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Audiences typically expect fiction films to offer ______________________.

Closure

Which of the following is an element of costuming and make-up that contribute to the character?

Clothes

The arrangement of visual elements in the frame is called ______.

Composition

PICTURE (AIMM AND GLASS) the still above is taken from _________.

Contagion

Steven Soderbergh directed:

Contagion

A long take describes a shot where the camera is placed at a great distance away from the subject; the subject's entire body appears in the frame.

False

A telephoto lens approximates the vision and perspective of the human eye.

False

After murdering Marion, Norman, the protagonist of Psycho, buries her in the backyard.

False

All directors agree that DV is far superior, in every category, to film.

False

Alternative modes of filmmaking and spectatorship, including documentaries, have only come into existence in the last 10-20 years of film history.

False

Animated films like Wall-E are able to avoid restating dominant gender ideologies, largely because they don't focus on human characters and thus don't have to adhere to arbitrary standards of "realism" in terms of character development.

False

Annie, a character in The Birds, is killed when her car is attached by birds and crashes.

False

Classical Hollywood filmmakers commonly used first-person narration throughout entire films, but the technique has fallen out of fashion recently.

False

Documentary filmmakers are just as motivated by profitability as their commercial fiction film counterparts.

False

Eadweard Muybridge invented the Kinetrograph.

False

Filmakers anticipate viewer's expectations and always fulfill them.

False

In Battleship Potemkin, editing emphasizes the brutality of the Tsar's troops by juxtaposing extreme close-ups of the soldiers' grimacing faces with long shots of their anonymous victims.

False

In Citizen Kane, Kane finds and breaks a snow globe in Susan's room in a fit of anger when Susan leaves him.

False

In Last Night at the Alamo, Cowboy redeems himself by saving the bar from demolition.

False

In Side-by-Side the point is made the Robert Downey Jr loves acting in DV movies.

False

In The Birds, Melanie Daniels visits Mitch Brenner, his daughter, and his mother, in Bodega Bay.

False

In general, documentaries capture an unmediated reality.

False

John Wayne plays Cowboy in Last Night at the Alamo.

False

Jules Cesar, the djembe player in Sacred Places, compares the djembe to the African epic.

False

Loose framin refers to shots in which figures have a short narrow space around them.

False

Marion Crane, the protagonist of Psycho, runs away from Arizona because she has stolen money from her sister.

False

On her way to California, Marion is stopped by a police officer for speeding.

False

One drawback of the genre films is that their adherence to fixed conventions prevents them from addressing contemporary concerns.

False

Open-ended conclusions or circular narratives often leave audiences with a feeling of closure.

False

Oscar, the protagonist in "Fruitvale Station," has a close relationship with his son.

False

Sam tells Marion that he can't marry her because he hasn't legally divorced his wife.

False

Soderbergh's objective directing style is characterized by emotional intensity, sentimentality, and close identification with characters.

False

The federal government forced film producers to accept and abide by the 1933 Production Code.

False

The film "Stagecoach," is a good example of episodic narrative.

False

The ornithologist in The Birds speculates that the birds are attacking people because they have been exposed to a toxic chemical released into the atmosphere by a local factory.

False

To be included within a given genre, a film must exhibit all of the characteristics and conventions associated with that genre.

False

Unlike commercial films, documentaries abandon narrative in favor of capturing lived experience.

False

Zoom lenses appear to lengthen the distance between the subject and the camera.

False

IMAGE(DOCTOR) Pictured here is which person from grizzly man?

Frank Fallico

Which of the following is NOT a light position around the camera?

Front

IMAGE (FOX) This shot is from

Grizzly Man

Anxiety of the frame, as represented in Hitchcock's films, refers to _____________.

The use of the off-kilter framing of shots to create tension in the spectator

In the documentary Side-by-Side, commentators discussed how the role of the actor has changed on a DV set. Which of the following describes that change?

The work of acting can be harder because takes can be very long; the camera keeps rolling, The camera is more mobile so it can get very close to the actor, BOTH

In the documentary "the story of film," Mark Cousins is its the workspace of:

Thomas Edison

"Fruitvale Station," is an example of Crossover cinema.

True

"Stagecoach," made John Wade a star.

True

A narrative is an account of a string of events connected by the logic of cause and effect.

True

A single film can contain multiple, sometimes even contradictory, ideologies.

True

According to Sonny Carl Davis, one of the things actors must do is "Forget the lens and find the light."

True

According to the psychologist who appears at the end of Psycho, Norman Bates killed his step-father and his mother.

True

At the end of Sacred Places, Bouba, the owner of the video parlor, goes to a retail store to admire a flat-screen TV.

True

Bill Nichols in "Documentary Ethics" argues that reason alone is insufficient to move us to alter our beliefs.

True

Cinematography can include many non-photographic processes, such as computer-generated imagery.

True

Digital delivery of movies is less expensive than the delivery of film.

True

Digital video, explained director Danny Boyle in Side-by-Side, allowed him to use ten cameras to shoot part of 28 Days Later, something he would not have been able to afford if he would have shot on film.

True

During the late nineteenth century, technological advances in photography contributed to the development of the recording of moving images on film.

True

If a filmmaker can exercise a great deal of control over the light, as in the case of a studio set, then she would likely choose slow film in order to achieve sharp, fine-grained images.

True

In addition to sharing similar narrative characteristics, films from the same genre often exhibit the same visual and sound techniques.

True

In the frame's composition, diagonal lines carry more visual weight than horizontal or vertical lines.

True

Jean-Marie Teno's Sacred Places establishes a collaborative relationship with his subjects.

True

Jean-Marie Teno's Sacred Places includes talking heads.

True

Jed Leland was fired by Kane because he refused to write a positive review of Susan's performance.

True

Last Night at the Alamo can be analyzed as a critique of toxic masculinity.

True

Melanie tells Mitch that her mother abandoned her when she was a child.

True

On her way to California, Marion buys a new car.

True

One of the benefits of using a studio, constructed set is that the director and sets designer control environmental conditions.

True

One reason why filmmakers rely on editing is because it's easier to work with actors who might forget important lines of dialogue or blocking.

True

Sonny Carl Davis is the director of Last night at the Alamo.

True

The Lumiere brothers were the first to recognize that the grab-advance mechanism from a sewing machine could be used to expose, advance, and pause Eastman's roll film.

True

The birds appear at moments of high emotional intensity or tension.

True

The birth of the baby in "Stagecoach," is major turning point.

True

The end of the "Odessa Steps Sequence" in Battleship Potemkin fuses shots of three different statues to create a metaphor for the slumbering people waking up to fight tyranny.

True

The exchange of meaningful looks is a typical feature of John Ford's films.

True

The focal length of a lens is the measurement of the distance from the surface of the lens to the surface of the film.

True

The pattern indicated by horizontal lines is introduced during the opening credits of Psycho.

True

These Hands is an example of direct cinema.

True

Most film historians link film noir's initial popularity with a period of cultural cynicism and dark mood following America's involvement in ________.

WWII

In the documentary Side-by-Side, commentators discussed how the role of the cinematographer has changed on a DV (digital video) set as opposed to a film production set. The cinematographer on a DV set _______.

Was no longer regarded as "the genius on the set," the person with almost absolute control over images, Is able to see his images during the production (filming) process, Was not "betrayed" by his "dailies", ALL OF THE ABOVE

Editing in the climax of The Godfather compares images of mob hits with ________.

a wedding, state sanctioned executions, buzzards flying, NONE OF THE ABOVE

Most films shot before 1907 were short documentaries called ________.

actualites

PICTURE (AIMM AND GLASS) The setting is _______.

an airplane

An allusion to another film or work of art is called

an intertextual reference

The origin of the term "genre" can be traced back to ________.

ancient greek philosophy

Sacred Places ______________.

asks why african cinema is rarely seen in africa

Citizen Kane invites the spectator to ______________________.

be actively involved in the interpretation of the film

According to Bill Nichols, author of "Documentary Ethics," documentary ethnics should NOT ______.

be mandated by law

During a flashback in "Fruitvale Station," Oscar thinks back on:

being in jail

IMAGE (LANDSCAPE) This shot is a _______.

canted angle

Actors who adapt their look, mannerisms, and delivery to suit the role are those who are known as___.

chameleon actors

Grizzly Man ___________________.

chronicles the events leading to the death of Timothy Treadwill

The three modes of filmmaking are ________.

commercial fiction, documentary and avant-garde

The night of Kane's and Susan's first meeting, Susan _____________.

complains about a tooth ache

Narrative sequencing allows filmmakers to shape the audience's perception of time by ________.

condensing or expanding time, suggesting that events in different places are happening at the same time, rearranging the order in which audiences see events, ALL OF THESE

According to the director of "Meek's Cutoff," the "square" aspect ratio, the square frame, is meant to:

create for the audience, the experience of seeing with the limited vision imposed by the bonnets the women settlers wore, look beautiful and be aesthetically pleasing, focus attention on the present instead of on the past (what is behind the settlers) or the future (what awaits the settlers ahead), ALL OF THE ABOVE

The _________ is a series of events in the third act of the film that gradually ties up the conflicts that have arisen.

denouement

Detailes that are part of the story world the characters inhabit are __________.

diegetic

Which of the following does NOT contribute to a balanced composition?

distributing bright and dark areas equally across the frame, placing actors symmetrically in the frame, distributing actors and objects equally across the frame, (ALL DO CONTRIBUTE)

PICTURE (AIMM AND GLASS) The composition _________.

draws our eyes to the hand on the glass

Film stock is composed of ________.

emulsion and a base

In _________ narratives, events are not tightly connected in a cause and effect sequence and characters do not focus on a single goal.

episodic

The function of setting is to ___________.

establish time and place, introduce ideas and themes, create mood

The standard shot pattern of continuity editing usually consists of ____________ .

establishing shot, shot/reverse shot, eyeliner match, ALL OF THE ABOVE

A wide angle lens will ________.

exaggerate depth, appear to accelerate movement toward the camera, make parallel lines appear to bend, ALL OF THE ABOVE

Nichols explains that the imbalance of power between documentary filmmakers and their subjects _________.

exists because the filmmaker holds the means of representation

The opening scenes of a film, during which a great deal of information about characters and situations is imparted, is known as the _________.

exposition

The Russian term _____________, refers to the complete, chronological story of a film, including events that occur on and off screen.

fabula

Leland asks Thompson _____________.

for a cigarette

A character who occupies the _________ of a scene gains visual prominence through their apparent proximity to the viewer.

foreground

The narrative technique used in "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari," in which a a character narrates and embedded tale to someone onscreen is called _______.

frame narration

IMAGE (DRAIN AND EYE) The edit that joins these two shots is called a ___________________.

graphic match

IMAGE(WHITE GUY ON PALMY BEACH) This shot is from

grizzly man

The short film "Small Deaths," __________.

has a three-part narrative structure, explores Anne Marie's coming of age, implies that between man and women sexuality is often linked to violence and pain

The "final girl" is a familiar character type, which appears in many ___________.

horror films

When audiences go to the cinema, they bring with them expectations about _______.

how the film will be organized, the type of story the film will tell, the kind of character the star will play

In Citizen Kane, Thompson interviews Leland ____________.

in an old-age facility

PICTURE (ASIAN AND PEOPLE) The still above captures a man __________.

in hong kong

Last Night at the Alamo ___________.

incorporates many of the conventions of the western

Which of the following is a visual technique associated with direct cinema?

interviews with experts, intentionally bringing the subject of the frame in and out of focus, the filmmaker appears onscreen and forcefully approaches those he wants to interview, NONE OF THE ABOVE

A tableau shot, common in very early cinema, gives the audience a perspective that ________.

is similar to what it would be if the audience were watching a play

The shot _________.

is tightly framed

Which of the following describes the U.S. Congress's House Committee on Un-American Activities (also known as "HUAC")?

it charged the Hollywood Ten with contempt of congress, it was concerned with charges that Communist propaganda had infiltrated Hollywood films, it called on many people in the film industry to testify before congress and provided names of acquaintances who may have been involved with the American Communist Party, ALL OF THE ABOVE

A film stock's speed refers to ________.

its sensitivity to light

Which of those is NOT a major component of mise-en-scene?

lighting, MUSIC, composition, human figure

IMAGE (GIRL ON FENCE) This shot is a _______.

long shot

IMAGE (GUYS CLOSE UP FACE) This shot is a ________.

low angle and close-up

IMAGE (GUY HOLDING CIGAR) This shot is a _________.

low angle shot

Fiction films that pose as documentaries by using its familiar conventions are ________.

mockumentaries

PICTURE (AIMM AND GLASS) human figure is _______.

mostly out of frame

Any detail that takes on meaning through repetition is called a ____________.

motif

One of the acting methods is referred to as "The British Method." Who is the actor who is credited with being the best at using it and who also trained/taught other actors to use it in their acting?

Sir Lawrence Oliver

A parallel is when a film emphasizes the similarities between characters, events or locations throughout the use of a:

narrative element, visual device, sound device, ANY OF THE ABOVE COULD ESTABLISH A PARALLEL

Steven Sodenbergh's films ___________.

often are issue and idea driven

When a narrative concludes without resolving its conflicts, the film is said to be __________.

open-ended

A(n) occurs when the audience temporarily shares the visual perspective of a character or a group of characters.

point-of-view shot

Documentaries that promote a single position without allowance for competing perspectives are called ________.

propaganda

The _____________ draws our eyes to the human figure.

proximity of figure to camera

Most films employ a system of _________ narration, which conveys external events as well as the knowledge, thoughts and feeling of one or two major characters without the intervention of an explicit narrator.

restricted

Narrative that limits viewers to a single character's knowledge and understanding of events is know as __________.

restricted narration

Which of the following is NOT an attribute of editing?

scale

Grizzly Man could best be categorized as a ________ documentary because it calls attention to the process of filmmaking in order to expose the ways the medium constructs reality.

self-reflexive

Which of the following is NOT an element of cinematography?

setting

IMAGE (OLD LADY) This shot is an example of _________.

shallow depth of field

In Psycho, Hitchcock _____________.

shocks his spectator with visual assaults, presents norman and marion as doubles, sets the geometric (graphic) and orderly hotel against the evil and chaotic-looking house, ALL OF THE ABOVE

A single, uninterrupted series of frames is known as a ________.

shot

To produce _____________________ , the camera records images at a speed faster than that at which it is projected.

slow motion

The following are features common to film noir:

snappy dialogue

Two points of similarity shared by The Birds and Contagion are that ________________.

social disorder is linked to aberrations in the natural world, social disorder is linked to domestic (family) crisis, the plots resolve when families are reconstructed, ALL OF THE ABOVE

Editing in The Godfather draws from the tradition of ________.

soviet montage or associational editing

In the breakfast scene from Citizen Kane, a ________________ is used to indicate the passing of many years of marriage.

swish pan

The Russian term ______________, "plot," refers to the selection and ordering of events as they unfold onscreen.

syuzhet

Documentaries that rely exclusively on interviews are called ________ documentaries.

talking head

Grizzly Man uses which rhetorical strategies:

talking heads

Experienced film actors know that the essential relationship is between them and

the camera

Depth of field refers to ________.

the degree to which the space in front of and behind the primary subject that is in sharp focus

Which of the following is true of digital video (DV)?

the digital video camera sensor translates changes in light to binary code

Which of the following is an effect of breaking the 180-degree rule?

the direction of movement onscreen is reversed, the background of the shot changes, characters will switch sides of the frame, ALL OF THE ABOVE

Oxcar Micheaux was _______.

the first African-American director to make a feature film

Which of those is not an extra-diegetic element in "Contagion."

the flashback at the end

The musical reached its creative and economic peak during ________.

the late 1940s

A turning point is a moment that signals an important shift in:

the narrative

In Psycho, after the shower scene, ______________.

the narrative switches from Marion's perspective to Norman's

Increasingly short average shot lengths change the way viewers experience film because ________.

they allow the audience to respond only to the rhythm of the editing, they do not allow audiences to fully comprehend the visual information in each shot, they may explain why younger audiences don't appreciate older films, ALL OF THESE ARE TRUE

One reason Hollywood studios liked producing genre films is because ________.

they could reuse sets

The standard pattern that shapes narrative films is the __________ structure.

three-act

A(n) ________ is accomplished by moving a camera along a specially built track.

tracking shot

Dr. Humphrey's lecture described four (4) types of actors. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

unionized actors

Sound is credited with having brought ______________ to film.

verisimilitude to film

Which is NOT a type of shot transition?

wipeout

IMAGE(NATIVE NEXT TO STUFFED BEAR) Pictured here is which person from grizzly man?

Sven Haaksanson

John Grierson described the documentary mode of filmmaking as ________.

"the creative treatment of actuality"

Which of the following is NOT a theme in "Stagecoach?"

A CRITIQUE OF THE TREATMENT OF NATIVE AMERICANS BY SETTLERS, the frontier seen as a space open to democracy, depicts democracy as a social system that is inferior to class-based European culture, journey moves from "civilized" town to the unruly, outside law town Lordsburg

IMAGE(MAN WRITING ON WALL) This shot from Sacred Places shows which person?

Abbo

IMAGE (GUY AT BOTTOM OF STAIRS) This shot is a _________.

High angle

____________ eliminates virtually all shadows and provides an even illumination of the subject.

High-key lighting

Systems of beliefs, values and opinions based on underlying assumptions about the way the world should be are known as __________.

Ideologies

IMAGE(BLACK MAN IN SUIT) This shot from sacred places shows which person?

Idrissa Ouedraogo

The director of "Meek"s Cutoff," is:

Kelly Reichardt

The principle that the meaning of a shot is determined not only by the material content of the shot, but also by its association with the preceding and succeeding shots is known as the ________ effect.

Kuleshov

IMAGE(GUY AT TELEPHONE) This shot is from

Last night at the Alamo

Which of these actresses is credited with the invention of film acting?

Lillian Gish

PICTURE (AIMM AND GLASS) system of lighting in the film from which this still has been taken is best described as __________.

Natural-key lighting

The director of Citizen Kane was

Orson Welles

The introduction of which character in "Stagecoach" marks the introduction to the second act of the film?

Ringo

__________ colors are vibrant, rich, and bright.

Saturated

It was _______________ who invented the Cinematographe, which allowed film to be projected onto a screen for public viewing for the first time.

The Lumiere Brothers

One possible explanation for Kane's insatiable appetite for statues and other artifacts is ____.

The artifacts and statues help fill his need for the lost love of his mother

IMAGE (HANDS AND ROCKS) This shot if from

These hands


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