WorksheetsNarrative Devices in Film
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The narrative ends unresolved, to draw the audience back to a future episode or sequel for the resolution.
a)
Flashback
b)
Cliffhanger
c)
Circular Narrative
d)
In media res
2.
MacGuffin
a)
A puzzle or problem that the protagonists and / or the audience have to work out. Virtue ultimately rewarded, or vice punished, by an ironic twist of fate related to the character's own conduct
b)
Diverting attention away from an item of significance.
c)
A plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist pursues, often with little or no narrative explanation as to why it is considered so important and turns out to have little or no relevance to the plot.
d)
Portraying events in a real-world setting but with magical trappings or imagery.
3.
Multiperspectivity
a)
The audience is in some way hindered from identifying with the character. Refusing to use close-up shots during emotional scenes is one example of this.
b)
Ridicule by overstated imitation, usually humorous.
Ridicule by overstated imitation, usually humorous.
c)
watching a film with lot of different spectacles
d)
A narrative that is told from the viewpoints of multiple characters that incorporate various perspectives, emotions, and views from witnesses or actors to varying particular events or circumstances that might not be felt by other characters in the story.
4.
A film with an impersonal narrator who is not affected by the events in the story. Can be omniscient or limited, the latter usually being tied to a specific character, a group of characters, or a location.
a)
Pastiche
Pastiche
b)
Hamartia
Hamartia
c)
Third-person Narration
d)
Alienation
5.
Forming mental images of a scene using descriptive words, especially making use of the human senses. The same as sensory detail.
a)
Imagery
b)
Satire
c)
Thematic patterning
d)
Anthropomorphism
6.
Reflecting a character's (usually the protagonist) mood in the atmosphere or through inanimate objects.
a)
Allusion
b)
Metaphor
c)
Pathetic fallacy
d)
Parody
7.
Alienation
a)
How a film manipulates an audience to identify with a character.
b)
How a film creates an expectation in an audience or certain outcomes. It can then choose to meet or deny audience expectation.
How a film creates an expectation in an audience or certain outcomes. It can then choose to meet or deny audience expectation.
c)
The narrative ends unresolved, to draw the audience back to a future episode or sequel for the resolution.
The narrative ends unresolved, to draw the audience back to a future episode or sequel for the resolution.
d)
The audience is in some way hindered from identifying with the character. Refusing to use close-up shots during emotional scenes is one example of this.
8.
Backstory
a)
Story that precedes events in the story being told—past events or background that add meaning to current circumstances
Story that precedes events in the story being told—past events or background that add meaning to current circumstances
b)
General term for altering time sequences, taking characters or audience back to the beginning of the tale, for instance or to a previous point in the story, often used to show backstory.
c)
Also called prolepsis, a scene that temporarily jumps the narrative forward in time. Flashforwards often represent events expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the future.
Also called prolepsis, a scene that temporarily jumps the narrative forward in time. Flashforwards often represent events expected, projected, or imagined to occur in the future.
d)
A story about a back
9.
Implicit yet intentional efforts of a filmmaker to suggest events which have yet to take place in the narrative.
a)
Framing device
b)
Plot twist
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Enigma
10.
Enigma
a)
A puzzle or problem that the protagonists and / or the audience have to work out.
b)
The narrator of the story is not sincere, or introduces a bias in his narration and possibly misleads the audience, hiding or minimizing events, characters, or motivations.
c)
Portraying events in a real-world setting but with magical trappings or imagery.
d)
How a film manipulates an audience to identify with a character.
11.
Pastiche
a)
Ridicule by overstated imitation, usually humorous.
Ridicule by overstated imitation, usually humorous.
b)
A delicious French Pastry
c)
Using objects, images, colours, movements and sounds to evoke meaning which gives us information about the character, narrative and / or themes.
Using objects, images, colours, movements and sounds to evoke meaning which gives us information about the character, narrative and / or themes.
d)
Using forms and styles from another film, filmmaker or genre generally as an affectionate tribute.
12.
Using objects, images, colours, movements and sounds to evoke meaning which gives us information about the character, narrative and / or themes.
a)
Metaphor
b)
Thematic patterning
c)
Hamartia
d)
Pathetic fallacy
13.
Breaking the fourth wall
a)
A character addresses the audience directly (also known as direct address). This may acknowledge to the audience that what is being presented is fiction, or may seek to extend the world of the story to provide the illusion that they are included in it.
A character addresses the audience directly (also known as direct address). This may acknowledge to the audience that what is being presented is fiction, or may seek to extend the world of the story to provide the illusion that they are included in it.
b)
The narrator of the story is not sincere, or introduces a bias in his narration and possibly misleads the audience, hiding or minimizing events, characters, or motivations.
The narrator of the story is not sincere, or introduces a bias in his narration and possibly misleads the audience, hiding or minimizing events, characters, or motivations.
c)
Threat of impending disaster—often used in thrillers where salvation and escape are essential elements
d)
A Song by The Who
14.
Hypodiegesis
a)
Too much story
b)
Prediction that, by being made, makes itself come true.
Prediction that, by being made, makes itself come true.
c)
A story within a story
d)
Diverting attention away from an item of significance.
15.
In medias res
a)
A plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist pursues, often with little or no narrative explanation as to why it is considered so important and turns out to have little or no relevance to the plot.
b)
Beginning the story in the middle of a sequence of events. A specific form of narrative hook.
c)
A main story that organizes a series of shorter stories.
d)
Story opening that "hooks" audience attention so they will keep watching.
16.
Plot
a)
The main premise of the story
b)
The order in which you tell the story
c)
The structure of the story
d)
A wicked plan
17.
Circular Narrative
a)
juxtaposes alternative versions of a story which show possible outcomes that might occur due to changes in events or decisions made
b)
a film that starts at the end and works back to the beginning
c)
a story is broken into chapters, may be sequential or may have different viewpoints of different characters, which disrupts chronological flow.
d)
A narrative that goes round and round and round
18.
Catharsis
a)
Resolution or emotional release
b)
Problem
c)
Dilemma
d)
Enigma
19.
A single action, scene, event, setting, or any element of significance at the beginning and end of a film.
a)
Framing Device
b)
MacGuffin
c)
Narrative hook
d)
Self-fulfilling prophecy
20.
What do you need to do to grow your knowledge of Narrative Devices?
a)
Watch lots of films
b)
Think about them when watching films
c)
Do this quiz again
d)
Use them in your writing about film
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