Film Class Midterm (Quiz)

We have a midterm exam or quiz if you will in 13 days. This included with your homework accounts for 50% of your grade. This is what you should prepare. First, know the meanings of following words or expressions. I will provide the words and definitions. You just need to match.

1. Pay homage to

2. Misanthrope

3. Bird's eye view

4. Conformity

5. Cookie cutter neighborhood or school

6. Clique

7. Myth

8. Noble Savage

9. Angst

10. Match cut

11. Misogyny 

12. Genre

13. Tracking shot

14. Opening credits

15. Pulp fiction

16. Chronological

17. Washed up

18. Tracking shot (2X)

19. Nerd/dork

20. Basket case

21. Foreshadow

I will also ask some questions about what happened in the movies.

If you came to every class, this won't be a problem for you. I will

have a paragraph question as well. In my opinion, a paragraph is

five or move sentences.

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Gen X

People born between 1965 and 1980. It’s my generation. People say it is the rudest and most intolerant generation which worries a lot about conformity or being the same as everybody else.

You can see it her, when they call her strange. They don’t trust people who are unique.

They will return to their cliques on Monday and pretend they don’t know each other.

Next two genres: western (cowboy) and war

Terms to think about:

1.   Misanthrope: somebody (usually highly intelligent) who hates other people and humans in general

2.   Misogyny: hatred and bullying of women (usually by men)

3.   Narrator: person who speaks to explain the plot (but you don’t see them). This person is normally a character in the movie.

4.   Foreshadow: when we are given hints / clues about what will happen later

I want you to write down the first voice over (what the narrator says) because I think it is a good example of foreshadowing.

5.   Soundtrack is written by the guy from Radiohead, but it is not like Radiohead at all. They won the Oscar for the music.

All four main actors and actresses were nominated for an Oscar too.

6.   Homoerotic: subtle gay or lesbian themes

7.   Every time the brother talks about Bronco Henry, the other brother ignores him. Why?

8.   In the story, the misanthropic brother majored in Classics at Yale University and graduated first in his class. Romulus and Remus: it is the story of the founding or start of Rome. It is a myth. Stories we use to explain when we don’t have or understand science.