FMS 100 Final Exam Questions ad Answers Updated 2024/2025 Scored A+

Purpose/Examples of descriptive writing - Answer As it suggests, descriptive writing describes a film, without evaluation or judgment Purpose/Examples of evaluative writing - Answer An evaluative claim presents a judgment, expressing the author's belief that the film is bad, good, mediocre, flawed, etc. Why interpretive film writing is important - Answer They seek to understand the ways in which film art produces meaning and how meaning is interpreted by viewers Definition of a star - Answer The 'image' made of screen roles and performances The film star's image - Answer Consists of everything that is publicly available about the stars (merchandise, appearances, interviews, etc.) The relationships of stars to audience - Answer "The audience is also part of making the image" Marketing the stars image - Answer Many movie stars trade on their image and popularity to help others The social function of stars - Answer Origins of genre - Answer Started off in in 19th century when cinema was invented. Western movies needed outdoor landscape. Transitioned over time with technology categorizing films into genre - Answer Westerns, Horror, and Musical How genre categories are used - Answer Help producers decide what movie to make and how to target the audience Genre conventions - Answer Center on plot patterns, thematic, and stylistic patterns Iconography - Answer Consists of recurring symbolic images that carry meaning from film to film Evolution of genres - Answer The introduction of technology with the use of digital special effects, animation, and comic book superheroes Cycles - Answer Typically occur when a successful film produces a burst of imitations (Ex. The Godfather created string of gangster movies) Genre mixing - Answer Mixing the conventions with those of different genres (Ex. Alien was a mix of Science fiction with horror)