PrepTest 153 - Section 1 - Passage 1 - Question 2

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Most writings on the subject of motion pictures, including those scrutinizing the structural characteristics, aesthetic qualities, and effects of motion pictures on audiences, have traditionally been relatively abstract and have not considered what a film's audiences actually see. ██ █████ ███████ ████████ ███████ █████████ ███████ ███ ███████████ ██████ ███ ███ ██████████ ███████████ █████ ████████ ███ █████████ ██ █ ████ ████ █████████████ ███ ████████ ██████████ ██ ███

Intro topic · Audience experience differs from filmmaker's intent

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Problem · Film distribution has negative effects

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Problem: detail 1 · Translation issues

Subtitles, dubbing, and reediting can all alter a film in negative ways

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Problem: detail 2 · TV and video distribution

Problems include changes to image size and quality, introduction of ad breaks, visual and audio interruptions, and increased projection speed

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Problem: detail 3 · Audiences and critics accept problems 1 and 2

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Author's explanation · Film is a unique art form

Contrast · film to other art forms

In film, unlike in other art forms, an ideal reproduction is considered another legitimate "instance of the work"

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Elaborate on problem · Ideal reproductions rarely occur

Implication of problem · Unfair to assess films based on altered reproductions

Another implication · Film reviews don't represent the version that viewers will see

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This is a stated question. In the best case, you recall the details of what the author said regarding what distinguishes film from other works: film's ability to be reproduced, in theory, with perfect fidelity. If not, use process of elimination. The details are in P4.

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This is implied but not as a point of distinction between film and other works of art. (D) would have been much harder to eliminate had it been implied as a point of distinction.

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This was not stated.

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