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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
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inventor of the kinetograph

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WKL Dickson

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2
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early french camera and projector system

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cinématographe

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3
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name of early French films

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actualities

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4
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5 cent movies marketed to women and children

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the nickelodians

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5
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The first film director to perfect (though not originate) camera techiniques

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Edwin S. Porter

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6
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4 signs of Hollywood style

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preference for narrative, naturalistic, star system, identifiable genres

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7
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comedian whose scandal in the 20’s ruined his career

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fatty arbuckle

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8
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austrian director, crazy, dressed like an aristocrat

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eric von stronheim

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9
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response to calls for censorship

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Hay’s Office/MPPDA

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10
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How did Europe respond to American film companies taking over?

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they created stylistic movements

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11
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French style 1915-1930

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French Impressionism

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12
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What is photogenié?

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The image becomes a metaphoric impression of the emotional state of the character

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13
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Example of French Impressionism

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Menilmontant

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14
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Which country had the 2nd strongest film industry by the mid 20’s?

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Germany

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15
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Big german film studio

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Ufa Studios

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16
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German style

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German Expressionism

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17
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Example of German Expressionism

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The Cabinet of D. Caligari

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18
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The image visually expresses the mood, the mise-enscene is non naturalistic, the emphasis is on dark subjeccts and there is an atmosphere of paranoia or angst

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German Expressionism

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19
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German New Objectivity

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subject matter is social problems, there is an atmosphere of pessimism, naturalistic mise-en-scene

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20
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Example of German New Objectivity

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Pandora’s Box

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21
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Which country popularized the “braking” technique?

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Russia

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22
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Actress famous for braking

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Vera Kholodynya

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23
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Soviet Montage Cinema

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films preachy, propagandistic, idealogical or nationalistic

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24
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Example of Soviet Montage Cinema

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Battleship Potemkin

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25
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dialectical montage

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2 shots side by side which inform

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26
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the first successful electronic sound on disk

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vitaphone

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27
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the first successful sound on film

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movietone

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28
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european sound system

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klangfilm

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29
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first full length sound film

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lights of new york

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30
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not the first full length sound film but usually said to be

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jazz singer

31
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big 5

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paramount, mgm, 20th century fox, warner bros, RKO

32
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composer from germany who composed the lush soundtracks we have come to expect

33
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2 types of musicals

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backstage, integrated

34
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the minor studios or little 3

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universal, columbia, united artists

35
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universal known for

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monster films

36
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columbia known for

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frank capra

37
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frank capra known for

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screwball comedy

38
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4 walling

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renting the theatre’s four walls

39
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dominant style of international cinema around 1930-1945

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naturalism

39
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dominant style of international cinema around 1930-1945

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naturalism

40
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3 economic strategies in the 30s and 40s for international cinema

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studio systems modeled on hollywood, independent film production, state controlled film industries

40
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3 economic strategies in the 30s and 40s for international cinema

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studio systems modeled on hollywood, independent film production, state controlled film industries

41
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Quota Act of 1927

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English response to american domination

41
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Quota Act of 1927

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English response to american domination

42
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Classic hollywood style, traditional English values emphasized, big budget costume dramas

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Empire Films

42
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Classic hollywood style, traditional English values emphasized, big budget costume dramas

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Empire Films

43
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Example of an Empire Film

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The Private Life of Henry VIII

43
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Example of an Empire Film

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The Private Life of Henry VIII

48
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Films focus on the working class, who find love but are then disappointed again, tone of nostalgia and bitterness

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Poetic Realism

49
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Example of Soviet Realism

50
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Major socialist realism genres

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civil war films, biographical films,

51
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Nazi response to film censorship

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nationalism

52
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Example of Poetic Realism

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The Grand Illusion

53
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Director of Grand Illusion

54
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Did the Nazis shut down film production in occupied France?

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No, but they did impose regulations regarding Jews in the industry and references to the US

55
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3 countries that dominated the conversion ot sound

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France, Germany and the USSR

56
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Which production country was first on the field of sound?

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Warner Bros with Vitaphone

57
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What type of sound system was eventually agreed on?

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Sound on film

58
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sound bridges

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carrying the sound over from one scene into the next

59
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the early motion picture camera is credited to thomas edison but was really invented by whom?

A

WKL Dickson

60
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Director of Through the Keyhole

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Ferdinand Zecca

61
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Director of A Trip to the Moon

62
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Director of The Great Train Robbery

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Edwin S. Porter

63
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Director of The General

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Buster Keaton

64
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Director of Queen Kelly

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Eric von Stronheim

65
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Director of Pandora’s Box

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G.W. Pabst

66
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Characteristics of pre-war Russian cinema

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Intense psychological melodrama, non-naturalistic performance style (braking technique), unhappy endings

67
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Director of A Life for a Life

68
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Director of Battleship Potemkin

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Eisenstein

69
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Director of The Women

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George Cukor

70
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Swing Time was produced by which studio?

71
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Why did so many Universal films from the 30’s have a German expressionist style?

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Because they were shoot and lit by german immigrants

72
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Director of It Happened One Night AND It’s a Wonderful Life

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Frank Capra

73
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Producer of Gone with the Wind

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Selznick Int. Pictures

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