Film Final Exam Review

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which of the following does NOT describe a perceptual characteristic of sound?

amplitude

Casablanca director

Michael Curtiz

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

the setting

the best-known lighting convention utilized in feature films is:

the three-point system

"A convincing appearance of truth" best defines:

verisimilitude

the lens that tends to exaggerate the perceived spatial relationship between the subject and the camera

wide angle

How many academy awards did the film Chicago win?

6

Lee Hirsch

Bully

Rob Marshall

Chicago

Charlie Chaplin

City Lights

french filmmaker and magician

Georges Melies

How long were motion pictures popular before they were considered worthy of serious study?

Fifty Years

director of Sita Sings the Blues

Nina Paley

Citizen Kane

Orson Welles

The 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds made this filmmaker famous overnight

Orson Welles

director of Green Book

Peter Farrelly

director of The Hours

Stephen Daldry

what is screen direction?

The direction of a figure's or object's movement on the screen.

why is ADR used?

To rerecord sound originally recorded on the set.

director of Gone with the Wind

Victor Flemming

which of the following constitutes a cinematic ellipsis?

a cut between a shot of a woman contemplating diving off the high-dive board and a shot of her emerging from the water

Implicit meaning is best defined as ________, while explicit meaning is best defined as ________.

a deep-level association, connection, or inference; meaning available on the surface of the movie

One camera position and everything associated with it is called _____.

a setup

who has the MOST control over sculpting and actor's performance in a film?

actor

Determining physical relationships between the actor(s) and the camera is referred to as:

blocking

In EVERY movie, the primary narrator is the

camera

what term describes the integrated techniques and concepts that connect the audience to the story while deliberately concealing the means by which it does?

cinematic language

the two major components of the mise-en-scene are:

design and composition

what is the difference between diegetic and non-diegetic sound?

diegetic sound originates from the source within the film's world; non-diegetic sound comes from outside the world

the lumiere brothers actualities are an example of what type of nonfiction film?

documentary

The joining together of discrete shots is known as:

editing

an interruption of the chronological events of an action movie would constitute of what?

flashback

Why are black and white films more often closely associated with gritty realism than are color films?

historically, black and white images have been used for documentaries and newspaper photographs

the antagonist of a movie's narrative:

is responsible for obstructing the protagonist

Although a commercial and groundbreaking success, why did The Birth of a Nation (1915) spark nationwide controversy upon its release?

its content was overtly racist

who was responsible for inventing the art of screen acting?

lillian gish, under d.w. griffith's guidance

the essential quality that separates movies from all other two-dimensional pictorial art forms is:

movement

which movement developed during WWII was known for using non-professional actors, handheld cameras, and location sets as their hallmarks?

neorealism

realistic films generally employ the:

open frame

the process by which the human brain retains an image for a fraction of a second longer than the eye records

persistence of vision

which of the following is not a responsibility of a sound designer?

recording production sound

according to your textbook, in digital animation, the process of bringing all elements together on frame is called:

rendering

the development of ___ served as the bridge between still photography and cinematography

series photography

Unlike photography and painting, films are constructed from individual:

shots

Many of the "new wave" movements pursued by postwar European filmmakers stressed ________.

social realism

the four basic properties of lighting are:

source, quality, direction, and style

which of these consists of both explicitly presented and implicit events?

story

the Jazz Singer is historically significant because it featured several scenes with ___.

synchronous dialogue

the protagonist of a movie's narrative:

the central figure, hero or anti-hero

how did independent movie producers of the 1960s, looking to hire film artists, benefit from the collapse of the studio system?

they were able to hire artists from anywhere in the world

When actors are repeatedly given particular kinds of roles based on their looks rather than their talent or experience, they are _____.

typecast


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