Final Review (FROM MIDTERM)

Question 1

What do films do?

Answer 1

Tell a story

Question 2

What is the highest-grossing film?

Answer 2

Avatar

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

The Wizard of Oz

Question 4

The is the starting point of all films?

Answer 4

The script

Question 5

What is the mainspring of every story?

Answer 5

Conflict

Question 6

When did films begin to have sound?

Answer 6

1927

Question 7

Which genre, also known as a “tentpole”, can make or break a studio financially?

Answer 7

Blockbuster

Question 8

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…

Answer 8

Blaxploitation

Question 9

Who is the artist whose music is used most often in films and all media?

Answer 9

Bob Dylan

Question 10

Which genre is inspired by Asian cinema?

Answer 10

Action

Question 11

What is the biggest-selling soundtrack of all time?

Answer 11

The Bodyguard

Question 12

Who starred in and directed A Trip To The Moon?

Answer 12

George Melies

Question 13

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?

Answer 13

Cinematographer

Question 14

What was the largest source of employment for American musicians in the 1920’s?

Answer 14

Live music accompanying films

Question 15

Who is the person responsible for locations, sets, costumes, lights, etc?

Answer 15

Production designer

Question 16

What kind of lighting can heighten suspense, and keeps most of the set in shadow, and is often used in horror films?

Answer 16

Lowkey lighting

Question 17

What must a character do in order to captivate an audience?

Answer 17

Must be worth caring about

Question 18

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)…

Answer 18

Hayes Code

Question 19

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)…

Answer 19

Gregg Toland

Question 20

Which genre is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document reality, primarily for instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record?

Answer 20

Documentary