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Media Production: History of Film
Media Production: History of Film
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A #film Quiz on the History of Film, based on PBS's Crash Course series.
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Your brain fills in the blanks between frames of film when shown at a certain speed. This is...
Solar Phenomenon
the Eye Phenomenon
Anchoring Phenomenon
the Phi Phenomenon
2
"The Tramp" was the creation of...
Charles Chamberlain
Will Hays
George Melies
Charlie Chaplin
3
Who created the United Artists production company?
Actors
Directors
Charlie Chaplin and Will Hays
Mary Pickford and Thomas Edison
4
Alice Guy-Blache was the first female filmmaker, and made 1000+ films.
True
False
5
The first film with synchronous sound was...
A Trip to the Moon
The Great Train Robbery
The Kid
The Jazz Singer
6
The Lumiere Brothers...
developed technologies like the kinetograph and kinetoscope
created a set of rules for filmmakers regarding film content
are given credit for the first public screening of a film
broke up the job of director-camera operator into 5 roles
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George Melies was...
first female filmmaker, made 1000+ films
famous for “The Tramp” character
Given credit for the first public screening of a film
Former magician who loved special effects
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Vaudeville acts were perfect for the first films because...
they were serious and dramatic
they were short, popular musical and comedy acts
they were about an hour long
the had complex dialogue
9
Melies used in-camera effects in his films. These are all in-camera effects EXCEPT...
matting
split screen
double exposure
color-tinting
10
Aspect-ratio is a fancy way of stating...
the width vs. height of the screen
the height of the screen
the size of the camera
the width of the screen
11
The difference between the Kinetograph and the Kinetoscope is...
no difference
the Kinetograph records and the Kinetoscope is used to view
the Kinetograph is used to view and the Kinetoscope records
the Kinetograph projects the film, the Kinetoscope records
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The Black Maria was so named because...
it was covered in soot
it was a large studio
it was run by a woman named Maria
it was cramped and hot
13
This person broke up the job of director-camera operator into 5 jobs.
Charlie Chaplin
Thomas Ince
Alice Guy-Blache
Thomas Edison
14
What kinds of laws got in the way of the big production companies' success?
child-labor laws
patent laws
anti-trust laws
morality laws
15
Who created the Hays Code?
Thomas Ince
Will Hays
Charlie Chaplin
Alice Hays
16
The kinetophone was the first motion picture camera.
True
False
17
The Cinematographe was superior to Edison's tech for all these reasons EXCEPT...
uses a revolutionary new film type, 45mm
it could develop as well as film
it was light and portable
can also project film onto walls
18
Actualities are...
full-length documentaries
films of vaudeville performers
films with amazing special effects
mini-documentaries
19
Warner Bros. took and chance on the Vitaphone and was the first to convert their theatres to use sound.
True
False
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This technology used red, blue and green to achieve its effect.
Aspect-ratio
Technicolor
Phi Phenomenon
Vitaphone
