English 4950: Cool Old Movies

Spring 20198

Short-Answer Midterm Outline

Below you will find the ID terms I’ve settled on, drawn from your lists and mine. Twelve of the terms will appear on Wednesday’s midterm, and you will be asked to identify eight of them, providing both a brief definition and an account of their relevance to our study Hollywood film or a specific example—no more than three or four sentences. Eight items x five points per item = 40 total points for the assignment; scores will be transformed into a letter grade.

I’ll set aside about 25 minutes of class time for the quiz; remember that it accounts for (only) 10% of your final grade. On Monday we can spend a few minutes clearing up any remaining mysteries about the terms.

180-degree rule

audience/spectator

auteurism

Big Five/Little Three

block booking

Classic Hollywood Narration

continuity editing

Fearless Panoram Dolly

Kuleshov effect

Laura Mulvey

mise-en-scene

MPPDA

offcasting

option contract

Paramount case

point of view/viewpoint

Production Code

represented/expressive space

screwball comedy

shot/reverse shot

story vs. plot

vertical integration