week 1- intro to film quiz
Human interest in capturing and projecting images dates back only a couple hundred
years. - answer False
The invention of the camera and projector was almost exclusively American. - answer
False
Which of the following was necessary for movies as we know them today? - answer The
ability to capture images, the ability to project images and the ability to synchronize
sound with images.
The earliest movies (Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1985) and Workers Leaving the
Lumiere Factory (1895)) were intended to show what? - answer The world as it is
In the film "Surrealist Film: The Stuff of Dreams," it is argued that what event triggered
artists to believe that our world is without reason. - answer World War I
In dadaism, anything is art. - answer Yes, as mentioned in Surrealist Film: The Stuff of
Dreams
Which of the following inspired Surrealists? - answerSocialism, psychoanalysis, bringing
art to the masses
Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) contains which of the following images? -
answerA razor cutting an eye, A hand covered in ants, A severed hand
The auteur theory is always believed to be the best way to evaluate movies. -
answerFalse
According to auteur theory, the true "author" of a film is the - answerDirector
Because most movies seek to engage viewers' emotions and transport them inside the
world presented onscreen, the visual vocabulary of film is designed to: - answerplay
upon those same instincts that we use to navigate and interpret the visual and aural
information of our "real life."
Which of the following is NOT typical of a finished movie product? - answerIt is highly
experimental and "difficult" for most viewers.
The "invisibility" of meaning in movies is largely due to: - answertheir rapidly and
constantly changing images not giving the viewer time to contemplate them.
Human interest in capturing and projecting images dates back only a couple hundred
years. - answer False
The invention of the camera and projector was almost exclusively American. - answer
False
Which of the following was necessary for movies as we know them today? - answer The
ability to capture images, the ability to project images and the ability to synchronize
sound with images.
The earliest movies (Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1985) and Workers Leaving the
Lumiere Factory (1895)) were intended to show what? - answer The world as it is
In the film "Surrealist Film: The Stuff of Dreams," it is argued that what event triggered
artists to believe that our world is without reason. - answer World War I
In dadaism, anything is art. - answer Yes, as mentioned in Surrealist Film: The Stuff of
Dreams
Which of the following inspired Surrealists? - answerSocialism, psychoanalysis, bringing
art to the masses
Un Chien Andalou (An Andalusian Dog) contains which of the following images? -
answerA razor cutting an eye, A hand covered in ants, A severed hand
The auteur theory is always believed to be the best way to evaluate movies. -
answerFalse
According to auteur theory, the true "author" of a film is the - answerDirector
Because most movies seek to engage viewers' emotions and transport them inside the
world presented onscreen, the visual vocabulary of film is designed to: - answerplay
upon those same instincts that we use to navigate and interpret the visual and aural
information of our "real life."
Which of the following is NOT typical of a finished movie product? - answerIt is highly
experimental and "difficult" for most viewers.
The "invisibility" of meaning in movies is largely due to: - answertheir rapidly and
constantly changing images not giving the viewer time to contemplate them.
