FILM 2700 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
Which Frenchman provided an important precursor of motion pictures with his invention
of a photographic gun? - Answers - Etienne Jules Marey
Which of the following nations was NOT one of the three primary film-producing
countries during cinema's first decade? - Answers - Germany
Which type of film was not characteristic of Italian cinema of the 1910's? - Answers -
The "neorealist" film
In the late 1900's Pathe dominated film production not only in France but also in what
country? - Answers - Russia
Although the Motion Picture Patents Company tried to limit the number of foreign films
released in the U.S., it did admit who as members? - Answers - Melies and Pathe
Multi-reel films were uncommon in the U.S. in the nickelodeon era became what? -
Answers - The MPPC's release system only allowed for single reels.
By the late nickelodeon era, every aspect of film style came to be use to what? -
Answers - To enhance narrative clarity
Which of the following is not true of intertitles circa 1914? - Answers - They were
typically inserted before the shot in which the character delivered the line.
World War I severely curtailed filmmaking in which two important movie-producing
nations? - Answers - France and Italy
Which European film of the middle 1910's was renowned for its slow tracking shots, so
much so that similar types of camera movement subsequently were described using this
film's title? - Answers - Cabiria
Upon its formation in 1914, Paramount was instantly notable as what? - Answers - The
first national distributor in the U.S. devoted solely to features.
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the development of the continuity script? -
Answers - To settle the matter of which writers received screen credit on a film and
under what designation.
Keystone, the studio famous for its slapstick comedies and for introducing movie
audiences to Charlie Chaplin, was headed by what? - Answers - Mack Sennett
Which Frenchman provided an important precursor of motion pictures with his invention
of a photographic gun? - Answers - Etienne Jules Marey
Which of the following nations was NOT one of the three primary film-producing
countries during cinema's first decade? - Answers - Germany
Which type of film was not characteristic of Italian cinema of the 1910's? - Answers -
The "neorealist" film
In the late 1900's Pathe dominated film production not only in France but also in what
country? - Answers - Russia
Although the Motion Picture Patents Company tried to limit the number of foreign films
released in the U.S., it did admit who as members? - Answers - Melies and Pathe
Multi-reel films were uncommon in the U.S. in the nickelodeon era became what? -
Answers - The MPPC's release system only allowed for single reels.
By the late nickelodeon era, every aspect of film style came to be use to what? -
Answers - To enhance narrative clarity
Which of the following is not true of intertitles circa 1914? - Answers - They were
typically inserted before the shot in which the character delivered the line.
World War I severely curtailed filmmaking in which two important movie-producing
nations? - Answers - France and Italy
Which European film of the middle 1910's was renowned for its slow tracking shots, so
much so that similar types of camera movement subsequently were described using this
film's title? - Answers - Cabiria
Upon its formation in 1914, Paramount was instantly notable as what? - Answers - The
first national distributor in the U.S. devoted solely to features.
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the development of the continuity script? -
Answers - To settle the matter of which writers received screen credit on a film and
under what designation.
Keystone, the studio famous for its slapstick comedies and for introducing movie
audiences to Charlie Chaplin, was headed by what? - Answers - Mack Sennett
