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| Format of Exam |
The Elements of Cinema Final Examination consists of a series of essays that must be answered on blue books. From a choice of six (6) essays you will have to answer four (4) of them, each with a well-written essay that takes up an entire blue-book, one side of each sheet. Each question is worth 25 points. This exam is worth 100 points. Concentrate your study on the following topics: |
| How Hollywood fought back in the decade of the 1950s when films were threatened by television |
| Baby Face and the Hays Production Code |
| Film Noir |
| The Western: from the films of the classic American genre through the "spaghetti" western |
| Cahiers du Cinéma and the Auteur Theory |
| Cinematic revolutions of the 1960s. |
Make sure that with all these topics you are well versed in the names of the directors, actors, and the films involved in each of the above topics. Make sure that you are able to identify the most important people responsible for the creation of the above films and genres that we have studied. |
| Study tips: For this final exam study from the original Internet pages where the assignments first appeared. Also, make sure that you re-read all the assigned readings, and most importantly study from the corrected quizzes, your notes, and homework assignments that you took during the semester. Also, don't forget to use the textbook. There is a wealth of information found there on all of the above topics. |
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In order to be exempt from the Elements of Cinema Final examination you must have earned an average of 85 or above in the second semester, with an average of 85 or better in the fourth quarter. Click on the clapper to the left to see this year's exemptions. Exemptions will be posted here the last day of senior classes. |