Intro to cinema - final

The motion picture frame

Is generally wider than it is tall

The basic building block of film editing is the

Shot

Only movies can record real time chronologically as well as subjectively

True

The two major visual components of mise-en-scene are

Design and composition

What is the literal translation of the french phrase mise-en-scene

"Staging or putting on an action or scene"

One is required to like a movie in order to learn from it.

False

Screen acting as an art is virtually identical to stage acting

False

Motion pictures had been popular for _ years before being considered worthy of serious study.

50

Which of the following is NOT part of the story?

A non diegetic element

What is a setup?

A single camera position and everything associated with it

Which is NOT a type of film stock?

Aesthetic

A movie's design

All of the above

The term montage

All of the above

Todays style of animated films takes which of the following forms

All of the above

Which of the following do movie actors use to convey emotion and meaning

All of the above

Which of the following is true about editing

All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a function of lighting?

All of the above are functions of lighting

What is NOT true about genres

All of the above are true

The "language" for coordinating a series of shots into a coherent whole is

Editing

Movies are constructed of multiple , individual shots joined to one another in _.

An extended sequence

A synopsis is

An outline of the action that briefly describes the ideas and structure for a movie

What is NOT a basic style of nonfiction movies?

Avant-garde

What are 3 kinds of lights used in 3 point lighting?

Backlight, key light, fill light

How does the editor control the rhythm of film!

By varying shot lengths in relation to one another

What term describes the process of visualizing and putting the filmmakers' vision into practice?

Composition

Which of the following is NOT an aspect of composition?

Dialogue

Which of the following is another name for the cinematographer?

Director of photography

Which type of camera angle is tilted from it's normal horizontal or vertical position, conveys an out of balance look

Dutch angle

What term do we use to describe editing that creates visual sensation that time has elapsed between shots

Ellipsis

The terms films, movies, and cinema are _.

Essentially interchangeable

Our decision to see a particular movie is almost always based on certain _.

Expectations

___ specific to a particular performer or filmmaker can alter the way we perceive a movie

Expectations

Which choice represents the correct sequence of the major elements of narrative form?

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement

Because of the high cost of producing a movie, almost all footage that is shot ends up being used in the final print of the film

False

Black and white film stock produces pictures that lack color

False

Costume design has long been considered one of the most important design elements in the movies

False

In the US , the credit title "production designer" was supplanted in the late 1970's by the title "art director"

False

It is NOT; really possible to read more meaning into a particular visual or audio component of a film that the filmmaker intended

False

Manor characters are always round and minor characters are always flat

False

The conventions that make up cinematic language are NOT flexible

False

The more kinetic a movie is, the more cinematic it is

False

The term "uncanny valley" has to do with the structure of any given genre. It is the moment before the truth is revealed.

False

When analyzing cinematic space, it's preferable to restrict ourselves to the space within the frame

False

What genre of film is identified by its use if somber tones & pessimistic moods, characteristic visual elements such as exaggerated camera setups and light, characters who tend to be cynical, disillusioned, and often insecure or impotent loners?

Film Noir

What name do we give to the traditional storytelling device that typically explains how a situation or character developed into what we see at the present time

Flashback

What do we call the process of determining what to include and exclude; deciding what is to be seen (onscreen space) and not seen (offscreen space); and controlling the distribution, balance, and spatial and perspectival relations of what appears on screen?

Framing

The process by which a particular genre is adapted to meet the expectations of a changing society is known as

Generic transformation

The characterization of fiction films is

Genre

Major events or branching points in the plot structure that force characters to choose between or among various alternative are

Hubs

Movies have evolved into a complex form of artistic representation.

In just over a hundred years

Making a technicolor film in the late 1930's was complicated and more expensive

True

In any movie, the mise-en-scene affects all of the following EXCEPT

It affects none of the above

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between form and content?

It is an underlying concern in all art

Which of the following is NOT a true form of cinematography?

It is basically the same as still photography

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of early movie acting

It was spontaneous and improvisational

Within the 3 point lighting system, what light us the brightest on the subject?

Key light

The key formal element that film carefully manipulates to create mood, reveal character, and convey meaning is _.

Light

What early movie actor is generally credited with inventing screen acting and what director was closely associated

Lillian Gish & D.W. Griffin

Which type of shot shows the full human body usually filling the frame

Long shot

What are the 3 most commonly used shots in movies?

Long shot, medium shot, and close up

The essential quality that separates movies from all other two-dimensional picture art forms is _.

Movement

The term kinesis refers to

Movement

Inferring casual relationships among events that occur in sequence or close to one another is a process of creating

Narrative

Which acting style dominates movie acting today?

None; there are many techniques that are being used; no specific style dominates

When the camera is able to go anywhere or see anything, it is

Omniscient

What is a shot?

One interrupted run of the camera

Instinctively, we search for _ and _ in all art forms

Patterns; progressions

Stories can't exist without _ and _.

Plot, character

Which of the following is NOT a basic camera angle?

Point of view

'Triumph of the will' (1935) is what kind of nonfiction movie?

Propoganda

If a painting or film realistically depicts a recognizable subject, its form is _.

Representational

What do we call a fragment of reality constructed as the setting of a particular shot?

Set

When the framing seems to be presenting us with the point of view of a single character, this is known as

Subjective point of view

What term indicates the number of times a particular shot is taken?

Take

Why have genre films been prevalent since the advent of cinema?

The appeal to audience's desire for predictability over novelty

In a movie performance, the most important relationship in between the actor and

The camera

Most narrative films flow in chronological order

True

Max Factor was

The most important person in the manufacture of movie makeup.

Mise-en-scene is

The overall look and feel of a movie

Aspect ratio is

The ratio of width of the image to its height

A common compositional technique for creating the illusion of depth in a shot is

The rule of thirds

The spatial and temporal environment (whether realistic or imagined) in which the narritive takes place is called

The setting

What makes experimental films "experimental"

They push the boundaries of what most people think the movies are or should be.

Acting is the element of filmmaking over which directors have the least amount of control

True

Any camera angle can be used to depict point of view

True

Continuity editing is the dominant style of editing throughout the world

True

Different camera angles can convey different meanings depending on their content

True

Different directorial styles can bring out very different types of screen performances from the same actor

True

Explicitly present events are part of both plot and story

True

Familiar sound effects or motifs from a movies score are also important components of film form

True

In movies, patterns may be formed by narrative, shot sequences, or non-narrative elements

True

Movies convey and imply smaller, more specific doses of both explicit and implicit meaning in virtually every scene

True

Often the people making the movie may be just as oblivious to the cultural attitudes shaping their cinematic stories as the people who watch them

True

The actor uses imagination, intelligence, knowledge of the filmmaking process, and vocal technique to bring a character to life on the screen

True

The most acute human eye can discern no more than fifty pulses of light per second

True

The rule of thirds helps cinematographers and designers to achieve distribution whats on the screen

True

Today's movies run longer and contain more individual shots than movies made fifty years ago did

True

When actors continually cast in particular kinds of roles because of their looks rather than talent, we call it

Typecasting

The boundaries of a cameras point of view are indicated by the

Viewfinder

Which of the following is NOT a part of a movie's diegesis

Voice over commentary from an omniscient narrator