MAS 101 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
1. What happened when people saw Edison's film of the beach?- Answer - They
thought it was real
2. Many early films were of everyday, mundane events. What did the narrative
film do?- Answer - changed the audiences interest in film
3. Since early films had no audio track, what did they need to have in order
to engage their audiences?- Answer - dramatic storylines and special ettects
4. Where and when did Georges Melies open the first public movie theater?-
Answer - 1896, france
5. What characterized Melies's films The Vanishing Lady and A Trip to the Moon?-
- Answer - camera tricks and animation
6. What film genre did The Great Train Robbery introduce?- Answer - western
7. What were the reasons for why Hollywood became the film capital of the
world?- Answer - cheap labor, good scenery, mild climate
8. What was the studio system?- Answer - an arrangement in which five powerful movie studios took
control of multiple aspects of the film industry, transforming an industry that had previously included many small
competitive firms into an oligopoly during the 1920s.
9. When was Hollywood's "Golden Age"?- Answer - from roughly the 1920s through the late 1940s
10. What were (and still are) the key jobs in moviemaking?- Answer - auters, directors,
cameramen, editing crew, actors
11. What was the star system?- Answer - A system where performers were "produced" by the studios
and acted/ dressed a certain way
12. When and what was the first "talkie" made? How many spoken words did it
have?- Answer - "the jazz singer", beginning in 1927, only 354 spoken words
13. What's the difference between "A" movies and "B" movies?- Answer - 'A-movies'
,were exhibited on their own; B-movies were released in double bills or as support to 'A movies'
14. What's a "movie palace"? The Kentucky Theatre in downtown Lexington
is one.- Answer - upscale movie theaters
15. What is the "formula" of narrative structure in classical Hollywood cine-
ma—what are its components?- Answer - Find a proven commodity to base your film on, include special
ettects, target a youth audience, create anticipation through a massive nationwide ad campaign via press junkets and
TV ads
16. What is meant by "genre"?- Answer - the category a movie falls under
, 17. What are the movie genres listed here?- Answer - social drama, slapstick comedy, horror, war, the
western, the musical, thriller/suspense, romantic comedy, gangster, fantasy/science fiction, and film noir.
18. When is a shot/reverse shot sequence used? (see the example from
Avengers- Answer - Endgame)- Answer - a wide angle shot that tells viewers where the upcoming scene
takes place) and capturing dialogue between two characters using the shot/reverse shot sequence, in which a wider
angle shot of the characters is combined with alternating close-ups of each, with their eyelines carefully matched.
19. When were drive-in theaters popular? When did most of them go out of
business?- Answer - they were popular in the 1950s, most wen tout of business by the 1980's after the war when
many couples were getting married at a ditterent age and going on dates less as they moved away from the city and
towards the suburbs
20. What were some of the important social issues addressed by Hollywood
films of the 1940s and 1950s?- Answer - as social issues became more prominent, the films became more
politically correct and politically incorrect, addressing issues like the social/racial hierarchy, etc
21. Is there really a gender gap in directors today?- Answer - yes
22. Who is the first female to win an Academy Award for Best Director and for
what film?- Answer - Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
23. Who are the Black directors and their films listed here?- Answer - Among the
most successful contemporary Black directors are Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods, 2020), Ryan Coogler (Black Panther,
2018), Ava DuVernay (13th, 2016; When They See Us 2019), Jordan Peele (Get Out, 2017; Us, 2019), Barry Jenkins
(Moonlight, 2017), and Lee Daniels (The Butler, 2013). Tyler Perry (Madea)
24. Examining Ethics box- Answer - Read through the history of Black cinema.
What made the film Black Panther such an historical achievement?- Answer - It was not only
a cultural movement, but the #3 highest grossing film in the US with a black director and predominately black cast
25. What percentage of movies worldwide are American? What percentage of
foreign films are seen in the U.S.?- Answer - 90% american, less than 2%
26. What two developments in media access have led to the increase in
the distribution of foreign films in the U.S.?- Answer - home video and Netflix
1. What happened when people saw Edison's film of the beach?- Answer - They
thought it was real
2. Many early films were of everyday, mundane events. What did the narrative
film do?- Answer - changed the audiences interest in film
3. Since early films had no audio track, what did they need to have in order
to engage their audiences?- Answer - dramatic storylines and special ettects
4. Where and when did Georges Melies open the first public movie theater?-
Answer - 1896, france
5. What characterized Melies's films The Vanishing Lady and A Trip to the Moon?-
- Answer - camera tricks and animation
6. What film genre did The Great Train Robbery introduce?- Answer - western
7. What were the reasons for why Hollywood became the film capital of the
world?- Answer - cheap labor, good scenery, mild climate
8. What was the studio system?- Answer - an arrangement in which five powerful movie studios took
control of multiple aspects of the film industry, transforming an industry that had previously included many small
competitive firms into an oligopoly during the 1920s.
9. When was Hollywood's "Golden Age"?- Answer - from roughly the 1920s through the late 1940s
10. What were (and still are) the key jobs in moviemaking?- Answer - auters, directors,
cameramen, editing crew, actors
11. What was the star system?- Answer - A system where performers were "produced" by the studios
and acted/ dressed a certain way
12. When and what was the first "talkie" made? How many spoken words did it
have?- Answer - "the jazz singer", beginning in 1927, only 354 spoken words
13. What's the difference between "A" movies and "B" movies?- Answer - 'A-movies'
,were exhibited on their own; B-movies were released in double bills or as support to 'A movies'
14. What's a "movie palace"? The Kentucky Theatre in downtown Lexington
is one.- Answer - upscale movie theaters
15. What is the "formula" of narrative structure in classical Hollywood cine-
ma—what are its components?- Answer - Find a proven commodity to base your film on, include special
ettects, target a youth audience, create anticipation through a massive nationwide ad campaign via press junkets and
TV ads
16. What is meant by "genre"?- Answer - the category a movie falls under
, 17. What are the movie genres listed here?- Answer - social drama, slapstick comedy, horror, war, the
western, the musical, thriller/suspense, romantic comedy, gangster, fantasy/science fiction, and film noir.
18. When is a shot/reverse shot sequence used? (see the example from
Avengers- Answer - Endgame)- Answer - a wide angle shot that tells viewers where the upcoming scene
takes place) and capturing dialogue between two characters using the shot/reverse shot sequence, in which a wider
angle shot of the characters is combined with alternating close-ups of each, with their eyelines carefully matched.
19. When were drive-in theaters popular? When did most of them go out of
business?- Answer - they were popular in the 1950s, most wen tout of business by the 1980's after the war when
many couples were getting married at a ditterent age and going on dates less as they moved away from the city and
towards the suburbs
20. What were some of the important social issues addressed by Hollywood
films of the 1940s and 1950s?- Answer - as social issues became more prominent, the films became more
politically correct and politically incorrect, addressing issues like the social/racial hierarchy, etc
21. Is there really a gender gap in directors today?- Answer - yes
22. Who is the first female to win an Academy Award for Best Director and for
what film?- Answer - Katherine Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
23. Who are the Black directors and their films listed here?- Answer - Among the
most successful contemporary Black directors are Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods, 2020), Ryan Coogler (Black Panther,
2018), Ava DuVernay (13th, 2016; When They See Us 2019), Jordan Peele (Get Out, 2017; Us, 2019), Barry Jenkins
(Moonlight, 2017), and Lee Daniels (The Butler, 2013). Tyler Perry (Madea)
24. Examining Ethics box- Answer - Read through the history of Black cinema.
What made the film Black Panther such an historical achievement?- Answer - It was not only
a cultural movement, but the #3 highest grossing film in the US with a black director and predominately black cast
25. What percentage of movies worldwide are American? What percentage of
foreign films are seen in the U.S.?- Answer - 90% american, less than 2%
26. What two developments in media access have led to the increase in
the distribution of foreign films in the U.S.?- Answer - home video and Netflix
