Chapter 1 Looking at Movies
TRUE/FALSE
1. Diligent viewers can consciously consider everything they see in a movie.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 7
TOP: Invisibility and Cinematic Language NOT: Applied
2. Thanks to DVDs, VCRs, and TiVo, you can now watch a movie much the same way you read a
book.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 9
TOP: Invisibility and Cinematic Language NOT: Applied
3. Often the people making movies may be just as oblivious to the cultural attitudes shaping their
cinematic stories as the people who watch them.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 10
TOP: Cultural Invisibility NOT: Conceptual
4. An explicit meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story is closest to our everyday sense
of the word meaning.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 12
TOP: Implicit and Explicit Meaning NOT: Conceptual
5. Explicit meanings are available on the surface of a movie.
, ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 12
TOP: Implicit and Explicit Meanings NOT: Conceptual
6. Movies convey and imply smaller, more specific doses of both explicit and implicit meaning in
virtually every scene.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 12
TOP: Implicit and Explicit Meaning NOT: Applied
7. Audiences do NOT: harbor any essential expectations concerning a film’s form and organization.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 13
TOP: Viewer Expectations NOT: Applied
8. It is NOT: really possible to read more meaning into a particular visual or audio component of a
film than the filmmaker intended.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 14
TOP: Formal Analysis NOT: Applied
9. One is required to like a movie in order to learn from it.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 15
TOP: Viewer Expectations NOT: Conceptual
10. Juno (2007) was written by a woman and directed by a man.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 22
TOP: Alternative Approaches NOT: Factual
, 11. The filmmaker’s intent is an important element to consider when preparing a formal analysis.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 22
TOP: Alternative Approaches NOT: Applied
12. A thorough first viewing is better than repeated viewings to obtain the aesthetic distance required
for critical observation.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 23
TOP: Alternative Approaches NOT: Applied
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Movies have evolved into a complex form of artistic representation:
a. in the last ten years
b. since the advent of sound
c. in just over a hundred years
d. since the release of Star Wars
e. since the introduction of color film
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 2
TOP: Movie Evolution NOT: Factual
2. Motion pictures had been popular for _____ years before being considered worthy of serious
study.
a. 10
b. 25
, c. 50
d. 75
e. 100
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 2
TOP: Looking at Movies NOT: Factual
3. What movie featuring a homosexual theme has received the highest level of critical acclaim and
commercial success?
a. Musical: The Producers
b. Comedy: The Birdcage
c. Drama: Philadelphia
d. Western: Brokeback Mountain
e. Drama: Angels in America
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 2
TOP: Looking at Movies NOT: Factual
4. The myriad of integrated techniques and concepts connecting us to the story while deliberately
concealing the means by which they do so are called _______.
a. narrative
b. cinematic language
c. plot
d. theme
e. directorial concept
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 3
TRUE/FALSE
1. Diligent viewers can consciously consider everything they see in a movie.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 7
TOP: Invisibility and Cinematic Language NOT: Applied
2. Thanks to DVDs, VCRs, and TiVo, you can now watch a movie much the same way you read a
book.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 9
TOP: Invisibility and Cinematic Language NOT: Applied
3. Often the people making movies may be just as oblivious to the cultural attitudes shaping their
cinematic stories as the people who watch them.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 10
TOP: Cultural Invisibility NOT: Conceptual
4. An explicit meaning that lies below the surface of a movie’s story is closest to our everyday sense
of the word meaning.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 12
TOP: Implicit and Explicit Meaning NOT: Conceptual
5. Explicit meanings are available on the surface of a movie.
, ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 12
TOP: Implicit and Explicit Meanings NOT: Conceptual
6. Movies convey and imply smaller, more specific doses of both explicit and implicit meaning in
virtually every scene.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 12
TOP: Implicit and Explicit Meaning NOT: Applied
7. Audiences do NOT: harbor any essential expectations concerning a film’s form and organization.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 13
TOP: Viewer Expectations NOT: Applied
8. It is NOT: really possible to read more meaning into a particular visual or audio component of a
film than the filmmaker intended.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 14
TOP: Formal Analysis NOT: Applied
9. One is required to like a movie in order to learn from it.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 15
TOP: Viewer Expectations NOT: Conceptual
10. Juno (2007) was written by a woman and directed by a man.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 22
TOP: Alternative Approaches NOT: Factual
, 11. The filmmaker’s intent is an important element to consider when preparing a formal analysis.
ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 22
TOP: Alternative Approaches NOT: Applied
12. A thorough first viewing is better than repeated viewings to obtain the aesthetic distance required
for critical observation.
ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 23
TOP: Alternative Approaches NOT: Applied
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Movies have evolved into a complex form of artistic representation:
a. in the last ten years
b. since the advent of sound
c. in just over a hundred years
d. since the release of Star Wars
e. since the introduction of color film
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 2
TOP: Movie Evolution NOT: Factual
2. Motion pictures had been popular for _____ years before being considered worthy of serious
study.
a. 10
b. 25
, c. 50
d. 75
e. 100
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 2
TOP: Looking at Movies NOT: Factual
3. What movie featuring a homosexual theme has received the highest level of critical acclaim and
commercial success?
a. Musical: The Producers
b. Comedy: The Birdcage
c. Drama: Philadelphia
d. Western: Brokeback Mountain
e. Drama: Angels in America
ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 2
TOP: Looking at Movies NOT: Factual
4. The myriad of integrated techniques and concepts connecting us to the story while deliberately
concealing the means by which they do so are called _______.
a. narrative
b. cinematic language
c. plot
d. theme
e. directorial concept
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 3
