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MMidterm Flashcards

1
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when was the golden age?

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1920-1960
- some say 1930-1946 (Classic period)

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formation of united artists 1919

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  • charlie chaplin
  • DW griffith
  • Mary pickford
  • douglas fairbanks
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true or false - by 1930, 95% of all American production was concentrated in the hands of only eight studios

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true

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4
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why and when was the production code implemented

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in 1934
- response to pressure from Legion of Decency and public protest against graphic violence and sexual suggestiveness of some sound films (gangster films)

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MGM speciality

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largest and most powerful
- musicals, smart comedies, dramas

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Warner bros speciality

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musicals, gritty gangster films

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Universal speciality

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horror/monster, Deanna Durbin

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RKO speciality

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Astaire-Rogers “King Kong” “Citizen Kane”

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Paramount comedies speciality

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Marx Bros, field, mae west, hope, crosby

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20th Century Fox speciality

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shirley temple

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republic speciality

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westerns

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columbia speciality

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frank capra

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factors that ended the golden age

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  • the death of the moguls
  • the breakup of the theaters (1948)
  • the advent of television
  • actors no longer under contract
  • desire for location filming
  • example: MGM
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14
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comic legends

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  • buster keaton
  • the marx bros
  • the three stooges
  • W.C. fields
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tips on writing about film

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  • opinion on film is subjective
  • write with brevity - be concise
  • take notes
  • don’t just repeat the plot
  • do some online research
  • take a position
  • make a point and support it with evidence
  • use proper attribution
  • use proper grammar
  • reread and edit
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16
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when analyzing a complex scene, you can focus on a specific element

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lighting, editing, camera movement, costume, sound effects, etc.

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17
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mise-en-scene refers to

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the staging of everything we see in every shot

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18
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comic terms

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  • slapstick
  • pathos
  • spoof
  • satire
  • sight gags
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19
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the marx brothers

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  • groucho - insults
  • harpo - pantomime
  • chico - fake Italian accent
  • zeppo - straight man
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what did the western glamorize and glorify

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the american spirit of independence

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21
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what era did the westerns begin

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the silent era

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true or false john wayne got a break from john ford in Hollywood western

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true

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23
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this quote is from what movie - “if the legend becomes fact, print the legend”

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The man who shot liberty valence

24
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who directed the man who shot liberty valence

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john ford

25
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what was John Wayne’s nickname

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Duke

26
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what pictures did john wayne work with

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republic pictures

27
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who directed casablanca

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michael curtiz

28
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michael curtix was a studio director at which filming company

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warner brothers

29
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what was the Casablanca based off of

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a play “everybody comes to ricks”

30
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how was casablanca filmed in terms of the script

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it was film shot in sequence because only about half of the script was ready when filming began

31
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where is the line “here’s looking at you kid” from

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casablanca

32
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which streaming platform was audrey hepburn with

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paramount

33
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what was audrey hepburn’s big break

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when she got casted in the broadway production of “gigi”

34
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who was associated with fashion designer hubert de givenchy

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audrey hepburn

35
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what was an example of a satire film

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duck soup
- satire - government and war

36
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true or false - the music box was a physical comedy with minimal dialogue

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true

37
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what does satire mean

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using humor, irony, or exaggeration to get a laugh
- make something serious funny

38
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what does slapstick mean

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style of humor exaggerating physical activity
- both intentional violence and violence mishap
- comedy based on deliberately clumsy actions and humours events

39
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what movie had slapstick in it

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duck soup

40
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what does spoof mean

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playing a joke on someone who imitating something while exaggerating its characteristic features for comic effect

41
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what does sight gags mean

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a visual joke

42
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who was the first major African-American feature filmmaker

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Oscar Micheuax

43
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who were the pioneer film production companies

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  • metro goldwyn mayer
  • paramount pictures
  • warner bros
  • universal international
44
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who were the three kings of silent comedy

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  • charlie chaplin
  • buster keaton
  • harold lloyd
45
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which movie was the first with sound

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the jazz singer

46
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who was the first film superstar

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charlie chaplin

47
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who made the transition from silent to sound

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laurel (thin) and hardy (thick)

48
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which film won the first academy award for best live action short comedy in 1932

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the music box

49
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who founded republic pictures

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herbert yates

49
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what was the final film at paramount pictures

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duck soup

50
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what are three classic western films

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  • high noon
  • shane
  • red river
51
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what was the last great film directed by John Ford

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the man who shot liberty valence

52
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which film was done during the war time

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casablanca

53
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which starts served in the war

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  • frank capra
  • john ford
  • william wyler
  • jimmy stewart
  • clark gable
54
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who wrote casablanca

A

epstein brothers

55
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marilyn monroe was with which film production

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20th century fox

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