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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI 600 034
M.Sc.DEGREE EXAMINATION -VISUAL COMMUNICATION
SECOND SEMESTER APRIL 2018
17/16PVC2MC01- FILM STUDIES
Date: 17-04-2018 Dept. No. Max. 100 Marks
Time: 01:00-04:00
PART A
Briefly answers ALL the following questions in about 50 words each. (10 X 2 20)
1. Situational Motive
2. Reverse Shot
3. Cahiers du cinéma
4. Montage
5. Archetype
6. Confrontation
7. Indie film
8. Crowdfunding
9. Aspect Ratio
10. Spaghetti Western
PART B
Answer ANY FIVE of the following in about 200 words each. X 8 40)
11. How are film genres classified? Explain the different types of genres with examples.
12. What is Film Festival? Elaborate its influence on Mainstream cinema.
13. Discuss the period of studio system and its importance in Tamil cinema.
14. Elaborate in detail the grammar of cinematography with examples.
15. What is post Modernism? Explain the influence of post modernism in films.
16. How to sketch a character? Take a character from a film as example and explain indetail.
17. Discuss La Nouvelle Vague film movement in detail.
PART C
Write essay on ANY TWO of the following in about 400 words each. X 20 40)
18. What is Feminist Film Theory? Elaborate on the representation of women in Indian Cinema.
19. How a social movement like Marxism did influence the film making process? Elaborate on the theories associated with it.
20. Discuss in detail the various film movements exists in India.
21. Elaborate on the rise of star system in Indian Film Industry.