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The three major types of movies are _____________.
narrative, experimental, and documentary.
Which of the following distinguishes narrative films from other kinds of
movies?
Narrative films are directed toward fiction.
Hybrid films illustrate
the flexibility of film form by blurring boundaries of film categorization.
Documentary filmmaking, which uses actual people, places, and events as
source material, is described by John Grierson as _____________.
a creative treatment of actuality
Nanook of the North (1922), which presents people and places in a
straightforward manner, is an example of _____________.
a factual documentary
The founding purpose of the persuasive documentary was to
_____________.
address social injustice
An observational documentary generally does which of the following?
limits the use of voice-over narration; eliminates as many signs of
mediation as possible
Experimental films frequently reflect the creative vision of a single artist.
These films _____________.
invite individual interpretation
Genre refers to the categorization of narrative films by the stories they tell
and the ways they tell them. Which of the following statements is NOT true
of genre?
The conventions of genre films are stable and do not evolve.
Gangster films are characterized by _____________ and _____________.
exploring the American dream; an antihero
The story formula for this type of movie usually involves the origin of the
protagonist's powers and/or high-stakes struggle to defeat a villainous
attempt to destroy a city, country, or universe.
superhero movies
Which of the following describes the distinct visual style of film noir?
deep shadows; nighttime exterior scenes; elements composed diagonally in
the frame
Horror films are often characterized by a protagonist who _____________.
saves a community that rejects her
The Lego Movie (2014) is an example of this, a term applied to a work of art
that imitates or appropriates recognizable stylistic elements from a previous
work or works.
pastiche
What are the three basic types of animation?
hand-drawn, stop-motion, and digital
Which of the following persuasive documentaries chronicles the history of
the U.S. prison and justice system as a systemized form of slavery?
13th (2016)
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Documentaries that explore - and sometimes critique - the documentary
form itself are known as _____________ documentaries.
reflexive
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) was the work of which director, considered
to be the first major American experimental filmmaker
Maya Deren
Which of the following genres was not born out of any specific political or
cultural moment or preexisting literary genre?
the musical
Storytelling is storytelling no matter what your medium is. And the
language of film is also the same. You're still using close ups and medium
shots and long shots. You're still trying to introduce the audience to a
character and get them to care." What is director Brad Bird referring to in
this quote?
animation