Film Studies Vocabulary Quiz: Tools of Film Analysis

What is parallelism?

• A change in appearance of a character or setting

• A visual or sonic element that repeats to support the theme of a story

• A subject, topic, or central message of a story

• A connection or comparison between two characters, settings, visuals, or situations

What is an idiom?

• A visual or sonic element that repeats in a film

• A word, phrase, or expression with a figurative meaning

• Placing dissimilar characters or themes side by side

• Part of something used to represent the whole

What is a Doppelganger?

• A visual or sonic element that repeats in a film

• A short recurrent musical piece

• A person/character who is identical or almost identical to another character.

• A change in appearance of a character or setting

What is satire?

• The arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play

• Use of irony, sarcasm, or ridicule to expose or denounce the folly or corruption of people or social institutions

• A short recurrent musical piece associated with a character, place, or idea

• A person who is identical or nearly identical to another person or character

What is a physical transformation in film?

• A visual or sonic element that repeats in a film

• A short recurrent musical piece

• A subject, topic, or central message of a story

• A change in appearance of a character or setting symbolic of an internal or thematic change

What is juxtaposition?

• A visual or sonic element that repeats in a film or other work of art

• A word, phrase, or expression with a figurative meaning

• Placing dissimilar characters or themes side by side to highlight their differences in a film or work of art

• Part of something used to represent the whole

What is synecdoche?

• A visual or sonic element that repeats in a film

• A word, phrase, or expression with a figurative meaning

• Placing dissimilar characters or themes side by side to highlight their differences

• A part of something used to represent the whole of that something

What is a euphemism?

• An object or element incorporated into a narrative to represent another concept or concern

• Substitution of an offensive or harsh expression or visual reality with one more agreeable or inoffensive

• An object or element incorporated into a narrative to represent another concept or concern

• A word, phrase, or expression with a figurative, non-literal meaning

What does reflexivity refer to in film?

• A visual or sonic element that repeats in a film

• A word, phrase, or expression with a figurative meaning

• Moments when the film calls attention to itself as a fictional construct

• Part of something used to represent the whole

What is a motif?

• A visual or sonic element that repeats to support the theme of a story

• A subject, topic, or central message of a story

• A connection or comparison between two characters, settings, visuals, or situations

• A change in appearance of a character or setting