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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does Deleuze credit with organic schools?

2. In second level shots, what is movement determined by?

3. What is the second element of Bergson's third thesis?

4. What does Deleuze say has objective and subjective dimensions?

5. What does Deleuze say places images in consciousness?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Eisenstein the leader of Soviet film?

2. Why might a filmmaker want to use a montage?

3. Describe Eisenstein's close-up style.

4. What concept of film does Deleuze seem to have in the introduction to the text?

5. What does Deleuze attribute to US film?

6. Describe Bergson's first thesis.

7. How does Deleuze describe Sternberg's use of facial dimensions?

8. What does Deleuze attribute to pre-war French film?

9. How does Deleuze describe objectivity?

10. Describe Griffith's close-up style.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is naturalism, and what qualities allow a filmmaker to achieve a naturalist piece? Why does Deleuze believe that American filmmakers have so much trouble creating naturalist pieces?

Essay Topic 2

Describe German Expressionism and the ways in which it can be achieved. Then describe Deleuze's opinions about German Expressionism and use at least two quotes to support this opinion.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Keaton and Chaplin in the types of comedy Deleuze describes each as portraying. Which does Deleuze seem to care more for?

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