This document discusses key concepts about movies including how the experience of watching a movie differs from other art forms like plays or paintings. It asks how movies create a sense of manipulated reality for viewers and questions how cultural invisibility differs from cinematic invisibility. The document also questions how a viewer's prior experience with an actor or expectations may influence their reaction to a new movie. Finally, it asks students to reflect on whether learning about analyzing movies has been challenging.
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1. 1.
What do you think of when you hear the word movie? Has your
perception changed since reading this chapter? Explain
2.
How is the experience of seeing a movie different from
watching a play, reading a book, viewing a painting or taking a
photo?
3.
The language of film evolves to allow the audience to absorb
the movie themes? Explain.
4.
In what ways do movies minimize viewers’ awareness that they
are experiencing a highly manipulated artificial reality?
5.
What do we mean by cultural invisibility? How is this different
from cinematic invisibility?
6.
What is the different between implicit and explicit meaning?
7.
How might your previous experience of a particular actor
influence your reaction to a new movie featuring the same
2. performer?
8.
What are some of the other expectations that can affect the way
viewers react to a movie?
9.
What are you looking for when you write a formal analysis of a
movie scene?
10.
At this point, would you say learning about a movie has been
challenging if so why?