TFM 364A QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

TFM 364A sound cinema - Answer- Edison developed the idea of synchronous sound 1930 Hay's Code - Answer- means of self-regulation to maintain moral descent of movies, not glamorized indecency or crime The Motion Picture Production Code - Answer- every film passing approval a system of self-regulation policed by own members The Jazz Singer - Answer- 1927 alan crosland synchronize sound and image The Public Enemy - Answer- 1931 William Wellman breakout for James Cagney not re-eddited though product code was not enforcing regulations Vitaphone - Answer- synchronized sound and image 1925 Warner Bros 10 major studios - Answer- Columbia Universal United Artists Warner Bros Paramount RKO Gangster Cinema - Answer- successful and controversial 1930s anti claimed for glamorizing crime rise and fall of anti heroes Genre - Answer- plot, thematic, stylistic Horror storytelling - Answer- audiences should know what's happening foreground, middle, background Diegetic Sound - Answer- characters can hear sound non-diegetic sound - Answer- sound that can be heard by the audience only, not the characters Rise fo Musicals - Answer- 1930s became genre