HUM3321 Multicultural Dimensions of Film and 20th Century Culture Final Exam Study Guide Format The final exam is not cumulative The format will be fill in the blank 20 questions 2 points each matching 23 terms 2 points each and short response choose 3 of 4 options 8 points each The highest possible score is 110 points The exam will test your knowledge of specific anthology article terms and concepts the technical aspects and historical developments of film Belton chapters the content of the selected films in the course as they relate to the anthology articles as well as your ability to integrate compare and contrast concepts presented in the course material Refer to the Test Strategies document for more information Polices Students may use a pencil or dark ink pen to complete the exam and must write legibly or the response will not be graded Unless there is an extenuating circumstance and or the instructor is contacted prior to an exam make up exams will not be administered Make up exams must be taken within 48 hours of the original exam date and time if at all possible and the format will be entirely short answer Terms with an asterisk designate a possible short answer candidate these are the only terms that will require remembering dates and specific content from the films Belton The Film School Generation 1 French New Wave 2 auteur theory Period in the late 50 s People that become directors in Film People who wrote films were trained to make films previously critics would reference other films in their own films Instead of people going to apprentice in studios they started going to film school to become directors CINETILE people who know a lot about film Instead of studios bearing mark the director put the stamp on film Example Tim Burton has such a distinct style its obvious that its his film rather than someone else s 3 American New Wave Late 60 s Americans were staring to see film as a new culture Revised cannons in American film Refers to how this post modern shift to film making references to concepts ideas without sense of parody Kind of like an insider look Reference to art literature or other films kind of embracing refers to the imitation of an earlier work but without any perceptible attitude meaning neutral attitude toward it How the French New Wave affected America 4 pastiche 5 the failure of the new Anxiety crisis where filmmakers think everything that can be done has been done Anxiety to have something new that hasn t been done before Sense of failure to bring new ideas 6 brat pack Try and overlude bad times with good times like the 50 s and 60 s Would appear in a lot of films together o bright shiny Original brat pack o Sammy Davis Jr Blue Eyes 1 8 1980s and 1990s filmmakers 9 two part distribution pattern Very different from each other 1980 s look back at movies for influence 1990 s more influenced by television Give older ideas huge budget Hollywood films Unlike studio films based on popularity they would show the movie everywhere Huge media blitz accompanies this for a long time in order to make money o Example Video games restaurant products toys commercials etc o Jaws first summer blockbuster film Noriega US Latinos and Film 1 Latino as hilo thread El hilo a thread 1970 s o In this context used as a history of a particular group of people and what it is to be American 2 Mestizos Mestizos people of mixed racial background Mestizaje process of racial mixing 3 sleeping giant metaphor allegorical figure refers to the Latino groups embracing assimilation or cultural nationalism at high profile times in America background but emerge during politics and draws attention to these issues what we think of America and the history of the U S Idea that racial problems and immigration integration are always in the Latino is not so much an identity position but a social movement to challenge Film was a way to go against mainstream Americans for Latinos 1 Pan American o 2 ways Across American identity how to assimilate to predominate white culture 2 Device of racial politics Sustain their racial identity do NOT assimilate 4 Two Tropes that characterize the femination of the nation in relation to feminization Whore and Mother Rowe Whose America 1 white victimage Contest who gets to define different spaces Anxiety that white s have not being the center of what it means to not be American People who are non white are scared that they will not be able to have a say because they are the minority the feminzation of space and whore mother 2 Fisher Precarious Dystopias 1 cyberfeudal Caste system 2 suicide as a political act Refers to no advertising and support and functions are virtual Entire life depends on other districts Hunger Games but you can t see the consumption part of it By taking your own life yourself you have shown power over the gov t because it disrupts the governments ability and power over you Can use political suicide for control and to show attention toward national movements o Example capitol is disrupted when Peeta and Katniss threaten to take their own lives in the games rather than have the capitol kill them off 2 Karl Marx The Destructive Power of Money 1 how money is an alienated form of labor Alienates us from each other Egarian society Industrial society 2 how money is a disruptive power o Egarian society makes more tangible products o Industrial abstraction of money Example not seeing the growth process of the food we consume Alienates us from not seeing No more bartering system Have to rely on each other to make money No dependence on each other can with hold things now Inverts relationships Also destructive to social relationships Warps self value and self work Money offers perceptions on how people are perceived rich vs poor o Example really ugly guy with beautiful woman guy has lots of money so Not every person in place of leadership is smart woman feels secure Just because of money and power o Angela McRobbie Feminism the Family and the New Mediated Maternalism 1 maternal feminine Idealized motherhood is a woman who can do it all on her own Highly professionalized concept of being a mom 2 shift from liberalism to neo liberalism 50 s 60 s Try to make it more common for women to be in the workplace Collective rights shifts to more individual rights like maternal feminine Fight for women s rights o o Very political equality of all individual politicized depoliticized middle class to privilege middle and upper class 3 social democracy A political
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