage
a seemingly insurmountable obstacle.
rising action - Answers - The development of the action of the narrative toward a climax.
, inciting incident (catalyst) - Answers - The event or situation during the exposition stage
of the narrative that sets the rest of the narrative in motion.
climax - Answers - The highest point of conflict in a conventional narrative; the
protagonist's ultimate attempt to attain the goal.
resolution - Answers - The concluding narrative events that follow the climax and
celebrate or otherwise reflect upon story outcomes.
diegesis - Answers - The total world of a story—the events, characters, objects,
settings, and sounds that form the world in which the story occurs.
diegetic element - Answers - An element—event, character, object, setting, sound—that
helps form the world in which the story occurs.
nondiegetic element - Answers - Something that we see and hear on the screen that
comes from outside the world of the story (including background music, titles and
credits, and voice-over narration)
surprise - Answers - A taking unawares that is potentially shocking.
suspense - Answers - The anxiety brought on by partial uncertainty: the end is certain,
but the means are not.
What is the difference between suspense and surprise? - Answers - Surprise -- no one
knows, including the audience
Suspense -- When the audience knows but not the characters
What are the two types of suspense explored in class? Give a clear example of
each type. - Answers - Time -- The bomb is set to go off
Space -- The killer is in the house
mise en scene - Answers - french origin; arrangement of formal patterns and shapes on
a flat surface and inclosed within a frame
composition - Answers - The organization, distribution balance and general relationship
of actors and objects within the space of each shot.
framing - Answers - what is seen on screen
kinesis - Answers - what moves on screen
rules of thirds - Answers - Tool used to divide the image with horizontal and vertical
lines that make a grid. The horizontal thirds representing the foreground, middleground,
and background planes and into vertical thirds that break up those planes into further
elements.
Implicit Meaning - Answers - lies beneath the surface of a movie's story or presentation,
internal meaning, implied
Explicit Meaning - Answers - available on the surface, literal meaning, definition
Form - Answers - Cinematic Language, how the SUBJECT is expressed
Content - Answers - The actual subject
what it is about
Theme - Answers - Shared public idea
central idea or message
Formal Analysis - Answers - Dissecting everything in a film (cinematography, sound,
composition, design, movement, performance, editing)
Omniscient Narration - Answers - The narrator knows everything and therefore can
reveal any manner of things about the plot, characters, motivations and thoughts or
feelings of characters, etc.
Restricted Narration - Answers - is seen when a movie is filmed from the point of view of
only one character making it, due to this us as the audience only know as much as they
do.
Voice-over Narration - Answers - off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production
technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)
protagonist - Answers - the leading character
antagonist - Answers - The character, creature, or force that obstructs or resists the
protagonist's pursuit of their goal.
anti-hero - Answers - An outwardly unsympathetic protagonist pursuing a morally
objectionable or otherwise undesirable goal.
crisis - Answers - A critical turning point in a story in which the protagonist must engage
a seemingly insurmountable obstacle.
rising action - Answers - The development of the action of the narrative toward a climax.
, inciting incident (catalyst) - Answers - The event or situation during the exposition stage
of the narrative that sets the rest of the narrative in motion.
climax - Answers - The highest point of conflict in a conventional narrative; the
protagonist's ultimate attempt to attain the goal.
resolution - Answers - The concluding narrative events that follow the climax and
celebrate or otherwise reflect upon story outcomes.
diegesis - Answers - The total world of a story—the events, characters, objects,
settings, and sounds that form the world in which the story occurs.
diegetic element - Answers - An element—event, character, object, setting, sound—that
helps form the world in which the story occurs.
nondiegetic element - Answers - Something that we see and hear on the screen that
comes from outside the world of the story (including background music, titles and
credits, and voice-over narration)
surprise - Answers - A taking unawares that is potentially shocking.
suspense - Answers - The anxiety brought on by partial uncertainty: the end is certain,
but the means are not.
What is the difference between suspense and surprise? - Answers - Surprise -- no one
knows, including the audience
Suspense -- When the audience knows but not the characters
What are the two types of suspense explored in class? Give a clear example of
each type. - Answers - Time -- The bomb is set to go off
Space -- The killer is in the house
mise en scene - Answers - french origin; arrangement of formal patterns and shapes on
a flat surface and inclosed within a frame
composition - Answers - The organization, distribution balance and general relationship
of actors and objects within the space of each shot.
framing - Answers - what is seen on screen
kinesis - Answers - what moves on screen
rules of thirds - Answers - Tool used to divide the image with horizontal and vertical
lines that make a grid. The horizontal thirds representing the foreground, middleground,
and background planes and into vertical thirds that break up those planes into further
elements.
