Final Exam

The final exam requires you to identify all the terms that you had on the Film Term exam but also use them to discuss the films that we watch this semester. The final exam contains an essay in which you will reflect on your development as a critical film viewer this semester, and part of discussing your progress is being able to identify particular elements in the films that stood out to you.

To write this essay, you will need to bring your own notebook paper to class with you.

Film Term Exams

There will be several short exams on film terms this semester. These exams will require you to name technical film terms. I will give you the definitions, and you must recall the correct term and spell it accurately in the blank. To do well, you must study the glossary and learn my terminology as we progress in the course. If you prepare by writing the terms over and over again while using the flashcard tool in the glossary, you'll most likely score high on these exams, your film notes, and the final exam.

There are 83 film terms, so I will divide the categories across four short film term exams:

1. Film Term Exam 1: Camera Work and Critique
2. Film Term Exam 2: Editing
3. Film Term Exam 3: Frame and Mise-en-scène
4. Film Term Exam 4: Sound and Storytelling

The categories match the ones I used in the glossary tool. The final exam will have all 83 terms at once.

Film Terms Glossary

Click here to use the glossary tool. You can use the glossary online, but you can also download it to your computer and use it there. You can also view examples of many of the terms in our video glossary.