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Latin American Cinema and Colonial Legacies, Exams of Advanced Education

Liberty University (LU)Advanced Education

An overview of various aspects of latin american cinema, including the origins of the film industry, the development of different film genres in different countries, and the factors that contributed to the end of the mexican golden age. It also discusses the colonial legacies that still influence latin american societies, such as the land issue, unequal wealth distribution, the dominance of the spanish language, and the syncretism of indigenous and european cultural elements. Topics related to narrative structure, cinematographic techniques, and the historical context of latin american cinema, making it a potentially useful resource for students interested in film studies, latin american studies, or the intersection of culture and politics in the region.

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WL 3371 Exam 1 questions and answers update
what are the three points of narrative? - >>> 1. story
2. plot
3. narration
story - >>> the events that are presented to us or that we can infer have happened
plot - >>> the arrangement or construction of those events in a certain order or structure
narration - >>> refers to the perspective that organizes the plot according to a certain emotional,
physical, or intellectual point of view
What are the 8 dramatic points - >>> 1. exposition: the action starts
2. inciting incident: stimulus, conflict
3. rising action: complications
4. turning point: build up right before climax
5. climax: most dramatic point
6. falling action: "decrescendo", reversal
7. resolution: end of conflict, return to harmony
8. denouement: final comment or after thought
ocularization - >>> relation between what a character sees and what the camera sees
what are the three types of ocularization - >>> 1. simple: what the camera shows corresponds to what
the character sees
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WL 3371 Exam 1 questions and answers update what are the three points of narrative? - >>> 1. story

  1. plot
  2. narration story - >>> the events that are presented to us or that we can infer have happened plot - >>> the arrangement or construction of those events in a certain order or structure narration - >>> refers to the perspective that organizes the plot according to a certain emotional, physical, or intellectual point of view What are the 8 dramatic points - >>> 1. exposition: the action starts
  3. inciting incident: stimulus, conflict
  4. rising action: complications
  5. turning point: build up right before climax
  6. climax: most dramatic point
  7. falling action: "decrescendo", reversal
  8. resolution: end of conflict, return to harmony
  9. denouement: final comment or after thought ocularization - >>> relation between what a character sees and what the camera sees what are the three types of ocularization - >>> 1. simple: what the camera shows corresponds to what the character sees
  1. zero: what the camera shows doesn't relate to any character
  2. internal: subjective images shown by the editing, the dreams, the mise-en-abyne, etc. framing/composition: - >>> physical space shot: - >>> determined according to the distance between the camera and the subject shown in the image. Single image on screen before it cuts to the next shot. what are the seven types of shots - >>> 1. wide shot
  3. full shot (full body)
  4. 3/4 shot (medium long or American shot) (knee up)
  5. medium shot (waist up)
  6. medium close-up (chest up)
  7. close-up
  8. extreme close-up what are the four types of flashbacks? - >>> 1. flashback puzzle
  9. flashback at the beginning
  10. nostalgic flashback
  11. traumatic flashback what are the seven film formal features (formal elements of film)? - >>> 1. editing
  12. narrative
  13. characters
  14. cinematography
  15. mise-en-scene

What did Mexico provide to the US during WWII (1940-1945)? - >>> 1. raw materials to the allies

  1. main exporter of film in Spanish to the rest of Latin America What was the Mexican actor Mario Moreno known for? - >>> creating a comedic actor, Cantinflas, with a peculiar way of speaking, a sense of humor and social agenda who was Luis Bunuel? - >>> 1. Spanish filmmaker who was exiled from Spain due to Franco's dictatorship
  2. started with experimental films- filmed surrealism- and then started making political, serious films
  3. Un perro Andaluz (1929) in collab with Salvador Dali
  4. a non-conventional image of film, the world, and of objective reality (mixed both his life and his work) what 3 (6) factors contributed to the end of the Mexican Golden Age? - >>> 1. end of WWII (1945): end of the US support to the Mexican Cinema
  5. money is not reinvested locally
  6. Hollywood dominates the films distribution
  7. lack of technology
  8. crisis of the Mexican peso in 1954
  9. the film industry had to compete with TV the enconmienda system - >>> The first system of exploitation of labor: a Spaniard (the encomendero) was in charge of a group of Indians working and living in his land, supposedly in exchange for receiving protection and education the haciendas - >>> Landed estates of significant size that replaced the encomienda system. In these lands, the Indians lived and worked for their master (the "hacendado"), but were free, in exchange for loyalty and respect.

Fray Bartolome de las Casas - >>> Inspired by Montesinos' sermon, he became a priest and defended the Indigenous people in his book (A short Account of the Destruction of the Indies) Fray Antonio de Montesinos - >>> Priest from the Dominican order who in 1511 protested, in his sermon, against the abuses from the conquistadors towards the Indians in Hispaniola Island (now Dominican Republic). syncretism - >>> This term refers to the amalgamation or synthesis of Indian and European elements present in cultural, religious and artistic expressions What are the 5 legacies from the colonial times still prevalent nowadays in Latin America: - >>> 1. The land issue

  1. the unequal wealth distribution
  2. religion 4.Spanish language as the dominant language
  3. syncretism which legacy? land property rights. Exploitation of resources and its beneficiaries. Agricultural labor exploitation. The need of an integral agrarian reform. Origin/colonial referent: The appropriation of the Amerindian lands and their resources Forced labor over indigenous people in order to exploit the land's resources Antonio de Montesinos Bartolome de las casas - >>> the land issue

Castilian Spanish as the dominant language in the colonies - >>> Languages which legacy? the amalgamation of the different legacies of the indigenous communities, afro descendants and mestizos, and their cultural expressions refers to the amalgamation or synthesis of Indian and European elements present in cultural, religious and artistic expression - >>> syncretism the peninsulares - >>> individuals born in Spain the creoles (criollos) - >>> the Spaniards born in Hispanic America the Mestizos - >>> a person of mixed race, the offspring of a Spaniard and an American Indian The Mulattoes - >>> a person of mixed race, the offspring of a Spaniard and an African the zambos - >>> a person of mixed Indian and African ancestry ways to overcome poverty - >>> 1. neoliberal model (capitalism): privatize, reduce the size of the states expenses, eliminate subsidies, eliminate tariffs to the imports, fiscal discipline

  1. successful country: Uruguay: trust in their institutions, fiscal responsibility, implementation of social reforms with the economic model = economic growth along with social development
  2. regional associations: MERCOSUR (southern countries created to increase efficiency of all member economies

what is poverty? - >>> the result of a historical process, of corrupt governments and of the bad distribution of natural resources. "Poverty is the lack of people's rights and capabilities" how is poverty measured? - >>> - income level, purchasing power, conditions of living

  • indicators: education, shelter, nutrition supply, electricity, infant mortality rate, malnutrition, illiteracy, life expectancy Second Vatican Council, Rome 1962-1965 - >>> reforms they wrote/changed for:
  • modernization
  • democracy within the church
  • activism -commitment with social causes
  • Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI Conference of Latin American Bishops in Medellin (Colombia) 1968 - >>> - "how to be a catholic in an oppressive society?"
  • liberation theology - helping the poor
  • resolution: give preference to the poor key reforms of liberation theology: - >>> - privilege the poor
  • be more active in the fight against injustice
  • modernization and commitment of the church with current issues
  • promote democracy in the church
  • be more active in their evangelization