Final Review (FROM MIDTERM) Flashcards
What do films do?
Tell a story
What is the highest-grossing film?
Avatar
This film is an American musical fantasy produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is an adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s fantasy novel. It also features one of the earliest uses of technicolor.
The Wizard of Oz
The is the starting point of all films?
The script
What is the mainspring of every story?
Conflict
When did films begin to have sound?
1927
Which genre, also known as a “tentpole”, can make or break a studio financially?
Blockbuster
This subgenre emerged in the 1970s in the U.S. focusing on race, which was criticized as members of that race for portraying pimps, dope pushers, gangsters, and super males…
Blaxploitation
Who is the artist whose music is used most often in films and all media?
Bob Dylan
Which genre is inspired by Asian cinema?
Action
What is the biggest-selling soundtrack of all time?
The Bodyguard
Who starred in and directed A Trip To The Moon?
George Melies
Who is the chief of the camera and light crews on a film or television production and is responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image?
Cinematographer
What was the largest source of employment for American musicians in the 1920’s?
Live music accompanying films
Who is the person responsible for locations, sets, costumes, lights, etc?
Production designer
What kind of lighting can heighten suspense, and keeps most of the set in shadow, and is often used in horror films?
Lowkey lighting
What must a character do in order to captivate an audience?
Must be worth caring about
This code, which was instituted in 1930 by the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, forbade the depiction of violence in detail (as well as adultery, nudity, and criminal methods)…
Hayes Code
American cinematographer known for his innovative use of techniques such as deep focus, examples of which can be found in his work on Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941), William Wyler’s Best Years Of Our Lives (1946), and John Ford’s Grapes of Wrath (1940)…
Gregg Toland
Which genre is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document reality, primarily for instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record?
Documentary
