Jour Chapter 8
Where does actor/director Tyler Perry run his studio?
ATL
Movie profitability is determined by which of the following?
Box office receipts, home video sales, the budget for making the film
Which of the following was the movie that sold the most tickets of all time?
Gone with the wind
Ancillary markets for movies include which of the following?
International distribution rights, network television rights and toys and clothing
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was a significant movie for which of the following reasons?
It was the first major American movie to be filmed with all digital sets and backgrounds
Who developed the earliest portable movie cameras?
Lumier Brothers
The large number of smaller theaters grouped together that replaced the large Art Deco movie palaces are known as which of the following?
Multiplexes
Movie studios are responding to the growth of movie piracy by doing which of the following?
Releasing the movie to as many theaters as possible
Which of the following movies proved the value of Internet promotion?
The Blair Witch Project
Spike Lee has maintained his independence as a movie director by doing which of the following?
controlling the cost of his movies
The Bechdel Test for Women in Film is designed to see how much violence is directed against women in movies.
false
The United States produces more movies every year than any other country.
false
The movie The Blair Witch Project demonstrated that any movie, no matter how bad, could become a success if you spent millions of dollars promoting it.
false
The movies with the biggest box offices are generally rated G or PG because parents feel safe about bringing their children to see them.
false
The film that created the idea of the summer blockbuster was which of the following?
jaws
After World War II, movie attendance declined due to competition from television.
true
In 2007, for the first time, movie fans could see the Oscar-nominated short films as digital downloads from Apple's iTunes store.
true