CLEP Humanities : Analyzing the Form of Film
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Example Question #1 : Performing Arts
Which of the following was NOT a filmmaking innovation of Orson Welles' 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane?
Overlapping dialogue
Full use of sound throughout the film
Nonlinear narrative story telling
Deep focus shots
A full soundtrack of incidental noises
Full use of sound throughout the film
Orson Welles' Citizen Kane pioneered a variety of filmmaking approaches and techniques, marking it out as a landmark of cinema. In particular, Welles used overlapping dialogue, with characters talking over each other; a soundtrack of incidental and background noises; deep focus shots that placed entire shots of different depths completely into focus; and a story that unfolded in a nonlinear fashion, by using flashbacks, unreliable narrators, and contradictory facts.
Example Question #2 : Performing Arts
In silent film, an "intertitle" is __________.
a story that interrupts the main story
the alternate title provided by the opening credits
a short film that was shown before a longer feature
a screen shot of writing that provided information or dialogue
a short break in the middle of the film
a screen shot of writing that provided information or dialogue
Silent films, by their very nature, were unable to use dialogue or sound to convey information to the audience. While many actors were able to provide lots of content through pantomime and action, crucial elements would still be missed. Therefore, intertitles, screen shots of writing that gave dialogue or information, were used to flesh out the stories of silent films.
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