COMM-1010: CHAPTER 6 FILM EXAM
2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When the first films were viewed by audiences, they reacted as if the images on the screen
were tangible and real. Which of the following best explains this reaction? - ANS Audience
members were not film literate.
Which of the following statements about the kinetoscope is not correct?
>The kinetoscope was often used in conjunction with another Edison invention, the
phonograph.
>Made available in 1894, the kinetoscope soon became a popular feature in big-city
Kinetoscope parlors and other venues.
>Recognizing the importance of the kinetoscope to technology and society, Edison made it
available to the public free of charge.
>Rather than a projector, the kinetoscope was a sort of peep show device. - ANS Recognizing
the importance of the kinetoscope to technology and society, Edison made it available to the
public free of charge.
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, A Trip to the Moon (1902) by Georges Méliès is important to film history because it was the first
significant motion picture - ANS With a narrative or storyline.
Which of the following statements about the Motion Picture Patents Company (the Trust) are
correct? - ANS >The MPPC made and enforced rules about the length and look of movies.
>Anyone who wanted to make or exhibit a movie needed the permission of the Trust.
>It was a group of 10 companies that controlled the patents to virtually all filmmaking and
exhibition equipment.
Which of the following accurately characterize the impact of sound on the movies? - ANS >It
made possible new genres such as musicals.
>Film production became much more complicated and expensive.
>Actors and actresses had to really act, not just mouth lines.
Understanding the language and culture of film, such as how images and sound work together
to create meaning, is known as being - ANS Film literate.
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2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When the first films were viewed by audiences, they reacted as if the images on the screen
were tangible and real. Which of the following best explains this reaction? - ANS Audience
members were not film literate.
Which of the following statements about the kinetoscope is not correct?
>The kinetoscope was often used in conjunction with another Edison invention, the
phonograph.
>Made available in 1894, the kinetoscope soon became a popular feature in big-city
Kinetoscope parlors and other venues.
>Recognizing the importance of the kinetoscope to technology and society, Edison made it
available to the public free of charge.
>Rather than a projector, the kinetoscope was a sort of peep show device. - ANS Recognizing
the importance of the kinetoscope to technology and society, Edison made it available to the
public free of charge.
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, A Trip to the Moon (1902) by Georges Méliès is important to film history because it was the first
significant motion picture - ANS With a narrative or storyline.
Which of the following statements about the Motion Picture Patents Company (the Trust) are
correct? - ANS >The MPPC made and enforced rules about the length and look of movies.
>Anyone who wanted to make or exhibit a movie needed the permission of the Trust.
>It was a group of 10 companies that controlled the patents to virtually all filmmaking and
exhibition equipment.
Which of the following accurately characterize the impact of sound on the movies? - ANS >It
made possible new genres such as musicals.
>Film production became much more complicated and expensive.
>Actors and actresses had to really act, not just mouth lines.
Understanding the language and culture of film, such as how images and sound work together
to create meaning, is known as being - ANS Film literate.
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