MCOMM 224 Midterm Exam With Solution

MCOMM 224 Midterm Exam With
Solution

The actress who frequently starred in D.W. Griffith films - ANSWER Gish




T/F The most common length of the very first motion pictures seen in "slot
machines" was around 30 minutes - ANSWER False




T/F Nickelodeons" were studios where early motion pictures were filmed. -
ANSWER False




Which of the following is associated with Mack Sennett: - ANSWER All of the
above




T/F The original title of Birth of a Nation was "The Clansman." - ANSWER
True




The star of The Mark of Zorro (1920): - ANSWER Douglas Fairbanks




The Edison employee credited with the "hands-on" invention of motion
picture technology: - ANSWER Dickson

, The director of Birth of a Nation: - ANSWER Griffith




What decade is considered to have marked the true beginning of the motion
picture medium - ANSWER 1890s




T/F The Lumiere "Cinematographe" was a technical improvement over the
Edison kinetograph/kinetoscope - ANSWER True




Which film was not directed by D.W. Griffith - ANSWER The Great Train
Robbery




T/F Birth of a Nation was not controversial at the time of its release -- it was
not until many years later that the content of the film generated arguments
against it - ANSWER False




The director of The Great Train Robbery: - ANSWER Porter




Edison's kinetoscope projected motion pictures onto a screen - ANSWER
False