JOUR 101 FINAL Question (Ch8)

Movie attendance peaked in which year?

1946

Who developed the earliest portable movie cameras?

AUGUSTE-MARIE AND LOUIS-JEAN LUMIERE

Why did the Hays Office, run by the movie industry, censor films? A) Because Hollywood wanted to be responsible and not produce films that would lead to criminal or immoral behavior. B) Because many states and communities were threatening to set up local censorship boards that might have inconsistent standards of what they would or would not accept. C) Because actors and actresses had protested having to do nude scenes in films. D) Because talking films seemed much more explicit to audiences than did silent films.

Because many states and communities were threatening to set up local censorship boards that might have inconsistent standards of what they would or would not accept.

Who was the director of Birth of a Nation, the controversial silent film about the Civil War?

D.W. Griffith

Major movie studios like to release NC-17 rated movies because they know that they will attract large audiences at mall theaters.

False

The Bechdel Test for Women in Film is designed to see how much violence is directed against women in movies.

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

Which of the following was the movie that sold the most tickets of all time? A) Titanic B) Gone With The Wind C) Star Wars D) Avatar

Gone With The Wind

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow was a significant movie for which of the following reasons? A) It was the first major American movie to be filmed with all digital sets and backgrounds. B)It was the top grossing movie of 2004. C) It was the most positively reviewed movie of 2004. D) all of the above.

It was the first major American movie to be filmed with all digital sets and backgrounds.

In 2015, the makers of the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Green Legend angered theater owners because of their plans to __________________________.

RELEASE THE MOVIE ON NETFLIX AND IN IMAX THEATERS FIRST

Which of the following movies proved the value of Internet promotion? A) March of the Penguins B) The Blair Witch Project C) Borat D) Slumdog Millionaire

The Blair Witch Project

Which of the following was first major movie with multiple scenes and a plot? A) The Jazz Singer B) Gone with the Wind C) The Great Train Robbery D) E.T.

The Great Train Robbery

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

In the studio system, an actor, writer or director could work only for the studio that had his or her contract.

True

The blacklist of the 1940s and 1950s was driven by which of the following? A) a desire to increase movie profits B) a fear of communism C) a fear of terrorism D) none of the above

a fear of communism

Ancillary markets for movies include which of the following? A) international distribution rights B) network television rights C) toys and clothing D) all of the above

all of the above

Movie profitability is determined by which of the following? A) box office receipts B) home video sales C) the budget for making the film D) all of the above

all of the above

In the 1930s and 1940s, the studios required theaters to schedule a large number of lesser movies in order to get one or two major films. This practice was known as which of the following?

block booking

Spike Lee has maintained his independence as a movie director by doing which of the following? A) making sure his movies had a large box office B) controlling the cost of his movies C) directing films that had the broadest popular appeal D) directing summer blockbusters

controlling the cost of his movies

The "Hollywood Ten" are the writers who made David Letterman a star.

false

The United States produces more movies every year than any other country.

false

The Production Code started in the 1930s to encourage "lustful kissing" as a way of attracting women to the movies.

false, ew

The movie High School Musical 3: Senior Year was a profitable hit because: A) it had a big name cast of stars and a big budget. B) it had a small budget, lots of product tie-ins, and high video sales. C) it was released in 3-D which allowed theaters to charge more for tickets. D) You can't fool me; High School Musical 3 was a box office flop.

it had a small budget, lots of product tie-ins, and high video sales.

Once it was introduced, almost every movie made used which of the following technologies?

sound

Hollywood's response to the rise of television was to do which of the following? A) start making larger-than-life movies, using newer technologies B) start controlling costs by making lower-budget movies C) making more musicals D) start basing movies on high-brow plays and novels

start making larger-than-life movies, using newer technologies

Which of the following was one of the earliest rebellions against the controls of the studio system? A) the creation of talking pictures B) the growth of block booking C) the establishment of United Artists D)the growth of color movies

the establishment of United Artists

As of 2010, the movie Avatar had the largest domestic box office of all time.

true

Atlanta-based filmmaker Tyler Perry was the nation's second-highest paid African-American in the movie business in 2010.

true

Big budget movies can earn as much from ancillary rights as they do from the domestic box office.

true

Directors often "re-cut" their films, taking out violence or explicit sex, in order to move their movie from an NC-17 to an R rating.

true

Movies are rated by a board consisting of Los Angeles-area parents.

true