Chapter 10

Question 1

Literally, “writing with light.” Technically, the recording of static images through a chemical interaction caused by light rays striking a sensitized surface

Answer 1

photography

Question 2

Literally, “dark chamber.” A box (or a room where a viewer stands), in which light entering (originally through a tiny hole, later through a lens) on one side of it projects an image from the outside onto the opposite side or wall

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camera obscura

Question 3

When referring to shooting on film stock, a negative photographic image on transparent material that makes possible the reproduction of the image

Answer 3

negative

Question 4

The use of a series of still photographs to record the phases of an action.

Answer 4

series photography

Question 5

Also known as chronophotographic gun. A cylinder-shaped camera that creates exposures automatically, at short intervals, on different segments of a revolving plate.

Answer 5

revolver photographique

Question 6

A device predating motion pictures that projected still images painted or printed on transparent plates

Answer 6

magic lantern

Question 7

An early device for exhibiting moving pictures—a revolving disk with photographs arranged around the center.

Answer 7

zoopraxiscope

Question 8

A form of the chronophotographic gun—a single, portable camera capable of taking twelve continuous images.

Answer 8

fusil photographique

Question 9

The first motion-picture camera.

Answer 9

Kinetograph

Question 10

A peephole viewer, an early motion-picture device.

Answer 10

Kinetoscope

Question 11

The first movie studio—a relatively small shack in which Thomas Edison and his staff began making movies. The Black Maria had a retractable roof and was built on a large turntable that allowed it to be turned to face the sun

Answer 11

Black Maria

Question 12

All movies contain layers of complexity and meaning that can be studied, analyzed, and appreciated in terms of cinematic language. Which of the following describes cinematic language?

Answer 12

Techniques and concepts filmmakers use to connect viewers to a film, which often conceal the means of storytelling

Question 13

Which definition of editing accurately describes film editing as one of the defining characteristics that distinguish movies from other art forms?

Answer 13

The joining together of shots to control what the viewer sees in a movie and how the viewer sees it

Question 14

Today’s movies represent not the work of a single artist, but a collaboration between a group of creative contributors. In this collaboration, the director’s role is basically that of

Answer 14

Coordinating lead artist

Question 15

Which of the following statements best characterizes this chapter’s treatment of viewer expectations?

Answer 15

Our experience of any given film is affected by how that film manipulates expectations

Question 16

What is formal analysis?

Answer 16

An analytical approach concerned with the means by which a subject is expressed.

Question 17

Cultural invisibility, a consequence of shared belief systems, frequently contributes to hidden movie meanings. Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize cultural invisibility?

Answer 17

It is a way to unconsciously challenge viewers’ shared belief systems

Question 18

This test is an evaluative tool that qualifies films as woman-friendly only if they have at least two women characters who talk to each other about something besides a man.

Answer 18

The Bechdel Test

Question 19

Each image in every motion picture draws upon basic compositional principles developed by two-dimensional art forms (photography, painting, drawing, etc.) but are constructed from many individual shots that allow visual elements to rearrange themselves and the viewer’s perspective itself to shift within any composition.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

What does a fade-out/fade-in usually convey when used in a narrative film?

Answer 20

A passage of time in between scenes.

Question 21

non-interactive movie-like scenes in video games are known as…

Answer 21

cut scenes

Question 22

which of the following characterizes a virtual reality experience as being distinct from a movie experience?

Answer 22

an experience requiring wearing a special headset.

Question 23

in what way is the latest wave of star wars films decidedly forward looking?

Answer 23

the multiethnic nature of the cast

Question 24

steven soderbergh’s, the limey (1999) is a prime example of cinematic invisibility in hollywood.

Answer 24

False