FILM FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single,
uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action. - Answers - False
Which aspect of the movies has become virtually 100 percent digital? - Answers -
editing
The digital image is just a series of numbers reconstructed into an image that has no
physical relationship to the original. - Answers - True
The two fundamental styles of design established in early motion pictures are the
___________ associated with the Lumière brothers and the ____________ associated
with Georges Méliès. - Answers - realistic; surreal
Viewers identify with _______________ as filmmakers use ____________ to make
meaning. - Answers - characters; actors
During the Golden Age of Hollywood the five major studios were - Answers - vertically
integrated.
In order to provide the illusion of movement, at what speed (frames per second) is a
sound film usually projected? - Answers - 24 fps
This clip from Death to the Tinman provides an example of a ___________ narrator.
Click on the link below to view the clip before responding. - Answers - third-person
narrator
What are the picture elements that make up a video image called? - Answers - pixels
What are the three types of duration used in talking about narrative? - Answers - screen
duration; plot duration; story duration
Form describes _____________, while content describes _____________. - Answers -
the means of expression; the subject of a movie
Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to
hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately
characterize cultural invisibility? - Answers - It is a way to unconsciously challenge
viewers' shared belief systems.
What is formal analysis? - Answers - an analytical approach concerned with the means
by which a subject is expressed
, In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a
movie having this "invisible meaning" include - Answers - fade-in/fade-out, low-angle
shot, and cutting on action.
Which film director working in the silent period is often credited with creating classical
Hollywood film style? - Answers - D. W. Griffith
The scene from The Gold Rush analyzed in Chapter 2 creates the illusion that the
space inside the cabin and the space outside the cabin form a complete space. Which
of the following clips manipulates space to similarly create the illusion of a complete
space? - Answers - Kleingeld
In the shooting stage, a film strip is exposed to light, allowing radiant energy to burn a
negative image onto each frame. - Answers - True
What are three elements that describe neorealism? - Answers - nonprofessional actors;
location sets; handheld camera
What is a movie's narrative? - Answers - the telling of a movie's story
The planning of the positions and movements of the actors and camera is called -
Answers - staging.
Which of the following is one of the factors that led to the decline of the studio system? -
Answers - The reorganization of management into the producer-unit system paved the
way for independent producers.
What is a MacGuffin? - Answers - It is something of vital importance to the characters in
a film that turns out to be less significant to the overall narrative than first expected.
German expressionist films are characterized by _____________ settings,
____________ camera angles, and themes such as _____________. - Answers -
exaggerated; oblique; alienation
Films of the Italian neorealist movement are characterized by _____________
locations, ____________ actors and a ____________ visual style. - Answers - real;
nonprofessional; documentary
Watch this clip from Bartholomew's Song and assess the validity of the following
statement: The story duration of this scene is approximately 15 seconds. - Answers -
False
Realism is concerned with ______________ and ______________. - Answers - reality;
the speculative
Movies are similar to stage plays since they generally provide the viewer with a single,
uninterrupted, wide-angle view of on-screen action. - Answers - False
Which aspect of the movies has become virtually 100 percent digital? - Answers -
editing
The digital image is just a series of numbers reconstructed into an image that has no
physical relationship to the original. - Answers - True
The two fundamental styles of design established in early motion pictures are the
___________ associated with the Lumière brothers and the ____________ associated
with Georges Méliès. - Answers - realistic; surreal
Viewers identify with _______________ as filmmakers use ____________ to make
meaning. - Answers - characters; actors
During the Golden Age of Hollywood the five major studios were - Answers - vertically
integrated.
In order to provide the illusion of movement, at what speed (frames per second) is a
sound film usually projected? - Answers - 24 fps
This clip from Death to the Tinman provides an example of a ___________ narrator.
Click on the link below to view the clip before responding. - Answers - third-person
narrator
What are the picture elements that make up a video image called? - Answers - pixels
What are the three types of duration used in talking about narrative? - Answers - screen
duration; plot duration; story duration
Form describes _____________, while content describes _____________. - Answers -
the means of expression; the subject of a movie
Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to
hidden movie meaning. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately
characterize cultural invisibility? - Answers - It is a way to unconsciously challenge
viewers' shared belief systems.
What is formal analysis? - Answers - an analytical approach concerned with the means
by which a subject is expressed
, In movies, meaning is often absorbed intuitively. Some techniques that contribute to a
movie having this "invisible meaning" include - Answers - fade-in/fade-out, low-angle
shot, and cutting on action.
Which film director working in the silent period is often credited with creating classical
Hollywood film style? - Answers - D. W. Griffith
The scene from The Gold Rush analyzed in Chapter 2 creates the illusion that the
space inside the cabin and the space outside the cabin form a complete space. Which
of the following clips manipulates space to similarly create the illusion of a complete
space? - Answers - Kleingeld
In the shooting stage, a film strip is exposed to light, allowing radiant energy to burn a
negative image onto each frame. - Answers - True
What are three elements that describe neorealism? - Answers - nonprofessional actors;
location sets; handheld camera
What is a movie's narrative? - Answers - the telling of a movie's story
The planning of the positions and movements of the actors and camera is called -
Answers - staging.
Which of the following is one of the factors that led to the decline of the studio system? -
Answers - The reorganization of management into the producer-unit system paved the
way for independent producers.
What is a MacGuffin? - Answers - It is something of vital importance to the characters in
a film that turns out to be less significant to the overall narrative than first expected.
German expressionist films are characterized by _____________ settings,
____________ camera angles, and themes such as _____________. - Answers -
exaggerated; oblique; alienation
Films of the Italian neorealist movement are characterized by _____________
locations, ____________ actors and a ____________ visual style. - Answers - real;
nonprofessional; documentary
Watch this clip from Bartholomew's Song and assess the validity of the following
statement: The story duration of this scene is approximately 15 seconds. - Answers -
False
Realism is concerned with ______________ and ______________. - Answers - reality;
the speculative
