Question: Every piece of a movie’s mise-en-scène is controlled, chosen, or approved by whom?
Answer Options:
director
set designer
executive producer
actors
Answer: director
Question: Which of the following as relates to corporations must be filed with most states secretary of state?
Answer Options:
The corporation’s board of directors.
The names of corporate officers.
The corporation’s registered agent.
The corporation’s shareholders.
Answer: The corporation’s registered agent.
Question: The role of a registered agent is which of the following?
Answer Options:
An officer of the corporation.
Acts as the incorporator.
A board of director of the corporation.
Accept a summons and complaint if a corporation is sued.
Answer: Accept a summons and complaint if a corporation is sued.
Question: In which of the following auteurist films are you most likely to encounter gritty urban subject matter?
Answer Options:
Martin Scorsese
Steven Spielberg
Ingmar Bergman
Tim Burton
Answer: Martin Scorsese
Question: Actors frequently identify which of the following as the most desirable quality in a director?
Answer Options:
that the director controls them
that the director makes them feel safe
that the director defers to their wishes
that the director imposes strict discipline
Answer: that the director makes them feel safe
Question: Continuity editing is designed to preserve what illusion in the minds of the audience?
Answer Options:
that the world of the film is continuous in the real world
that a new scene is beginning with every new cut
that everything is taking place in a continuous time and space
that a story’s ending is a continuation of its beginning and middle
Answer: that everything is taking place in a continuous time and space
Question: Which of the following is true of the studio-based star system?
Answer Options:
It encouraged actors to be themselves in public.
It publicized every detail of actors’ private lives.
It did not require studios to rely on the popularity of stars for their success.
It was largely abandoned by the 1960s.
Answer: It was largely abandoned by the 1960s.
Question: A construction company has a federal contract to build a bridge. Pursuant to federal regulations, the construction company is required to solicit bids from subcontractors to do the stonework. The officer of the construction company accepts an illegal bribe from a stonework company and awards the company a contract with no bidding. The federal government pursues criminal charges against the corporation and the officer. Which of the following is true?
Answer Options:
Only the officer is subject to criminal penalties.
Because the officer was acting in the best interests of the company, he did not act criminally.
Both the corporation and the officer are subject to criminal penalties with respect to the illegal bribe.
Only the corporation is subject to criminal penalties.
Answer: Both the corporation and the officer are subject to criminal penalties with respect to the illegal bribe.
Question: Mollie passes a street peddler who sells everything from popcorn to paintings. Mollie decides to purchase a painting purportedly painted and signed by Picasso. The asking price of the painting is $1,000. Mollie asks the peddler if it is an original. The peddler responds by saying good enough for that loudest laugh like an old television movie. Mollie pays. That’s how she saw an original. After purchasing the painting, she discovers it is worth $1.50. If Mollie sues the peddler, what is the likely outcome?
Answer Options:
She should win because the contract was unconscionable.
She should lose because it was not an adhesion contract.
She should win because she relied on the peddler’s statement regarding the painting.
She should lose because reliance on the statement made by the peddler was not justifiable.
Answer: She should lose because reliance on the statement made by the peddler was not justifiable.
Question: Which of the following is the primary role of actors in movies?
Answer Options:
writing the script
directing the film
bringing a written character to life
coordinating the mise-en-scène of the film
Answer: bringing a written character to life
Question: Why do silent films often seem to move faster than modern sound films?
Answer Options:
Because filmmakers wanted to squeeze more action into less film.
Because they generally feature quicker cutting than modern films.
Because the rates of shooting and projection were not standardized.
Because audiences expected films to be a lot shorter in those days.
Answer: Because the rates of shooting and projection were not standardized.
Question: The relationship between the shareholders of a corporation and the board of directors is which of the following?
Answer Options:
Partners.
Principal-agent.
Two contracting parties.
Employer-employee.
Answer: Principal-agent.
Question: Which of the following was the first 100% all-talking feature?
Answer Options:
The Jazz Singer
Birth of a Nation
Duel in the Sun
The Lights of New York
Answer: The Lights of New York
Question: Which of the following terms is used to describe the process of issuing a public invitation for people to try out for roles in films rather than casting directors contacting actors’ agents about available roles?
Answer Options:
open casting
typecasting
headhunting
public outsourcing
Answer: open casting