Quiz #3

Question 1

When did synchronized sound become the industry standard?

Answer 1

1927

Question 2

Which film introduced synchronized sound?

Answer 2

Warner Brother’s release of “The Jazz Singer”

Question 3

What did audiences experience prior to synchronized sound?

Answer 3

Movies with live musical accompaniments

Question 4

Three Types of Cinematic Sound

Answer 4

• speech (dialogue)
• music
• sound effects (noise)

Question 5

Two Kinds of Sound Image Relationship

Answer 5

on-screen sound and off-screen sound

Question 6

On-screen sound

Answer 6

sound has a visible onscreen source

Question 7

Off-screen sound

Answer 7

sound does not have a visible onscreen source

Question 8

Diegetic Sound

Answer 8

Has a clear source within the film’s diegesis (story)

Question 9

Nondiegetic Sound

Answer 9

Does not have a clear source within the films diegesis (story)

Question 10

Two Types of Diegetic Sound

Answer 10

internal and external

Question 11

Internal Diegetic Sound

Answer 11

Originates within a character’s subjectivity, part of the diegesis, but other characters cannot hear it (inside the character’s head)

Question 12

Voiceover

Answer 12

Characters in diegesis can’t hear it

Question 13

Film used to exemplify the usage of sound

Answer 13

Apocalypse Now (1979)
Francis Ford Coppola

Question 14

What kind of narrative does The Conversation have?

Answer 14

Totally restricted to Harry’s subjectivity (audience only knows as much as the character)

Question 15

What is a key motif in The Conversation and some examples?

Answer 15

Semi-translucence

– windows, screens, raincoat, curtains, scrim
- metaphor for Harry’s understanding of the circumstances

Question 16

Narrative

Answer 16

a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space

Question 17

Motif

Answer 17

a significant element that is repeated in a film (similarity and repetition)

Question 18

What do patterns of motifs create?

Answer 18

Expectations

Question 19

What can strong similarities and repetition create?

Answer 19

Parallelism

Question 20

What can changes and variations of elements create?

Answer 20

variety, contrast, and change

Question 21

Does repetition often occur in exactly the same way in a film?

Answer 21

No, and the differences can be meaningful

Question 22

Four Types of Character Development

Answer 22

• External Change
• Internal Change
• Progressive Character Development
• Regressive Character Development

Question 23

External Change

Answer 23

indicates physical changes

ex: graying hair, weight loss

Question 24

Internal Change

Answer 24

measures character change from within

ex: character becomes bitter

Question 25

Progressive Character Development

Answer 25

an improvement or advance of some quality in a character

Question 26

Regressive Character Development

Answer 26

loss of or return to some previous state or a deterioration from the present state

Question 27

Examples of Difference and Variation in Mulholland Drive

Answer 27

Diner scene
- guy and his dream
- Camilla and Betty
- Diane and the hitman

Question 28

The Conversation

Answer 28

Francis Ford Coppola (1974)

Question 29

Who did the sound for The Conversation?

Answer 29

Walter Murch

Music by David Shire

Question 30

Mulholland Drive

Answer 30

David Lynch (2001)

Question 31

The Conversation Main Characters

Answer 31

Harry Caul - Gene Hackman
Ann and Mark
Martin Stett
The Director
Amy (gf)

Question 32

Mulholland Drive Main Characters

Answer 32

Betty/Diane Selwyn - Naomi Watts
Rita/Camilla Rhodes
Adam (the director) - Justin Theroux
Coco
The Cowboy
The Hitman