Film Ch 2

Front 1

Form

Back 1

The overall system of relations that we can perceive among the elements in the whole film

Front 2

Narrative Elements

Back 2

Constitute the film's story

Front 3

Stylistic Elements

Back 3

Devices such as: the way the camera moves, the patterns of color in the frame, the use of music

Front 4

Referential Meaning

Back 4

Allusion to particular items of knowledge outside the film that the viewer is expected to recognize

Front 5

Explicit Meaning

Back 5

Significance presented overtly, usually in language and often near the film's beginning or end

Front 6

Implicit Meaning

Back 6

Significance left tacit, for the viewer to discover upon analysis or reflection

Front 7

Symptomatic Meaning

Back 7

Significance that the film divulges, often against its will, by virtue of its historical or social context

Front 8

Function

Back 8

The role or effect of any element within the film's form

Front 9

Motivation

Back 9

The justification given in the film for the presence of an element

Front 10

Motif

Back 10

Any significant repeated element in a film

Front 11

Parallelism

Back 11

The process whereby the film cues the spectator to compare two or more distinct elements by highlighting some similarity

Front 12

Variation

Back 12

The return of an element with notable changes

Front 13

Development

Back 13

A progression moving from beginning through middle to end

Front 14

Segmentation

Back 14

Written outline of the film that breaks it into its major and minor parts, with the parts marked by consecutive numbers or letters

Front 15

Unity

Back 15

When all the relationships we perceive within a film are clear and economically interwoven