CTVA 319 FINAL (6,7, and 12)
questions and answers
He coined the term, "camera stylo" or camera pen for a more personal way of storytelling in
cinema - correct answer ✔✔Alexandre Astruc
In the 1950's, his idea of 'la politique des auteurs' reignited the debate on authorship in cinema
- correct answer ✔✔Francois Truffaut
He was one of the film critics of the journal Cahiers du Cinema who did not become a director in
the French new wave movement - correct answer ✔✔Andre Bazin
He used the low angle shot as a way of expanding the horizon and distorting the world around -
correct answer ✔✔Orson Wells
For Andrew Sarris, the most important attribute for the auteur in cinema is - correct answer
✔✔interior meaning
He claimed that a filmmaker needs to learn everything about technique then forget it, because
that creates style - correct answer ✔✔Jean Renoir
These two renowned Hollywood filmmakers were not included in the list of auteurs that was
created by the 1950s critics of Cahiers du cinéma. - correct answer ✔✔John Huston and
Michael Curtis
His visual style in 'depicting the landscape of a symbolic West articulated a changing vision of
the Western myths of settlement and domesticity'. - correct answer ✔✔John Ford
, He argues that the author is a historical creation that has gained mythological and heroic status
in the West - correct answer ✔✔Michel Foucault
He theorized the 'death of the author' in favor of the 'birth of the reader'. - correct answer
✔✔Roland Barthes
In cinema, mise en scene refers to only lighting and set design - correct answer ✔✔false
the debate about the notion of authorship in cinema is considered one of the founding ideas of
film theory - correct answer ✔✔true
the french film critics and theorists of the 1950's drew extensively on the cinematic traditions of
the Soivet cinema to develop a controversial idea of authorship - correct answer ✔✔false
Kolker argues that historically, American cinema was more individualized than European
cinema. - correct answer ✔✔false
For the 1950s French critics and advocates of the auteur policy, the screenwriter is the author of
a film. - correct answer ✔✔false
the auteurists argued that a filmmakers signature is characterized by a unity of theme and style
in his or her body of work - correct answer ✔✔true
Andre Bazin was the cofounder and editor of the journal Cahiers du cinema - correct answer
✔✔true
The auteurist argued that in the best movies, there is tension between the conventions of genre
and the artistic personality of the filmmaker - correct answer ✔✔true
questions and answers
He coined the term, "camera stylo" or camera pen for a more personal way of storytelling in
cinema - correct answer ✔✔Alexandre Astruc
In the 1950's, his idea of 'la politique des auteurs' reignited the debate on authorship in cinema
- correct answer ✔✔Francois Truffaut
He was one of the film critics of the journal Cahiers du Cinema who did not become a director in
the French new wave movement - correct answer ✔✔Andre Bazin
He used the low angle shot as a way of expanding the horizon and distorting the world around -
correct answer ✔✔Orson Wells
For Andrew Sarris, the most important attribute for the auteur in cinema is - correct answer
✔✔interior meaning
He claimed that a filmmaker needs to learn everything about technique then forget it, because
that creates style - correct answer ✔✔Jean Renoir
These two renowned Hollywood filmmakers were not included in the list of auteurs that was
created by the 1950s critics of Cahiers du cinéma. - correct answer ✔✔John Huston and
Michael Curtis
His visual style in 'depicting the landscape of a symbolic West articulated a changing vision of
the Western myths of settlement and domesticity'. - correct answer ✔✔John Ford
, He argues that the author is a historical creation that has gained mythological and heroic status
in the West - correct answer ✔✔Michel Foucault
He theorized the 'death of the author' in favor of the 'birth of the reader'. - correct answer
✔✔Roland Barthes
In cinema, mise en scene refers to only lighting and set design - correct answer ✔✔false
the debate about the notion of authorship in cinema is considered one of the founding ideas of
film theory - correct answer ✔✔true
the french film critics and theorists of the 1950's drew extensively on the cinematic traditions of
the Soivet cinema to develop a controversial idea of authorship - correct answer ✔✔false
Kolker argues that historically, American cinema was more individualized than European
cinema. - correct answer ✔✔false
For the 1950s French critics and advocates of the auteur policy, the screenwriter is the author of
a film. - correct answer ✔✔false
the auteurists argued that a filmmakers signature is characterized by a unity of theme and style
in his or her body of work - correct answer ✔✔true
Andre Bazin was the cofounder and editor of the journal Cahiers du cinema - correct answer
✔✔true
The auteurist argued that in the best movies, there is tension between the conventions of genre
and the artistic personality of the filmmaker - correct answer ✔✔true
