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"Radio became a companion medium" -- What do they mean by the term companion medium? |
Television was the dominant household broadcast medium, so radio was there for whoever wanted one, and it could target specific audiences |
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D.W. Griffith directed which controversial Civil War-era silent film? |
Birth of a Nation |
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During which event in history did the military take over radio broadcasting? |
WWI
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Guglielmo Marconi is known for developing what medium? |
Ship-to-shore radio |
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How are movie studios primarily responding to the growth of movie piracy? |
Releasing films to as many theaters as possible |
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How did Hollywood respond to the rise of television in terms of movie making? |
Produced more made-for-TV films
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How does the BBC represent the convergence taking place in the sound industry? |
It reaches 95% of the world's population |
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How has Spike Lee maintained his independence as a movie director, primarily? |
Learning to work with lower budgets |
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How is movie profitably determined? |
Money made through the box office in comparison to budget and promotion costs
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In Chapter 8, which movie is talked about as a proof of the value of Internet promotion? |
The Blair Witch Project |
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In which year did movie attendance peak the most? |
1939 |
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The establishment of United Artists has what effect on the controls of the studio system? |
Instead of producing movies, it acquired and distributed movies after independent movie producers had completed them |
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What are multiplexes? |
Movie theaters with several screens and a common box office and concession area |
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What is RCA? Name three companies that were part of RCA |
The Radio Company of America General Electric, AT&T, Westinghouse, and United Fruit Company |
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What is the FCC? |
Federal Communications Commission Regulates interstate and international communication by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable |
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What is the Telecommunications Act of 1996? How did it affect radio stations? |
Reform of broadcast regulation Allowed a company to own an unlimited amount of radio stations |
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What movie sold the most tickets of all time? |
Gone With the Wind |
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What movie was the first major American movie to be filmed with all digital sets and backgrounds? |
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow |
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What music genre would be most likely to involve a DJ speaking over musical sample loops? |
Hip-Hop/Rapping (could also be MCing) |
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What person developed the earliest portable movie cameras? |
Lumiere brothers |
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What show was the most popular radio drama of the late 1920s? |
Amos 'n' Andy
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What was the first movie with multiple scenes and a plot? |
The Great Train Robbery
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What was the most popular radio format in the United States in 2012? |
Country/New Country |
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What were recordings of popular black music referred to as, prior to 1948? |
Race records |
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What's a podcast? |
Audio programs available to people at time of convenience or downloadable for later
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What's Akio Morita most famous for? |
Inventing the Sony Walkman |
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What's block booking and how did it affect theaters in the 1930s and 40s? |
Requiring a theater owner to take a whole series of films
Allowed lesser-anticipated films to be played alongside more popular ones |
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What's recording companies' biggest fear in terms of digital recordings, such as CDs? |
Copying music |
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What's the definition of digital recording? |
A method of recording sound that includes storing music in a computer-readable format |
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What's the definition of social music? |
Music that people play and sing for one another in the home or other social settings
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Who developed the gramophone? |
Emile Berliner |
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Who is Florence Lawrence? |
First film actor to be named publicly |
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Who is the founder of Motown Records? |
Berry Gordy Jr.
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Who is William S. Paley? What did he say about the radio medium? |
Chief executive of CBS Saw radio as a form of advertising |
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Why did the Hays Office censor films? |
To improve the image of the movie industry |
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Why was the year 2005 noteworthy in the movie industry in terms of the box office? |
Star Wars reached a record $50 million on opening day |
