FILM FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Credited for making the first motion picture - answers - lumiere brothers
Classical hollywood is built on the principle of what - answers - invisibility
Studios would force theaters to buy a block of several films to screen - answers - block
booking
All of the major studios sell off their theater chain and outlawed the practices of block
booking and blind booking (court decision) - answers - the paramount decision of 1948
The graduate (1967) and bonnie and clyde (1967) dealt with sexuality, violence, drugs,
anti-heroes, and anti-establishment themes - answers - new hollywood era
Mise-en-scene literally means - answers - putting on stage
A high contrast of lighting design that make consistent use of harsh shadows - answers
- chiaroscuro lighting
The main light that illuminates a subject in a shot - answers - key light
The primary narrator in cinema is what - answers - the camera
Process by which a particular genre is adapted to meet the expectations of changing
society - answers - generic transformation
Overall distance between the sensor and the point at which the light passes through the
glass of the lens - answers - focal length
The range of distance in front of the camera in which the subjects are in sharp focus -
answers - depth of field
Camera is mounted on some type of wheeling device and moved towards in or out from
the subject - answers - dolly shot
Changes the depth of field within a shot to shift our attention from one subject to
another - answers - rack focus
An editing technique used to maintain continuity by cutting back and forth between two
or more narratives playing out at the same time - answers - cross-cutting
How long it takes for us to register the visual information in a shot - answers - content
curve
, Preserves continuity by defining an axis of action, that the camera cannot cross -
answers - 180 degree rule
What is associated with russian filmmaker, sergei einstein - answers - discontinuity
through montage editing
Silence is part of the soundtrack of a film t/f - answers - true
They fill in the missing sounds in a given scene - answers - foley artists
Synching dialogue recorded in post production to the moving lips of actors on screen -
answers - adr automated dialogue replacement
Comes from a source within a films world - answers - diegetic sound
Comes from a source outside of a films world - answers - non-diegetic sound
What happens at the end of the first act - answers - the goal is defined, the protagonist
is on his quest
What does the inciting incident accomplish - answers - sets the plot in motion
When does inciting incident occur - answers - usually in the 1st 10 minutes
Responsible for translating the director's vision - answers - director of photography
Head of the lighting department - answers - gaffer
One continuous capture of a span of action by a motion picture camera - answers - shot
Every time a particular shot is repeated - answers - take
Any single camera position in a scene and everything associated with it - answers - set-
up
A type of sound used to transition from one scene to another by over lapping the sound
of each shot - answers - sound bridge
Non-fiction films introduced in the 1980s depicting real people and events through
continuous footage - answers - actualities
Offered exotic or remarkable images of nature or foreign lands - answers - scenics
Political documentaries that visibly support and intend to sway viewers toward a
particular social or political issue or group - answers - propaganda films
Credited for making the first motion picture - answers - lumiere brothers
Classical hollywood is built on the principle of what - answers - invisibility
Studios would force theaters to buy a block of several films to screen - answers - block
booking
All of the major studios sell off their theater chain and outlawed the practices of block
booking and blind booking (court decision) - answers - the paramount decision of 1948
The graduate (1967) and bonnie and clyde (1967) dealt with sexuality, violence, drugs,
anti-heroes, and anti-establishment themes - answers - new hollywood era
Mise-en-scene literally means - answers - putting on stage
A high contrast of lighting design that make consistent use of harsh shadows - answers
- chiaroscuro lighting
The main light that illuminates a subject in a shot - answers - key light
The primary narrator in cinema is what - answers - the camera
Process by which a particular genre is adapted to meet the expectations of changing
society - answers - generic transformation
Overall distance between the sensor and the point at which the light passes through the
glass of the lens - answers - focal length
The range of distance in front of the camera in which the subjects are in sharp focus -
answers - depth of field
Camera is mounted on some type of wheeling device and moved towards in or out from
the subject - answers - dolly shot
Changes the depth of field within a shot to shift our attention from one subject to
another - answers - rack focus
An editing technique used to maintain continuity by cutting back and forth between two
or more narratives playing out at the same time - answers - cross-cutting
How long it takes for us to register the visual information in a shot - answers - content
curve
, Preserves continuity by defining an axis of action, that the camera cannot cross -
answers - 180 degree rule
What is associated with russian filmmaker, sergei einstein - answers - discontinuity
through montage editing
Silence is part of the soundtrack of a film t/f - answers - true
They fill in the missing sounds in a given scene - answers - foley artists
Synching dialogue recorded in post production to the moving lips of actors on screen -
answers - adr automated dialogue replacement
Comes from a source within a films world - answers - diegetic sound
Comes from a source outside of a films world - answers - non-diegetic sound
What happens at the end of the first act - answers - the goal is defined, the protagonist
is on his quest
What does the inciting incident accomplish - answers - sets the plot in motion
When does inciting incident occur - answers - usually in the 1st 10 minutes
Responsible for translating the director's vision - answers - director of photography
Head of the lighting department - answers - gaffer
One continuous capture of a span of action by a motion picture camera - answers - shot
Every time a particular shot is repeated - answers - take
Any single camera position in a scene and everything associated with it - answers - set-
up
A type of sound used to transition from one scene to another by over lapping the sound
of each shot - answers - sound bridge
Non-fiction films introduced in the 1980s depicting real people and events through
continuous footage - answers - actualities
Offered exotic or remarkable images of nature or foreign lands - answers - scenics
Political documentaries that visibly support and intend to sway viewers toward a
particular social or political issue or group - answers - propaganda films
