Film Criticism Quiz

Rhetoric

The art of persuasion through strategic language use

Aristotle’s Triad

Ethos, Patho, and Logos

Ethos

Credibility/authority

Pathos

Emotional appeal

Logos

Logical reasoning

Camera shots, widest to closest

Ultra wide, wide, full, medium full, medium, medium close-up, extreme close-up,

Camera positioning

Symmetry, rule of thirds, leading lines

Camera movement

Pan, tilt, tracking, dolly shot, dolly zoom, handheld, static

Diegetic sound

Sound that originates from within the film’s world, such as dialogue and sound effects

Non-diegetic sound

Added sound that is separate, such as music or a voiceover

Elements of film

Vocab, settings, characters, props, genre

Analyzing performance

Emotional “reality”

Genre, cinematic popularity, credibility

Casting against type/real life persona

Identifying politics

Style of acting

Performance codes

What does their body language say?

Voice and vocal delivery- how do they use it?

Facial expressions- what is communicated?

Interactions- tells us about relationships

Presence- strength or weakness?