The teaching goal of this course is to improve students’ understanding and aesthetic appreciation of English Movies by i

The teaching goal of this course is to improve students’ understanding and aesthetic appreciation of English Movies by illustrating essential film-making elements including shots, Mise-en-Scène, narrative (classic three-act linear structure, basic stories), genre, character & performance etc. 

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B:错
答案: 对

 The content of this course include six chapters: style, narrative, artists & awards and three major Genres of English Movies including their definition, characteristics, classification, representatives and masterpieces.

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答案: 对

Chapter one includes Mise-en-Scène, the ideology of classical Hollywood cinema and genres.

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答案: 对

Basic stories and three-act linear structure will be the focus in chapter two Narrative.

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答案: 对

 There are case studies in chapters of Romance and Social Drama films. 

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答案: 对

Which of the following shots can give audience a sense of immediacy?

A:Tilt
B:Hand-held shots
C:Pan
D:Tracking
答案: Hand-held shots

Which of the following shots can give audience a “bird’s eye view” and thus creates a sense of omniscience？

A:Low angle shots
B:Overhead shots
C:Crane shots

D:Wide-angle lens
答案: Overhead shots

Which genre is NOT categorized on the basis of the effect produced on the audience？

A: Comedy
B:Thriller
C: Action
D:Horror
答案:  Action

Which of the Criteria is NOT used to define generic categories?

A:Formal properties
B:Subject matter
C:Editing
D:Style 
答案: Editing

Which of the following films is NOT the blockbuster?

A:The Dallas Buyers Club
B:Titanic
C:Matrix
D:Avatar
答案: The Dallas Buyers Club

According to Robin Wood, which of the following statements is NOT the ideology of classic Hollywood cinema

A:Enterprise and initiative
B:Marriage and home
C:Progress and technology
D:Equality and feminism
答案: Equality and feminism

 Which of the following movies is NOT defined by its subject matter?

A:Social Drama
B:Romance
C:Musical
D:Fantasy
答案: Musical

This ideology is never stated explicitly, but can nevertheless be detected through the set of values and assumptions underlying Hollywood film of the period.

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B:错
答案: 对

Classical Hollywood explicitly extols success and wealth but is at the same time ashamed to do so and seeks to cover its tracks with a contradictory ideology of “money isn’t everything; money corrupts; the poor are happier”

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B:错
答案: 错

Both the Western and the musical constitute well-defined genres, the former is now basically extinct, and the latter very nearly so. 

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B:错
答案: 对

The protagonist of the （    ）story usually begins in a lowly position but, through his good nature, convinces all doubters and is rewarded.

A:Candide
B:Cinderella
C:Faust
D:Tristan
答案: Cinderella

Which of the following basic stories is generally a “happy ending” story?

A:Candid
B:Achilles
C:Romeo and Juliet
D:Faust
答案: Candid

What of the following basic stories is usually a variant of the classical tragedy?

A: Candide
B: Cinderella
C:Achilles
D:Faust
答案: Achilles

Which one as follows is the function of point of no return?

A:Poses question to be explored
B:Grabs attention of audience
C:Incident that disturbs life of protagonist
D:Protagonist becomes truly committed to his goal
答案: Protagonist becomes truly committed to his goal

Which event as follows has the function that poses question to be explored?

A: The hook
B:The key line
C:Inciting incident 
D: Point of no return
答案: The key line

Act I will also give enough information to allow the audience to know the basic story to which the film belongs, and thus to know roughly what to expect of it.

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B:错
答案: 错

Turning point one is a scene that presents the protagonist with a problem that disturbs the normality and predictability of life.

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B:错
答案: 错

The turning point differs from the inciting incident in that it is associated with some decisive action taken by the protagonist that dramatically raises the stakes and increases the danger level

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B:错
答案: 对

 The turning point two is the moment at which the protagonist faces his greatest challenge and either defeats his opponents or is defeated

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B:错
答案: 错

Plot is the viewer’s imaginary construction of all the events in the narrative while story is the film’s actual presentation of certain events in the narrative.

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答案: 错