FILM CH 10 EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
A box or room where light enters on one side and projects an image from the outside onto the
opposite side or wall is called a - ANS camera obscura
Besides being one of the first Westerns, what is significant about Edwin S. Porter's 1903 film
The Great Train Robbery? - ANS It was one of the first films that pioneered the idea of
continuity editing.
Films of the Italian neorealist movement are characterized by _____________ locations,
____________ actors, and a ____________ visual style. - ANS real; nonprofessional;
documentary
German expressionist films are characterized by _____________ settings, ____________
camera angles, and themes such as _____________. - ANS exaggerated; oblique; alienation
Historians who chart the history of cinema technology examine might pose all of the following
questions, EXCEPT: - ANS Who saw the films, how, and why?
How would you characterize the Hollywood studio system during the classical period? -
ANS a top-down organization in which management controlled everything
Orson Welles was considered one of cinema's greatest directors because - ANS he had the
vision to do something differently and the talent to inspire collaborators to experiment and
help him realize that vision.
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AND ANSWERS
A box or room where light enters on one side and projects an image from the outside onto the
opposite side or wall is called a - ANS camera obscura
Besides being one of the first Westerns, what is significant about Edwin S. Porter's 1903 film
The Great Train Robbery? - ANS It was one of the first films that pioneered the idea of
continuity editing.
Films of the Italian neorealist movement are characterized by _____________ locations,
____________ actors, and a ____________ visual style. - ANS real; nonprofessional;
documentary
German expressionist films are characterized by _____________ settings, ____________
camera angles, and themes such as _____________. - ANS exaggerated; oblique; alienation
Historians who chart the history of cinema technology examine might pose all of the following
questions, EXCEPT: - ANS Who saw the films, how, and why?
How would you characterize the Hollywood studio system during the classical period? -
ANS a top-down organization in which management controlled everything
Orson Welles was considered one of cinema's greatest directors because - ANS he had the
vision to do something differently and the talent to inspire collaborators to experiment and
help him realize that vision.
Copyright ©2025 THEBRIGHT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 1
