Chapter 6

Question 1

B-movie

Answer 1

the second, typically less expensive, movie in a double feature

Question 2

Block Booking

Answer 2

the practice of requiring exhibitors to rent groups of movies (often inferior) to secure a better one

Question 3

Blockbuster Mentality

Answer 3

filmmaking characterized by reduced risk taking and more formulaic movies; business concerns are said to dominate artistic considerations

Question 4

Branding Films

Answer 4

sponsor financing of movies to advance a manufacturer’s product

Question 5

Cinématographe

Answer 5

Lumière brothers’ device that both photographed and projected action

Question 6

Calotype

Answer 6

early system of photography using translucent paper from which multiple prints could be made

Question 7

Corporate Independent Studio

Answer 7

specialty or niche division of a major studio designed to produce more sophisticated–but less costly–movies

Question 8

Concept Films

Answer 8

movies that can be described in one line

Question 9

Daguerreotype

Answer 9

process of recording images on polished metal plates, usually copper, covered with a thin layer of silver iodide emulsion

Question 10

Double Feature

Answer 10

two films on the same bill

Question 11

Factory Studios

Answer 11

the first film production companies

Question 12

Franchise Films

Answer 12

movies produced with full intention of producing several sequels

Question 13

Green Light Process

Answer 13

the process of deciding to make a movie

Question 14

Kinetograph

Answer 14

William Dickson’s early motion picture camera

Question 15

Kinetoscope

Answer 15

peep show devices for the exhibition of kinetographs

Question 16

Montage

Answer 16

tying together two separate but related shots in such a way that they take on a new, unified meaning

Question 17

Microcinema

Answer 17

filmmaking using digital video cameras and desktop digital editing machines

Question 18

Nickelodeons

Answer 18

the first movie houses; admission was one nickel

Question 19

Persistence of Vision

Answer 19

images our eyes gather are retained by our brains for about 1/24 of a second, producing the appearance of constant motion

Question 20

Platform Rollout

Answer 20

opening a movie on only a few screens in the hope that favorable reviews and word-of-mouth publicity will boost interest

Question 21

Theatrical Films

Answer 21

movies produced primarily for initial exhibition on theater screen

Question 22

Tentpole

Answer 22

an expensive blockbuster around which a studio plans its other releases

Question 23

Vertical Integration

Answer 23

a system in which studios produced their own films, distributed them through their own outlets, and exhibited them in their own theaters

Question 24

Zoopraxiscope

Answer 24

early machine for projecting slides onto a distant surface