Film 2700 Exam #1

Front 1

How could we describe Edison’s earliest films?

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Brief theatrical performances related to the modern days fiction movies. Most films featured well known sports figures, excerpts from noted vaudeville acts, or performances by dancers or acrobats.

Front 2

_______________’s studio had a glass roof and sat on a platform that could be rotated in order to achieve the best light.

Back 2

Edison's (Black Maria)

Front 3

When did the first audience paid to see movies projected?

Back 3

dec 28, 1895
When production was made possible

Front 4

This screening featured films by ___________. This date marks the generally accepted birthday of the movies.

Back 4

Lumiere Brothers.

Front 5

________________________ is considered to be the first film of German Expressionism.

Back 5

“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”

Front 6

How do we describe early moving pictures shot by the Lumière brothers?

Back 6

“Actualities” modern documentary

Front 7

________________’s most famous film is considered one of the most technically brilliant and offensive films ever made. The film was given a never before seen budget and took an extensive amount of time to make.

Back 7

D.W. Griffith

Front 8

The first American film companies were located in:

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New York, New Jersey, relocated to California to reduce cost and better conditions.

Front 9

What are the main markers of German Expressionist films?

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Anti-heroic characters, mental instability, told from unreliable point of view, contains odd architecture, camera angles, scenes, and lighting.

Front 10

What is the axis of action (180° rule)?

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It is also called a shot-reverse shot. The camera is not moved across the axis of action

Front 11

What is the ‘Kuleshov effect’?

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A montage that possesses in itself as a photograph and acquires when place in relationship with other shots. “Real” space and “real” time are subordinate to the process.

Front 12

_________________ worked as a magician before he became a filmmaker and is best known for directing Trip to the Moon (1902).

Back 12

George Melies

Front 13

Of the folks we’ve talked about, which pair contributed the most to the development of cinematic grammar?

Back 13

D.W. Griffith and Billy Bitzer (his cameraman).

Front 14

One of the advancements made in filmic language was Porter’s realization that the most effective way to shape a film is to:

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Present a story in chronological order, shot by shot.

Front 15

What are some of the main descriptors of German Expressionism:

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Opposed to naturalism, employs distortion, abstraction, and symbolism.

Front 16

Hollywood studios regularly worked for enhanced narrative clarity. They did so by using:

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Storytelling.

Front 17

In early Hollywood studios, who was the most important person in a film’s creation?

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The Producer

Front 18

Montage generally refers to a system of editing that is:

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Dynamic, quick fast pace editing

Front 19

In the 1920s, __________________ directors were known for their editing experiments.

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Russian

Front 20

Griffith recognized that using close-ups enhances drama by:

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Enabling the viewer to empathize with the emotions expressed by the characters.

Front 21

The person listed most directly credited with developing the “narrative language” of cinema (still predominantly used today) is:

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Griffith

Front 22

The first person to shoot multiple pictures in succession with a single camera was:

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Etienne-Jules Marey

Front 23

The system in which one company (like Edison’s MPPC) controls all three arms of the movie industry is called ________________.

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Monopoly

Front 24

Early Hollywood studios based filmmaking practices on:

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Assembly-line production

Front 25

What is the best description of cross-cutting?

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Editing between different times and spaces