Film Studies

This is a French phrase that means to ‘put into a scene’

• Lise-en-Scene

• Rise-en-Scene

• Mise-en-Scene

Costumes play a vital role in films or plays. Why?

• They help actors get into character

• It can enhance the audience’s interpretation of a character.

• It adds to the authenticity of the film or play

Music is a sound that features in most films. It helps us to: (choose 2)

• imagine a setting

• visualise a character

• it can fill us in on a character or perhaps set an atmosphere for us

• find out the plot

The visual image is what we see on the screen. Visuals give us

• no idea of what is going on

• the sounds in the scene

• a clear impression of characters and their relationships

Which form of film closest to literature?

• documentary film

• experimental film

• narrative film

• all of these

• none of these

Film can communicate various messages simultaneously while literature has no such capability.

• True

• False

What are the extra-cinematic codes required to read a film?

• language codes

• cultural codes

• non-linguistic codes

• visual codes

• all of the above

Silent movies relied solely on the image for effect.

• True

• False

The fundamental units of films are

• shots

• sound bites

• dialogue

• performances

Pictures are ______________ signs or _______________.

• arbitrary, symbols

• natural, icons