Film Digital Media Ch. 5

Front 1

According to Zettl, many attempts by video artists to use color as the primary event have proven highly successful.

Back 1

False

Hint 1

True or False

Front 2

Cold-colored scenes may indicate all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 2

C. ecstacy

Hint 2

A. sadness

B. mystery

C. ecstacy

D. disillusionment

Front 3

Aesthetically, we tend to react quite differently to colors and sounds

Back 3

False

Hint 3

True or False

Front 4

Color energy is insignificant when associating the quality of an object

Back 4

False

Hint 4

True or False

Front 5

Which is meant by the expressive function of color?

Back 5

E. the color is intended to make us feel in a certain way

Hint 5

A. the color is the major factor that distinguishes objects

B. the color contains symbolic meaning

C. the color expresses the fundamental hue

D. the color has a variety of saturation degrees

E. the color is intended to make us feel in a certain way

Front 6

What is the most desirable foreground/background color combination for a scene shot for postproduction?

Back 6

A. low-energy background, high-energy foreground

Hint 6

A. low-energy background, high-energy foreground

B. high-energy background, low-energy foreground

C. low-energy background, low-energy foreground

D. high-energy background, high-energy foreground

Front 7

The informational function of color helps us distinguish between red apples and green apples

Back 7

True

Hint 7

True or False

Front 8

Desaturation theory correlates brightness with viewer involvement

Back 8

False

Hint 8

True or False

Front 9

Color used symbolically in film or television must reveal its meaning instantaneously, unlike color used similarly in painting

Back 9

True

Hint 9

True or False

Front 10

The compositional function of color is more important for color slides than for fast-moving scenes in wide-screen movies

Back 10

True

Hint 10

True or False

Front 11

An effective way to give an entire scene a particular mood is to give the whole scene a single hue tinge

Back 11

True

Hint 11

True or False

Front 12

If you want to emphasize the internal aspects of a scene and de-emphasize appearance, you should render the outer appearance of things:

Back 12

C. low definition

Hint 12

A. high definition

B. out-of-focus

C. low definition

D. medium definition

E. complementary

Front 13

Symbolic associations to color are universal, that is they are the same from culture to culture

Back 13

False

Hint 13

True or False

Front 14

Desaturation theory correlates relative saturation with degrees of viewer inolvement

Back 14

True

Hint 14

True or False

Front 15

Hues alone can fulfill the informational function of color

Back 15

True

Hint 15

True or False

Front 16

Black-and-white television commercials can entice us to colorize the pictures in our head and move closer to the event

Back 16

True

Hint 16

True or False

Front 17

Color energy is insignificant when associating the quality of an object

Back 17

False

Hint 17

True or False

Front 18

In using color to establish mood, you should pay particular attention to:

Back 18

D. relative warmness or coldness of a color

Hint 18

A. complementary values of colors

B. additive or subtractive color

C. clarity of a color

D. relative warmness or coldness of a color

Front 19

Which of the following does NOT apply to using color symbolically?

Back 19

B. human physiological response to certain colors is predictable

Hint 19

A. an understated color may remain undetected and ineffective

B. human physiological response to certain colors is predictable

C. your audience must be familiar with the symbolic meanings you are trying to reference

D. symbols vary from time to time and place to place

E. an overstated color may be too obvious to a sensitive viewer

Front 20

When considering the information function of color, considerations of clarity are or primary importance

Back 20

True

Hint 20

True or False

Front 21

The major criterion for color energy is brightness

Back 21

False

Hint 21

True or False

Front 22

If an event is extremely internal, color may actually hinder rather than help its intensification

Back 22

True

Hint 22

True or False

Front 23

The compositional function of color is especially prominent in fast-moving television presentations.

Back 23

False

Hint 23

True or False