Cinema Appreciation - Spring 2023, Exam #2 Study Guide
Identify the correct movie based on the description: Clarice Starling, a young FBI trainee, seeks the advice of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant, imprisoned, cannibalistic serial killer, in order to apprehend another serial killer known only as "Buffalo Bill."
Silence of the Lambs
Which film was just the third ever to win Oscars in all of the top five categories (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay)?
Silence of the Lambs
Which movie has a tremendously suspenseful scene shot via night vision goggles?
Silence of the Lambs
Who is the author of a film?
The director
Who edited the film Raging Bull?
Thelma Schoonmaker
What is the goal of Special Effects?
To create verisimilitude
Who portrayed Max Rockatansky in Mad Max: Fury Road?
Tom Hardy
A director's stature determines how much say they have in determining what version of the film is released to the public.
True
By the end of Mad Max: Fury Road, Imperator Furiosa considers Max trustworthy.
True
Casting is the process for choosing and hiring actors for a movie.
True
Cinema itself is a special effect, an illusion that fools the human eye and brain into perceiving motion.
True
Cinematography is not only pleasing to our eyes but it is also an intricate language that contributes to movie's overall meaning.
True
Cinematography is the process of capturing moving images, or a movie's mise-en-scene, on film or some other motion picture medium.
True
Directing a film is a highly complex artistic activity.
True
Experienced screen actors know that the essential relationship is between them and the camera - not the director or audience.
True
Foreign films are often associated with "artistic value" as opposed to "Hollywood commercialism."
True
Humans have probably attempted to depict motion as far back as the Paleolithic period.
True
In animation, the production process is the most involved of all three stages of a film's creation.
True
In film editing, the term cutting comes from the need to splice film before the days of non-linear editing.
True
Many filmmakers believe editing is the foundation of the film art.
True
Mise-en-scene means "staging or putting on an action or a scene."
True
Silence of the Lambs is the first winner of the Oscar for Best Picture to be widely considered a horror film.
True
Sundance is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States?
True
How much money is the animation market valued at in the U.S.?
$300 billion
Approximately what percent of the U.S. domestic box office revenue is from independent studios?
15%
When did the first Special Effect appear in a film?
1895
Identify the correct film based on the description: as a regiment assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory in World War I, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men, including one of the messenger's brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap.
1917
Which film is shot and edited to appear as though it is one continuous take for the duration of the story?
1917
In what decade was the Disney movie Snow White released?
1930s
Which decade is considered to be U.S. animation's low point?
1980s
Which decade saw Disney's renaissance as an animation studio?
1990s
What aspect of film do directors have the least control over?
Acting
Which of the following is NOT a visual component of a film?
Acting
Before the advent of computer-generated imagery in the 1960s illusions were accomplished in what three ways?
All of the above
For the director, what goes into the pre-production stage of filmmaking?
All of the above
Sundance brought widespread attention to which of the following films?
All of the above
What is a cinematographer responsible for on a movie set?
All of the above
What is a major difference between a foreign film and a Hollywood film?
All of the above
What is the director of a film responsible for?
All of the above
Which of the following can be said about mise-en-scene?
All of the above
Which of the following films are foreign/international films?
All of the above
Which of the following is a stage in the animation pre-production process?
All of the above
Which of the following is an example of a type of animation?
All of the above
Which of the following is an important consideration for an editor when piecing together a film?
All of the above
Which of the following is true about Cinematography?
All of the above
Which of the following is true about mine-en-scene?
All of the above
Which of the following may an actor use to realize the character created by the screenwriter?
All of the above
Which of the following reside outside the Hollywood system?
All of the above
Who portrayed Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs?
Anthony Hopkins
Who directed Parasite?
Bong Joon-ho
Who directed the film Ratatouille?
Brad Bird
Who portrayed Imperator Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road?
Charlize Theron
Which of the following is not one of the four types of actors?
Child actors
Who portrayed Lance Corporal Thomas Blake in 1917?
Dean-Charles Chapman
Who does the film's editor work with in piecing together the film's story?
Director
For the director, what goes into the post-production phase of the filmmaking process?
Editing
A film editor works alone in piecing together the film's story.
False
Bollywood, the largest film industry in India, produces about 500 films per year.
False
Directors use mise-en-scene to convey meaning, transmit narrative information and influence the emotional responses of viewers.
False
Disney is no longer the most impactful Hollywood studio in terms of animated films.
False
In filmmaking, marketing is the dominant aspect of post-production.
False
Independent films offer less freedom in film production than Hollywood films.
False
Only major details in a movie scene are important for telling the story.
False
Parasite was the first North Korean film to win Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes.
False
The mise-en-scene is the organization, distribution, balance, and general relationship of actors and objects within the space of each shot.
False
Which of the following statements is true about the editing of a film?
Film editors must choose shots out of 100-200 hours of footage.
Which type of film is more likely to be avant-garde or experimental in nature?
Foreign film
Which type of film is more likely to be grouped with art house and independent films?
Foreign film
In which country was the animated film Ratatouille most successful?
France
Who portrayed Lance Corporal William Schofield in 1917?
George MacKay
Which filmmaker provided perhaps the earliest animation on film?
George Melies
Who co-wrote, co-produced and directed Mad Max: Fury Road?
George Miller
Who portrayed Randle Patrick McMurphy in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
Jack Nicholson
Which of the following was not a landmark film for Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI)?
Jaws
Who portrayed Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs?
Jodi Foster
Who directed Silence of the Lambs?
Jonathon Demme
How does Remy get Alfredo Linguini to put the right ingredients into his recipes?
Like a puppeteer, he pulls his hair under his chef's hat
Who portrayed Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
Louise Fletcher
Identify the correct movie based on the description: In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search of her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshipper, and a drifter.
Mad Max: Fury Road
Which of the following films is considered one of the greatest action films of all time?
Mad Max: Fury Road
Who directed the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?
Milos Forman
Identify the correct movie based on the description: The story revolves around Randle Patrick McMurphy who is serving a short sentence on a prison farm for the statutory rape of a 15-year-old girl. McMurphy simply wants to avoid hard labor and serve the rest of his sentence in a more relaxed hospital environment. However, upon his transfer to a mental hospital the brash and rebellious McMurphy rallies the patients there to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched, who is more a dictator than a nurse. McMurphy inspires the patients to break free of her oppression but he is not so lucky.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
In which movie does an inmate break free from the mental hospital he's staying in by smashing through a window?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Which film is based on a 1962 novel by the same name?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Identify the correct movie based on the description: Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.
Parasite
Which movie can be referred to as an upstairs/downstairs or "stairway movie" in which staircases are used as a motif to represent the positions of different families?
Parasite
Who was the voice of Remy in Ratatouille?
Patton Oswalt
Which of the following filmmakers got their break at Sundance?
Quentin Tarantino
Identify the correct movie based on the description: An emotionally self-destructive middleweight boxer's violence and temper lead him to the top in the boxing ring but destroys his life outside it.
Raging Bull
Which film is often cited as the best film of the 1980s despite initially receiving mixed reviews due largely to its violent content?
Raging Bull
Identify the correct movie based on the description: A rat named Remy who dreams of becoming a chef makes an alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous Parisian restaurant.
Ratatouille
Which movie is a great example of contemporary computer animated storytelling which serves as entertainment for the entire family?
Ratatouille
Who portrayed Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull?
Robert DeNiro
Which of the following is NOT a famous foreign film maker?
Sacha Baron Cohen
Who directed the film 1917?
Sam Mendes
For the director, what goes into the production phase of the filmmaking process?
Shooting the film
