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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 title of Chapter II?
2. Who wrote the book, The Konostasis?
3. Who wrote the short story upon which Ivan's Childhood was based?
4. What term does Tarkovsky refer to as meaning "cinema that boldly moves away, in its images, from what is factual and concrete, as pictured by real life, and at the same time affirms its own structural wholeness"?
5. What term is used to describe the design aspects of a theater or film production, both in visually artful ways through storyboarding, cinematography, stage design, and direction?
Short Essay Questions
1. What admiration does Tarkovsky lend to Bunuel in Chapter II? Why?
2. Why and how does Tarkovsky believe cinema arose when it did?
3. What does Tarkovsky define "the artist" as in the text? What is the artist's chief weapon and goal?
4. What is music's role in film, according to Tarkovsky?
5. What does Tarkovsky claim his reasons were in writing, Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema in the Introduction?
6. What does Tarkovsky define as cinema's unique aspect in Chapter III? What would the ideal film be?
7. What was the first moving picture to be released? When and where was it released?
8. Describe the protagonist and his journey in Andrey Rublyov.
9. Describe Tarkovsky's take on the mise-en-scene of film.
10. What does Tarkovsky write of his film school days in Chapter IV?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the letters Tarkovsky cites as his reasons for writing Sculpting in Time: Reflections on the Cinema. What was the common response to Tarkovsky's works?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Tarkovsky's view of the relationship between artist and audience. How does Tarkovsky feel the director should view the audience? What credit does he give them? How do other directors differ in this regard?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the common themes and stylistic elements for which Tarkovsky is known. What themes recurred in the films discussed in class and in the text?
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