MMC 2000 FSU EXAM 2 | 353 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | 2026 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
Early newspapers were developed by businesspeople and patriots for a small,
politically involved ________ that could read. Answer - elite
The early movie industry was built largely by ________ who wanted to make
money ________ everyone. Answer - entrepreneurs, entertaining
Beginning with the Paris premiere in 1895, people had to become film
________. Answer - literate
The story goes: that when the film was first shown, the audience was so
overwhelmed by the moving image of a life-sized train coming directly at them
that people screamed and ran to the back of the room. What is it? Answer -
The Arrival of a Train at a Station.
1873 former CA governor ________ needed help winning a bet he made with a
friend. Answer - Leland Stanford
Leland Stanford turned to well-known photographer ________ to arrange a
series of still cameras along a stretch of racetrack. As the horse sprinted by,
each camera took its picture. Answer - Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge invented the ________. Answer - Zoopraxiscope
,A machine for projecting slides onto a distance surface. Answer -
Zoopraxiscope
When people watched the rapidly projected, sequential slides, they saw the
pictures as if they were in motion. This perception is the result of a
physiological phenomenon known as ________. Answer - persistence of vision
When ________ occurs, the images our eyes gather are retained in the brain
for about 1/24 of a second. Therefore, if photographic frames are moved at 24
frames a second, people perceive them as actually in motion. Answer -
persistence of vision
Eadward Muybridge's invention led him to meet ________ in 1888 - who
quickly saw the potential of the zoopraxiscope. Answer - Thomas Edison
________ assigned ________, a leading scientist, to develop a better projector.
Answer - Edison; William Dickson
________ devised the Kinetograph. Answer - William Dickson
The kinetograph captured ________ photos per second to make a motion
picture. Answer - 40
kinetograph: An innovative motion picture camera with rapid intermittent, or
________ film movement, to photograph movies Answer - stop-and-go
Thomas Edison built the first motion picture studio near his laboratory in
________. Answer - NJ
,Edison called the first motion picture studio ________, the common name at
that time for a police paddy wagon. Answer - Black Mario
It had a open roof and revolved to follow the sun so the performers being
filmed would always be ________. Answer - illuminated
The completed films were not projected. Instead they were run through a
________. Answer - Kinetoscope
Narrow device with small window for exhibition of images to be viewed by one
individual at a time is called a ________ Answer - Kinetoscope
The Lumière Brothers made the next advancement, the ________ a device that
both photographed and projected action. Answer - Cinematographe
The Lumière Brothers' invention was superior to the Edison's lab's Kinetograph,
because ________. Answer - The Kinetograph did not have a projector.
The Lumière Brothers' invention has two benefits, besides being the first
viewing in a darkened room: ________ Answer - Increase in the number of
people who could simultaneously watch a movie and more profit.
The Edison and Lumière movies were typically only a few minutes long and
were ________ movies. Answer - simple
________ began making narrative motion pictures because people wanted
more for their money. Answer - George Melies
The first artist of Cinema/Special Effects. Answer - George Melies
, First movie to use special effects. Answer - A Trip to the Moon
________, an Edison Company camera operator, saw A Trip to the Moon and
thought the film could be even better storyteller with more artistic use of
camera placement and editing. Answer - Edwin S. Porter
The 12-minute film, ________ was the first movie to use editing, intercutting of
scenes, and a mobile camera and was also the first Western. Answer - The
Great Train Robbery
This new narrative form using ________ was an instant hit with audiences.
Answer - montage
Almost immediately hundreds of ________ were opened in converted stores,
banks, and halls across the U.S. Answer - nickelodeons
From 1907-1908, the first year in which there were more narrative than
documentary films, the number of nickelodeons in the U.S. increased
________. Answer - tenfold
People working in film industry needed to learn to ________ because so many
movies needed to be made and rushed to the nickelodeons. Answer - perform
virtually all aspects of production
Writer, actor, and camera operator ________ perfected his craft in this
environment. Answer - D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith used various elements of scheduling, rehearsal, production, and
mise-en-scene to be able to transmit ________. Answer - emotion
ANSWERS | 2026 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.
Early newspapers were developed by businesspeople and patriots for a small,
politically involved ________ that could read. Answer - elite
The early movie industry was built largely by ________ who wanted to make
money ________ everyone. Answer - entrepreneurs, entertaining
Beginning with the Paris premiere in 1895, people had to become film
________. Answer - literate
The story goes: that when the film was first shown, the audience was so
overwhelmed by the moving image of a life-sized train coming directly at them
that people screamed and ran to the back of the room. What is it? Answer -
The Arrival of a Train at a Station.
1873 former CA governor ________ needed help winning a bet he made with a
friend. Answer - Leland Stanford
Leland Stanford turned to well-known photographer ________ to arrange a
series of still cameras along a stretch of racetrack. As the horse sprinted by,
each camera took its picture. Answer - Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge invented the ________. Answer - Zoopraxiscope
,A machine for projecting slides onto a distance surface. Answer -
Zoopraxiscope
When people watched the rapidly projected, sequential slides, they saw the
pictures as if they were in motion. This perception is the result of a
physiological phenomenon known as ________. Answer - persistence of vision
When ________ occurs, the images our eyes gather are retained in the brain
for about 1/24 of a second. Therefore, if photographic frames are moved at 24
frames a second, people perceive them as actually in motion. Answer -
persistence of vision
Eadward Muybridge's invention led him to meet ________ in 1888 - who
quickly saw the potential of the zoopraxiscope. Answer - Thomas Edison
________ assigned ________, a leading scientist, to develop a better projector.
Answer - Edison; William Dickson
________ devised the Kinetograph. Answer - William Dickson
The kinetograph captured ________ photos per second to make a motion
picture. Answer - 40
kinetograph: An innovative motion picture camera with rapid intermittent, or
________ film movement, to photograph movies Answer - stop-and-go
Thomas Edison built the first motion picture studio near his laboratory in
________. Answer - NJ
,Edison called the first motion picture studio ________, the common name at
that time for a police paddy wagon. Answer - Black Mario
It had a open roof and revolved to follow the sun so the performers being
filmed would always be ________. Answer - illuminated
The completed films were not projected. Instead they were run through a
________. Answer - Kinetoscope
Narrow device with small window for exhibition of images to be viewed by one
individual at a time is called a ________ Answer - Kinetoscope
The Lumière Brothers made the next advancement, the ________ a device that
both photographed and projected action. Answer - Cinematographe
The Lumière Brothers' invention was superior to the Edison's lab's Kinetograph,
because ________. Answer - The Kinetograph did not have a projector.
The Lumière Brothers' invention has two benefits, besides being the first
viewing in a darkened room: ________ Answer - Increase in the number of
people who could simultaneously watch a movie and more profit.
The Edison and Lumière movies were typically only a few minutes long and
were ________ movies. Answer - simple
________ began making narrative motion pictures because people wanted
more for their money. Answer - George Melies
The first artist of Cinema/Special Effects. Answer - George Melies
, First movie to use special effects. Answer - A Trip to the Moon
________, an Edison Company camera operator, saw A Trip to the Moon and
thought the film could be even better storyteller with more artistic use of
camera placement and editing. Answer - Edwin S. Porter
The 12-minute film, ________ was the first movie to use editing, intercutting of
scenes, and a mobile camera and was also the first Western. Answer - The
Great Train Robbery
This new narrative form using ________ was an instant hit with audiences.
Answer - montage
Almost immediately hundreds of ________ were opened in converted stores,
banks, and halls across the U.S. Answer - nickelodeons
From 1907-1908, the first year in which there were more narrative than
documentary films, the number of nickelodeons in the U.S. increased
________. Answer - tenfold
People working in film industry needed to learn to ________ because so many
movies needed to be made and rushed to the nickelodeons. Answer - perform
virtually all aspects of production
Writer, actor, and camera operator ________ perfected his craft in this
environment. Answer - D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith used various elements of scheduling, rehearsal, production, and
mise-en-scene to be able to transmit ________. Answer - emotion
