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