H010, H410 OCR AS and A Level Film Studies – Study Guide and Practice Test

H010, H410 OCR AS and A Level Film Studies – Study Guide and Practice
Test

Free Cinema, Dogme 95, Das neue Kino, and other "new wave" movements sought to break
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from cinematic conventions, revitalize filmmaking, and <CORRECT ANSWER>explore cinema
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as a subject in itself
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Prior to 1990, East German film production remained under the control of ________.
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<CORRECT ANSWER>Soviet Union
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Following the death of Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong in 1976, films of the
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People's Republic of China have <CORRECT ANSWER>taken on traditionally taboo subjects
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Hong Kong director John Woo's carefully choreographed scenes of violent action were
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inspired by the violent films of ________. <CORRECT ANSWER>Sergio Leone and Sam
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Peckinpah
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Which Taiwanese director has had success in both his native country and Hollywood?
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<CORRECT ANSWER>Ang Lee
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Which Italian neorealist film directly inspired Satyajit Ray to make the Apu Trilogy, a series of
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films that chronicles the everyday life of an Indian family? <CORRECT ANSWER>The Bicycle
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Thieves
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How did independent movie producers of the 1960s, looking to hire film artist, benefit from
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the collapse of the studio system <CORRECT ANSWER>They were able to hire artists from
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anywhere in the world.
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What effect did the reception of Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise (1984) have on
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independent film production? <CORRECT ANSWER>It encouraged independent film
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, H010, H410 OCR AS and A Level Film Studies – Study Guide and Practice
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The framing, lighting, and experimental use of color utilized by emerging cinematographers
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of the New American Cinema were drawn from ___ filming techniques. <CORRECT
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ANSWER>European
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Which Japanese film features four different points of view and is credited with the birth of
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Japan's golden age of cinema? <CORRECT ANSWER>Rashomon (1950)
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Cinematographer Gregg Toland achieved a high degree of cinematic realism in Citizen Kane
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(1941) through the use of lighting, deep space composition, and ______ <CORRECT
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ANSWER>deep-focus cinematography
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Italian neorealist films used actual locations, natural lighting, deep-space cinematography,
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and ____ to maintain an air of realism <CORRECT ANSWER>storylines about the upper class
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One of the driving forces behind the emergences of the French New Wave was
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_______________, which seeks to make individuals more responsible for their actions.
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<CORRECT ANSWER>Existentialism
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Why do Jean-Luc Godard's French New Wave films from the early 1960s still look modern to
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today's audiences? <CORRECT ANSWER>French New Wave techniques are still used by
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contemporary filmmakers
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Many of the "new wave" movements pursued by postwar European filmmakers stressed
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________. <CORRECT ANSWER>social realism
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Which of the following was NOT a requirement for Danish Filmmakers who agreed to "The
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Vow of Chasity" <CORRECT ANSWER>the camera must remain stationary
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