Mid-Term Exam Review

These are the areas we have studied so far this quarter that might be on the exam.

1. Beginnings of film and the silent era
2. Transition to sound - complications
3. Surrealism - definitions and examples
4. Expressionism - definitions and examples
5. Genre studies
6. The Horror Film
7. Film Noir
8. Point of view
9. Montage
10. Mise en scene
11. Film screen ratios

These are the films that were required viewing. They will be integrated into the test.

1. Films of the Lumiere Brothers
2. Films of George Melies
3. Edwin S. Porter - "The Great Train Robbery"
4. "Metropolis"
5. "The Passion of Joan of Arc"
6. "Un Chien Andalou"
7. "The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari"
8. "Eraserhead"
9. "Eyes Without a Face"
10. "Susperia"
11. "The Big Sleep"
12. "Laura"

The exam will be an objective test with multiple choice, true false, etc. Thanks for all the papers. I am reading them now and hope to have your grades by Monday.