MRTS 3470 Exam 2 questions with
verified answers
According to Sergei Eisenstein's ideas on the "montage of attractions", a single shot should be
thought of as akin to: - correct answer ✔✔A cell, formed by the collision of two elements in
opposition to each other.
Which Soviet director and theorist admired the succinct storytelling of American films and
thought of montage chiefly as techniques of editing for clarity and emotional effects? - correct
answer ✔✔Lev Kuleshov
In the 'Chronology of the Soviet Montage Movement' table on Page 128, who directed the most
films before 1930? - correct answer ✔✔Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg
T/F The Montage film Strike was set and shot in a real factory. - correct answer ✔✔True
T/F The Montage film Strike was made to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Russian
Revolution. - correct answer ✔✔False
T/F The Montage film Strike was the first major film of the montage movement. - correct answer
✔✔True
T/F The Montage film Strike was the first feature film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. - correct
answer ✔✔True
Overlapping editing - correct answer ✔✔The time a depicted action takes on the screen is
noticeably expanding
, Elliptical Cutting - correct answer ✔✔The time a depicted action takes on the screen is
noticeably decreasing
Intercutting - correct answer ✔✔Used to create unusual spatial relations
Graphic Contrasts - correct answer ✔✔The cut might bring a distinct directional change in the
composition
Superimpositions - correct answer ✔✔A symbolic depiction of an image in a shot
T/F After the Bolshevik Revolution, most Russian artists supported the new government. -
correct answer ✔✔True: Most artists became inspirational artistic voices for the new regime
T/F Of the French impressionist, German expressionist and Soviet Montage styles, only the
Soviet Montage style lasted into the sound era. - correct answer ✔✔True: While Stalin clamped
down on some of the more 'intellectual' aspects of montage cinema, the style lasted into the
1930s
T/F Most non-Montage Soviet films of the silent period tended to be topical comedies or
conventional literary adaptations. - correct answer ✔✔True: It is always useful to note that film
movement works are not the only films made during a particular period
T/F Because of the primacy of editing in the art of Soviet montage cinema, Montage directors
paid little attention to the camera and rarely experimented with unconventional framings and
angles. - correct answer ✔✔False: Montage films often framed their scenes to emphasize
particular political motifs, such as the dominance of the officers over the sailors in Battleship
Potemkin. Also, much of the Odessa steps montage relies on significant camera angles and
changes in composition
T/F The February Revolution (of 1917) had relatively little effect on the Russian Film Industry. -
correct answer ✔✔True: It was the October Revolution that created significant change
verified answers
According to Sergei Eisenstein's ideas on the "montage of attractions", a single shot should be
thought of as akin to: - correct answer ✔✔A cell, formed by the collision of two elements in
opposition to each other.
Which Soviet director and theorist admired the succinct storytelling of American films and
thought of montage chiefly as techniques of editing for clarity and emotional effects? - correct
answer ✔✔Lev Kuleshov
In the 'Chronology of the Soviet Montage Movement' table on Page 128, who directed the most
films before 1930? - correct answer ✔✔Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg
T/F The Montage film Strike was set and shot in a real factory. - correct answer ✔✔True
T/F The Montage film Strike was made to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Russian
Revolution. - correct answer ✔✔False
T/F The Montage film Strike was the first major film of the montage movement. - correct answer
✔✔True
T/F The Montage film Strike was the first feature film directed by Sergei Eisenstein. - correct
answer ✔✔True
Overlapping editing - correct answer ✔✔The time a depicted action takes on the screen is
noticeably expanding
, Elliptical Cutting - correct answer ✔✔The time a depicted action takes on the screen is
noticeably decreasing
Intercutting - correct answer ✔✔Used to create unusual spatial relations
Graphic Contrasts - correct answer ✔✔The cut might bring a distinct directional change in the
composition
Superimpositions - correct answer ✔✔A symbolic depiction of an image in a shot
T/F After the Bolshevik Revolution, most Russian artists supported the new government. -
correct answer ✔✔True: Most artists became inspirational artistic voices for the new regime
T/F Of the French impressionist, German expressionist and Soviet Montage styles, only the
Soviet Montage style lasted into the sound era. - correct answer ✔✔True: While Stalin clamped
down on some of the more 'intellectual' aspects of montage cinema, the style lasted into the
1930s
T/F Most non-Montage Soviet films of the silent period tended to be topical comedies or
conventional literary adaptations. - correct answer ✔✔True: It is always useful to note that film
movement works are not the only films made during a particular period
T/F Because of the primacy of editing in the art of Soviet montage cinema, Montage directors
paid little attention to the camera and rarely experimented with unconventional framings and
angles. - correct answer ✔✔False: Montage films often framed their scenes to emphasize
particular political motifs, such as the dominance of the officers over the sailors in Battleship
Potemkin. Also, much of the Odessa steps montage relies on significant camera angles and
changes in composition
T/F The February Revolution (of 1917) had relatively little effect on the Russian Film Industry. -
correct answer ✔✔True: It was the October Revolution that created significant change
