Study Guide for Final Exam
Wed. December 20, 8 am
The final exam will cover only information from the film text. All information in the assigned chapters.. Any information from the on-line outlines may be included
Another good source to study is the glossary in the Internet Movie Database. To look up a film term, click on the first letter of the term on the left side of the screen:
Terms to Focus on:
| Genres | Reviewing by Critics vs. Reviewers vs. Scholars | Narrative, Documentary, Avant-Garde | Motifs | Diegetic/Non-Diegetic |
| Syuzhet | Fabula | Flash-backs | Mise en Scene | Cutaway Shot |
| Film Acting Styles | Comparison of Film to Video | Photographic Process | Parts of a Camera | Film and Video frames per second |
| Storyboards | Production Team Titles | Compositing | CGI | Recursive Action |
| Lenses and Filters | Kuleshov Effect | Collage, Tempo, Timing | Shot Transitions | Narrative Sequencing |
| Montage Sequence | Parallel Editing | Tableau Shot | Shot/Reverse Shot | Eyeline Match |
| Continuity Editing | Standard Shot Pattern | 180-degree Rule | Jump Cut | Continuity Editor (Script Supervisor) |