Deck 6: Film

Question 1

Narrative was first introduced to film by

A) Hannibal Goodwin.
B) William Dickson.
C) Edwin S. Porter.
D) George Méliès.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The process of recording images on polished metal plates covered with an emulsion of silver iodide is called

A) the Eastman process.
B) emulsification.
C) calotype.
D) daguerreotype.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The process of photography was first invented around 1816 by

A) Hannibal Goodwin.
B) William Dickson.
C) Joseph Nicéphore Niépce.
D) Louis Daguerre.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

People can see motion in rapidly moving pictures because of the physiological phenomenon known as

A) visual memory.
B) occular acuity.
C) persistence of vision.
D) rapid eye movement (REM).

Question 5

Celluloid roll film was developed in 1887 by

A) Hannibal Goodwin.
B) William Dickson.
C) William Henry Fox Talbot.
D) Louis Daguerre.

Question 6

William Dickson developed the first motion picture camera,permitting the photographing of 40 frames a second.He called it the

A) kinetograph.
B) zoopraxiscope.
C) calotype.
D) nickelodeon.

Question 7

The first motion picture studio was built in New Jersey by

A) Hannibal Goodwin.
B) William Dickson.
C) George Eastman.
D) Thomas Edison.

Question 8

In 1893,British inventor _____________ introduced his photographic system,which used translucent paper (a negative)and was so sensitive that it permitted exposure times as short as a few seconds.

A) Hannibal Goodwin
B) William Dickson
C) William Henry Fox Talbot
D) Louis Daguerre

Question 9

The Lumière brothers developed a device that would both shoot and project motion pictures.They called it the

A) cinematographe.
B) zoopraxiscope.
C) calotype.
D) nickelodeon.

Question 10

Edison's first films were not projected but instead run through a "peep show" device called a

A) kinetoscope.
B) zoopraxiscope.
C) calotype.
D) nickelodeon.

Question 11

Edison,jealous of the Lumières' success,bought the patent for an advanced film projector from U.S.inventor

A) Hannibal Goodwin.
B) William Dickson.
C) George Eastman.
D) Thomas Armat.

Question 12

The Lumière brothers' most important contribution to the development of motion pictures was

A) the introduction of color.
B) the projection of movies on a screen in a dark room.
C) the introduction of talkies.
D) all of these

Question 13

The name of the first motion picture studio was

A) Black Maria.
B) Famous Players in Famous Plays.
C) The Trust.
D) MGM.

Question 14

William Henry Fox Talbot's photographic system,_____________,was superior to the daguerreotype because it permitted shorter exposure times,among other reasons.

A) speedy exposure
B) emulsification
C) calotype
D) persistence of vision

Question 15

The early films of Edison and the Lumière brothers

A) were in a primitive form of hand-painted color.
B) were always accompanied by sound.
C) were short reproductions of reality shot in fixed frame.
D) scared people out of their movie seats.

Question 16

The first film to utilize editing,intercutting of scenes,and a mobile camera to tell a story was

A) Intolerance.
B) Birth of a Nation.
C) The Great Train Robbery.
D) A Trip to the Moon.

Question 17

Eadweard Muybridge invented the _____________ to project his slides of people and animals in a way that would give the appearance of motion.

A) kinetograph
B) zoopraxiscope
C) calotype
D) nickelodeon

Question 18

Music for the kinetoscope was provided by what other Edison invention?

A) light-sensitive emulsion
B) phonograph
C) calotype
D) nickelodeon

Question 19

In 1873,former California governor Leland Stanford employed which photographer to help him win his bet about running horses?

A) Eadweard Muybridge
B) William Dickson
C) Thomas Edison
D) Louis Daguerre

Question 20

Thomas Edison sought profit from Eadweard Muybridge's discovery of how to make motion pictures.He gave the task of improving the process to his top scientist

A) Eadweard Muybridge.
B) William Dickson.
C) Thomas Edison.
D) Louis Daguerre.

Question 21

The control of a film's production,distribution,and exhibition by a movie studio is called

A) block booking.
B) unauthorized domination.
C) vertical integration.
D) "Paramounting."

Question 22

The majority of movies that make it to U.S.theater screens are produced by

A) major studios.
B) corporate independents.
C) independent studios.
D) distributors.

Question 23

Movies that can be described in one line and are thus easy to promote and market are called

A) blockbusters.
B) B-movies.
C) vertical films.
D) concept films.

Question 24

The first director to utilize editing,intercutting of scenes,and a mobile camera to tell a story was

A) George Méliès.
B) Edwin S. Porter.
C) D. W. Griffith.
D) Steven Spielberg.

Question 25

The linking of consumer products,such as toys and hamburgers,with popular movies is called

A) merchandise tie-in.
B) blockbuster mentality.
C) product placement.
D) concept filmmaking.

Question 26

Adding to the scandals that surrounded Hollywood in the 1920s was the arrest of actor _____________ for a murder in a San Francisco hotel.

A) Fatty Arbuckle
B) Mary Pickford
C) Douglas Fairbanks
D) Wallace Reid

Question 27

The Great Train Robbery is often credited with setting off the explosion of movie houses around 1905.The cost was five cents to see a movie at a

A) kinetoscope parlor.
B) daguerreotype salon.
C) nickelodeon.
D) picture house.

Question 28

Studios financing their own films with their own money are called

A) majors.
B) corporate independents.
C) independents.
D) distributors.

Question 29

_____________ is the storage of system-operating software on third-party servers,which helps reduce production costs.

A) Microcinema
B) Cloud computing
C) Vertical integration
D) Green light process

Question 30

Modern filmmaking characterized by reduced risk taking and formulaic movies is called

A) block booking.
B) blockbuster mentality.
C) vertical integration.
D) concept filmmaking.

Question 31

The number of films produced annually is around

A) 700.
B) 600.
C) 800.
D) 400.

Question 32

The modern independent film boom is said to have been started by the film

A) Pulp Fiction.
B) Malcolm X.
C) Hollywood Shuffle.
D) Easy Rider.

Question 33

Buffeted by scandal,Hollywood established a self-censoring board,the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America,and installed a former postmaster general as its head.The MPPDA was often simply called the

A) Cartel.
B) Hays Office.
C) Trust.
D) Code.

Question 34

In 1908,Thomas Edison united the 10 companies that held all the necessary patents for film production into the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC),which was often simply called the

A) Cartel.
B) Hays Office.
C) Trust.
D) Conglomerate.

Question 35

The 1948 Supreme Court decision that outlawed vertical integration is called the

A) Block Booking Decision.
B) Hays Decision.
C) Code Decision.
D) Paramount Decision.

Question 36

_____________ and _____________ were two economic innovations that helped the movie industry survive the Great Depression.

A) Double features;B-movies
B) New genres;new narrative forms
C) Color;CinemaScope
D) Special effects;3-D

Question 37

The first all-sound movie,released in 1928,was

A) Don Juan.
B) Of Mice and Men.
C) The Jazz Singer.
D) Lights of New York.

Question 38

Important to film narrative is _____________,the tying together of two separate but related shots in such a way that they take on a new,unified meaning.

A) narrative structure
B) editing
C) story-boarding
D) montage

Question 39

The MPPDA established a set of guidelines for what was and was not acceptable in movies,called the

A) Cartel Rules.
B) Motion Picture Production Code.
C) Trust.
D) List.

Question 40

About one-fifth of each year's feature films are produced by

A) major studios and corporate independents.
B) foreign-language films.
C) independent studios.
D) distributors.

Question 41

Among the limitations of the daguerreotype is that only one print could be made from each plate.

Question 42

Corporate independent studios are specialty or niche divisions of major studios designed to produce more sophisticated-but less costly-movies.

Question 43

Films produced originally for theater exhibition are known as theatrical films.

Question 44

How did the activities of the Trust lead to the development of the movie industry on the West Coast?

Question 45

The production at the major studios is about 50% for television,50% for theatrical release.

Question 46

 The Lumière brothers' most important contribution to the development of the movies was their introduction of narrative,aided by editing.

Question 47

Whereas the television industry may have succumbed to pressure from the Communist hunters of the McCarthy era,Hollywood resisted gallantly.

Question 48

The making of movies is

A) production.
B) distribution.
C) exhibition.
D) creation.

Question 49

The name of the first movie studio,built by Thomas Edison,was the Trust.

Question 50

As a result of new technology,studios have turned to social networking as a method of distribution.

Question 51

A movie that can be described in one line is a concept film.

Question 52

Showing movies in a theatre is known as

A) production.
B) distribution.
C) exhibition.
D) creation.

Question 53

Briefly describe the contributions of these people to the development of motion pictures: Thomas Edison,William Dickson,the Lumière brothers,and Thomas Armat.

Question 54

How did a bet about a horse lead to the development of the motion picture?

Question 55

The vast majority of movie-goers are youngsters,as in teens and individuals in their 20s.

Question 56

The three primary activities of the film industry are production,distribution,and promotion.

Question 57

The physiological phenomenon in which images gathered by our eyes are retained by our brains for about one twenty-fourth of a second is called rapid eye movement.

Question 58

What was D.W.Griffith's contribution to movie storytelling?

Question 59

Vertical integration was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court in what is known as the Paramount Decision.

Question 60

Briefly describe the contributions of these people to the development of photography: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce,Louis Daguerre,William Henry Fox Talbot,Hannibal Goodwin,and George Eastman.

Question 61

Explain today's movie distribution industry.

Question 62

Do you believe that product placement is beneficial or harmful to filmmaking? When might it be of value? When might it be less so? Defend your answers.

Question 63

In what ways did Hollywood attempt to counter television's coming in the 1940s,1950s,and 1960s? Which efforts were successful,and which were not? Can you identify how today's movies may have been shaped by these efforts at redefinition?

Question 64

The industry sees new technology and ways of viewing films as a mixed blessing,meaning they fear with so many new screens to view movies on,they wonder,will it change what we have called "movies"-what do you think? Do you see the option for more screens as a blessing or a curse for the industry? What are some additional ways you believe the industry can take advantage of new technology?

Question 65

Are critics making too much of the negative impact of the blockbuster mentality of contemporary moviemaking? After all,the film industry is making record profits,meaning the people are getting what they want.What do you think this means for the future of filmmaking either way?

Question 66

How is convergence reshaping the industry?

Question 67

What is the blockbuster mentality?

Question 68

What is meant by merchandise tie-ins? Give an example.

Question 69

Explain major,corporate independent,and independent studios.

Question 70

Explain today's movie exhibition industry.