Intro To Mass Media Exam #3

Front 1

Muybridge invented the_____
in ______

Back 1

Zoopraxiscope
1877

Front 2

The Zoopraxiscope

Back 2

-individual photographs within split secs of each other
- FILM
*zoo- horse 77- horse movie
horse crossing bridge- Muybridge

Front 3

Edison and Dickson’s invented the_____ in ______

Back 3

Kinetoscope
1891

Front 4

What was the Kinetoscope ?

Back 4

-Not a mass medium
-peep show device
-you had to look through a machine, only 1 person at a time

Front 5

The Lumiere brothers invented the_____ in ______

Back 5

Cinematographe
1895

Front 6

Cinematographe

Back 6

***cinema - what they use in theaters?

Hint 6

movie projector, most like today

Front 7

Melies was the _________
and created the __________
with________

Back 7

***Melies -- multiple

Hint 7

-first movie artist
-first narrative
-multiple camera shots

Front 8

Porter used a _______
to create the first _______

Back 8

***porter- portable

Hint 8

-mobile camera
-real story

Front 9

The first Real story movie written by_____ was called the ____________

Back 9

-Porter
-"Great Train Robbery"

Front 10

Griffith directed "____________" in _____

Back 10

***Griffin (family guy- racist)
-slaves- free labor - good things spark up

Hint 10

-The Birth of a Nation
-1915

Front 11

Nickelodeons were brought about as a result of "__________"
directed by _________

Back 11

-Great Train Robbery
-Porter

Front 12

The MPPC

Back 12

Motion Picture Patents Company

Front 13

The MPPC was founded by

Back 13

Edison

Front 14

The nickname for the MMPC
was

Back 14

***
leaving it to them to "protect"
you with a patent

Hint 14

"The Trust"

Front 15

Founded by Edison, What was the MMPC? it was used to advance the _____________

Back 15

*****
Patenting every movie for themselves

Hint 15

10 most powerful companies come together and start --making their own rules
kind of like a monopoly

big companies

Front 16

In reaction to the ______
independent companies moved
_______

Back 16

-MPPC
-West

Front 17

Hollywood was started by
____________ as a result of
the ________

Back 17

-independent
-MPPC

Front 18

Many actors came from Europe to America as a result of ______
In the early _____ _______

Back 18

-WW1

-20th Century

Front 19

In the early 20th century there were ______movie theaters and __________worked for theaters

Back 19

-200,000
-350,000

Front 20

The "Talkies" - Year

Back 20

1927

Front 21

Before "talkies", in 1926
__million went to the movies weekly, in 1928 __ million went weekly. __% more

Back 21

-50 million
-80 million
-60%

Front 22

What impact did the talkies have
on Actors?

Back 22

actors became stars

Front 23

Actors began to become stars in _____ and people began to worry about ____ ______________

Back 23

-1927
-bad influence

Front 24

The worry about bad influence
sparked the need for ____ _____
which brought about the _______

Back 24

-self-censorship
-MPPDA

Front 25

The MPPDA
Stands for:

Back 25

Motion Picture Produces and Distributors of America

Front 26

The MPPDA was
Lead by:

Back 26

-Hays

Front 27

The MPPDA was a ________
and it's nickname was______

Back 27

not saying bad words = having ____

Hint 27

- Moral comittee
-Hays' Office

Front 28

If ____ office rules were broken the fine was________

Back 28

-Hays
_$25,000

Front 29

The great depression brought about new ______ in film, which were ____

Back 29

****
CD, gangster music

Hint 29

-genres
-comedies, documentaries, musicals, gangster movies

Front 30

Double features came about as
a result of ____________ and were _________________

Back 30

-the Depression
-2 movies for the price of 1

Front 31

In Double features, the "free movie was usually a ______

Back 31

- B-movie

Front 32

List 3 details of B-movies

Back 32

quality not as good
not top actors
less expensive

Front 33

Vertical integration is when

Back 33

***
steps of movie making from bottom to top or smallest to biggest (vertical) all integrated

Hint 33

all aspects of a movie are owned by the same company

Front 34

Vertical integration was a "________" and became illegal in ________

Back 34

****
4 (small) half size of 8 (big)

Hint 34

-monopoly
-1948

Front 35

In _____, laws changed and we now have _______ vertical integration

Back 35

***
a "portion" of as bad as before

Hint 35

-1970
-partial

Front 36

What changes did film introduce in response to the popularity of TV?

Back 36

-Changes in tech
-changes in content

Front 37

what were these Tech and content changes in Film, as a result of the TV ?

Back 37

-Special effects
-more people in the movies
-things that could only be "pulled off" on a larger screen

Front 38

The Red scare was in the _____
and who was the cause of it?

Back 38

- 1940's
-McCarthy

Front 39

During the Red Scare anything ___________ was ____

Back 39

-communist
-bad

Front 40

Politics created a "_________"
and if you were suspected of being a communist no one would ______ you

Back 40

****
bad color

Hint 40

-black list

-hire you

Front 41

The "black list",brought about by the _______, drained ______ out of the media industry

Back 41

-red scare
-talent

Front 42

2 goals of movie pioneers in the
_____ century

Back 42

****
movies new- something new and liked makes___
purpose of movies....

Hint 42

-make $
-entertain
-19th century

Front 43

Before vertical integration was illegal, the all parts of the __ _____ ______ were owned by the studio producing the film

Back 43

-three component system

Front 44

The Three component system consists of :

Back 44

****
think if steps in movies from making it to showing it

Hint 44

-production
-distribution
-exhibition

Front 45

___ films are produced per year in the USA, ___% of films released were shown in theaters. These are ______ numbers of the 3CS

Back 45

-900
-80%
-productions

Front 46

What changes did film introduce in response to the popularity of TV?

Back 46

-Changes in tech
-changes in content

Front 47

what were these Tech and content changes in Film, as a result of the TV ?

Back 47

-Special effects
-more people in the movies
-things that could only be "pulled off" on a larger screen

Front 48

The Red scare was in the _____
and who was the cause of it?

Back 48

- 1940's
-McCarthy

Front 49

During the Red Scare anything ___________ was ____

Back 49

-communist
-bad

Front 50

Politics created a "_________"
and if you were suspected of being a communist no one would ______ you

Back 50

****
bad color

Hint 50

-black list

-hire you

Front 51

The "black list",brought about by the _______, drained ______ out of the media industry

Back 51

-red scare
-talent

Front 52

2 goals of movie pioneers in the
_____ century

Back 52

****
movies new- something new and liked makes___
purpose of movies....

Hint 52

-make $
-entertain
-19th century

Front 53

Before vertical integration was illegal, the all parts of the __ _____ ______ were owned by the studio producing the film

Back 53

-three component system

Front 54

The Three component system consists of :

Back 54

****
think if steps in movies from making it to showing it

Hint 54

-production
-distribution
-exhibition

Front 55

___ films are produced per year in the USA, ___% of films released were shown in theaters. These are ______ numbers of the 3CS

Back 55

-900
-80%
-productions