Discuss some of the ways viewer expectations are generated by movies.

For what reasons is it important to study and analyze movies as more than mere “entertainment”?

The simple awareness that Juno’s opening shot is the first image of the movie informs the analyst of the moment’s:

How might an alternative analysis place Juno within the context of director Jason Reitman’s career?

Explain how expectations specific to a particular performer like Michael Cera inform the way viewers perceive his role in Juno.

In order to exploit cinema’s capacity for transporting audiences into the world of the story, the commercial filmmaking process stresses:

Implicit meaning is best defined as ________, while explicit meaning is best defined as ________.

As opposed to the theater, how is cinema capable of conveying an object’s physical properties as well as its narrative significance and emotional meaning?

An analyst studying the appeal of the Hunger Games movies could examine all of the following EXCEPT:

Why is cultural invisibility not always a calculated decision on the part of filmmakers?