When discussing framing as a symbolic device, certain areas within the frame can suggest symbolic ideas. How does this function?

What will be an ideal response?


By placing an object or actor within a particular section of the frame, the filmmaker
can radically alter his or her comment on that object or character. Placement within the frame
is another instance of how form is actually content. Each of the major sections of the frame—
center, top, bottom, and sides—can be exploited for such symbolic purposes

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Reality TV programming became a recognizable genre around the year:

a. 1980 b. 1990 c. 2000 d. 2010

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Paul was a former employee of a top retail chain for several years. When Paul's wife relocated to a new city, he accepted a position with a different retail company

He came in thinking his goal was to satisfy customers, but soon discovered the most important idea in the new company was to make money. Paul was experiencing: A. Conflict over differing core beliefs B. Opposition to weak communication styles C. Serious intercultural differences D. B and C

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Projective techniques include:

a. Drawing pictures b. Telling stories c. Making collages d. All of the choices

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Another way to deal with under activation cause by fatigue is to

a. disassociate from fatigue (page 230 right) b. reactive the mind and body c. tune into fatigue d. both a and c

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