BCA 101 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
3 ways to look at film: - correct answer- As an
art form, as a business, and as a reflection of culture
Auteur - correct answer- A filmmaker who
edits, writes, and has complete artistic vision over a film
Birthday of the movies - correct answer-
12/28/1895
Block booking - correct answer- Major studio
forces an independent theater owner to buy several films
just to get the one he wants
Cinematograph - correct answer- Invented by
Lumiere brothers; patented in 1895; device was both a
projector and camera
, Formalism - correct answer- Emphasis on
style/technique rather than character/story
French Experimentalists - correct answer-
Camerawork and optical devices to express mental +
emotional states of characters
German Expressionism - correct answer- 1919-
1926. Film image became graphic art. depended heavily
on mise en scene. Played with light and dark that had
actually been painted onto the set
How did film start? - correct answer- As a
business. Inventors were marking/selling gadgets
If you saw a movie before 1900 in the U.S., what did you
see it on? - correct answer- Kinetoscope
Magic Lantern Shows - correct answer-
Projected still images. Date back to the 1600s
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
3 ways to look at film: - correct answer- As an
art form, as a business, and as a reflection of culture
Auteur - correct answer- A filmmaker who
edits, writes, and has complete artistic vision over a film
Birthday of the movies - correct answer-
12/28/1895
Block booking - correct answer- Major studio
forces an independent theater owner to buy several films
just to get the one he wants
Cinematograph - correct answer- Invented by
Lumiere brothers; patented in 1895; device was both a
projector and camera
, Formalism - correct answer- Emphasis on
style/technique rather than character/story
French Experimentalists - correct answer-
Camerawork and optical devices to express mental +
emotional states of characters
German Expressionism - correct answer- 1919-
1926. Film image became graphic art. depended heavily
on mise en scene. Played with light and dark that had
actually been painted onto the set
How did film start? - correct answer- As a
business. Inventors were marking/selling gadgets
If you saw a movie before 1900 in the U.S., what did you
see it on? - correct answer- Kinetoscope
Magic Lantern Shows - correct answer-
Projected still images. Date back to the 1600s
