Question 1

Who wrote an entry in his/ her 1666 diary concerning "a lantern with pictures in glass to make strange things to appear on a wall"?

Accepted Answer

A) Samuel Johnson 
B) Queen Elizabeth 
C) Walter Raleigh 
D) Samuel Pepys 
A) Samuel Johnson 
B) Queen Elizabeth 
C) Walter Raleigh 
D) Samuel Pepys

Question 2

The Kinetoscope was a simple and foolproof device which projected film on a crude, prefocused glass on which the viewer observed and endless loop of moving images.___

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Thomas Armat realized that

Accepted Answer

A) color was the key to successful movies. 
B) music needed to be added to movies. 
C) what the camera did to hold the film stationary while shooting images could be repeated when projecting the images. 
D) cardboard could be used to record images instead of film. 
A) color was the key to successful movies. 
B) music needed to be added to movies. 
C) what the camera did to hold the film stationary while shooting images could be repeated when projecting the images. 
D) cardboard could be used to record images instead of film.

Question 4

What startled viewers of the early film "The Arrival of a Train" was

Accepted Answer

A) the size of the train. 
B) the train appeared to be coming right at them. 
C) the single-take action of the train arriving. 
D) the use of color in the film. 
A) the size of the train. 
B) the train appeared to be coming right at them. 
C) the single-take action of the train arriving. 
D) the use of color in the film.

Who wrote an entry in his/ her 1666 diary concerning "a lantern with pictures in glass to make strange things to appear on a wall"?

The Kinetoscope was a simple and foolproof device which projected film on a crude, prefocused glass on which the viewer observed and endless loop of moving images.___

Thomas Armat realized that

What startled viewers of the early film "The Arrival of a Train" was

Griffith and His Contemporaries: 19081920

American Cinema in the 1920s

European Cinema in the 1920s

The Hollywood Studio System: 1925-1955

American Cinema in the 1930s

European Cinema in the 1930s

American Cinema in the 1940s

European Cinema in the 1940s

American Cinema in the 1950s

International Cinema in the 1950s

American Cinema in the 1960s

International Cinema in the 1960s

American Cinema in the 1970s

International Cinema in the 1970s

American Cinema in the 1980s

International Cinema in the 1980s

American Cinema in the 1990s

International Cinema in the 1990s

American Cinema Since 2000

International Cinema Since 2000

Filters

Exam 1: Beginnings

Who wrote an entry in his/ her 1666 diary concerning "a lantern with pictures in glass to make strange things to appear on a wall"?

The Kinetoscope was a simple and foolproof device which projected film on a crude, prefocused glass on which the viewer observed and endless loop of moving images.___

Thomas Armat realized that

What startled viewers of the early film "The Arrival of a Train" was

Griffith and His Contemporaries: 19081920

American Cinema in the 1920s

European Cinema in the 1920s

The Hollywood Studio System: 1925-1955

American Cinema in the 1930s

European Cinema in the 1930s

American Cinema in the 1940s

European Cinema in the 1940s

American Cinema in the 1950s

International Cinema in the 1950s

American Cinema in the 1960s

International Cinema in the 1960s

American Cinema in the 1970s

International Cinema in the 1970s

American Cinema in the 1980s

International Cinema in the 1980s

American Cinema in the 1990s

International Cinema in the 1990s

American Cinema Since 2000

International Cinema Since 2000

Filters