cinema quiz 4
In "Bleu", time stands still on ____ occasions.
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True or False. . . . Kieślowski's films suggest that we are truly alive only when we enact a balance of liberty and interdependence, of lucidity and compassion.
True
True or False. In "Bleu", (viewed in class) Kieslowski uses a mise-en-scene technique to frame the shot (clip below) in open form.
True
True or False. In Surrealism, subjective and objective states of mind have a contradictory relationship.
True
True or False. Surrealism portrays an irrational state of being, one that ignores logic and rationality - illusion and reality are non-changeable.
True
True or False. Surrealist cinema depicts a dreamscape, a fantasy world in motion.l
True
True or False. The above still frames from "Bleu" (viewed in class) demonstrates a lens or filter effect?
True
True or False. The still frame shot from "Bleu" divides the two characters and symbolizes the two different worlds that they inhabit in their separate lives.
True
(1931 German movie "M") The main character is staged for a. relaxation or b. tension
Tension
(above still from "Bleu" ) The main character's position in relation to the arranged scene (based on rule of thirds) is positioned for:
Tension
(above still from "Bleu" ) The skewed/oblique and slanted shot symbolizes an inner world that expresses a
B &C ,World out of Balance, World in Chaos
"Surrealism" (as it is defined in the course text and applied in cinema) means:
A,B,&C
Bleu" concludes with the chorale: "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not [love], I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and . . . have not [love], I am nothing" and is a reference to a ____________
Bible passage
True or False. In Surrealism, strange and unpredictable happenings create only one viewpoint.
False
Spanish Dracula
Close up
Which one of the above movie stills (A - D) from "Bleu" is the correctly drawn rule of thirds grid?
D
(1931 German movie "M" ) The scene is shot in a. deep focus or b. shallow focus?
Deep focus
True or False. The spiral staircases still frames below from "Bleu" and "M" symbolize calmness and balance.
False
(1931 German movie "M") True or False. The scene has a lens or filter effect
False
True or False. In Surrealism, documentary or objective reality is displaced by an outer world of emotions.
False
Kieślowski's "Three Colors" trilogy is based on the colors of the ________ flag and the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity--the three ideals of the French Revolution.
French
USA Dracula
Low key lighting?
(1931 German movie "M") The scene is shot in: a. wide b. medium c. medium wide d. medium close-up e. close-up shot
Medium wide
(above still from "Bleu" ) The main subject is positioned in:
Medium wide shot
(above still from "Bleu" ) The scene is arranged in a series of:
Rectangles
Spanish Dracula
Soft key lighting
(1931 German movie "M") True or False. Shot is in closed form because of the door frame in the background that surrounds the woman.
True
(1931 German movie "M") True or False. The still frame shows the rule of thirds grid used as a means to compose the shot.
True
(above still from "Bleu" ) True or False. The dominant lighting setup is High Key because there are no shadows in the shot
True
(above still from "Bleu" ) True or False. There is a special lens and/or filter effects because the camera is reflecting from a glass picture.
True
(above still from "Bleu" ) True or False. This scene is tightly framed because of another frame that surrounds her.
True
True or False. The concept (in "Bleu") blends with the complexities of real people, challenged with real ethical and social problems.
True?
(above still from "Bleu" ) The elements that contribute to the deep depth of field in the scene?:
a,b,c, and d
The _____ around her mother's room embodies the distance, not only between them, but within each of these women
glass
(above still from "Bleu" ) The scene is: a) in closed form b) in open form
in closed form
The (blue) chandelier is a continuing ________ of her daughter.
emblem
In "Bleu," Kieślowski uses blackouts — not to indicate jumps in time but at moments of intense ________
emotion
Chromatic motifs in "Bleu," are no gimmick but an ____of heightened receptivity, the stories told from within the prisms of their characters' emotions: the blue crystals of a mobile that once hung in a child's room . . .
expression
True or False. Blue could be considered a warm color compared, to say, orange which is the tone of Olivier's apartment.
false
Kieślowski's "Bleu" associates a color of the French flag with one of the nation's revolutionary ideals of
liberty
The French flag colors of red, white and blue have come to represent ___________
liberty, equality, and fraternity
USA Dracula
medium wide shot
"Bleu" becomes a _____________ for liberty, or in this type of genre, emotional liberty
metaphor
The splashes of blue (color) combined with the music express the return of the _________ , what Julie must confront sooner or later, whether grief, or the need of another human being.
repressed
In "Bleu", (first the color blue is used as an expressionistic technique to _________ the story's content.
symbolize
True or False. In "Bleu", Kieślowski uses expressionist techniques in sound, image, color, and composition.
true
True or False. When memory surface, blue expresses Julie's emotional state via bits of music accompanied by black-outs that return to the same shot.
true
