FILM 1310 INTRO TO FILM FINAL EXAM
Generally, actors do most of their work on a film during - Answers - production
While film form and film content are not always easily separated, film form can be
described as essentially - Answers - the overall aesthetic and technique of the film, or
how the story is told on screen
Which of the following best describes the Assistant Director's role in filmmaking? -
Answers - Handles the day to day set operations for the director.
Which of the following best describes the Art Director's role in filmmaking? - Answers -
Is in charge of the building of sets, prepping of locations.
The music for a film is composed and recorded during the development phase of
filmmaking. - Answers - False
When writing about film, it is always good to include things like "This film is so amazing"
or "This is the best film ever." - Answers - False
Film was "invented" approximately when? - Answers - Late 1800's
Most film distribution is still controlled by the major studios. - Answers - True
Historical/Film History - Answers - Writing about what the time period in which a film was
made might tell us about that film
National Cinemas - Answers - Writing about how the country in which a film was made
might tell us something about the underlying meaning of a film and/or motivation in
making it.
Genres - Answers - Writing about the common stylistic or story tropes of horror films.
Auteurs/Auteur Theory - Answers - Writing about how the manner in which a filmmaker
was raised may have affected the kinds of films they make.
Formalism/Formalist Study - Answers - Writing about editing or use of color in a film.
Ideology/Ideological Study - Answers - Feminist study, such as writing about how
women have been both negatively and positively represented in film.
The showing of films in theaters is best described as - Answers - Exhibition
Which of the following best applies to the Formalism approach to studying film -
Answers - The chief focus could be on patterns such as narrative openings and
, closings, the significant repetition and variation of camera techniques, or the relation of
shots and sequences to each other.
Film titles should always - Answers - be italicized
Which of the following best applies to the Genres approach to studying film - Answers -
Talking about films in terms of classification by common patterns of form and content.
Which of the following best applies to the National Cinemas approach to studying film -
Answers - Ways of seeing the world and ways of portraying the world in the movies
differ for each country and culture, and it is necessary to understand the cultural
conditions that surround a movie if we are to understand what it is about.
Which of the following best describes the Producer's role in filmmaking? - Answers - Is
in charge of development, financing and arranging for distribution.
While film form and film content are not always easily separated, film content can be
described as essentially - Answers - what the film is about, the story being told, the
meaning inherent in the film
Which of the following best applies to the Auteur approach to studying film - Answers -
Identifies and examines a movie by associating it with a director (e.g., Almodóvar) or
occasionally with another dominant figure, such as a star (e.g., Marlon Brando).
Development - Answers - The script is written. Financing is obtained.
Pre-production - Answers - Budgets and schedules are made, sets are built.
Production - Answers - The film or digital footage is shot.
Post-production - Answers - Editing and sound work is completed.
When using in-line citation for the title of a film, the citation should include the director's
last name and the year of the film's release (unless one or the other or both are already
stated in the sentence). - Answers - True
Which of the following best describes the Production Manager's role in filmmaking? -
Answers - Works directly under the Line Producer.
Motif - Answers - a recurring theme, idea, concept, design, pattern, item, or element
Which of the following best describes the Director's role in filmmaking? - Answers - Is in
charge of all creative aspects of production.
Two elements of narrative - Answers - story and plot
Generally, actors do most of their work on a film during - Answers - production
While film form and film content are not always easily separated, film form can be
described as essentially - Answers - the overall aesthetic and technique of the film, or
how the story is told on screen
Which of the following best describes the Assistant Director's role in filmmaking? -
Answers - Handles the day to day set operations for the director.
Which of the following best describes the Art Director's role in filmmaking? - Answers -
Is in charge of the building of sets, prepping of locations.
The music for a film is composed and recorded during the development phase of
filmmaking. - Answers - False
When writing about film, it is always good to include things like "This film is so amazing"
or "This is the best film ever." - Answers - False
Film was "invented" approximately when? - Answers - Late 1800's
Most film distribution is still controlled by the major studios. - Answers - True
Historical/Film History - Answers - Writing about what the time period in which a film was
made might tell us about that film
National Cinemas - Answers - Writing about how the country in which a film was made
might tell us something about the underlying meaning of a film and/or motivation in
making it.
Genres - Answers - Writing about the common stylistic or story tropes of horror films.
Auteurs/Auteur Theory - Answers - Writing about how the manner in which a filmmaker
was raised may have affected the kinds of films they make.
Formalism/Formalist Study - Answers - Writing about editing or use of color in a film.
Ideology/Ideological Study - Answers - Feminist study, such as writing about how
women have been both negatively and positively represented in film.
The showing of films in theaters is best described as - Answers - Exhibition
Which of the following best applies to the Formalism approach to studying film -
Answers - The chief focus could be on patterns such as narrative openings and
, closings, the significant repetition and variation of camera techniques, or the relation of
shots and sequences to each other.
Film titles should always - Answers - be italicized
Which of the following best applies to the Genres approach to studying film - Answers -
Talking about films in terms of classification by common patterns of form and content.
Which of the following best applies to the National Cinemas approach to studying film -
Answers - Ways of seeing the world and ways of portraying the world in the movies
differ for each country and culture, and it is necessary to understand the cultural
conditions that surround a movie if we are to understand what it is about.
Which of the following best describes the Producer's role in filmmaking? - Answers - Is
in charge of development, financing and arranging for distribution.
While film form and film content are not always easily separated, film content can be
described as essentially - Answers - what the film is about, the story being told, the
meaning inherent in the film
Which of the following best applies to the Auteur approach to studying film - Answers -
Identifies and examines a movie by associating it with a director (e.g., Almodóvar) or
occasionally with another dominant figure, such as a star (e.g., Marlon Brando).
Development - Answers - The script is written. Financing is obtained.
Pre-production - Answers - Budgets and schedules are made, sets are built.
Production - Answers - The film or digital footage is shot.
Post-production - Answers - Editing and sound work is completed.
When using in-line citation for the title of a film, the citation should include the director's
last name and the year of the film's release (unless one or the other or both are already
stated in the sentence). - Answers - True
Which of the following best describes the Production Manager's role in filmmaking? -
Answers - Works directly under the Line Producer.
Motif - Answers - a recurring theme, idea, concept, design, pattern, item, or element
Which of the following best describes the Director's role in filmmaking? - Answers - Is in
charge of all creative aspects of production.
Two elements of narrative - Answers - story and plot
