TFM 160 EXAM #1 (CH 11) QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Different film gauges - Answers - The old look (The film stock's gauge is the width of the
film stock.
Actor labor that was found in 1933 - Answers - The Screen Actors Guild (SAG was
found to fight the exploitation of actors.)
Reviewing dailies - Answers - Production
Integrating visual effects - Answers - Postproduction
Securing rights to a story - Answers - Preproduction
Traditional film stock has to go through at least three machines in order for us to see the
film. What is the order of the machines used? - Answers - 1. Camera
2. Processor
3. Projector
Reasons why almost all major motion pictures are now shot, edited, and released
digitally? - Answers - 1. Digital is less expensive to shoot than analog stock
2. Digital editing is less expensive than analog editing
3. It is more cost effects to distribute film digitally
Film stock is an "analog" medium? - Answers - The camera creates an image by
recording the light given off by a subject and stores that image on a roll of negative film
stock.
Classical Studio System - Answers - 1. Studios are independent entities.
2. Directors and actors are under long-term contract.
3. Everyone working on a movie is an employee of the studio.
Today's movie studios - Answers - 1. Studio are part of large corporate conglomerates.
2. Directors and actors are freelance.
3. Indépendant producers make movies within the studio corporate structure.
Silent films - Answers - 16 frames per second
Factors that contributed to the decline of the Hollywood studio system? - Answers - 1.
Influence of the U.S. government
2. Increase power for creative personnel.
3. Television
4. Reorganization of management
ANSWERS
Different film gauges - Answers - The old look (The film stock's gauge is the width of the
film stock.
Actor labor that was found in 1933 - Answers - The Screen Actors Guild (SAG was
found to fight the exploitation of actors.)
Reviewing dailies - Answers - Production
Integrating visual effects - Answers - Postproduction
Securing rights to a story - Answers - Preproduction
Traditional film stock has to go through at least three machines in order for us to see the
film. What is the order of the machines used? - Answers - 1. Camera
2. Processor
3. Projector
Reasons why almost all major motion pictures are now shot, edited, and released
digitally? - Answers - 1. Digital is less expensive to shoot than analog stock
2. Digital editing is less expensive than analog editing
3. It is more cost effects to distribute film digitally
Film stock is an "analog" medium? - Answers - The camera creates an image by
recording the light given off by a subject and stores that image on a roll of negative film
stock.
Classical Studio System - Answers - 1. Studios are independent entities.
2. Directors and actors are under long-term contract.
3. Everyone working on a movie is an employee of the studio.
Today's movie studios - Answers - 1. Studio are part of large corporate conglomerates.
2. Directors and actors are freelance.
3. Indépendant producers make movies within the studio corporate structure.
Silent films - Answers - 16 frames per second
Factors that contributed to the decline of the Hollywood studio system? - Answers - 1.
Influence of the U.S. government
2. Increase power for creative personnel.
3. Television
4. Reorganization of management
