Film Round 2
These postwar German films dealt with the day to day struggles of the German people while navigatining a devastated country and coming to terms with the horrors of the Nazi regime.
Truemmerfilm
The Kuleshov Effect is in evidence when
Two disparate images "collide", creating a new meaning that originally applied to neither image
Red Feather
Universal's designation for a "B" picture, usually paired with an "A" feature
Nagisha Oshima's In The Realm of the Senses is controversial for its depiction of
Unsimulated sex
What is low-key lighting?
Using one light source to deepen and emphasize shadows
What was the process that Warner Brothers developed to bring sound to motion pictures called?
Vitaphone
The French New Wave arose after which war?
WWII
Which is not a characteristic of German Expressionism: Romantic or uplifting subject matter, strong contrast between light and shadow, unexpected and unusual angles, artificial or stylized sets
romantic or uplifting subject matter
Raiders of the Lost Ark can be read as an example of
Colonialism
Masala films are so named because they
Combine a number of different genres, such as music, dance, drama, crime, etc
What was the first film in the Japanese Nubero Bagu?
Crazed Fruit
Filmmakers working within the Soviet School used montage to
Create Symbolic meaning
In Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho', Marion Crane is a great example of a
False Protagonist
What 1932 film led to reforms in the American penal system?
I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Edward Muybridge
Took first series of photos of a horse trotting, thereby proving that at a certain point, all four feet left the ground
What is the difference between burlesque and vaudeville?
Burlesque shows were typically racier than vaudeville shows, which tended to be more family oriented
Who was the founder of Universal Studios, the man whom many employees affectionately called Uncle
Carl Laemmle
Who was primarily responsible for the rise of the Gothic Horror films at Universal in the early 1930s?
Carl Laemmle, Jr.
In what type of narrative is conflict introduced and resolved in a story with a beginning, middle, and end?
Classical
Robert Weine directed the German Expressionist masterpiece
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari The cabinet of Dr Caligari
What does the 'd' in 'dGeneration' stand for?
Digital
When one scene overlaps with another as the first gives way to the second, you are looking at an example of a
Dissolve
The short Focal Length Lens
Distorts straight lines at the edges of the frame
Which of the following monster films was not made by Universal?: The Mummy, Black Cat, Doctor X, The Invisible Man
Doctor X
If you accept the preferred reading of a text, you are engaging in a
Dominant Reading
What is a paratext?
Something that surrounds a text, and manages, amplifies, and alters meaning by shaping our experience of a text.
Diagetic Sound refers to
Sound that can be heard in the context of the film, like a jukebox, a car radio, or a band.
Which movie, released in 1960, is generally regarded as breaking the blacklist?
Spartacus
What is the difference between story and plot?
Story refers to a series of events in chronological order, Plot is about the way in which those story elements are organized.
Who starred in "Rebel Without a Cause"?
James Dean
Dorothy Arzner
One of the first, and most powerful, female directors, and the inventor of the boom mic
What is "graylisting"?
When individuals, by reason of their association with a blacklisted person, were shunned as if they, too had been blacklisted.
Who were the Hollywood Ten?
A group of ten screen writers who refused to testify and name names during their HUAC hearings, and were subsequently fined and given jail time for their actions
Does society influence pop culture, or does pop culture influence society?
Both
Queer Theory holds that sexuality is:
A continuum
Yugen is:
A dark, hidden beauty, often unrelated to the outer appearance of a thing
What was the Union des Gueules Cassees?
A group dedicated to the well-being of French soldiers disfigured in the war
What do the movies Midnight Cowboy(1969) and Robocop(1987) have in common?
Both originally received an X rating for graphic violence
When was the Edo period?
1600-1868
In what year did the Production Code, previously ignored by many filmmakers, grow teeth?
1934
In what year did the Tiananmen Square Incident occur?
1989
The Legend of the Red Lantern is an example of
A Chinese Model Drama
United States vs Paramount Pictures
A landmark case which abolished the studio system of vertical integration, and outlawed block booking and full line forcing
A leitmotif is
A short musical phrase associated with a particular character
Intertextuality is demonstrated when:
A text's meaning is shaped by another text
The best definition of 'polysemy' would be:
A word or phrase that can have multiple meanings.
George Melies
An early filmmaker, remembered today as a pioneer in the world of special effects. His most famous film is 'A Trip to the Moon'
Marxist film theorist Louis Althusser defined an Ideological State Apparatus as:
An ideological structure that attempts to maintain control by changing hearts and minds (church, theater, literature, etc)
The French New Wave can best be described as
An intellectual movement
The Punisher, Dexter Morgan, Han Solo are examples of
Antiheroes
When it is said that cultural studies examines and investigates the social and institutional conditions under which meaning is produced and received, the word 'institutional' in this context refers to:
Any large and monolithic corporate structure that has and exercises some sort of power over a community.
What is a 'text'?
Anything that can convey meaning
Joseph Breen
Appointed the head of the Production Code Administration in 1934, he cracked down on violations of the Code
Workers Leaving the Factory was a film produced by:
August and Louis Lumiere
Why was composer Elmer Bernstein investigated by HUAC?
Because he had once written music reviews for a Communist newspaper
Why is it important to understand the concepts of intertextuality and paratexts?
Because it's important to be media literate in our increasingly connected and intertextual society
Which American entrepreneur played an important role in the development of Chinese Cinema?
Benjamin Brodsky
What political movement provided the philosophical framework upon which the Blaxploitation genre was built?
Black Power
What was the name given to Universal's mid-level productions?
Bluebird
According to director Sergei Eisenstein, metric montage is when
Editing is based on the number of frames in a shot
Raiders of the Lost Ark is an example of what kind of narrative?
Episodic
Who was best known as a swashbuckler, starring in films like 'The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk, and Captain Blood?
Errol Flynn
To what does the phrase "mise-en-scene" refer?
Everything seen on screen at any given time
Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' is a great example of
Expressionism
What is the difference between Film Analysis and Film Theory?
Film Analysis looks at film from a structural standpoint, Film Theory looks at the concepts and meanings inherent in the film.
What film style launched in the early 1940s made a comeback in the 1980s?
Film noir
What film is typically recognized as the first American horror film?
Frankenstein(Edison)
What movie directed by Tod Browning starred actual circus sideshow performers?
Freaks
Which of the following films was not released in 3d? Bwana Devil, Robot Monster, Miss Sadie Thompson, From Here to Eternity
From Here to Eternity
What Chinese studio was the first to introduce Bruce Lee to audiences?
Golden Harvest
What did Senator John Rankin describe as 'the greatest hotbed of subversice activities in the United States"?
Hollywood
What does the acronym HUAC stand for?
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
The Seventh Seal and The Virgin Spring were directed by
Ingmar Bergman
In director Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 film Strike, images of workers and peasants being gunned down are alternated with images of cattle being slaughtered, drawing viewers to conclude that the people are being treated like animals in a slaughterhouse. This conclusion is suggested through which type of montage?
Intellectual
The 'Family Guy' episode "Blue Harvest" is an example of
Intertextuality
What is the difference between intertextuality and genre?
Intertextuality looks at interrelationships between texts, while genre looks at the common elements texts share with one another
What was America's official stance regarding the War in Europe prior to WWII?
Isolationism
In what year did the French New Wave movement end?
It did not end and still exists today
What are the tenets of American Exceptionalism?
It is America's unique mission to transform the world, the history of the United States is inherently different from that of other nations, and that the combination of its unique history and unique mission makes America superior to all other nations
What describes the Treaty of Versailles?
It officially ended WW1 and forced Germany to accept both moral and financial responsibility for the war
What is Narrative?
It tells a story, it can be factual or fictional, and it is a sequence of events told in a particular way
What was the significance of the ship St Louis, a German vessel that was turned away from the port of Miami?
It was full of Jewish refugees seeking asylum in the US to escape persecution at the hands of the Nazis
What was the significance of William Wilkerson's editorial, "A Vote for Joe Stalin", published in the Hollywood Reporter?
It was the first article to expose suspected Communists in Hollywood by openly naming names
What important distinction does The Story of the Kelly Gang, made in Australia in 1906, hold
It was the first feature-length film
What was the Black Maria?
It was the name of Edison's first film studio
Which of the following is not characteristic of French New Wave Film? Handheld cameras, location shooting, stories regarding rich and powerful people, elliptical editing
Stories regarding rich and powerful people
Who was nicknamed "Hanoi Jane" for posing with an antiaircraft gun in North Vietnam?
Jane Fonda
Who directed Halloween(1978)
John Carpenter
Who wrote 'The Hero With a Thousand Faces?'
Joseph Campbell
Tamil Cinema is also known as
Kollywood
Typically adapted from plays or literature, these French films drew criticism from French film critics as being dialogue and plot-heavy, and of prioritizing the work of the scriptwriter over the director. What term was used to describe these movies?
La qualite francaise
The theory of "The Gaze" was first discussed by
Laura Mulvey
A popular star of Bergfilm, this female star was also the director of Olympia and Triumph des Willen
Leni Riefenstahl
In Japan, tokusatsu films are:
Live action films featuring elaborate special effects and costumes
When you look at an image in which the distance between objects has been compressed, you can be fairly certain that you are looking at an image made with a ____________ lens
Long Focal Length
Considered one of the top three film producing nations in the world, Nigeria or Nollywood is known for
Low-budget, direct to video productions
UFA (Universum Film Aktiengeschellschaft) was founded in 1917 to
Make films designed to enhance and promote Germany's image at home and abroad, as well as counter anti German films being produced by Allied nations
Who played the lead character, Johnny Strabler, in The Wild One?
Marlon Brando
Which lens type provides a "real world" view, free of distortion of any type?
Medium Focal Length
Which of the following is not a topic covered under film form and style? Cinematography, Editing, Narrative, Sound`
Narrative
What 1984 film by Hayao Miyazake is credited with igniting the anime boom?
Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind
Which is the oldest form of Japanese theater?
Noh
Shallow Focus is used when the director wants
Only the foreground elements in focus
Florence Lawrence
Originally known as 'The Biograph Girl', she was also the first star to receive name billing in a motion picture
Which of the following was not a consideration of Futurists? Speed, Youth, Pacifism, Technology
Pacifism
The movie Zubeko Bancho (Delinquent Girl Boss, 1971) would best be classified as which genre?
Pinku
The Low Angle Shot is most commonly used to
Place the viewer in a vulnerable or threatened position
The term 'syuzhet' is most typically used by narratologists to discuss:
Plot
Originating in Latin America, luchador films typically feature
Popular masked wrestlers
Who starred in Myra Breckenridge?
Raquel Welch
What American actor was inserted into Godzilla, King of the Monsters?
Raymond Burr
Which Italian Neo Realist Film brought international attention?
Rome: Open City
What film inaugurated the "devil" movies of the 1970s?
Rosemary's Baby
What director set the tone and style of the Parallel Cinema movement with the three films in the Apu Trilogy?
Satyajit Ray
Who was the director of the "Dollars" trilogy, starring Clint Eastwood?
Sergio Leone
In Japan, the Edo period was succeeded by the Meiji Restoration. What exactly was restored?
The Emperor was restored to his former position, as head of both the government and the church.
Which shot is also known as the Establishing Shot?
The Extreme Long Shot
In 3AS, which event typically closes out the First Act?
The First Turning Point
Jiang Qing, wife of Mao Tse Tung, was the leader of which group?
The Gang of Four
What Chinese film released in 1934 told the story of a woman forced into prostitution to feed her child?
The Goddess
The Hero, the Mentor, the Ally, and the Trickster are all part of
The Hero's Journey
What is the monomyth present in virtually all mythologies?
The Heroic Journey Myth
December 7, 1941
The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor
What was Charlie Chaplin's most famous character called?
The Little Tramp
Lon Chaney was known as:
The Man of A Thousand Faces
What was the first American film deliberately released without a production code seal?
The Moon is Blue
What was the first film deliberately shown in American theaters without a PCA certificate?
The Moon is Blue (1953)
In which movie did Lon Chaney play a paraplegic gangster?
The Penalty
3 Act Structure - which act is referred to as 'Rising Action'?
The Second Act
What was "Castle Bravo"?
The codename for the first hydrogen bomb test on the Bikini Atoll.
Auteur Theory contends that
The director is the primary author of the film.
Developed by Francois Truffaut, the auteur theory's main precept is that
The director of the film is the primary author of the film
What is "Depth of Field"?
The distance between the closest and the farthest object in a scene that appear in focus
What are the tenets of the Bechdel Test as applied to film?
The film must have two women in it, the women in the film must talk to each other, the women in the film must talk to each other about something other than a man
The protagonist of a story is
The main character, who experiences conflict.
What were the goals of German Expressionist filmmakers?
To express a subjective viewpoint, to express a subjective viewpoint, to evoke alienation, mystery, disharmony, hallucination, dreams, extreme emotional states, and destabilization
What is the definition of "perspective"?
The spatial relations between objects in a scene
Genre Analysis primarily looks at
The way films use standard tropes, and the ways those tropes are often subverted to create tension in the narrative
Foreshortening refers to
The way in which an object's dimensions along the line of sight are shorter than they are across the line of sight
What is cross-cutting?
When separate actions, understood to be taking place simultaneously, are show alternating between one and the other, increasing tension
The film A Fistful of Dollars is actually an almost shot for shot remake of which classic movie?
Yojimbo
Who starred in Alum Ara, the first talking picture made in India?
Zubaida
Distinguishing characteristics of cultural studies
about understanding the beliefs and practices of a large group of people in order to gain power over them
Pop Culture is
always changing and evolving, can take many forms, and relates to a specific place and time
William Kennedy Dickson
an employee of Thomas Edison and the inventor of the Kinetoscope
the "Trust"
an organization formed by Thomas Edison in order to control and regulate the making and exhibiting of motion pictures through patent lawsuits
The image of James Bond being viewed through the barrel of a gun is an example of
framing
In terms of film, cultural studies is
less concerned with the formal aspects of filmmaking, and more interested in the ways in which texts are embedded in a social matrix
A shorter focal length will show _______ while a longer focal length will show _______
more of a scene but with fewer details, greater details but with less of the scene
Roundhay Garden Scene
the first motion picture