CINE 1000 - Narrative

The plot of Seven Beauties is structured

• through a series of episodic flashbacks

• chronologically

• in accordance with Freytag’s pyramid

• through Pasqualino’s voiceover narration

Because everything in a film is mediated, it can be said that we always primarily identify with the

• antagonist's viewpoint

• protagonist's viewpoint

• lens' viewpoint

• filmmaker's viewpoint

A Moment of Innocence's ____ might involve interpreting its position on the filmic reconstruction of history.

• implicit meaning

• symptomatic meaning

• explicit meaning

• literal meaning

A methodology that studies artworks as a result of their applied constructive principles is known as

• deconstruction

• psychoanalysis

• heuristics

• poetics

In classical dramatic structure, Dorothy's melting of the Wicked Witch qualifies as Oz's

• rising action

• denouement

• climax

• exposition

In the Mood for Love's refusal to show the faces of the main characters' spouses exemplifies its ____ narrative.

• open-ended

• elliptical

• incomprehensible

• none of the above

With regards to cinema, what does the concept "mediation" mean?

• The technology used to record reality as it truly is.

• Film is a significant tool by which the news media creates ideological material.

• The bargaining process by which film companies and unions negotiate contracts.

• The process by which an agent, structure, or other formal element transfers something from one place to another.