Narrative, genre and representation overview quiz - WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Film Studies quiz

Plot is the genre; story is the budget

They mean exactly the same thing

Plot is the ending; story is the opening

Plot is the events in the order the film shows them; story is the full chronological sequence including backstory

Disruption, equilibrium, new order, struggle

Struggle, disruption, equilibrium, new order

Equilibrium, disruption, struggle, new equilibrium

New equilibrium, struggle, disruption, equilibrium

Non-linear structure

Linear structure

Genre convention

Diegetic sound

The film's running time

The musical score

The recognisable objects, settings, costumes and images associated with a genre

The director's biography

Repeating the same film twice

Enough familiar conventions to recognise the genre, plus enough variation to keep it fresh

Editing a scene repeatedly

Playing the score on a loop

Mixing two or more genres in one film

Filming in black and white

Using only diegetic sound

Shooting on location

Because films are built on sets

Because actors are paid to perform

Because cinemas construct screens

Because filmmakers select what to show and use film form to shape how we see it

A type of camera

A simplified, widely held and often exaggerated representation of a group

A non-linear narrative

A genre convention unique to comedy

The camera's exact angle only

The film's release date

The colour of the lighting

Whose perspective the film invites us to share, and who is left out

The values and beliefs a representation carries

The number of shots in a film

The type of camera lens used

The film's box office gross

A single camera shot

The length of the credits

How the combined elements of film form create a distinctive look, feel and tone

The price of a cinema ticket

The lead actor in a film

The person who writes the music

A type of film genre

A director with a recognisable personal style and recurring themes, seen as the main author of their films

It does not; style is purely decorative

It sets the tone, supports the themes and shapes the audience's response

It only affects the film's length

It changes the ticket price

Aesthetics and film style (plus specialist writing)

Box office analysis

Camera maintenance

Cinema architecture