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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Introduction to Film / Quizzes and Tests

Film 1010
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1.    A "direct-cinema" documentary:
1.    is one in which the director stages the action.     
2.    records a real event as it happens.        
3.    consists mainly of interviews with the participants in the events being documented.    4.    is made up entirely of archival footage of historic events.     

2.   “Cels” are used in drawn animation because:
1.    colors show up brighter than on paper.     
2.     they permit the animator to manipulate the images using a computer.     
3.    they give the flat image a three-dimensional look.     
4.    they permit different parts of the drawing to be done separately and layered          together.       

3.  Stan Brakhage, Maya Deren, and Kenneth Anger are important filmmakers in the area of:
1.    animated cinema.     
2.    documentary cinema.     
3.    experimental cinema.          
4.    cinema-verite.     

4.  A 'mockumentary' is:
1.    a documentary with rhetorical form that satirizes social issues.     
2.    a portrait film about an unappealing person.     
3.    a fiction film that imitates a documentary.          
4.    an experimental film using found footage.     

5.    Which of the following types of argument is NOT typical of rhetorical form?
1.    Arguments from source     
2.    Subject-centered arguments     
3.    Viewer-centered arguments     
4.    Arguments from effect          
6.    Abstract films are often organized in what style, derived from a musical term?
1.    prelude and fugue     
2.    theme and variations     
3.    entr'acte and finale     
4.    allegro and scherzo     


7. It is possible to do segmentation of a film with narrative, categorical, rhetorical, or associational form but not of a film with abstract form.
1. True  
2. False

8. “Pixillation” refers to a type of animation in which people or ordinary objects are moved frame by frame.
1.True    
2. False

9.   A documentary film is defined by the fact that none of the action has been staged.
Student Response    Value    Correct Answer
1.True
2.False     

10.  Experimental films always avoid telling stories.
1.True
2.False     
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1.   Eadweard Muybridge contributed to the invention of the cinema by:
1.    using a row of several cameras to photograph a moving horse.        
2.    building a camera with twelve lenses to photograph a moving train.     
3.    inventing a flexible film stock as a substitute for photographic glass plates.     
4.    devising revolving shutter could create multiple exposures animal's                                             
2.    Which of the following was not an early film projector?
1.    Black Maria     
2.    Mutotrope          
3.    Lumiere Camera     
4.    Kinetoscope     

3.   Typical characteristics of French Impressionist films include:
1.    a largely static camera, symbolic nondiegetic inserts, and amateur actors.     
2.    frame stories, dynamic camera angles, and adherence to continuity editing conventions.  
 3.    superimpositions, fast rhythmic editing, and psychologically based narratives.      
4.    settings that reflect the characters' mental states and acting that uses jerky, exaggerated movements.     

4.   What was the purpose of the Soviet montage films?
1.    to provide an easily accessible form of entertainment     
2.    to teach small bites of information from many different subjects     
3.    to allow aspiring filmmakers to experiment with art form and create a style unique to Russia  
4.    to spread communist propaganda         

5.   What was the initial effect the invention of sound in film had on the film industry?
1.    For a few years, it created a setback in the Hollywood studios.        
2.    It was immediately popular and almost immediately made silent pictures obsolete.     3.    It slowly gained in popularity, but eventually took off.     
4.    There was no change in the popularity of film. The studios found the same success with sound that they had with silent pictures.     

6.    The most revolutionary quality of French New Wave films was which of the following?
1.    their casual look        
2.    their experimentation with plot construction     
3.    their lack of goal-oriented protagonists     
4.    their ambiguous endings     

7.   Which of these circumstances allowed the rise of the new generation of younger filmmakers, or "movie brats," in Hollywood during the 1970s?
1.    A return to the classic studio system of Hollywood's "Golden Age" of the 1930s and 1940s, with directors placed under long-term contract     
2.    The enormous box-office success of youth-oriented films, or "youthpix," during the late 1960s and early 1970s     
3.    Hollywood producers' decision to hire directors who had proven themselves with successful television series     
4.    The box-office failures of big-budget films of the 1960s and youth-oriented films of the early 1970s          

8.    Film in Hong Kong has found a niche with American audiences. Which of the following describes the Chinese films popular in the United States?
1.    kung-fu violent male melodrama films     
2.    comic kung-fu that+
mixes martial arts with action-adventure movies          
3.    art cinema that uses swordplay fantasy, supernatural romance, and classic kung-fu    4.    cop-and-crook films that use slapstick, big action sets, gunmen, swordfighters and kung-fu warriors     

9.    The basic techniques of Hollywood continuity filmmaking first appeared in the 1920s.
Student Response    Value    Correct Answer
1.True      
2. False

10.  The most important Surrealist films of the 1920s were made in England.
Student Response    Value    Correct Answer
1.True        
2.False
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1.    "Critical flicker fusion" is
1.    the final stage in the manufacture of raw film stock     
2.    the flashing of film frames on a screen quickly enough to create an illusion of    movement        
3.    the ideal length of time each frame should be exposed during filming     
4.    the moment when the exposed image appears on the film during the developing process     

2.    Which of the following is NOT a standard width for film strips
1.    16mm     
2.    24mm     
3.    35mm     
4.    70mm     

3.    Which of the following best describes 'ancillary markets'?
1.    small, low-profit areas where exhibitors have low priorty for first-run films.     0%     
2.    foreign markets     
3.    art-film theaters     
4.    film markets other than theatrical exhibition     

4.    The 'aspect ratio' of a film refers to:
1.    the profits of a film in proportion to its costs     
2.    the percentage of sots that are made on location     
3.    the relationship of the width to the height of its images          
4.    the proportion of the total amount of footage shot to the amount used in the final cut     

5.    A 'master shot' is
1.    a shot considered good enough for inclusion in a film     
2.    a preliminary test of whether the camera is working     
3.    a single take of all the action of a scene       
4.    a close view of the film's star     

6.    Which of the following is not a method for showing theatrical films on television?
1.    panning and scanning     
2.    colorization     
3.    time compression     
4.    step-printing         

7.   A strip of film consists of base and emulsion
1.True     
2.False   

8.   To save money, most directors try to shoot only one take of each shot.
1.True
2.False     

9.    In-flight movies are an example of theatrical exhibition.
1. True
2.False      
10.    Film images and video images carry about the same amount of visual information.

1.True
2. False

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1.    Any set of elements in a film that depend on and affect one another is called what?
1.    a narrative     
2.    a system        
3.    style     
4.    form     

2.    Suspense is created by which of the following?
1.    a delay in fulfilling an established expectation       
2.    a result of an expectation that is revealed to be incorrect     
3.    preparation for an expected outcome     
4.    an intense moment that typically creates a fearful emotion     
3.    The main way an audience is able to predict the outcome of a film is based on what?
1.    clues within the context of the film     
2.    knowledge of narrative structure     
3.    the characteristics of the film's genre     
4.    prior experience    

4.    The first purpose of a film's form is to do which of the following?
1.    educate and produce new knowledge     
2.    entertain     
3.    communicate with the viewer in a uniquely cinematic way     100%     
4.    impress     

5.    Which of the following is NOT a type of meaning that form creates?
1.    referential     
2.    explicit     
3.    symptomatic     
4.    automatic       


6.    Tangible meanings (things or places already invested with significance) in a film are what type?
1.    referential         
2.    explicit     
3.    symptomatic     
4.    automatic     

7.    Which of the following is NOT a formal criterion when making an evaluated judgment on a film?
1.    originality     
2.    complexity     
3.    personal taste      
4.    coherence     

8.    What is a motif?
1.    any significant repeated element in a film      
2.    any element that fulfills one or more roles within a film's system     
3.    the process that compares two or more distinct elements by highlighting some similarity   
4.    a written outline of the film that breaks it into its major and minor parts     

9.    The formal principle of difference may manifest itself which of the following ways?
1.    through character conflict     
2.    through setting     
3.    through action     
4.    all of the above are correct          
10.    Who directed His Girl Friday?
1.    Howard Hawks       
2.    George Cukor     
3.    Alfred Hitchcock     
4.    Victor Fleming     

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1.    In a narrative film, an element is nondiegetic if:
1.    it does not contribute to the cause-effect flow of the events.     
2.    it is off-screen rather than on-screen.     
3.    it is not part of the world of the depicted narrative.          
4.    it is not directly presented in the plot but can be inferred.     
2.   As defined by Film Art, a film's plot is
1.    its events in the order in which the film presents them.          
2.    the most important causal line of action.     
3.    the events as we mentally reconstruct them.     
4.    a brief summary of its action.     
3.    The chains of actions that make up the narratives of classical Hollywood films most typically depend on:
1.    psychological causes         
2.    social causes     
3.    natural causes     
4.    restricted causes     

4.    "Depth" of narration refers to:
1.    how quickly story information is provided to the audience.     
2.    how many lines of action the plot weaves together.     
3.    how much information is presented by a nondiegetic narrator.         
4.    how much the spectator learns about the characters' psychological states.     

5.    Which of the following genres does NOT provide conventions used in Citizen Kane?
1.    The musical     
2.    the newspaper story     
3.    the detective story     
4.    the Western     

6.    The newsreel sequence in Citizen Kane:
1.    provides the only presentation of the events in Kane's life in chronological order.     
2.    presents a brief version of narrative events in roughly the same order as in the film as a whole.       
3.    summarizes events we have already seen in flashback and provides a crucial clue to the narrative's resolution.     
4.    finally gives the spectator an explanation of Kane's mysterious final word, "Rosebud."     

7.    Film Art argues that the search for the meaning of "Rosebud" in Citizen Kane is more than a gimmick because:
1.    Thompson's discovery of "Rosebud" is what permits the narrative to achieve complete closure.          
2.    The "Rosebud" motif creates parallelisms among all the flashbacks.     
3.    The search provides a cause that motivates an investigation into character traits.     
4.    "Rosebud" provides vital motivation about why Kane's mother sent him to live with Thatcher.     

8.    Narrative form can be used in documentary films.
1.True     
2.False

9.    In a narrative film, plot duration is always equal to story duration.

1. True
2. False        

10.   A goal-oriented protagonist is typical of the classical Hollywood cinema.

1.True     
2. False

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The system of lighting widely used in classical Hollywood filmmaking is known as:
1.    Three-point lighting.          
2.    Five-point lighting.     
3.    Cast-shadow lighting.     
4.    Omni directional lighting.     

2.    Which of the following is NOT a type of lighting in the three-point lighting system?
1.    Rack       
2.    Back     
3.    Key     
4.    Fill     
3.    Mise-en-scene incorporates which following four elements in capturing the events for the camera?
1.    setting, sound, costume, staging     
2.    setting, lighting, sound, staging     
3.    setting, lighting, costume, staging          
4.    setting, sound, lighting, costume     

4.    What is the best way to analyze mise-en-scene's function in a film?
1.    according to perceptions of Realism.     
2.    according to how it is motivated, how it varies or develops, and how it works in relation to other film techniques        
3.    according to exaggeration, supernatural, understating and other elements of imagination   
4.    according to its reliance on cinematography, editing, and style     
5.    Acting is often approached as a question of realism. Why is this a problematic way of thinking?
1.    Concepts of realistic acting have changed over film history.     
2.    Not all films try to achieve realism     
3.    The audience is aware that all performances are fabricated regardless of their attempt to be real     
4.    All the answers are correct.
6.    Animated films, like live-action films, have mise-en-scene.
1.True     
2. False

7.    Films shot in the studio have mise-en-scene, while films made entirely on location do not.
1.True
2. False

8.  In Hollywood studio filmmaking, the lights are kept in the same position throughout a scene, no matter where the camera is placed.
1.    True    
2.    False

9.    The term "mise-en-scene" was first used in reference to stage plays.
1.True
2.False

10.  Make-up in film was originally developed in response to the popularity of horror and science-fiction films.
1.True
2.False     

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1.    The person in charge of the following elements is the ____: Quality of film stock, exposure, type of film stock, the camera.
1.    director     
2.    cinematographer          
3.    editor     
4.    producer     

2.    The projection speed for sound films was first standardized at:
1.    24 frames per second     
2.    16 frames per second     
3.    36 frames per second     
4.    30 frames per second     

3.    A zoom lens is:
1.    a lens with an extremely long focal length.     
2.    a lens that can change focal length while a shot is being filmed.        
3.    a lens with a special mount that can be changed very quickly between shots.     4.    a short lens used for rapid camera movements.     

4.    "Depth of field" refers to:
1.    the distance the actors have to be from the camera to prevent their heads from going out of the frame.     
2.    the distance from the camera to the back wall of the set.     
3.    the range of distances from the lens in which objects filmed will be in focus.      4.    how large objects appear within the frame.     
5.    What is the purpose of framing?
1.    to create a neutral border around the image     
2.    to produce a certain vantage point for the audience     
3.    to actively define the image for the audience      
4.    All the answers are correct     
6.    In a canted camera position, objects on the screen appear:
1.    upside down.     
2.    not to be level.          
3.    as seen from directly above.     
4.    as seen on ground level.     
7.    A medium shot frames which of the following images of the human body?
1.    the head, feet, hands or a small object     
2.    the body from the chest up     
3.    the body from the waist up        
4.    the body from the knees up     

8.    Which of the following is NOT a standard term for a type of mobile framing?
1.    tilt     
2.    crane     
3.    pan     
4.    glide     
9.   A long focal-length lens tends to squash the planes of action together, reducing the impression of depth.
1.True     
2.False

10.    Combining two strips of film images to create a single shot is known as matte projection.
1. True
2. False     

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1.    An ordinary modern Hollywood film typically contains:
1.    100 shots     
2.    1,000 shots         
3.    5,000 shots     
4.    10,000 shots     


2.   Which of the following is NOT an editing joining method?
1.    fade-in/fade-out     
2.    dissolve     
3.    switch          
4.    wipe     
3.   Lev Kuleshov's discovery, termed the "Kuleshov Effect," suggests that:
1.    graphic matches usually enhance the narrative clarity of a scene.     
2.    the spectator's center of attention should be kept close to the middle of the screen from one shot to the next.     
3.    even if no establishing shot is shown, spectators will still assume that objects in separate shots are near one another.          
4.    spectators tend not to notice editing if matches on action and shot/reverse shot are consistently used.     

4.    "Cross-cutting":
1.    alternates between simultaneous shots in two separate spaces.       
2.    moves back and forth across the axis of action.     
3.    refers to flashbacks introduced by direct cuts rather than dissolves or fade-outs.     4.    alternates long-shot views with close-ups.     

5.    An editing technique that presents an action in such a way that it consumes less time on the screen than it does in the story is what?
1.    flashback     
2.    flash-forward     
3.    ellipsis       
4.    overlap     

6.   What is the basic purpose of the continuity system?
1.    to create a smooth flow from shot to shot        
2.    to reduce the number of scene changes     
3.    to reduce the action to one plotline     
4.    to create a shot that remains constant for an extended time     

7.    What is a nondiegetic insert?
1.    a cut from scene to scene that is different in style from the film's standard cut style     
2.     a cut from scene to scene to a metaphorical or symbolic shot that is a part of the space and time of the narrative     
3.    a cut from scene to scene to a metaphorical or symbolic shot that is not part of the space and time of the narrative         
4.    a cut from scene to scene that incorporates music or noise (sound effects) not heard by the characters onscreen     

8.    The "axis of action" is:
1.    an imaginary vertical line down the center of the screen around which the characters are placed to preserve graphic continuity.     
2.    an imaginary line between the main characters that determines where the camera should be placed to preserve continuity.     
3.    an imaginary line between the main character and the camera that determines where the camera should be placed for close-ups.     
4.    a chalk line marked on the floor to show how far away from the camera the actor should stay.     
9.    The 180-degree system is designed to:
1.    ensure consistent screen direction across cuts.        
2.    create smooth, unnoticeable matches on action across cuts.     
3.    allow the camera to cut from action in one location to action elsewhere.     
4.    avoid cutting in the middle of a camera movement to a static framing.     

10.   What is the 30 degree rule?
1.    Every camera position must be at least at a 30 degree angle from the projection to avoid image distortion.     
2.    Every camera position must be varied by at least 30 degrees from the previous one.         
3.    The camera must move in small increments around the 180 degree line in order to retain projection consistency.     
4.    The temperature at which all film stock must be kept to retain high quality.     

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1.    Why is sound the hardest cinematic technique to study?
1.    Not much is written about it.     
2.    Audiences are inclined to think of sound simply as accompaniment to the moving images.      
3.    The sound industry is not very wide-ranging where technique is concerned.     
4.    All the answers are correct.     

2.    "Mickey Mousing" is:
1.    the use of fast, cheerful music to accompany comic action.     
2.    the post-dubbing of sound effects created in a special studio.     
3.    very close synchronization of sound with the movement on the screen.          
4.    redubbing objectionable language in preparing a film for television broadcast.     

3.    In film sound, "fidelity" refers to
1.    whether the sound comes from within the diegetic space of the story.     
2.    whether the dialogue in a scene was actually spoken by the actors during shooting.   3.    whether the type of sound heard seems appropriate to its source in the film.         4.    refusing to manipulate the sound; keeping the original quality of the original sound     

4.    What is a sound track?
1.    a set of discrete sound units     
2.    a compilation of speech, music, and sound effects used in film     
3.    an ongoing stream of auditory information         
4.    links of events and time in layers     
5.    A "sound bridge" is:
1.    a lightweight frame for quickly moving a microphone above the action while filming on location.     
2.    overlapping the sound of one scene into the next.       
3.    transferring a sound from one channel to another in multichannel recording.     4.    boosting the volume of the music to make it more prominent than the voices or sound effects.     

6.    Sound relates to visual events that take place in a specific time. This relationship gives sound what?
1.    rhythm     
2.    fidelity     
3.    spatial dimension     
4.    temporal dimension      

7.    In film, which is more difficult for the audience to notice, diegetic or nondiegetic sound?
1.    diegetic        
2.    nondiegetic     
3.    They are equally difficult to notice.     
4.    Both are very easy to notice.     

8.    Sound perspective can be suggested by which of the following?
1.    time     
2.    space     
3.    volume        
4.    rhythm     

9.    What is simultaneous sound?
1.    the matching of sound with the projected image     
2.    recording the sound at the same moment it is happening in the filming     
3.    music, sound effects (noise), and speech happening at the same time     
4.    the matching of sound with the image in terms of story events     

10.   If a sound is coming from off-screen, this means that
1.    the film's narration is more restricted at the moment.     
2.    the sound is nondiegetic.     
3.    the source of the sound is in the area just outside of the frame     
4.    None of the answers are correct.  

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1.   A genre's "iconography" consists of:
    
1.     its typical plot patterns.      
2.     its use of recurring subject matter.      
3.     the sum of all its conventions.      
4.     its characteristic objects, settings, and stars.     

2. John Ford's The Searchers is a major example of which genre?
     
1.     Western     
2.     Musical      
3.     Drama      
4.     Suspense/Thriller      


3. Which of the following is not a film genre?
     
1.     the action film      
2.     the romance film      
3.     the experimental film     
4.     the comedy film      


4. The most popular way of defining genre is by a film's what?

1.     manner of presentation     
2.     plot pattern      
3.     emotional effect      
4.     subject matter      


5.Which of the following is not considered a conventional plot element?
     
1.     an investigation in a mystery      
2.     a sad ending in a drama      
3.     revenge in a Western      
4.     song and dance in a musical      


6. A batch of genre films that enjoys intense popularity and influence over a distinct period is known as what?
     
1.     collective      
2.     cycle     
3.     trend      
4.     super genre      


7.Analyzing genre in terms of providing social commentary is called what?
    Student Response
1.     reflectionist viewing    
2.     socioeconomic viewing      
3.     moralist viewing      
4.     there is no term for it.      

8.    "The Shining" is an example of which genre?      
1.     A horror film     
2.     A comedy      
3.     An action film      
4.     A musical      


9. The horror film can be categorized by what?
1.     a monster      
2.     a gruesome murder      
3.     eerie lighting and music      
4.     All the answers are correct.   

10. What is a family horror film?
     
1.     a film that contains minimal horrific events so even young children can watch it      2.     a film that reflects social concerns about the breakup of American families     
3.     a film whose popularity pervades pop culture, decorating lunch boxes and theme park rides  
4.     a film that parodies the genre convention

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