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Film Form |
The method and manner in which parts fit together to make a whole. |
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Suspense |
A delay in fulfilling an established expectation. |
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Surprise |
The result of expectation that is revealed to be incorrect. |
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Referential Meaning |
A very concrete, close to bare-bones plot summary. Think IMDB. (Book definition: Allusion to particular items of knowledge outside the film that the viewer is expected to recognize) |
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Explicit Meaning |
Close to the point of the film, with an openly asserted meaning when describing a film’s meaning. (Book Definition: Significance presented overtly, usually in language and often near the film’s beginning and end.) |
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Implicit Meaning |
An abstract meaning that goes beyond what is explicitly stated in the film. Think interpretive meaning. (Book Definition: Significance left tacit, for the viewer to discover on analysis or reflection) |
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Symptomatic Meaning |
Describing a film’s meaning by explaining a particular set of social values that make up the point of the film. (Book Definition: Significance that the film divulges, often against will its will, by virtue of its historical or social context.) |
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Five Principles of Form |
Function Similarity and repetition Difference and variation Development Unity and disunity. |
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Development |
A progression moving from beginning through middle to end. |
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Function |
The role of effect of any element within the film’s form. |
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Similarity and Repetition |
Any significant repeated element in a film. |
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Difference and Variation |
Significant deviations from what is expected or established. |
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Unity and Disunity |
How relationships in a film are interwoven and how communicative and cohesive it is. |
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Motif |
An element in a film that is repeated in a significant way at least 3 times. |
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Formal Systems |
Narrative and Non-Narrative. |
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Nondiegetic |
When an element is not part of the world of the depicted narrative. |
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Depth of Narration |
How much the spectator learns about the characters’ psychological states in a film. |
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Story Duration |
The time length that the characters in a film experience. |
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Screen Duration |
The time length of the film itself. |
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Plot Duration |
The time length that the film’s information has occurred over total, regardless of how long the characters have experienced it. |
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