INTRO TO FILM UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Interior Shot
For interior shots, realists tend to prefer images with a hidden light source.
T or F?
False
Film noir is a style defined primarily in terms of light, or the lack of it.
T or F?
True
Film noir
"Dark film," a term applied by French critics to a type of American film, usually in the detective
or thriller genres, with low-key lighting and a somber mood.
Realists tend to employ extreme angles and high-contrast lighting in their photography.
T or F?
False
Which of the following does NOT apply, as a general rule, for the use of color in movies?
intellectual
Expressionists are often concerned with
spiritual and psychological truths.
Most films are either exclusively formalist or realist in style.
T or F?
False
Eye level shots are intrinsically undramatic because they go with the norm.
T or F?
True
Oblique-angle shots tend to suggest
tension, transition, and impending movement.
Long lenses also flatten images, decreasing the sense of distance between depth planes.
T or F?
True
,Classical cinema
avoids the extremes of realism and formalism.
fast stock
tends to produce a grainy image
storyboarding
individual frame drawings
back lighting
semisilhouette; soft and ethereal
establishing shot
extreme long shot
three-point lighting
key + fill + back light
deep-focus shot
wide-angle shot
low-key lighting
serious and artistic
rack focusing
neutralizes planes
high-key lighting
characteristic of comedies and musicals
colorization
can throw off compositional balance
Which is not an example of an optical illusion created by the persistence of vision?
A tree swaying in the wind
For what reason did Eadweard Muybridge accidentally create the first motion picture?
To help settle a bet
What is the average frame rate (FPS) for a standard motion picture today?
24
, Who created the Theatre Optique?
Charles Emile Reynard
How many cameras did Eadweard Muybridge first set up to capture The Horse in Motion?
12
characteristic of Realism?
Frequently makes use of location shooting (rather than sets)
Appears to mirror reality
Avoids extremes of technical manipulation
Uses available light, hand-held cameras, long shots, and lengthy takes
Stresses content over form
Attempts to capture the spontaneity of events
characteristic of Formalism?
Emphasizes form over content
Contains a high degree of technical manipulation
Concerned with spiritual or psychological ideas
Tends to be stylistically flamboyant
Expresses a director's subjective experience or world view
Intentionally stylizes and distorts reality
What type of shot highlights something of importance that would be lost in a more
expansive shot?
extreme close up
What term describes the style of filmmaking that avoids the extremes of both Realism and
Formalism?
Classical
What type of shot is used to show epic scale, and is often use for establishing and re-
establishing shots?
Extreme Long Shot
Two shot, three shot, and over-the-shoulder are variation on which shot?
Middle (Mid) Shot
What type of shot has the camera at approximately the corresponding distance between the
audience and the stage in live theater?
Long shot
Isn't so much an angle as just a straight on look at the subject
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Interior Shot
For interior shots, realists tend to prefer images with a hidden light source.
T or F?
False
Film noir is a style defined primarily in terms of light, or the lack of it.
T or F?
True
Film noir
"Dark film," a term applied by French critics to a type of American film, usually in the detective
or thriller genres, with low-key lighting and a somber mood.
Realists tend to employ extreme angles and high-contrast lighting in their photography.
T or F?
False
Which of the following does NOT apply, as a general rule, for the use of color in movies?
intellectual
Expressionists are often concerned with
spiritual and psychological truths.
Most films are either exclusively formalist or realist in style.
T or F?
False
Eye level shots are intrinsically undramatic because they go with the norm.
T or F?
True
Oblique-angle shots tend to suggest
tension, transition, and impending movement.
Long lenses also flatten images, decreasing the sense of distance between depth planes.
T or F?
True
,Classical cinema
avoids the extremes of realism and formalism.
fast stock
tends to produce a grainy image
storyboarding
individual frame drawings
back lighting
semisilhouette; soft and ethereal
establishing shot
extreme long shot
three-point lighting
key + fill + back light
deep-focus shot
wide-angle shot
low-key lighting
serious and artistic
rack focusing
neutralizes planes
high-key lighting
characteristic of comedies and musicals
colorization
can throw off compositional balance
Which is not an example of an optical illusion created by the persistence of vision?
A tree swaying in the wind
For what reason did Eadweard Muybridge accidentally create the first motion picture?
To help settle a bet
What is the average frame rate (FPS) for a standard motion picture today?
24
, Who created the Theatre Optique?
Charles Emile Reynard
How many cameras did Eadweard Muybridge first set up to capture The Horse in Motion?
12
characteristic of Realism?
Frequently makes use of location shooting (rather than sets)
Appears to mirror reality
Avoids extremes of technical manipulation
Uses available light, hand-held cameras, long shots, and lengthy takes
Stresses content over form
Attempts to capture the spontaneity of events
characteristic of Formalism?
Emphasizes form over content
Contains a high degree of technical manipulation
Concerned with spiritual or psychological ideas
Tends to be stylistically flamboyant
Expresses a director's subjective experience or world view
Intentionally stylizes and distorts reality
What type of shot highlights something of importance that would be lost in a more
expansive shot?
extreme close up
What term describes the style of filmmaking that avoids the extremes of both Realism and
Formalism?
Classical
What type of shot is used to show epic scale, and is often use for establishing and re-
establishing shots?
Extreme Long Shot
Two shot, three shot, and over-the-shoulder are variation on which shot?
Middle (Mid) Shot
What type of shot has the camera at approximately the corresponding distance between the
audience and the stage in live theater?
Long shot
Isn't so much an angle as just a straight on look at the subject
