HRS180-03 

FinalStudy Sheet, Spring ’02   

Alyson Buckman

·Beable to match directors with their films.Whichdirectors appeared in their films (shown in class)? Know the plots and fabulas of the films; be able to define and use both plot and fabula.
·Beable to match quotes with films
·Beable to define genre, its elements, and its consequences
·Whatare the elements of realistic and formalistic narratives?(Hint:see “Story” chapter).How do thefilms we viewed relate to realism and formalism?
·Beable to define film noir and its elements as well as its historical andsocial context.
·Beable to describe the characters of each film and know how they are describedwithin the film itself.

·Whatis the point of view of The Maltese Falcon? How is meaning createdvisually?

·Beable to define “the male gaze” and voyeurism

·Whatare protagonists and antagonists and what is the classical paradigm fornarrative?

·Howdo characters bridge scenes?
·Whatis the importance of the quotes at the end of Do the Right Thing?
·Beable to link quotes or ideas with the appropriate directors
·Whatis involved in a feminist poetics?
·Whatare the visual influences on Citizen Kane?Howis the narrative constructed?
·Whatis Rosebud?
·Whatare shock transitions and how are they used in Citizen Kane?
·Beable to identify important elements of particular shots, including: theboarding house, snow globe, and the election scene in CK; the United Nationsand cornfield scenes from NbyNW; and the red wall of Do the Right Thing.

·Whatinnovations did Gregg Toland have to create for Citizen Kane?

·Howdo low and high angle shots of Kane work in Citizen Kane?

·Whatis the story behind Citizen Kane and its release?

·Whatare similarities between film noir and North by Northwest?

·Whatare differences between stage and screen acting?

·Whatare Hitchcock’s signature elements and how are they used in North byNorthwest?

·Whatare the traditional definitions (see handout) of artist, artisan, and auteur?

·Howdoes Do the Right Thing use sound to communicate meaning?

·Whatis the ideology of Do the Right Thing?Howis Lee a movement filmmaker?

·Whatare the differences between neutral, implicit, and explicit ideology?Whatis ideology?

·Doesan emphasis of a camera upon a particular character necessarily mean thatthe director wants us to agree with that character?

·Howdoes Ricky’s camera function in American Beauty?

·Howdoes voice-over narration function?

·Howis redemption a part of Pulp Fiction?Howdoes PF relate to gangster films?

·Whatis postmodernism? (see PF handout) 

·Whatis German Expressionism? What elements are expressionistic in The Cabinetof Dr. Caligari? How does the ending relate to the screenwriter’s intentions?

·Whatwas the New Wave/ Nouvelle Vague and what did its theorists like aboutAmerican cinema?

·Whatare the differences between realist and formalist directors?

·Howdo personality stars become genres?

·Whatare the elements of the classical narrative paradigm?