FLME 2700 QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Edison's Kinetoscope viewing box was initially highly profitable, but its popularity
declined because... - Answers - Because other inventors found ways to project films
onto a screen.
Around 1895, the Lumière brothers decided to shoot their films at _____, which became
the most commonly used internationally... - Answers - 16 fps; ...film speed for about
twenty years.
There is no single inventor of motion pictures; the cinema instead came about through
an accumulation of contributions...Is this true or false? - Answers - True
Who put on the first exhibitions of projected motion pictures in many countries? -
Answers - The Lumière brothers
Was Georges Méliès an early master of sophisticated stop-motion effects? (true/false) -
Answers - true
During the mid-1910s, filmmakers experimented with _____, lighting on part of the
scene, motivated as coming from... - Answers - effects lighting
D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) is extremely controversial because: -
Answers - The racist, pro-KKK depictions throughout entirety of the film.
What are the reasons for the growth of the German film industry after World War I? -
Answers - - After WW1, Germany suffered greatly both economically and politically.
- Expressionism developed in art as well as cinema.
- The art is violent and dark, showing the pain and suffering the people had experience
What are the characteristics of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the first German
Expressionist film? - Answers - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari makes use of expressionist
architecture and expresses interior reality through exterior means with its use of
extreme distortion in its production design. The film, as a result, presents us with a dark
and twisted world with distorted shapes and angles.
During the 1920s, descriptions of German Expressionist films often referred to the sets
as: - Answers - acting
In German Expressionist films, the narrative often pauses or slows briefly when: -
Answers - Elements of mise-en-scene align into eye-catching compositions
ANSWERS
Edison's Kinetoscope viewing box was initially highly profitable, but its popularity
declined because... - Answers - Because other inventors found ways to project films
onto a screen.
Around 1895, the Lumière brothers decided to shoot their films at _____, which became
the most commonly used internationally... - Answers - 16 fps; ...film speed for about
twenty years.
There is no single inventor of motion pictures; the cinema instead came about through
an accumulation of contributions...Is this true or false? - Answers - True
Who put on the first exhibitions of projected motion pictures in many countries? -
Answers - The Lumière brothers
Was Georges Méliès an early master of sophisticated stop-motion effects? (true/false) -
Answers - true
During the mid-1910s, filmmakers experimented with _____, lighting on part of the
scene, motivated as coming from... - Answers - effects lighting
D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) is extremely controversial because: -
Answers - The racist, pro-KKK depictions throughout entirety of the film.
What are the reasons for the growth of the German film industry after World War I? -
Answers - - After WW1, Germany suffered greatly both economically and politically.
- Expressionism developed in art as well as cinema.
- The art is violent and dark, showing the pain and suffering the people had experience
What are the characteristics of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the first German
Expressionist film? - Answers - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari makes use of expressionist
architecture and expresses interior reality through exterior means with its use of
extreme distortion in its production design. The film, as a result, presents us with a dark
and twisted world with distorted shapes and angles.
During the 1920s, descriptions of German Expressionist films often referred to the sets
as: - Answers - acting
In German Expressionist films, the narrative often pauses or slows briefly when: -
Answers - Elements of mise-en-scene align into eye-catching compositions
