chapter 7

your an indepenent filmmaker with a good idea but not a lot of money. what equipment might you use to make film?

a digital video camera

which is an example of vertical integration?

a marathon of the warner brothers harry potter movies on the time warner-owned TBS

what did movies need to become a mass medium?

a narrative structure and the suspension of disbelief.

digital video

allows filmmakers to capture additional footage without concern for the high cost of film stock and processing.

Kinetograph

an early movie camera developed by thomas edisons assistant in he 1890s

two breakthrough films were responsible for the contemporary status of film director as "auteaur". which ones?

dennis hoppers easy rider and george lucas's american graffin

your a hollywood writer in 1950, and you wrote a very funny comedy about how a rich coal company stole land from the winniebago tribe and how the native americans got it back. the movie was clearly satire, but to your surprise you're brought before HUAC. why?

-because you are seen as a communist agigator, because your movie made fun of rich people, because your movie was sympathetic to indians, because your movie insulted the "American system"

you're the president of disney and you've just released iron man 3. it is not doing as well as the first two iron man films did at the box office, but youre certain the studio will recover its $100-million investment and make a tidy profit. why?

-half the money a movie makes comes through video/dvd rentals and sales -pay cable and television is a big revenue source for the movie after its feature run. - it has a chance to pick up revenue in many worldwide movie markets -it will bring in a lot of money just on product placement and merchandising alone.

genre is a french word meaning, "kind" or "sort" why have movie genres?

because genres provide models that can be imitated, and preexisting categories are easier to promote

imagine you're a film exhibitor in the early 1900's and you want to show the latest mary pickford film unfortunatley, you are forced to rent films with no name actors and actresses this is known as.

block booking

big five

by the 1920s pararount, MGM, warner brothers, twentieth century fox, and RKO were known as this

veritz

called cinema vertiz is the french term for "truth film"

block booking

early tactic of movie studios to control exhibition, involved pressuring theatre operators to accept marginal films with no stars in order to get access to films with the most popular stars.

which film genre is extremely popular with teenage audiences, yet recieves very little critical praise?

horror

film editing

in 1902 edwin s. porter made the film the life of an american fireman and revelutionized narrative film by introducing this technique

western

in 1903 edwin s. porter introduced the western genre with the great train robbery

the largest film industry is in which country?

india

celluloid

is a transparent and pliable film that can hold a coating of chemicals sensitive to light

whats one sign that the documentary you're watching employs a cinema verit style?

it has a rough and grainy look to it.

megaplexes

movie theatres facilities with fourteen or more screens are called

which of the following is not apart of the big six?

paramount, twentieth century fox, universal, rko, warner brothers answer RKO

3-d films once a somewhat forgotten novelty of the 1950's have made a comeback recently, what is one reason for movie studios releasing more movies in 3-D lately?

studios know how they can get bigger box office reciepts with 3-D movies because of higher ticket prices

which one of the following included musical numbers and brief dialogue and is generally considered the first talkie?

the jazz singer (warner brothers, 1927)

E.S porter, one of thomas edison'semplyoyees, is credited with assembling america's first narrative film, name the film and the other "first" in that movie as well

the life of an american fireman and the close-up

hollywood ten

the nine screenwriters and one film director subpoenaed by the house un- american activities committee(HUAC) known as the hollywood ten were sent to prison in the late 1940's

kinetoscope

was an early film projection system that served as a kind of peep show

newsreels

weekly ten minute magazines style compilations of filmed news events from around the world