Filmhaspropertiesthatsetitapartfrompainting,sculpture,novels,andplays.Itisalso,initsmostpopularandpowerfulform,astorytellingmediumthatsharesmanyelementswiththeshortstoryandthenovel.Andsincefilmpresentsitsstoriesindramaticform,ithasevenmoreincommonwiththestageplay:Bothplaysandmoviesactoutordramatize,showratherthantell,whathappens. Unlikethenovel,shortstory,orplay,however,filmisnothandytostudy;itcannotbeeffectivelyfrozenontheprintedpage.Thenovelandshortstoryarerelativelyeasytostudybecausetheyarewrittentoberead.Thestageplayisslightlymoredifficulttostudybecauseitiswrittentobeperformed.Butplaysareprinted,andbecausetheyrelyheavilyonthespokenword,imaginativereaderscanconjureupatleastapaleimitationoftheexperiencetheymighthavebeenwatchingaperformanceonstage.Thiscannotbesaidofthescreenplay,forafilmdependsgreatlyonvisualandothernonvisualelementsthatarenoteasilyexpressedinwriting.Thescreenplayrequiressomuch“fillingin”byourimaginationthatwecannotreallyapproximatetheexperienceofafilmbyreadingascreenplay,andreadingascreenplayisworthwhileonlyifwehavealreadyseenthefilm.Thus,mostscreenplaysarepublishednottoreadbutrathertoberemembered. Still,filmshouldnotbeignoredbecausestudyingitrequiresextraeffort.Andthefactthatwedonotgenerally“read”filmsdoesnotmeanweshouldignoretheprinciplesofliteraryordramaticanalysiswhenweseeafilm.Literatureandfilmsdosharemanyelementsandcommunicatemanythingsinsimilarways.Perceptivefilmanalysisrestsontheprinciplesusedinliteraryanalysis,andifweapplywhatwehavelearnedinthestudyofliteraturetoouranalysisoffilms,wewillbefaraheadofthosewhodonot.Therefore,beforeweturntotheuniqueelementsoffilm,weneedtolookintotheelementsthatfilmshareswithanygoodstory. Dividingfilmintoitsvariouselementsforanalysisisasomewhatartificialprocess,fortheelementsofanyartformneverexistinisolation.Itisimpossible,forexample,toisolateplotfromcharacter:Eventsinfluencepeople,andpeopleinfluenceevents;thetwoarealwayscloselyinterwoveninanyfictional,dramatic,orcinematicwork.Nevertheless,theanalyticalmethodusessuchafragmentingtechniqueforeaseandconvenience.Butitdoessowiththeassumptionthatwecanstudytheseelementsinisolationwithoutlosingsightoftheirinterdependenceortheirrelationshiptothewhole. Fromthethirdparagraphwelearnthat_____.
A.the means by which we analyze a literary work cannot be applied to film analysis
B.a good film and a good story have many elements in common
C.we should not pay extra effort to study films
D.using the principles of literary analysis makes no difference in film analysis
正确答案是B