Spring Film Lit Quiz

Theme

• a recurring feature, image, phrase, or idea in a work of literature or movie

• a general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to convey

Motif

• a general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to convey

• a recurring feature, image, phrase, or idea in a work of literature

What is mise en scene?

• Another word for director

• The arrangement of everything seen in the frame

• The name of a movie

• Something about lighting

Which one of the following is NOT an aspect of mise en scene?

• Lighting

• Props

• Dialogue

• Hair and Makeup

• Setting

What are the two worlds of the Hero's Journey?

• Mars and Venus

• Inner and Outer

• Ordinary World and Special World

• Actually there's only one world

What author is most associated with the concept of the hero’s journey?

• John Dewey

• Joseph Campbell

• Daniel Wester

• Virginia Woolf

According to the hero’s journey paradigm, the treasure you seek lies…

• In your ordinary world

• At the departure threshold

• At the return threshold

• In the cave you fear to enter

Which one of these is NOT one of the 12 stages of the Hero's Journey?

• Call to Adventure

• Departure

• Death of the Parents

• Crisis

• New Life

Who wrote and directed O Brother, Where Art Thou?

• Ridley Scott

• Quentin Tarantino

• Joel & Ethan Coen (The Coen Bros.)

• Brian De Palma

What is symbolism in film?

• Using the color red in a movie.

• The artistic method of revealing ideas of truths through the use of the story color, sounds objects and effects.