Film Quiz for Students

Question 1

What is meant by archetype

Accepted Answer

a repeated character, recognised character

Question 2

what is a montage sequence

Accepted Answer

a series of ellipsis

Question 3

what is another name for a whip pan

Accepted Answer

blur shot, swish pan, whip shot, motion shot

Question 4

what is a fish eye lens

Accepted Answer

distorts light to create a hemisphircal image, a very wide angle lens, strong visual distortion to create a panoramic image

Question 5

What is in pre-production

Accepted Answer

camera and equipment hire placement, props, set production

Question 6

what is non-diegetic sound

Accepted Answer

a device use to enhance the narrative, sound that is outside of the narrative

Question 7

name 2 early documentary film makers

Accepted Answer

Sergie Eisenstien, John Grierson

Question 8

what is reception theory, the idea that

Accepted Answer

same text will have different meanings, films are interpreted differently, meanings are made by the consumers not the producers of text

Question 9

What percentage of Oscars have been won by Women

Accepted Answer

10-20%

Question 10

what is a screen play

Accepted Answer

script for film, script for tv

Question 11

Who is the master of suspense

Accepted Answer

Alfred Hitchcock

Question 12

what is meant by framing

Accepted Answer

the process of selcting what is in the shot

Question 13

In what year was Hollywood created

Accepted Answer

1919, 1887

Question 14

what is meant by a 3 shot

Accepted Answer

a medium shot of 3 people, 3 people or subjects in the frame

Question 15

What percentage of Oscars have been won by non white Americans

Accepted Answer

0-2%

Question 16

what is a dissolve

Accepted Answer

editing technique

Question 17

John Wayne typically played in what Genre

Accepted Answer

Western

Question 18

What is a master shot

Accepted Answer

safety shot, whole scene

Question 19

The first African American to win an Oscar was

Accepted Answer

hattie macdaniel

Question 20

What is meant by a two realer

Accepted Answer

30 min film

Question 21

What is a propaganda film

Accepted Answer

supports a political view point, support an ideologically bias view point, supports a racist view point, supports a sexist view point

Question 22

An example of a British Social Realist film is

Accepted Answer

Kes, Ken Loach

Question 23

What is meant by closed text

Accepted Answer

restricted interpretation, restricted meaning

Question 24

What is meant by film grammar

Accepted Answer

set of conventions shared by producers and consumers, set of codes understood by viewers

Question 25

what is hegemony

Accepted Answer

text placing dominant men and subordinate women, the idea of Antonio Gramsci, prevailing, dominant and patriarchal ideology in society, a theory of representation

Film Quiz for Students

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Film Quiz for Students

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