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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 is the name of the film genre dedicated to small form action-image?

2. When did the crisis of action-image begin in Italy?

3. When did the crisis of action-image begin in France?

4. What word does Pierce associate with "Firstness"?

5. Deleuze claims that impression links situation with which other element?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the poles of the action-image?

2. How does Eisenstein use an index for transformation?

3. What are the five traits of the new image, according to Deleuze?

4. Why does Deleuze feel that Americans have difficulties with naturalism?

5. What is a complex entity?

6. What is impulse-image?

7. What is the law of index?

8. What is sensory-motor link?

9. What is the difference between SAS and ASA?

10. What are second and final domain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between objectivity and subjectivity? How are both used in film? How do objectivity and subjectivity relate to affective and active factors?

Essay Topic 2

How does Hitchcock incorporate the audience into his film, such as "Vertigo" and "Rear Window"? Why is this significant? Why should a filmmaker care about incorporating the audience?

Essay Topic 3

Describe both first and second level involved in film making. Explain how a filmmaker can use both the first and second level in unique ways. What should a good filmmaker do during both first and second level preparation to make a successful film?

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