CIN 101 MIDTERM QUIZ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
The fiction film was the most well-received type of motion picture until 1900, when it was
supplanted in popularity by actualities. - Answers - False
More popular in Europe and most notably employed in the US by Charlie Chaplin, the
practice of carefully crafting an arrangement of space and action within a mostly static
frame is referred to as ___________. - Answers - staging in depth
The first known example of a moving camera can be found in ________. - Answers -
Panorama of the Grand Canal (1896)
By 1922, just eight major studios accounted for close to 80% of all domestic film
production in the United States. - Answers - True
Which of the following early cameras also doubled as a projector? - Answers - the
Cinématographe
Most films created during the 1890s contain between five and ten shots. - Answers -
False
The Lumière brothers were so convinced by the long term appeal of motion pictures that
in 1905 they sold their photography business to pursue films full time. - Answers - False
Why does The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895) stand out from the other Lumière films shown
at the Grand Cafe in 1895? - Answers - It attempts to tell a comical story.
The popularity of the Edison Kinetoscope was brief, and Edison soon built the Vitascope
as a rival to the Lumière brothers' Cinématographe. - Answers - True
Around 1895, the Lumière brothers decided to shoot their films at _____, which became
the most commonly used international film speed for about twenty years. - Answers -
sixteen frames per second
The first successful public display of film projection was done in Berlin by the
Skladanowsky brothers. - Answers - True
Étienne Jules Marey provided an important precursor of motion pictures with his
invention of _____, which exposed twelve images around the edge of a circular glass
plate that made a single revolution in one second. - Answers - a photographic gun
, There is no single inventor of motion pictures; the cinema instead came about through
an accumulation of contributions from inventors worldwide. - Answers - True
Georges Méliès was an early master of sophisticated stop-motion effects. - Answers -
True
Roughly how long were the films screened at the Grand Cafe in Paris by the Lumière
brothers in 1895? - Answers - between 5 seconds and a minute
Who is Maciste? - Answers - A popular strongman character who first appeared in
Cabiria (1914).
What is a key reason why Italian filmmakers were the first to produce epic films on
massive scales? - Answers - The low costs of labor in Italy.
French directors argued for cinema pur, which is a form of filmmaking that is best
described as _________. - Answers - emphasizing visual elements unique to cinema,
like camera movement and complex editing.
French comedian Max Linder, cinema's first international comic star, had a strong
influence on _________. - Answers - Charlie Chaplin
Film that could capture and record natural colors was not invented until after the silent
era, so silent film could only rely on tinting, toning, and hand painting to add color. -
Answers - False
Which coloring process added color only to the "whites" of black and white film? -
Answers - Tinting
The Italian epic Cabiria (1914) is noteworthy for its __________. - Answers - elaborate
tracking shots and camera movement.
Oscar Micheaux was: - Answers - the most successful African American producer-
director of the silent and early sound periods
Despite the existence of civil rights statutes in many northern cities, most movie
theaters in the United States during the 1920s were segregated; that is, black patrons
and white patrons sat in separate parts of auditoriums. - Answers - True
Which of the following statements is NOT true about filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché? -
Answers - Guy-Blaché co-founded United Artists.
The single biggest factor in the decline of French filmmaking from its early dominance
was _________. - Answers - the devastation of World War I.
ANSWERS
The fiction film was the most well-received type of motion picture until 1900, when it was
supplanted in popularity by actualities. - Answers - False
More popular in Europe and most notably employed in the US by Charlie Chaplin, the
practice of carefully crafting an arrangement of space and action within a mostly static
frame is referred to as ___________. - Answers - staging in depth
The first known example of a moving camera can be found in ________. - Answers -
Panorama of the Grand Canal (1896)
By 1922, just eight major studios accounted for close to 80% of all domestic film
production in the United States. - Answers - True
Which of the following early cameras also doubled as a projector? - Answers - the
Cinématographe
Most films created during the 1890s contain between five and ten shots. - Answers -
False
The Lumière brothers were so convinced by the long term appeal of motion pictures that
in 1905 they sold their photography business to pursue films full time. - Answers - False
Why does The Sprinkler Sprinkled (1895) stand out from the other Lumière films shown
at the Grand Cafe in 1895? - Answers - It attempts to tell a comical story.
The popularity of the Edison Kinetoscope was brief, and Edison soon built the Vitascope
as a rival to the Lumière brothers' Cinématographe. - Answers - True
Around 1895, the Lumière brothers decided to shoot their films at _____, which became
the most commonly used international film speed for about twenty years. - Answers -
sixteen frames per second
The first successful public display of film projection was done in Berlin by the
Skladanowsky brothers. - Answers - True
Étienne Jules Marey provided an important precursor of motion pictures with his
invention of _____, which exposed twelve images around the edge of a circular glass
plate that made a single revolution in one second. - Answers - a photographic gun
, There is no single inventor of motion pictures; the cinema instead came about through
an accumulation of contributions from inventors worldwide. - Answers - True
Georges Méliès was an early master of sophisticated stop-motion effects. - Answers -
True
Roughly how long were the films screened at the Grand Cafe in Paris by the Lumière
brothers in 1895? - Answers - between 5 seconds and a minute
Who is Maciste? - Answers - A popular strongman character who first appeared in
Cabiria (1914).
What is a key reason why Italian filmmakers were the first to produce epic films on
massive scales? - Answers - The low costs of labor in Italy.
French directors argued for cinema pur, which is a form of filmmaking that is best
described as _________. - Answers - emphasizing visual elements unique to cinema,
like camera movement and complex editing.
French comedian Max Linder, cinema's first international comic star, had a strong
influence on _________. - Answers - Charlie Chaplin
Film that could capture and record natural colors was not invented until after the silent
era, so silent film could only rely on tinting, toning, and hand painting to add color. -
Answers - False
Which coloring process added color only to the "whites" of black and white film? -
Answers - Tinting
The Italian epic Cabiria (1914) is noteworthy for its __________. - Answers - elaborate
tracking shots and camera movement.
Oscar Micheaux was: - Answers - the most successful African American producer-
director of the silent and early sound periods
Despite the existence of civil rights statutes in many northern cities, most movie
theaters in the United States during the 1920s were segregated; that is, black patrons
and white patrons sat in separate parts of auditoriums. - Answers - True
Which of the following statements is NOT true about filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché? -
Answers - Guy-Blaché co-founded United Artists.
The single biggest factor in the decline of French filmmaking from its early dominance
was _________. - Answers - the devastation of World War I.
