Film Analysis Final

The term “Blockbuster” is typically used to describe any film that brings in a box office total of:

• $1 million

• $10 million

• $100 million

• $1 billion

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In a conventional film narrative, which of these items would appear last?

• Climax

• Flashback

• Exposition

• Inciting Incident

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Write an example of a “Four Quadrant Film”

• Star Wars

• The Room

• Plan 9 from Outer Space

• Eraserhead

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Hitchcock’s term to describe an object that merely exists to move the plot along is called a(n):

• McMuffin

• McLovin

• Macguffin

• MacGuyver

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What movie did we view for our “Horror” unit

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Name one type of Comedy

• Slapstick

• Tragedy

• Horror

• Documentary

Give an example from a movie of your choice for Diegetic Sound (a sound that originates within the film; this sound can be off-screen or on screen, but always happens at the same time the action takes place)

• The sound of a character playing the piano in 'Casablanca'.

• The background score in 'Inception' that only the audience can hear.

• The narrator's voiceover in 'The Shawshank Redemption'.

• The theme music that plays during the opening credits of 'Star Wars'.

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Give an example from a movie of your choice for Non-Diegetic Sound

• Example: The background score in 'Jaws'.

• Example: The dialogue between characters in 'The Godfather'.

• Example: The sound of footsteps in 'A Quiet Place'.

• Example: The ringing of a phone in 'The Matrix'.

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Give an example of one film that passes the Bechdel Test and one film that does not.

• PASS: 'Wonder Woman' FAIL: 'The Lord of the Rings'

• PASS: 'The Lord of the Rings' FAIL: 'Wonder Woman'

• PASS: 'Inception' FAIL: 'Frozen'

• PASS: 'The Godfather' FAIL: 'Moana'

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