Question 1
Our author stresses that years of watching commercial American cinema have led audiences to hold a number of expectations of both film form and content while watching a movie. List three elements of a film's form and organization which one might expect of a Hollywood film.
This is a short answer question. Please use complete sentences and explain you answer. Remember, it is a timed quiz.
Three conventions that audiences would expect while watching a movie are Invisibility and cinematic language, Cultural invisibility and implicit and explicit meaning.
Audience want an action movie to look like an action movie with the right technology pay off. They want a romance to have the right love pay off at the end.
Seamless editing which connects shots to produce a story (pg3, 5-6.)
A narrative that moves the story forward through a set of cause and effect events (pg 13).
A linear narrative structure (pg 3).
A clearly motivated protagonist (pg 13).
A recognition of a performer based on her/his "type" or previous work (pg 13)..
A polished work, or as the text notes, "pretty to look at" (pg.3).
A work in which the cinematography allows, “audiences to absorb movie meaning” through choice of shots, mise-en-scene, lighting, etc. (pg 6-8)
Other possible answers not discussed in chapter 1 =
Sound - sound augments the illusion of reality primarily through effects. Films are often dialogue driven and often music leads the emotions of the audience.
A happy ending in which all conflict is neatly resolved....no questions are left unanswered.
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