Film final Wilson questions well
answered graded A+ 2025/2026
Know who's generally credited with making the first motion picture - ANS ✔✔Lumiere Brothers
Know what principle the classical Hollywood style is built upon - ANS ✔✔continuity or invisible
editing
What's block booking? - ANS ✔✔an early tactic of movie studios to control exhibition, involving
pressuring theater operators to accept marginal films with no stars in order to get access to
films with the most popular stars
What was The Paramount Decision of 1948? - ANS ✔✔the 1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision
that ended vertical integration in the film industry by forcing the studios to divest themselves of
their theaters
What was The New Hollywood Era? - ANS ✔✔The New Hollywood emphasized the authority of
the director and star over the material, not the central producer. And rather than control costs
to maximize profits, studios allowed the freelance artists they employed to experiment with the
form and take creative risks
What does "mise-en-scene" literally mean? - ANS ✔✔the action of putting onto the stage
What is chiaroscuro lighting? - ANS ✔✔a pictorial arrangement of light and dark to create depth
and contrast
What is the main light that illuminates a subject in a shot? - ANS ✔✔key light
, What does the inciting incident accomplish and when does it occur in a film? - ANS ✔✔This
particular moment is when an event thrusts the protagonist into the main action of the story,
occurs in act 1
What happens at the end of the first act? - ANS ✔✔Hero is thrusted into their journey
The primary narrator in cinema is...? - ANS ✔✔Camera
What is generic transformation? - ANS ✔✔the process by which a particular genre is adapted to
meet the expectations of a changing society
Know what the director of photography is responsible for in a film - ANS ✔✔Their job is to
translate the director's vision into usable footage, using all of the photographic skills listed
above and only after making a series of crucial decisions which we will get to below
Who's the head of the lighting department? - ANS ✔✔gaffer
Shot - ANS ✔✔a single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts
take - ANS ✔✔Every repeated shot
set-up - ANS ✔✔move the camera - and everything associated with it - to a new shot,
sometimes just a slightly different angle on the same scene
focal length - ANS ✔✔the distance from the center of a lens to the focal point
depth of field - ANS ✔✔the distance in front of a camera and its lens in which objects are in
apparent sharp focus
answered graded A+ 2025/2026
Know who's generally credited with making the first motion picture - ANS ✔✔Lumiere Brothers
Know what principle the classical Hollywood style is built upon - ANS ✔✔continuity or invisible
editing
What's block booking? - ANS ✔✔an early tactic of movie studios to control exhibition, involving
pressuring theater operators to accept marginal films with no stars in order to get access to
films with the most popular stars
What was The Paramount Decision of 1948? - ANS ✔✔the 1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision
that ended vertical integration in the film industry by forcing the studios to divest themselves of
their theaters
What was The New Hollywood Era? - ANS ✔✔The New Hollywood emphasized the authority of
the director and star over the material, not the central producer. And rather than control costs
to maximize profits, studios allowed the freelance artists they employed to experiment with the
form and take creative risks
What does "mise-en-scene" literally mean? - ANS ✔✔the action of putting onto the stage
What is chiaroscuro lighting? - ANS ✔✔a pictorial arrangement of light and dark to create depth
and contrast
What is the main light that illuminates a subject in a shot? - ANS ✔✔key light
, What does the inciting incident accomplish and when does it occur in a film? - ANS ✔✔This
particular moment is when an event thrusts the protagonist into the main action of the story,
occurs in act 1
What happens at the end of the first act? - ANS ✔✔Hero is thrusted into their journey
The primary narrator in cinema is...? - ANS ✔✔Camera
What is generic transformation? - ANS ✔✔the process by which a particular genre is adapted to
meet the expectations of a changing society
Know what the director of photography is responsible for in a film - ANS ✔✔Their job is to
translate the director's vision into usable footage, using all of the photographic skills listed
above and only after making a series of crucial decisions which we will get to below
Who's the head of the lighting department? - ANS ✔✔gaffer
Shot - ANS ✔✔a single piece of film uninterrupted by cuts
take - ANS ✔✔Every repeated shot
set-up - ANS ✔✔move the camera - and everything associated with it - to a new shot,
sometimes just a slightly different angle on the same scene
focal length - ANS ✔✔the distance from the center of a lens to the focal point
depth of field - ANS ✔✔the distance in front of a camera and its lens in which objects are in
apparent sharp focus
