TFM 364A final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Sound cinema - CORRECT ANSWER Edison developed the idea of synchronous sound
1930
Hay's Code - CORRECT ANSWER means of self-regulation to maintain moral descent of
movies, not glamorized indecency or crime
The Motion Picture Production Code - CORRECT ANSWER every film passing approval a
system of self-regulation policed by own members
The Jazz Singer - CORRECT ANSWER 1927
Alan crosland
Synchronize sound and image
The Public Enemy - CORRECT ANSWER 1931
William Wellman
Breakout for James Cagney
Not re-eddited though product code was not enforcing regulations
Vitaphone - CORRECT ANSWER synchronized sound and image
1925
Warner Bros
10 major studios - CORRECT ANSWER Columbia
Universal
United Artists
Warner Bros
, Paramount
RKO
Gangster Cinema - CORRECT ANSWER successful and controversial
1930s
Anti claimed for glamorizing crime
Rise and fall of anti heroes
Genre - CORRECT ANSWER plot, thematic, stylistic
Horror storytelling - CORRECT ANSWER audiences should know what's happening
foreground, middle, background
Diegetic Sound - CORRECT ANSWER characters can hear sound
Non-diegetic sound - CORRECT ANSWER sound that can be heard by the audience only, not
the characters
Rise fo Musicals - CORRECT ANSWER 1930s
Became genre
Number of stories
Golden Age of Hollywood (Horror) - CORRECT ANSWER generous built around audience
expectations and stars provided most common way to differentiate genres
Busby Berkeley - CORRECT ANSWER staging and producing musicals
Moving dancers all over the stage in kaleidoscopic patterns and imaginative floor patterns filmed
from overhead.
Fred Astaire - CORRECT ANSWER created new form of musical where song and dance were
integrated into romance
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Sound cinema - CORRECT ANSWER Edison developed the idea of synchronous sound
1930
Hay's Code - CORRECT ANSWER means of self-regulation to maintain moral descent of
movies, not glamorized indecency or crime
The Motion Picture Production Code - CORRECT ANSWER every film passing approval a
system of self-regulation policed by own members
The Jazz Singer - CORRECT ANSWER 1927
Alan crosland
Synchronize sound and image
The Public Enemy - CORRECT ANSWER 1931
William Wellman
Breakout for James Cagney
Not re-eddited though product code was not enforcing regulations
Vitaphone - CORRECT ANSWER synchronized sound and image
1925
Warner Bros
10 major studios - CORRECT ANSWER Columbia
Universal
United Artists
Warner Bros
, Paramount
RKO
Gangster Cinema - CORRECT ANSWER successful and controversial
1930s
Anti claimed for glamorizing crime
Rise and fall of anti heroes
Genre - CORRECT ANSWER plot, thematic, stylistic
Horror storytelling - CORRECT ANSWER audiences should know what's happening
foreground, middle, background
Diegetic Sound - CORRECT ANSWER characters can hear sound
Non-diegetic sound - CORRECT ANSWER sound that can be heard by the audience only, not
the characters
Rise fo Musicals - CORRECT ANSWER 1930s
Became genre
Number of stories
Golden Age of Hollywood (Horror) - CORRECT ANSWER generous built around audience
expectations and stars provided most common way to differentiate genres
Busby Berkeley - CORRECT ANSWER staging and producing musicals
Moving dancers all over the stage in kaleidoscopic patterns and imaginative floor patterns filmed
from overhead.
Fred Astaire - CORRECT ANSWER created new form of musical where song and dance were
integrated into romance
