Speedback 9 Comm Byu

Front 1

Although the film industry considered TV's arrival unimportant at first, by the late '40s the film industry:
a) refused to advertise films on TV
b) didn't allow films to be shown on TV
c) Increased the effectiveness of its block booking system.
d) BOTH a & b

Back 1

D) BOTH a & b. Refused to advertise films on tv AND didn't allow films to be shown on TV

Front 2

Block booking means that theater owners must agree to show certain films in ALL the theaters they own. (T/F)

Back 2

FALSE

Front 3

During what is now called _____, MGM, 20th century fox, RKO, Warner Brothers, Paramount, Universal, Columbia, and United Artists dominated the film industry.
-the silent era
-the MPAA era
-Television's golden age
-The studio years

Back 3

THE STUDIO YEARS

Front 4

Probably the first practical motion camera and viewer, the _______, was developed in the Edison Labs.
-Edi-Scope
-Videoscope
-Kinetoscope
-Phonoscope

Back 4

KINETOSCOPE

Front 5

Which of the following does NOT occur during a film's production phase?
-art
-story development
-casting
-sales

Back 5

SALES

Front 6

By the early 1950s, the film industry thought ______ would help recapture some of its audience from TV.
-advertising on TV
-lowering ticket prices
-technical innovations (such as 3D)
-block booking

Back 6

TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS (SUCH AS 3D)

Front 7

D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation is celebrated for its forward-thinking content. (T/F)

Back 7

FALSE

Front 8

The two newest MPAA categories are:

Back 8

PG-13 and NC-17

Front 9

Without the phenomenon known as "persistence of vision," the motion picture would not be possible. (T/F)

Back 9

TRUE

Front 10

In the late 1940s, the courts upheld studio's rights to control production, distribution, and exhibition. (T/F)

Back 10

FALSE