Film 1010
1. Match the following definition with the correct term below.
Film device that yields a degree of subjective depth: We see what a character sees more or less as she or he sees it. point of view
The viewer's activity of analyzing the implicit and symptomatic meanings suggested in a film. interpretation
An element in a film that is repeated in a significant way
motif
Various types of films which audiences and filmmakers recognize by their familiar narrative conventions and/or subject matter/situation.
genre
In a narrative film, all the events that are directly presented to us.
plot
All of the elements placed in front of the camera to be photographed: the settings and props, lighting, costumes and make-up, and figure behavior.
mise-en-scene
Painting with light
cinematography
When a shot is presented out of its presumed story order.
flashback
A device for temporal ellipsis that shows a large-scale process or lengthy period of time montage sequence
When the frame supplies a sense of being close to or far away from the mise-en-scene. camera distance
2. Match the following films with their directors.
Breathless Jean Luc Godard
Citizen Kane Orson Welles
His Girl Friday Howard Hawks
The General Buster Keaton
The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton
North by Northwest Alfred Hitchcock
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the modes of production?
conglomerate
4. Which of the following best describes 'ancillary markets'?
film markets otehr than theatrical exhibition
5. "Continuity editing" is:
a system for keeping the spatial and temporal relations of a scene clear.
6. Which of the following is NOT considered part of a shot's mise-en-scene?
The camera's angle on the action.
7. The system of lighting widely used in classical Hollywood filmmaking is known as:
Three-point lighting.
8. Which of the following is NOT a standard term for a type of mobile framing?
Glide
9. The projection speed for sound films was first standardized at:
24 frames per second
10. Which of the following is NOT a type of temporal duration?
Spatial duration
11. The axis of action is:
an imaginary line between the main characters that determines where the camera be placed to preserve continuity.
12. In a narrative film, an element is nondiegetic if:
it is not part of the world of the depicted narrative.
13. "Depth of field" refers to
the range of distances from the lens in which objects filmed will be in focus.
14. This film uses telephones as a motif, integrating them into the narrative in complex and various ways.
His Girl Friday
15. Through the use of mise-en-scene, expressionistic lights and shadows convey a sense of danger and urgency in this child's nightmare.
The Night of the Hunter
16. One of the most impressive and memorable special effects in this film involved crashing a full-size steam engine off of a bridge.
The General
17. In the film "Citizen Kane", "Rosebud" refers to which of the following?
a sled
18. Who is Michel's idol in Breathless?
Humphrey Bogart
19.This film's director uses multiple optical point-of-view (POV) shots as a way to withhold information from the viewer and create a sense of suspense and surprise.
North by Northwest
20.This film breaks many of the rules of Classical Hollywood Cinema; one place where it strays from the norm is that the ending of the film is somewhat more open than typical films of the time.
Citizen Kane
21.This director played a major role in the "French New Wave" movement in filmmaking.
Jean-Luc Godard
22.In a narrative film, plot duration is always equal to story duration.
False
23."Rack focus" refers to adjusting the camera to change the plane that is in focus.
True
24.A "long take" is a shot taken with the camera at a considerable distance from the main subject of the shot.
False
25.It is better to focus on the realism of a film's mise-en-scene than to examine the functions of a film's mise-en-scene.
False
26. Briefly describe the four types of meaning discussed in Chapter 2 of Film Art, giving specific examples of each from one of the films viewed so far this semester.
27. Briefly describe the 'Kuleshov Effect,' giving an example of how it works.
28.Describe two of the four stages of film production as discussed in chapter 1 of Film Art. What are some of the things that must happen in each of these stages of production so that a film can be completed?
29. What are the narrative traits of Classical Hollywood Cinema? Describe at least three and provide examples of each from either a film we've seen this semester or The Wizard of Oz in your answer.
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1.Match the following definitions with the terms below.
1.Simultaneous sound from a source assumed to be in the space of the scene but outside what is visible onscreen. offscreen sound
2.“Putting into the scene.”
mise-en-scene
3.A system of cutting to maintain continuous and clear narrative action.
continuity
4.The perceived rate and regularity of sounds, series of shots, and movements within the shots. rhythm
5.The six areas blocked from being visible on the screen but still part of the scene.
offscreen space
6.Two successive shots joined so as to create a strong similarity of compositional elements
graphic match
7.The flat composition of the image and/or the three-dimensional space displayed in film.
spatial
8.The concepts of formal and stylistic systems permitting comparison and contrast of films within a movement.
film movement
9.A type of animation where only small sections of the image move from frame to frame
limited
10.The ways in which film techniques interact.
film style
11.Out of sync sound.
asynchronous
12.A French term meaning 'kind' or 'type'
genre
13.Records an ongoing event as it happens with minimal interference
direct-cinema
2. Match the films to the directors below.
1. The General Buster Keaton
2.Singin' in the Rain Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly
3.Man on Wire James Marsh
4.Do The Right Thing Spike Lee
5.The Graduate Mike Nichols
6.North by Northwest Alfred Hitchcock
7.Breathless Jean-Luc Godard
8.The Night of the Hunter Charles Laughton
9.His Girl Friday Howard Hawks
3.Match the following film forms to their definition.
1. Categorical Form
A film intended to convey information in a simple fashion through the use of organizational groupings
2. Rhetorical Form
A film that presents a persuasive argument in an attempt to convince the viewer to adopt a particular opinion about the subject matter
3. Abstract Form
A film that is organized around colors, shapes, sizes, and movements rather than a narrative
4. Associational Form
A film that presents ideas and expressive qualities by grouping images that may not have any immediate logical connection
4.The aspect ratio of a film refers to:
the profits of a film in relation to its costs
the percentage of a film's shots that are done on location vs. those done in a studio
the proportion of the total amount off footage shot to the amount used in the final cut
the relationship of the film images's width to their height
5. Stan Brakhage and Maya Deren are:
important players in the early development of animation techniques
French New Wave filmmakers
experimental filmmakers
surrealist filmmakers
6. We can define "critical flicker fusion" as:
the flashing of film frames on a screen quickly enough to create an illusion of movement
the final stage in the manufacture of raw film stockthe ideal length of time each frame should be exposed during filming in order to get the right amount of light
the moment when the exposed image appears on the film during the developing process
7. In film sound, "fidelity" refers to:
whether the sound comes from within the diegetic space of the story.
whether the dialogue in a scene was actually spoken by the actors during shooting.
whether the type of sound heard seems appropriate to its source in the film.
whether the lip synchronization has been done correctly.8. Lev Kuleshov's discovery, termed the "Kuleshov Effect," suggests that:
graphic matches usually enhance the narrative clarity of a scene
even if no establishing shot is shown, spectators will still assume that objects in separate shots are near one another
the spectator's center of attention should be kept close to the middle of the screen from one shot to the next
spectators tend not to notice editing if matches on action and shot/reverse shot are consistently used
9.The 180-degree system is designed to:
ensure consistent screen direction across cuts.
create smooth, unnoticeable matches on action across cuts.
allow the camera to cut from action in one location to action elsewhere.
avoid cutting in the middle of a camera movement to a static framing.
10. Eadweard Muybridge contributed to the invention of the cinema by:
using a row of several cameras to photograph a moving horse
building a camera with ten lenses to photograph a moving horseinventing a flexible film stock as a substitute for photographic glass plates
devising a revolving shutter that could create multiple exposures of a horse's movement on a single glass plate
11. Which studio and film listed below introduced the first commercially successful method accompanying films with recorded sound?
Paramount’s Applause
MGM’s The Good Earth
Warner Bros.’ Don Juan
Fox’s Sunrise
12. Which of the following is not a type of animation?
Partial animation
Full animation
Clay animation
Computer imaging
13. Diegetic sound may be:
Internal (subjective)
External (objective)
Offscreen
All of the above
14.Which of the following is NOT a common type of documentary film as explained in Film Art?
direct cinema (cinema-verite)
the nature film
he biopic film
the portrait film
15. This film humorously deals with the coming of film sound and the problems that could arise, such as asynchronous sound.
His Girl Friday
Singin' in the Rain
The Graduate
North by Northwest
16. "The Shining" can be categorized as in the horror genre by what iconographical element?
A haunted house
An evil supernatural force
Buckets of 'movie blood'
All of the above
17. Long takes, rather than typical shot-reverse-shot filming, punctuated the sense of isolation in this film.
The Graduate
Man on WireDo the Right Thing
Breathless
18. The hottest day of the year caused tensions to rise to the point of explosion in this film; the director used the color red to represent the heat.
The Shining
Man on Wire
Do The Right Thing
North by Northwest
19. A goal-oriented protagonist is typical of the classical Hollywood cinema.
True
20. Independent filmmaking 'came into its own' in the United States in the 1970s. This movement was fueled by directors that went through film school rather than moving through the studio ranks; these directors, including Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Martin Scorsese, were known as 'the brat pack.'
False
21. A film’s direct sound is recorded optically during filming, then later transferred onto magnetic tape.
False
22. A motif is any significant repeated element in a film. True
23. The French New Wave filmmakers worked largely within the mainstream French film industry, rejecting the ideals of commercial Hollywood films
False
24. Most of the major Hollywood motion picture companies (MGM, Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, Fox) were created by the late 1920s.
True
25.Genre is a tool best used to evaluate film.
False
26. People who discuss a film they have seen are participating in criticism.
True
27. The Lumiere Brothers built the first film studio and filmed people such as vaudeville performers, celebrities, and sports figures performing for the camera.
False
28. Extra Credit - up to five points:
Please provide me with *specific* feedback on the course. What did you/didn't you like about the class? Were there particular films or clips that were helpful or that you would change? If you were the instructor, what would you do the same or differently?
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