WEEK 3 NARRATIVE FORM

Which of the following is a non-diegetic element of film? Check all that apply.

• Closing credits

• Soundtrack music

• Dialogue between characters on screen

• Non-story-related images

A type of film organization in which the parts relate to one another through a series of causally related events taking place in time and space, is known as _____________.

In a narrative film, all events that we see and hear, plus all those that we infer or assume to have occurred, arranged in their presumed causal relations, chronological order, duration, frequency, and spatial locations, is known as ______________.

In a narrative film, all the events that are directly presented to us, including their causal relations, chronological order, duration, frequency, and spatial locations, is known as ______________.

When viewers know more and hear more than any of the characters know, the film employs_________.

• a restricted narration

• an expanded narration.

• a multifaceted narration.

• an unrestricted narration.

What is 'exposition' in narrative film form?

• The portion of the plot that sets out story events and important character traits.

• The introduction of conflict into the plot that needs to be resolved for the story to be complete.

• The development of the story elements and characters once they are introduced.

• The portion of the plot that exposes characters to important information about their fate.

The moment-by-moment process that guides the audience in building the story out of plot is called what?

• Plot

• Action

• Climax

• Narration

The movie Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark is a narrative film whose plot is organized as a series of______________________.

• events taking place in a single locale.

• events showing a change in knowledge.

• events taking place in a year's time.

• events based on a search.

This course, Media Aesthetics, has a mid-term and final multiple-choice exam.

• True

• False

The final assignment for this course is a film analysis essay of 10 pages.

• True

• False