Film Exam 1 Questions And Correct
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The earliest projected motion pictures were made possible by the exposure of
photographs onto: CORRECT ANSWERS Celluloid
Which Frenchman provided an important precursor of motion pictures with his invention
of a photographic gun? CORRECT ANSWERS Etienne Jules Marey
Which influential early camera also doubled as a projector? CORRECT ANSWERS
Cinematographe
Edison's Kinetoscope viewing box was initially highly profitable, but its popularity
declined: CORRECT ANSWERS Because other inventors found ways to project films
onto a screen.
The Vitascope, a projector manufactured and marketed by Thomas Edison, was
invented and initially exhibited by: CORRECT ANSWERS C. Francis Jenkins and
Thomas Armat
Short travelogue films offering views of distant "exotic" lands were originally known as:
CORRECT ANSWERS Scenics
Which of the following nations was not one of the three primary film-producing countries
during cinema's first decade? CORRECT ANSWERS Germany
Early English cinemas became famous for its: CORRECT ANSWERS Special-effects
cinematography
What type of motion picture did not help to revive audience interest in America films
around 1898? CORRECT ANSWERS Exotic dance films
Which Edwin S. Porter film used printed intertitles for what is believed to be the first time
in America cinema history? CORRECT ANSWERS Uncle Tom's Cabin
Locally-produced motion pictures began appearing in each of the following countries
prior to 1900 exept: CORRECT ANSWERS Bolivia
T/F The cinema was one of the first significant technologies pioneered during the
industrial revolution, later followed by the telephone and the automobile. CORRECT
ANSWERS True
, T/F There is no single inventor of motion pictures; the cinema instead came about
through an accumulation of contributions from inventors worldwide. CORRECT
ANSWERS True
T/F The 35mm film gauge pioneered by W.K.L. Dickson in the 1890s remains the
standard theatrical gauge today. CORRECT ANSWERS True
T/F The fiction film was the most well received type of motion picture until roughly 1900,
when it was supplanted in popularity by the actual. CORRECT ANSWERS False
T/F Most films created during the 1890s contain between five and ten shots. CORRECT
ANSWERS False
T/F The first exhibitors of projected motion pictures in many of the world's countries
were put on by Lumiere representatives. CORRECT ANSWERS True
T/F Georges Melies was an early master of sophisticated stop-motion effects.
CORRECT ANSWERS True
T/F Copyright laws passed in the late 1890s helped curb the illegal duplication of film
prints and enabled the top U.S. film producers to gain control over the circulation of their
movies. CORRECT ANSWERS False
Which of the following was not a significant factor in the expansion of the French film
industry in the middle 1900s? CORRECT ANSWERS The popularity of imported
American films.
The French screen comic Max Linder was important to early film history because:
CORRECT ANSWERS His films reflected the French film industry's bid for middle-class
respectability.
Which type of film was not characteristic of Italian cinema of the 1910s? CORRECT
ANSWERS The "neorealistic" film.
In the late 1900s Pathe dominated film production not only in France but also in:
CORRECT ANSWERS Russia
From 1897 on, the Edison company tried to force its competitors out of business by:
CORRECT ANSWERS Suing them for patent infringement
Although the Motion Picture Patents Company tried to limit the number of foreign films
released in the U.S., it did admit as members: CORRECT ANSWERS Melies and Pathe
The first distributor to effectively defy the MPPC trust and start his own production firm-
the independent Motion Picture Company-was: CORRECT ANSWERS Carl Laemmle
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The earliest projected motion pictures were made possible by the exposure of
photographs onto: CORRECT ANSWERS Celluloid
Which Frenchman provided an important precursor of motion pictures with his invention
of a photographic gun? CORRECT ANSWERS Etienne Jules Marey
Which influential early camera also doubled as a projector? CORRECT ANSWERS
Cinematographe
Edison's Kinetoscope viewing box was initially highly profitable, but its popularity
declined: CORRECT ANSWERS Because other inventors found ways to project films
onto a screen.
The Vitascope, a projector manufactured and marketed by Thomas Edison, was
invented and initially exhibited by: CORRECT ANSWERS C. Francis Jenkins and
Thomas Armat
Short travelogue films offering views of distant "exotic" lands were originally known as:
CORRECT ANSWERS Scenics
Which of the following nations was not one of the three primary film-producing countries
during cinema's first decade? CORRECT ANSWERS Germany
Early English cinemas became famous for its: CORRECT ANSWERS Special-effects
cinematography
What type of motion picture did not help to revive audience interest in America films
around 1898? CORRECT ANSWERS Exotic dance films
Which Edwin S. Porter film used printed intertitles for what is believed to be the first time
in America cinema history? CORRECT ANSWERS Uncle Tom's Cabin
Locally-produced motion pictures began appearing in each of the following countries
prior to 1900 exept: CORRECT ANSWERS Bolivia
T/F The cinema was one of the first significant technologies pioneered during the
industrial revolution, later followed by the telephone and the automobile. CORRECT
ANSWERS True
, T/F There is no single inventor of motion pictures; the cinema instead came about
through an accumulation of contributions from inventors worldwide. CORRECT
ANSWERS True
T/F The 35mm film gauge pioneered by W.K.L. Dickson in the 1890s remains the
standard theatrical gauge today. CORRECT ANSWERS True
T/F The fiction film was the most well received type of motion picture until roughly 1900,
when it was supplanted in popularity by the actual. CORRECT ANSWERS False
T/F Most films created during the 1890s contain between five and ten shots. CORRECT
ANSWERS False
T/F The first exhibitors of projected motion pictures in many of the world's countries
were put on by Lumiere representatives. CORRECT ANSWERS True
T/F Georges Melies was an early master of sophisticated stop-motion effects.
CORRECT ANSWERS True
T/F Copyright laws passed in the late 1890s helped curb the illegal duplication of film
prints and enabled the top U.S. film producers to gain control over the circulation of their
movies. CORRECT ANSWERS False
Which of the following was not a significant factor in the expansion of the French film
industry in the middle 1900s? CORRECT ANSWERS The popularity of imported
American films.
The French screen comic Max Linder was important to early film history because:
CORRECT ANSWERS His films reflected the French film industry's bid for middle-class
respectability.
Which type of film was not characteristic of Italian cinema of the 1910s? CORRECT
ANSWERS The "neorealistic" film.
In the late 1900s Pathe dominated film production not only in France but also in:
CORRECT ANSWERS Russia
From 1897 on, the Edison company tried to force its competitors out of business by:
CORRECT ANSWERS Suing them for patent infringement
Although the Motion Picture Patents Company tried to limit the number of foreign films
released in the U.S., it did admit as members: CORRECT ANSWERS Melies and Pathe
The first distributor to effectively defy the MPPC trust and start his own production firm-
the independent Motion Picture Company-was: CORRECT ANSWERS Carl Laemmle
