TFM 364- Final Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Film noir = - CORRECT ANSWER "black film" or "dark film"
Dates of the classic film noir phase: - CORRECT ANSWER 1941 to mid 1950s
Four major pulp/crime writers in 1920s and 1930s: - CORRECT ANSWER -Dashiell Hammett,
-Raymond Chandler,
- James M. Cain,
-Cornell Woolrich
Double Indemnity: - CORRECT ANSWER -adaptation of 1936 novel of same name by Cain
- Screenplay co-written by Chandler and Billy Wilder
Visual style - CORRECT ANSWER -nighttime scenes
-scenes that appear dim
-low-key lighting
Narrative structure - CORRECT ANSWER -flashbacks and voice-overs
Key moods and themes - CORRECT ANSWER -hopelessness and despair
-fatalism: fate is more important than individual action
Subject matter - CORRECT ANSWER -unhealthy fixation on crime and erotic desires
Recurring characters - CORRECT ANSWER -femme fatale
, an attractive and seductive woman, especially one who will ultimately bring disaster to a man who
becomes involved with her.
Reflection of post-World War II U.S. life - CORRECT ANSWER -femme fatale reflects fear of
post-war female power
-and sense of male inadequacy
Reflection of problems of living in the modern world - CORRECT ANSWER -Double
Indemnity critiques urban world where a person is a number rather than
an individual
The Five Major Studios in the 1930s and 1940s - CORRECT ANSWER • Paramount
• MGM
• Warner Bros.
• Fox
• RKO
The Career of Orson Welles - CORRECT ANSWER "Boy genius"
• Directed innovative plays
• Famous radio adaptation of "War of the Worlds"
• Signed by RKO at the age of 23
-Welles has total control except for story approval and budget cap
• Makes Citizen Kane at the age of 25
Citizen Kane (1941) - CORRECT ANSWER Thinly veiled portrait of William Randolph Hearst
Innovative and influential due to - CORRECT ANSWER - Flashback structure
- Deep-focus cinematography
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Film noir = - CORRECT ANSWER "black film" or "dark film"
Dates of the classic film noir phase: - CORRECT ANSWER 1941 to mid 1950s
Four major pulp/crime writers in 1920s and 1930s: - CORRECT ANSWER -Dashiell Hammett,
-Raymond Chandler,
- James M. Cain,
-Cornell Woolrich
Double Indemnity: - CORRECT ANSWER -adaptation of 1936 novel of same name by Cain
- Screenplay co-written by Chandler and Billy Wilder
Visual style - CORRECT ANSWER -nighttime scenes
-scenes that appear dim
-low-key lighting
Narrative structure - CORRECT ANSWER -flashbacks and voice-overs
Key moods and themes - CORRECT ANSWER -hopelessness and despair
-fatalism: fate is more important than individual action
Subject matter - CORRECT ANSWER -unhealthy fixation on crime and erotic desires
Recurring characters - CORRECT ANSWER -femme fatale
, an attractive and seductive woman, especially one who will ultimately bring disaster to a man who
becomes involved with her.
Reflection of post-World War II U.S. life - CORRECT ANSWER -femme fatale reflects fear of
post-war female power
-and sense of male inadequacy
Reflection of problems of living in the modern world - CORRECT ANSWER -Double
Indemnity critiques urban world where a person is a number rather than
an individual
The Five Major Studios in the 1930s and 1940s - CORRECT ANSWER • Paramount
• MGM
• Warner Bros.
• Fox
• RKO
The Career of Orson Welles - CORRECT ANSWER "Boy genius"
• Directed innovative plays
• Famous radio adaptation of "War of the Worlds"
• Signed by RKO at the age of 23
-Welles has total control except for story approval and budget cap
• Makes Citizen Kane at the age of 25
Citizen Kane (1941) - CORRECT ANSWER Thinly veiled portrait of William Randolph Hearst
Innovative and influential due to - CORRECT ANSWER - Flashback structure
- Deep-focus cinematography
