Test on Friday, 1/22

The test will focus on Fred Zinnemann's High Noon, David O. Russel's Three Kings (Period 4 ONLY), Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting (Period 8 ONLY), Fritz Lang's M, and Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso. You should also know the terms from the second half of chapter 4 of our textbook, Understanding Movies. In addition, be familiar with all critical terms that we learned earlier in the course, from cinematic terms (such as "birds-eye shot") to other terms such as "metonymy."

Look over your notes, your homework assignments, and all Viewing Guides and handouts.

Be sure to focus on these areas in your review:

• High Noon: Establishing shot; motifs; Judge Mettrick's lesson in civics; Will Kane as "hero"; montage; the famous "boom shot"; subtext; HUAC; allegory; politics & film style. Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.
• Three Kings OR Good Will Hunting: Story structure: exposition, setting, protagonist, conflict; inciting incident; rising action; crisis; climax; falling action/resolution; final thoughts about how the film does or does not fit the classical paradigm. Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.
• M: Establishing sound; cross-cutting between cops & criminals; match cut; close-ups; Peter Lorre's performance; low-angle shot of Lohmann; off-screen space; final image; Weimar Republic; metonymy; German Expressionism; Megan's Law; non-classical structure; kangaroo court. Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.
• Cinema Paradiso: Establishing shot; characterization of Toto; minor characters & how they develop (character arcs); Italian life post WWII; symbolic imagery; Magical Realism; Alfredo's 3 "magic tricks"; jump cut; final images (before & after the credits); the "Cinema of Life." Be able to cite specific examples of these concepts from the film to prove your point.
• Miscellaneous Key Terms: editing & storyboarding (see the second half of chapter 4 in our textbook)

This is only a general guide and not a complete list of everything we learned and everything you should study!

Extra help will be after school on Thursday, 1/21 in room 452. Good luck!