CTVA Final Exam Study Guide
questions well answered
The cinematographer was far more portable than the kinetograph and, therefore, could be
taken on location more easily. - correct answer ✔✔True
The Production Code was also known as - correct answer ✔✔The Hays Code, after William Hays
who was hired as the MPPDA's director to bring "decency" back to film. He was a former U.S.
Postmaster General
The U.S. versus Paramount court case made which of the following illegal - correct answer
✔✔Vertical Integration and Block Booking
An example of vertical integration would be film studios controlling the production, distribution,
and exhibition of films - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following films was considered the "epic" film of its time, had overtly racist
themes, and was guilty of helping dramatically increase membership in the KKK upon its
release? - correct answer ✔✔Birth of a Nation
Which of the following would be considered a "critics" festival rather than as a simple
"exhibition" festival or major "acquisitions" festival? - correct answer ✔✔Newport Beach Film
Festival
Which of the following positions is considered "below-the-line?" - correct answer ✔✔Editor
Much like the transition to talking pictures, studios rapidly changed to making nothing but color
features once Technicolor arrived on the scene. - correct answer ✔✔False
,Which of the following films was NOT an Academy Award nominated film in 1939? - correct
answer ✔✔Citizen Kane
Which of the following was the genius behind Citizen Kane? - correct answer ✔✔Orson Welles
The Jazz Singer was the first feature film to feature synced sound of any kind. - correct answer
✔✔False
The line, "You ain't heard nothing yet" was made famous by which of the following films? -
correct answer ✔✔The Jazz Singer
Which of the following people was/were responsible for The Sneeze and The Kiss? - correct
answer ✔✔Thomas Edison
Block-booking was the process whereby studios . . . - correct answer ✔✔forced theaters to buy
lesser quality "B" movies if they wanted to get "A" movies too.
Which of the following films, made well after the silent film era, features many comic depictions
of how the advent of sound changed filmmaking? - correct answer ✔✔Singing in the Rain
Who among the following is responsible for Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat? - correct answer
✔✔Auguste and Louis Lumiere
Who among the following was the first woman to direct a film and may have been the first
person ever (depending on which scholar you ask and what their criteria are) to direct a
narrative film? - correct answer ✔✔Alice Guy (Blache)
Which of the following is NOT a genre originated by Hollywood? - correct answer ✔✔Horror
, Parallel cutting did not exist prior to talkies. - correct answer ✔✔False
Which of the following came before Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat? - correct answer ✔✔The
Sneeze
Which of the following filmmakers got his start directing television? - correct answer ✔✔Steven
Spielberg
The famed "Odessa Steps" sequence comes from which of the following films? - correct answer
✔✔Battleship Potemkin
Which of the following did the film industry do in order to combat the growing popularity of
television? - correct answer ✔✔It started making more films in color.
It started using more mature themes and language.
It created large screen presentations like Cinemascope and Cinerama
It created and promoted 3D film.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
What is the modern/current name of the association responsible for rating feature films? -
correct answer ✔✔MPAA
Montage theory specifically addresses how to cut images together in order to best show a
significant passage of time more economically. - correct answer ✔✔False
A movie is actually just a series of still frames that appear to be in motion. - correct answer
✔✔True
questions well answered
The cinematographer was far more portable than the kinetograph and, therefore, could be
taken on location more easily. - correct answer ✔✔True
The Production Code was also known as - correct answer ✔✔The Hays Code, after William Hays
who was hired as the MPPDA's director to bring "decency" back to film. He was a former U.S.
Postmaster General
The U.S. versus Paramount court case made which of the following illegal - correct answer
✔✔Vertical Integration and Block Booking
An example of vertical integration would be film studios controlling the production, distribution,
and exhibition of films - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following films was considered the "epic" film of its time, had overtly racist
themes, and was guilty of helping dramatically increase membership in the KKK upon its
release? - correct answer ✔✔Birth of a Nation
Which of the following would be considered a "critics" festival rather than as a simple
"exhibition" festival or major "acquisitions" festival? - correct answer ✔✔Newport Beach Film
Festival
Which of the following positions is considered "below-the-line?" - correct answer ✔✔Editor
Much like the transition to talking pictures, studios rapidly changed to making nothing but color
features once Technicolor arrived on the scene. - correct answer ✔✔False
,Which of the following films was NOT an Academy Award nominated film in 1939? - correct
answer ✔✔Citizen Kane
Which of the following was the genius behind Citizen Kane? - correct answer ✔✔Orson Welles
The Jazz Singer was the first feature film to feature synced sound of any kind. - correct answer
✔✔False
The line, "You ain't heard nothing yet" was made famous by which of the following films? -
correct answer ✔✔The Jazz Singer
Which of the following people was/were responsible for The Sneeze and The Kiss? - correct
answer ✔✔Thomas Edison
Block-booking was the process whereby studios . . . - correct answer ✔✔forced theaters to buy
lesser quality "B" movies if they wanted to get "A" movies too.
Which of the following films, made well after the silent film era, features many comic depictions
of how the advent of sound changed filmmaking? - correct answer ✔✔Singing in the Rain
Who among the following is responsible for Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat? - correct answer
✔✔Auguste and Louis Lumiere
Who among the following was the first woman to direct a film and may have been the first
person ever (depending on which scholar you ask and what their criteria are) to direct a
narrative film? - correct answer ✔✔Alice Guy (Blache)
Which of the following is NOT a genre originated by Hollywood? - correct answer ✔✔Horror
, Parallel cutting did not exist prior to talkies. - correct answer ✔✔False
Which of the following came before Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat? - correct answer ✔✔The
Sneeze
Which of the following filmmakers got his start directing television? - correct answer ✔✔Steven
Spielberg
The famed "Odessa Steps" sequence comes from which of the following films? - correct answer
✔✔Battleship Potemkin
Which of the following did the film industry do in order to combat the growing popularity of
television? - correct answer ✔✔It started making more films in color.
It started using more mature themes and language.
It created large screen presentations like Cinemascope and Cinerama
It created and promoted 3D film.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
What is the modern/current name of the association responsible for rating feature films? -
correct answer ✔✔MPAA
Montage theory specifically addresses how to cut images together in order to best show a
significant passage of time more economically. - correct answer ✔✔False
A movie is actually just a series of still frames that appear to be in motion. - correct answer
✔✔True
