Questions number 2 and 3 you will not be able to answer. it is okay to leave blank, Please write questions out then the answer, thank you.

1. Define the concept, “cinematic.”

2. Answer this question based on criteria established in Vimeo Classes 1 & 2. What is a
“good” film?

3. Answer this question based on criteria established in Vimeo Classes 1 & 2. In terms of the
spectator’s experience, what do you think is the most basic difference between the
presentation of an action, incident, or story on stage in a play, and a presentation of the same
action, incident, or story on film?

4. What does the term “visual composition” refer to?

5. Explain the difference between the terms: shot, sequence, and scene.

6. Define the term, “lighting motif.”

7. Select and describe an example of a lighting motif in the opening sequence of Us.

8. Define the term, “compositional motif.”

9. Select and describe an example of a compositional motif in the opening sequence of Us.

10. Explain the technique of subjective viewpoint editing (“point-of-view” editing).

11. Select and describe an example of subjective viewpoint editing in the opening sequence of
Us.

12. List at least three characteristic elements seen in American films from the “primitive” era.

13. List the three forms of existing popular entertainments that influenced filmmakers in the
“primitive” era.

14. List three important discoveries in the development of the art of film made by Edwin S.
Porter in The Great Train Robbery.

15. Describe an example of one of those discoveries in The Great Train Robbery.

16. Identify the main feature that makes films made in the transitional era different from films made in the primitive era.

17. List D.W. Griffith’s major innovations in the development of the art of film.

18. Describe an example of one of those innovations from any Griffith film seen for class.

19. Which type of editing is most commonly used to create “suspense” in film and describe an
example from any Griffith film seen for class.

20. Of the types of editing listed and defined in your syllabus, identify the type of editing used in
the following example from A Corner in Wheat:

Shot A – MLS, NA, MK, the “Wheat King” entertains a group of well-dressed guests at a
lavish dinner party
CUT to:

Shot B- MLS, NA, MK, homeless people in a bread line in an inner-city bakery.