Cinema Direct & TV

Question 1

Firat national radio braodcast in canada was in:

Answer 1

1927

Question 2

between 1928-29 there was a commission set up to…

Answer 2

address the fact that a lot of canadians got american radio

Question 3

CBC was founded in [1] and took control of [2]

Answer 3

1. 1936
2. regulation of radio broadcasting

Question 4

first french language broadcast was in:

Answer 4

1938

Question 5

Massey Report issued in:

Answer 5

1951

Question 6

what were the 2 key concerns of the massey report?

Answer 6

1. fear of govt control of the arts to use as propoganda
2. fear of american influence resulting from how large canada is but how small its population/economy is

Question 7

the massey report said that…

Answer 7

the govt needs to support the arts so that the arts can support an independent canada

Question 8

but the massey report didn’t suggest…

Answer 8

govt support for film

Question 9

first cbc tv broadcasts were in:

Answer 9

1952

Question 10

colour tv is introduced in:

Answer 10

1966

Question 11

in 2008, the cbc announced that:

Answer 11

it would integrate radio, tv, and web broadcast

Question 12

the nfb is the other…

Answer 12

public moving image producer in canada

Question 13

nfb was founded in [1] and immediatly [2]

Answer 13

1. 1939
2. started making propoganda

Question 14

in 1950, the national film act was…

Answer 14

revised and seperated the nfb from govt control

Question 15

the nfb has a strong history of…

Answer 15

research and innovation, esp in documentary and animation

Question 16

what was studio b?

Answer 16

a section of the nfb that aimed at aesthetic experimentation

Question 17

studio b was also [1], meaning that [2]

Answer 17

1. the source of cinema direct films
2. The canadian branch of this movement came first from a place of aesthetic experimentation

Question 18

from 1964, french & english units of the nfb were…

Answer 18

seperated & run independently

Question 19

the ONF played an important role in..

Answer 19

the quiet revolution of the 60s/70s

Question 20

the CRTC regulates all:

Answer 20

telephone/radio/tv/film policies

Question 21

in canada [1] make films, but there are no [2]

Answer 21

1. public organizations
2. screen quotas

Question 22

screen quotas for tv mean that tv is…

Answer 22

an important ally to filmmakers as an exhibition forum

Question 23

before cinema direct, documentaries woukd have 3 things:

Answer 23

1. scripts/be staged
2. film language that resembled fiction
3. background music and narration

Question 24

cinema direct was a…

Answer 24

collection of movements

Question 25

many of the CD filmmakers had backgrounds in:

Answer 25

1. tv journalism
2. non-commercial film

Question 26

CD had a strong impact on:

Answer 26

fiction filmmaking

Question 27

define technological determinism:

Answer 27

: arguments suggesting that technologies alone cause a certain movement

Question 28

what were the 2 technological developments that shaped CD?

Answer 28

a. Smaller, lighter, and more mobile cameras
b. sounds recording equipment that could keep perfect time w cameras

Question 29

what are the 4 key points of the CD movement?

Answer 29

1. impact on fiction film
2. Comes from photography, not born from nowhere
3. Responding to something lively and new in the zeitgeist
4. didn’t conduct interviews or ask people to do things