Film Final

Camera angles are often determined by the camera's relationship to what in the frame?

Actor eye line

Though experimental films often defy categorization, which of the following characteristics could be a basis for organizing similar kinds of experimental films?

Filmaking process, aesthetic approach, subject matter

True or False: Digital cinematography is capable of being more light sensitive than film.

True

True or False: The extra credit points from the optional final quiz can hurt your grade.

False

Which of the following is one of a filmmaker's greatest tools for creating an instant emotional connection between an actor and the audience?

The close up shot

Two films about the exact same subject can be vastly different in tone and impact as a result of _________.

The filmakers formal approach

A film's form has largely to do with the filmmaker's intent, the subject matter, and which of these?

The filmakers process

The vampire short in Paris Je T'aime concludes with ___________.

The man (Elijiah Wood) and the vampire sucking eachothers blood

In the film The Shining, who does Danny communicate with telepathically?

The overlookers chef (Dick Halloran)

In Sunset Boulevard who is Norma Desmond's audience when the cameras finally begin rolling for her comeback starring role as Salome?

The police, the media, and max

Why is it important to seek out academic film criticism over popular criticism when preparing an analytical paper about a film?

The purpose of popular criticism is primarily to evaluate movies for mass audiences

Which of the following terms describes the blueprints for what happens in a film and how that film is made?

The script

In Paris Je T'aime, the meeting of the two mimes and their first interactions frequently uses _________ of the two racing around Paris together to a mostly comical effect.

Fast Motion

In the film On the Waterfront, who finally convinces Terry Malloy to testify?

Father Barry

Which of the following best describes the experimental film Bardo (2001) by Jordan Belson, based on the short clip you saw in the module?

A dance of abstract sphereical shapes

Which of the following would be acceptable as a source in a piece of academic writing on film?

A film journal

What kind of animation was used in the short "Get A Horse!"?

A hybrid of computer and hand drawn

From the opening clip of Rear Window, which of the following is used to communicate information visually about the character L.B. Jefferies?

A photograph of his apartment, a cast on his leg, and a broken camera

One of the biggest recurring comic motifs in Hot Fuzz relates to __________.

A runaway swan

When boom operators or sound mixers record an empty room with no one moving or speaking, they're recording the natural sounds of the space, or the __________.

Ambience

Hugo discovers the identity of the old toymaker thanks finally to the help of _______________.

An old automaton

Complete the following sentence accurately: Cross-cutting allows an audience to watch two scenes that _________.

Are happening simulataneously

The Wicked Witch of the West in the film The Wizard of Oz stands in the way of Dorothy (the protagonist) achieving her main goal. Which of the following terms best describes the Wicked Witch's role in the story.

Atagonist

What kind of acting role means that you will not speak and likely not be seen clearly in the final film?

Background

Which of the following was used in the creation of the dinosaur sound effects in both Jurassic Park films?

Big cats like lion and tigers

The illusion created by continuity editing relies heavily on the editor's attention to __________.

Both the actor' and audience's eyes

Complete the following sentence accurately: The two primary expressions of visual storytelling unique to cinema are _______ & ________.

Camera movement and editing

Which of the following is an example of a prop?

Car keys

This type of action is based on spatial lucidity and escalating momentum.

Classical Action

Lester is finally killed in American Beauty by ____________.

Col. Fitts (Chris Cooper)

His friends' frequent concerned mentions of Jefferies' obsession with his neighbors in Rear Window would qualify as an example of ____________, and the filmmakers' use of frequent camera shots from Jefferies' perspective to make us complicit in his voyeurism would qualify as an example of __________.

Content, Form

How does Jack first get Lydia to actually meet Parry in The Fisher King?

Convincing her she had won a speical promotion to a gym rental membership

The difference between the economic classes of the key characters in The Fisher King is suggested visually by the ___________.

Costuming, Makeup, and Set Decor

Higher angles tend to _________ the perception of status and strength of the subject.

Decrease

Which is not a characteristic of animation?

Disciplines

Which of the following is NOT part of a film's mise en scene?

Editing

In the film Hide and Seek, we encounter fictional narrative scenes, interviews, and which of the following?

Educational Footage

Which of the following types of meaning is openly asserted in the film, requiring very little interpretation on the part of the viewer?

Explicit

Which of the following documentary forms utilizes narration, most frequently as the "voice of God," along with visual evidence in order to explain a subject and persuade the audience of a key point?

Expository

According to Joanna Phillips, how old is the practice of time-based media conservation?

Fairly New Begginign in the 1990s

Diegetic Musicals have non-musician characters often burst into song, seemingly for no reason other than that it's a convention of the form.

False

Documentary films always depict their subjects truthfully.

False

Style Wars and Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child both demonstrate how pricey early education in the arts is critical to creating meaningful artistic expression.

False

TRUE OR FALSE: All films require a story.

False

There is little discernible difference in the filmmaking process between making experimental films using classical analog technology vs. making it with modern, digital technology.

False

A common motivation for camera movement in a film is _________.

Following an actors acting

Which of the following is an aspect of moving images that makes it different from other forms of artistic expression (such as painting or music)?

Fundamentally made by machines made for mass production

All of the following statements are true about film genres EXCEPT __________.

Genres are a specific set of rules a movie must follow

How does Michael Caine get the actor playing the lead in the workshop of Alfie to bring his performance down to feel more intimate with the camera in the close up shot?

He tells the actor to treat the camera like a friend

Which of the following films or clips seen in this module uses candid, observational footage to reveal hidden insights about a subject matter?

HighSchool

One way to experience movies in a different and more immersive manner is to _________.

His camera flashbulb

What is the value of creating a diagram like a plot segmentation to study a film?

It allows us a big picture view of the films overall structure

Read the following description of a scene and identify what is wrong with how it is written: "In the movie Jaws, local fishermen caught a large tiger shark and the mayor proclaimed the beaches safe. Hooper disputed it being the same predator. Hooper and Brody found a half-sunken boat after they searched the night waters in Hooper's boat. Hooper examined it and retrieved a sizable great white shark's tooth embedded in the hull."

It's written in past tense and the movie title is underlined.

Film titles should be _________.

Itallisized

Which of the following is an example of visual storytelling seen in the clips from the film Rear Window?

Lisa holds up the purse shaking it to show that it is empty

Which of the following films or clips seen in the module could be considered purely expository in form?

March of the Penguins

Which of the following can be designed to allow filmmakers to create the illusion of a realistic background without having to go out to shoot at an actual location? Click all that apply.

Matte Paitnings, Rear Projection, Blue Screen, Models and minitures

In Collateral, Max is forced to impersonate Vincent and talk to Felix after _____________.

Max destroys Vincent's briefcase and specs which makes him need a new one

Look at the following still image and choose the name of the shot that best describes it. ("OH Yeah" with a lady in a blue dress w a drink)

Medium Shot

What style of acting is more focused on connecting to the other characters in the scene than any interior answers?

Meisner Technique

Which sound mix utilizes only one channel?

Mono

Which of the following films screened in this module was identified as having been made without a camera?

Mothlight

Why does director Martin Scorsese feel that young people should be taught visual literacy in school?

Much of our society is communicated visually and subliminally

What was a major inspiration for the production design in Black Swan by production designer, Thérèse DePrez?

Nature and Trees

If a character narrates a film but no one can in the film can hear his narration as it's only audible to audiences, what type of sound is that?

Non-diegetic

Georges Melies frequently and notably used _________, in which everyone on screen stops while something is altered in the frame before resuming filming, to create the illusion that someone disappeared or something magically changed on screen.

Stop Action

Which of the following documentary forms emphasizes the filmmaker's agenda and audience's emotional response, over objective truth?

Performative

Hugo used _____________ to create its flights of fancy.

Practical and Digital Effects

Which of the following is required for someone watching a movie to fully experience the emotional impact intended by the filmmakers?

Psychological Immersion

Though it is impossible to define all experimental films as a group, they all can be described as being ___________ in some way.

Reflexive

The Kuleshov Effect alludes to the distinct relationship the viewer makes between two ___________.

Shots

Montage theorists like Sergei Eisenstein posited above all else that _________.

Shots gaining new meaning when juxtaposed next to eachother

What is a foley artist?

Someone who created everyday sounds

Which of the following are true about the performance of a stage actor that is DIFFERENT from a modern film actor?

They are acting to a whole room of people not just a camera, they give linear real time performances, convey emotions with big gestures and facial expressions

One way to experience movies in a different and more immersive manner is to _________.One way to experience movies in a different and more immersive manner is to _________.

Watch it in a movie theater

What is a set dressing?

decor or furniture

Which of the following terms best describes when a film audience creates a narrative or spatial relationship between two different shots in their minds?

the Kuleshov Effects

Which of the following is an example of film form?

the lighting in a scene