Chapter 1
1. Movies that feature action sequence, big-name movie stars, and advanced special effects are called--------
a) Art films
b) B pictures
c) Blockbusters
d) Exploitation pictures
2. An advertising technique that relies on existing social networks such as word of mouth and sites like Twitter and Facebook is called-------------------
a) High concept
b) Viral marketing
c) Platform
d) The star system
3. The specific time a movie is released for public viewing in certain locations is referred to as
a) Second release
b) distribution timing
c) Block booking
d) Platform
4. The decline of local video stores can be attributed to …
a) Netflix’s subscription service
b) iTunes
c) Steaming video
d) All the options are correct
5. Directors who are perceived to have a “signature” style and vision across a body of films are often referred to as ------------------
a) Mavericks
b) Producer-director
c) Auteurs
d) Super agents
6. in the early twentieth century, short movies were often displayed in small, noisy storefronts called----------
a) Drive-ins
b) Nickelodeons
c) Movie palaces
d) Multiplexes
7. The --------is commonly regarded as the primary creative and managerial present in the production of a movie.
a) Cinematographer
b) Executive producer
c) Director
d) Screen writer
8. Which one of the following types of film benefits most from cultural promotion?
a) Art films
b) Blockbuster
c) A picture
d) Animated films
9. Film production refers to ---------------
a) The adverting of a movie
b) The various stages that contribute to the construction of a finished movie
c) Making a movie available to theaters or network for audiences to view.
d) Academic or artistic accounts that discuss and value certain films
10. Movies are typically distributed with an eye toward reaching specific -------,which are composed of viewers who would most likely want see a particular film.
a) Target audiences
b) Target theaters
c) Target cities
d) Target platforms
11. ancillary products such as CDs , T-shirt, and toys used to promote a film are known as --------
a) Textual novelty
b) Tie-ins
c) Word of mouth
d) Media convergence
Chapter 2
1. Mise-en-scene is French for -----
a) Moving the camera in the scene
b) Editing
c) Placement in a scene
d) Cinematography
2. Recognizable actors associated with particular character types or minor roles are sometimes called----------------------
a) Extras
b) Character actors
c) Stars
d) Supporting actors
3. Acting that employ highly emphatic and self-conscious gestures and vocalization is best described as
a) Method acting
b) Stylized acting
c) Naturalistic acting
d) Strasberg acting
4. A shadowy lighting style with sharp contrasts between light and dark is referred to as……..
a) Low key
b) High key
c) Edge lighting
d) Three-point lighting
5. The dominant style of mise-en-scene immediately following WWII can best be described as -----
a) Theatrical
b) Realistic
c) Surreal
d) Epic
6. Mise-en-scene where props, sets, and setting take on an emotional or spiritual life is best described as -------
a) Naturalistic
b) Historical
c) Quotidian
d) Expressive
7. Primary functions of costumes and make-up include----------
a) Highlighting character trait
b) Enhancing scenic or historical realism
c) Marking narrative development
d) All of the options are correct.
8. Key lighting refers to-------
a) A high contrast lighting style
b) Lighting that silhouettes a subject
c) The primary light source
d) Balanced lighting to emphasize secondary objects
9. According to your textbook, a film’s setting can be created using which of the following?
a) Sets built on a soundstage
b) Models
c) Digital imagery
d) “Soundstage sets,” “models,” and “digital imagery”
10. Objects displayed and used according to their common functions are called----
a) Metaphorical props
b) Instrumental props
c) Cultural props
d) Textual props
11. Which of the following statements about naturalistic mise-en-scene is not correct?
a) The world and objects in a naturalistic mise-en-scene tend to defy the laws of society
b) The various elements of the mise-en-scene have a logical relationship to each pther.
c) The mise-en-scene and the characters mutually define each other.
d) A historical mise-en-scene is part of the tradition of naturalistic mise-en-scene.
Chapter 3
1. The term “cinematography” literally means ----------------
a) Image capture
b) Writing in movement
c) Light writing
d) Framing the image
2. A -----------is when the camera moves up or down on a horizontal axis.
a) Pan-and-scan
b) Tilt
c) Pan
d) Zoom
3. Point of view POV refers to -------------------
a) The angle of the shot
b) The focus of the shot
c) The framing of the shot
d) The position from which an event, person, or object is filmed
4. The framing of a shot that is unbalanced or askew is called-------------------
a) Reframed
b) A canted frame
c) Anamorphic
d) A tilted shot
5. Which of the following was not introduced in the 1950s?
a) Cinemascope
b) 3-D movies
c) Eastmancolor film stock
d) The steadicam
6. A ---------------shot is one in which multiple planes in the image are all in focus
a) Shallow-focus
b) Deep-focus
c) Depth-of-field
d) Rack-focus
7. The psychological process that explains our perception of movement when watching films is…..
a) Persistence of vision
b) Flicker fusion
c) Apparent motion
d) Phenomenology
8. Film gauge refers to --------------------
a) The width of the film stock
b) The film’s sensitivity to light
c) The film’s focal depth
d) The height of the film stock
9. Masking the film frame so that only a small circular piece of the image is seen is called---
a) An iris shot
b) A wipe
c) A mobile frame
d) A zoom
10. Within a film shot, the range or distance before and behind the main focus in which objects remain relatively sharp and clear is called-------------------
a) Point of view
b) Perspective
c) Depth of the field
d) Gauge
11. The process of using a series of still photographic images to record incremental movement, which paved the way for cinematography, is called--------
a) Phantasmagoria
b) Persistence of vision
c) Chronophotography
d) Zoopraxiscope
Chapter 4
1. The editing system that uses cuts and other transitions to establish a scene of verisimilitude (realism) and to most efficiently tell a story is known as --------
a) Soviet montage
b) Continuity editing
c) Discontinuity editing
d) Jump cuts
2. What does an eyeline match do?
a) If focuses the camera on the actor’s eye
b) It places all the actors’ eyes at the same level
c) It shows a shot from the actor’s point of view, followed by a medium shot.
d) It shows a shot of the actor looking offscreen, followed by a shot of what was being looked at.
3. Which of the following is NOT and editing technique used for transitioning between images in a film?
a) Photographic slide
b) Fade
c) Iris-in
d) Wipe
4. Which magician and early filmmaker used editing to create “tricks” like the images of a rocket striking the moon?
a) Thomas Edison
b) D.W. Griffith
c) George Melies
d) Louis Lumiere
5. Part of the 180-degree rule, the imaginary line that bisects the space of the scene and indicates on which side of the actors the camera should be placed is called-------------------
a) Axis of action
b) Frame
c) Main line
d) Invisible line
6. An initial ling shot that orients the viewer in space and introduces the setting is called-----
a) A sequence shot
b) An establishment shot
c) A nondiegetic insert
d) An iris in
7. The primary purpose of a cutaway is to---------
a) Break the 30 degree rule
b) Break the fourth wall
c) Expand time
d) Condense time
8. The editing style that creates unexpected or unnatural juxtapositions between images is called----
a) Continuity editing
b) Disjunctive editing
c) Invisible editing
d) Sequence editing
9. The organization of editing according to different paces or tempos determined by how quickly cuts are made is called----------------------
a) Graphic editing
b) Rhythmic editing
c) Temporal editing
d) Jump cuts
10. A match on action is ----------------
a) An editing device where the direction of action is edited to shot of the continuation of that action
b) An editing device where two objects of similar shape are edited together
c) An editing device that repeats the same image over and over again
d) An editing device that matches the cuts to the rhythm of the soundtrack
11. What kind of editing shifts back forth between two or more line of action?
a) 180-degree editing
b) Parallel editing
c) Tracking shots
d) Invisible editing
Chapter 5
1. Source of music refers to-----------
a) Music that comes from an onscreen source
b) Soundtrack music
c) Nondiegetic music
d) Music added later to the film by a composer
2. Hearing voice that originates from a speaker who the audience can infer to be present in the scene even though he or she is not visible is a technique called------------------
a) Voiceover
b) Voice-off
c) Voice-on
d) Overlapping dialogue
3. An audience’s experience of a film during the silent era may have included which of the following?
a) An orchestra
b) Live sound effects
c) A lecturer narrating the film
d) All of the options are correct
4. The term ------------refers to when a sound carries over a visual transition in a film.
a) Synchronous sound
b) Sound bridge
c) Diegetic sound
d) Overlapping dialogue
5. The 1927 warner bros film, the jazz singer, is historically significant because--------
a) It was the first movie to star a vaudeville performer
b) It helped establish the viability of “talking” pictures
c) It was Al Jolson’s final performance
d) It was the first silent film made
6. Music in film can serve which of the following functions?
a) It allows audiences to experience the film in an immediate and enveloping way.
b) It can reinforce story information through recognizable conventions
c) It can make specific events feel timeless
d) All of the options are correct
7. Music often assists in characterization because each main character has his or her own------
a) Motif
b) Sound perspective
c) Stinger
d) Sound bridge
8. The term “nondiegetic” sound refers to-----
a) Sound that has an offscreen source
b) Dialogue added to the film in the editing stage
c) Sound that has an onscreen source
d) Sound that does not have its source in the world of the character
9. Sound effects in a film---------------
a) Can contribute to mood or atmosphere
b) Can create an impression of three-dimensional space
c) Can help audiences keep track of the action aurally
d) All of the options are correct
10. Underscoring is also referred to as -----------------
a) Foreground music
b) Stingers
c) Musical motifs
d) Background music
11. According to the textbook what does Claudia Gorbman mean by the “principle of inaudibility?”
a) That children should be seen not heard
b) That conscious attention should not be paid to a film’s score
c) That it’s more important to have realistic sound that to hear what characters are saying
d) That a film’s soundtrack should be an afterthought
Midterm Exam Review
I. 10 visual questions – Review the PowerPoint slides for mise-en-scene, cinematography, and editing
II. Film analysis. You will have to write on: mise-en-scene, cinematography, and editing. You’ll need to identify the technique and tell how it’s function in the film.
Review the following:
Mise-en-scene: A) set, B) character, and C) lighting
Cinematography: A) Shot: ELS, Medium, CU, EX CU
B) Angles: High, Low, Eyelevel, Canted C) Tone and texture:
Editing: A) transitions: Cut, fade in/fade out, wipe, shock cut
B) Dimensions: Graphic, Rhythmic, Spatial, Temporal
C) Rules: 180-degree rule, eyeline match, matching in action
III. 30 points matching (a, b, c, d)
IV. 10 points true/false.
V. 10 points short answer.
Review Questions:
1. What are the goals of the continuity style of storytelling?
2. Give an example of a nonlinear editing pattern.
Flashback/flashforward
3. What are the 3 light sources in the 3 point lighting systems?
Key, field, and back
4. What are the directions of lighting? What are their functions?
Front, back, side, top, under
5. What is sound perspective?
It is apparent distance from the sound source
6. Give an example of synchronous sound
dialogue.
7. What was the first sound film?
The jazz singer
8. What are the 5 elements of mise-en-scene?
Settings, costume, make-up, lighting, staging-blocking
9. Name the editing transitions.
Cut, fade in / fade out, dissolve, wipe
10. In what year did the star system begin?
1910
11. Explain rack focusing.
Shifting focus
12. What is the purpose of the close up?
Expression, character’s feeling and thoughts, details, significance
13. What is the difference between a theatrical mise-en-scene and a naturalistic mise-en-scene?
Theatrical: to fantastical: A style that denaturalizes the locations and other elements of the mise-en-scène so that its features appear unfamiliar, exaggerated, or artificial; see naturalistic mise-en-scène.
Naturalistic: A realistic style of mise-en-scène that appears natural and recognizable to viewers as opposed to fantastical or theatrical.
14. What is film exhibition? Where does it take place? What is the difference between “leisure time” and “productive time?”
Leisure is own time, and productive is Home or Class
15. What is a boom mic?
A long pole used to hold a microphone above the actors to capture sound while remaining outside the frame.
16. What is the difference between: a shot, a scene and a sequence?
A shot: one composed frame, and scene and sequence are same: two or more shots happen in a period of time.
17. What is the difference between the Vitaphone and the Movietone? Which was more
popular? Why?
Vitaphone is recording, and movietone is records on the film stock
18. What are the 4 types of props? Give an example of each.
Instrumental, cultural, contextualized, and metaphorical
19. What is the purpose of an establishing shot? What is the effect of leaving them out of a film?
To show where you are: the location
20. Explain the practices of blockbooking and blindbooking.
Blocking: saturating: A practice in which movie theaters had to exhibit whatever a studio/distributor packaged with its more popular and desirable movies; declared an unfair business practice in 1948.
Blindbooking: just get movies
21. Give an example of diegetic and nondiegetic sound.
Jaws is nondiegetic movie
22. What happens in the preproduction, production and postproduction of a film?
Pre: before camera, planning, fund
Pro: start filming, whole process of camera
Post: editing
23. Georges Melies – accomplishments?
Father of the special effects, dissolve, first to use of narrative, stop motion photography, master of mise-en-scene, magician
24. D.W. Griffith – accomplishments?
Shot, angle, cross-cutting-parallel editing
25. When did Hollywood turn its attention to the youth market?
1940s
26. What film movement created the disjunctive editing technique of the jump cut?
French new wave
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