INTRO TO FILM UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
In what ways that extend far beyond the multiplex have movies permeated our lives?
We watch movies on cable and satellite channels, online, and on our ipads and cell phones; we
buy them at video stores and through the mail; and so on
Why are movies worthy of serious study, as opposed to being merely an outlet for escape or
entertainment?
Seriously studying movies allows people to understand how movies shape the way we view the
world
As opposed to "film" or "cinema," the term "movies" is applied to:
Motion pictures that entertain the masses at the multiplex
Almost all ubiquitous commercial, feature-length movies share the same basic and
important element of:
Narrative
A shot is best defined as:
An unbroken span of action captured by an uninterrupted run of a motion-picture camera
The joining together of discrete shots is called:
Editing
One of the unique properties of movies that distinguishes it from any other visual medium
is its capacity to:
Isolate details and juxtapose within and between shots
In the collaborative art of moviemaking, whose role is basically that of a coordinating lead
artist?
Director
Beyond breaking down a movie to identify the tools and techniques that comprise it, film
analysis is also primarily concerned with:
How the movie can be neatly categorized in terms of genre or style
Techniques such as fade-outs/fade-ins and low-angle shots communicate meaning by
Only working in concordance with preceding and succeeding shots
,In order to exploit cinema's capacity for transporting audiences into the world of the story,
the commercial filmmaking process stresses
The maximization of any distractions that might remind viewers they are watching a movie
One of the most common editing techniques designed to hide the instantaneous and
potentially jarring shift from one camera viewpoint to another is
Cutting on action
Juno adheres to cultural invisibility by:
Championing a protagonist who rejects convention yet ultimately upholds the traditional
institutions she seemingly scorns.
Even as Juno seems to call into question some of contemporary America's attitudes about
family, it also:
Appeals to an arguably more fundamental American value of robust individualism
Implicit meaning is best defined as ________, while explicit meaning is best defined as
________.
A deep level association, connection, or inference; meaning available on the surface of the movie
Formal analysis is the analytical approach primarily concerned with
The means by which a subject is expressed
The waiting room scene in Juno depends significantly on _____ to function effectively.
Editing patterns
Besides the Star Wars films, which other film series features significant figurative or literal
character growth?
Harry Potter
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is structured like a plot from what Hollywood genre?
War film
The social approach to film history attempts to establish a link between motion pictures
and
Government, religion, and labor
The _____________ was the first motion picture camera
Kinetograph
The films of French magician and filmmaker Georges Melies are best known for their
innovative use of
, special effects
The classical Hollywood style is built upon the principle of
Invisibility
Although a commercial and groundbreaking success, why did The Birth of a Nation (1915)
spark nationwide controversy upon its release?
Its content was overtly racist
Many films of the 1920s French avant-garde movement emphasized ________, which is
based on the idea that a person's fate is determined by heredity and environment.
Naturalism
The power of montage, as expressed by Soviet filmmakers of the 1920s, lies in its ability to
________.
Manipulate the viewer's perception and understanding
Which film by Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein is considered his most influential and
important?
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
In 1934, Joseph Breen became the head of the ______________, which was created in 1934
by the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) to self-regulate
movie content
Production Code Administration
Which first-time filmmaker created a masterpiece that broke many of the cinematic
conventions of Hollywood's golden age?
Orson Welles
Cinematographer Gregg Toland achieved a high degree of cinematic realism in Citizen
Kane (1941) through the use of lighting, deep-space composition, and
deep-focus cinematography
In film analysis, the term "mise-en-scene" refers to
Everything the audience sees in every shot
Which of the following falls under the supervision of a movie's production designer?
the costumes, set construction, and hairstyling
The spatial and temporal ___________ of a film is the environment in which the narrative
takes place
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
In what ways that extend far beyond the multiplex have movies permeated our lives?
We watch movies on cable and satellite channels, online, and on our ipads and cell phones; we
buy them at video stores and through the mail; and so on
Why are movies worthy of serious study, as opposed to being merely an outlet for escape or
entertainment?
Seriously studying movies allows people to understand how movies shape the way we view the
world
As opposed to "film" or "cinema," the term "movies" is applied to:
Motion pictures that entertain the masses at the multiplex
Almost all ubiquitous commercial, feature-length movies share the same basic and
important element of:
Narrative
A shot is best defined as:
An unbroken span of action captured by an uninterrupted run of a motion-picture camera
The joining together of discrete shots is called:
Editing
One of the unique properties of movies that distinguishes it from any other visual medium
is its capacity to:
Isolate details and juxtapose within and between shots
In the collaborative art of moviemaking, whose role is basically that of a coordinating lead
artist?
Director
Beyond breaking down a movie to identify the tools and techniques that comprise it, film
analysis is also primarily concerned with:
How the movie can be neatly categorized in terms of genre or style
Techniques such as fade-outs/fade-ins and low-angle shots communicate meaning by
Only working in concordance with preceding and succeeding shots
,In order to exploit cinema's capacity for transporting audiences into the world of the story,
the commercial filmmaking process stresses
The maximization of any distractions that might remind viewers they are watching a movie
One of the most common editing techniques designed to hide the instantaneous and
potentially jarring shift from one camera viewpoint to another is
Cutting on action
Juno adheres to cultural invisibility by:
Championing a protagonist who rejects convention yet ultimately upholds the traditional
institutions she seemingly scorns.
Even as Juno seems to call into question some of contemporary America's attitudes about
family, it also:
Appeals to an arguably more fundamental American value of robust individualism
Implicit meaning is best defined as ________, while explicit meaning is best defined as
________.
A deep level association, connection, or inference; meaning available on the surface of the movie
Formal analysis is the analytical approach primarily concerned with
The means by which a subject is expressed
The waiting room scene in Juno depends significantly on _____ to function effectively.
Editing patterns
Besides the Star Wars films, which other film series features significant figurative or literal
character growth?
Harry Potter
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is structured like a plot from what Hollywood genre?
War film
The social approach to film history attempts to establish a link between motion pictures
and
Government, religion, and labor
The _____________ was the first motion picture camera
Kinetograph
The films of French magician and filmmaker Georges Melies are best known for their
innovative use of
, special effects
The classical Hollywood style is built upon the principle of
Invisibility
Although a commercial and groundbreaking success, why did The Birth of a Nation (1915)
spark nationwide controversy upon its release?
Its content was overtly racist
Many films of the 1920s French avant-garde movement emphasized ________, which is
based on the idea that a person's fate is determined by heredity and environment.
Naturalism
The power of montage, as expressed by Soviet filmmakers of the 1920s, lies in its ability to
________.
Manipulate the viewer's perception and understanding
Which film by Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein is considered his most influential and
important?
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
In 1934, Joseph Breen became the head of the ______________, which was created in 1934
by the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) to self-regulate
movie content
Production Code Administration
Which first-time filmmaker created a masterpiece that broke many of the cinematic
conventions of Hollywood's golden age?
Orson Welles
Cinematographer Gregg Toland achieved a high degree of cinematic realism in Citizen
Kane (1941) through the use of lighting, deep-space composition, and
deep-focus cinematography
In film analysis, the term "mise-en-scene" refers to
Everything the audience sees in every shot
Which of the following falls under the supervision of a movie's production designer?
the costumes, set construction, and hairstyling
The spatial and temporal ___________ of a film is the environment in which the narrative
takes place
