Question: In 1926, what reason did Jack Warner give for why he thought talkies would never succeed?
Answer Choices:
Talkies made film too inconvenient to where no one would want the picture.
Silent films had a visual language that transcended the spoken word.
Talkies required too much effort from the audience to invest meaning into the dialogue.
Answer: Silent films had a visual language that transcended the spoken word.
Question: Which of the following is true of the film movement known as German Expressionism?
Answer Choices:
It was not popular with average moviegoers when used in its most intense form.
It included plots about how films would be made, which were called “the Vows of chastity.”
It was first adapted to film after World War II.
Answer: It was not popular with average moviegoers when used in its most intense form.
Question: Which of the following is typically true of soundtrack albums?
Answer Choices:
They exclusively reproduce the entire score created for a movie.
They are released for musicians only.
They are used as promotional products for films.
They include only material written specifically for the film.
Answer: They are used as promotional products for films.
Question: Continuity editing is designed to preserve what illusion in the minds of the audience?
Answer Choices:
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: Continuity editing is designed to preserve what illusion in the minds of the audience?
Answer Choices:
That the world of the film is continuous with the real world.
That a new scene is beginning with every new cut.
That a scene is taking place in a continuous time and place.
That a story’s ending is a continuation of its beginning and middle.
Answer: That a scene is taking place in a continuous time and place.
Question: From what country did auteur theory first emerge?
Answer Choices:
Germany
France
The United States
Great Britain
Answer: France
Question: What is the name used for the camera’s view from a single position?
Answer Choices:
A shot
A scene
A take
A cut
Answer: A shot
Question: Which term refers to a subgenre of horror films in which stomach-wrenching violence and mayhem are shown simply for their own sake, to titillate the audience and not necessarily to advance the story?
Answer Choices:
fear noir
horse opera
torture porn
MacGuffin
Answer: torture porn
Question: Which of the following was the first 100% all-talking feature?
Answer Choices:
The Jazz Singer
Birth of a Nation
Duel in the Sun
The Lights of New York
Answer: The Lights of New York
Question: Which director is credited largely with setting the stage for what we think of as the modern film director, as well as the modern film itself?
Answer Choices:
D. W. Griffith
Dorothy Arzner
Alfred Hitchcock
Steven Spielberg
Answer: D. W. Griffith
Question: What happens when a director is open to improvisation in dialogue delivery by actors?
Answer Choices:
The editing process becomes easy for the director.
The spoken exchanges between actors are likely to sound like genuine conversations between people.
The actors will offer fewer variations within shooting several versions of a scene.
The actors will take complete control and responsibility of the mise-en-scène.
Answer: The spoken exchanges between actors are likely to sound like genuine conversations between people.
Question: Which element of mise en scène is typically designed by the cinematographer?
Answer Choices:
Sets
Lighting
Props
Blocking
Answer: Lighting
Question: Who is primarily responsible for the visual representation of a film’s story?
Answer Choices:
The cinematographer.
The editor.
The director.
Answer: The cinematographer.
Question: The scenery, the props, the actors, and their costumes are all part of what?
Answer Choices:
cinematography
mise-en-scène
editing
background score
Answer: mise-en-scène