Film Study Quiz #1: Basic Story Vocabulary

The time and place of the film

• Genre

• Setting

• Theme

• Pacing

• Tone

A stylistic category based on similarities either in the narrative elements, aesthetic approach, or the emotional response to the film

• Genre

• Setting

• Theme

• Pacing

• Tone

The central message or lesson in a film

• Genre

• Setting

• Theme

• Pacing

• Tone

The speed at which the plot moves

• Genre

• Setting

• Theme

• Pacing

• Tone

The emotional and intellectual response that a film elicits in its audience

• Genre

• Setting

• Theme

• Pacing

• Tone

Representing abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in the story

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Symbol

• Characterization

• Motivation

 A reference to something in literature, history, mythology, or religious texts that is considered common knowledge

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Symbol

• Characterization

• Motivation

 Something concrete, such as an object, person, place, or happening that stands for or represents something beyond itself

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Symbol

• Characterization

• Motivation

The act of creating and developing a character

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Symbol

• Characterization

• Motivation

 The reason(s) that explains a character’s thoughts, feelings, actions, or speech

• Allusion

• Allegory

• Symbol

• Characterization

• Motivation