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1
T/F:
Jaws
helped to install spring-time as blockbuster season.
True
False
2
Which development was a result of the film industry overcharging for video recordings of films?
the invention of betamax recording equipment
the video rental industry
streaming services
cable television
3
Picture Question: Who are they are and what is their significance?
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan Show
Members of FCC at Newton Minow's Vaste Wasteland Speech
308 TAs from the 1960s
The Film School Brats
4
Technological _______________ happens when media content is spread across different platforms.
conglomeration
synergy
disorder
convergence
5
Audience Fragmentation is the process of:
Television programming moving beyond the "vast wasteland"
Advertisers targeting specific age-based demographics
The mass audience becoming a cluster of niche audiences
The shift from the network era to the multichannel era
6
Picture Question:
What course concepts are NOT represented within this map?
Concentrated Media Ownership
The Internet and Digitization
Vertical and Horizontal Integration
Media Conglomeration
7
Who was Edwin S. Porter?
The head of the Office of War Information.
One of the founders of United Artists.
The inventor of the Laff Box.
A director at the Edison Company.
8
Hollywood used the following tactics to combat competition from TV except:
Starting Drive-In theaters
Cinemascope, Technicolor, and 3D
High Budget Epics Like Ben-Hur
Increase in number of films produced
9
Quentin Tarantino best represents...
Filmmaking funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
Politically Radical Indie Film of the 1980s
Cinema of Cool as defined by popular discourse
New Queer Cinema
10
T/F:
Television experienced a similar chaotic development period to the founding of radio.
True
False
11
Laemmle, Fox, and Warner Bros. are member of which group of filmmakers?
The Film Brats
Independent Film Makers
Edison's Trust
The Independents
12
Which of the following contributed to the fall of the production code?
Billy Wilder's Some Like it Hot was released w/o approval
The government replaced it with federal censorship
Hollywood started to adhere to a global not national code
Conservative Groups got sick of the code
13
T/F: The Edison Trust was an oligopoly.
False
True
14
Which of the following was not a major source of inspiration for film noir?
The French New Wave.
Hard-boiled detective novels.
Post-war cultural paranoia and disillusionment.
German expressionist film.
15
The Production Code of 1934 was a form of:
Industry Censorship Managed by The Legion of Decency
Hollywood Industry Self-Regulation
Hollywood Industry Regulation Managed by the Government
Government Censorship
16
The coming of sound impacted Hollywood in all of the following ways except...
Influenced new genres like gangster pics and musicals
Forced international stars out of Hollywood
increased theater attendance
was cheap and easy to implement
17
Which event occurred in the 1890s?
The Lumiere brothers film factory workers in France.
Carl Laemmle founds Universal.
Audiences flock to nickelodeon theaters.
Edison forms the General Film Company.
18
"Popular Factual" is a term we used to describe what kind of television programming?
Era of Relevancy
Political Comedy
Reality Television
Drama Television
19
Which of the following industries originated as "mom & pop" businesses ?
nickelodeon theaters
all of the above
commercial radio stations
broadcast television networks
20
Finish the sentence
A "high concept" film:
has multiple sequels and merchandising deals
uses low budgets and non-professional actors
can be described in a few key words or phrases
upholds the financial success of an entire company
21
_______________ involves larger corporations "swallowing up" multiple smaller media companies.
Conglomeration
Hybridization
Convergence
Regulation
22
Which government body was involved in the making of "Casablanca"?
The OWI
The FTC
The IWW
The FCC
23
Moral panics over media content typically express fear for which group?
18-45 Audience
Youths
The Elderly
The Mass Audience
24
T/F:
The first colorized films were produced in the 1950s.
False
True
25
Out of these four screenings, which is the oldest?
Jaws
An American Family
The Ed Sullivan Show
Father Knows Best
26
Which of the following was not a key audience segment for Hollywood in the 1950s?
Teens
Adult Audiences who enjoyed Prestige Pictures
Arthouse/Foreign Film Fans
Elderly Audiences
27
Which of the following did Sesame Street NOT do?
appeal to kids first, but also entertain their parents
cater to white youth in the suburbs
"sell" the ABCs to children
educate pre-schoolers (age 3-5 years)
28
Which event occurred in the 1940s?
Germany invades Poland.
Cab Calloway & the Nicholas Bros. appear in Stormy Weather.
Hollywood adopts the Production Code.
The Jack Benny Program premieres on the radio.
29
During the videotape format war between betamax and VHS, VHS eventually won out because
VHS tapes recorded less hours than betamax
VHS made better quality recordings than betamax
VHS had a better reputation than SONY betamax
VHS was more affordable than betamax
30
In the documentary, Saving Brinton:
Mike Zahs fixes clocks in a train station
Mike Zahs shares his efficient & well organized film archive
Dr. Fuller-Seeley makes an appearance
George Méliès is interviewed
31
EARLY commercial operations were in the hands of only a few big players in which industry?
video rental
film
television
radio
32
Which event occurred in the 1950s?
U.S. Supreme Court issues the Paramount Decree.
Nazi Germany surrenders to the Allies, known as "V-E day."
The very first televisions hit the market.
Radio program format changes from narrative to music.
33
How did Independents in the first part of 1900s break away from the Edison trust?
stopped relying on stars to market their films
hired thugs to break Edison's screening equipment
smaller theater owners formed studios & founded Hollywood
returned to short one-reel length serials with broad appeal
34
Which adjective DOESN'T describe all three of these films:
The
Immigrant, A Dog's Love
and
It
?
Black and white
Silent
One-reel
Pre-code
35
Picture question:
What film is this still from, and who directed it?
Hugo (Georges Melies)
Hugo (Martin Scorsese)
A Trip to the Moon (Georges Melies)
A Trip to the Moon (D.W. Griffith)
36
Which scripted program was not on television within the same era as PBS's
An American Family
?
Father Knows Best
All in the Family
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Good Times
37
"Blank"
were live theater productions aired on TV to reach prestige audiences in the 50s
Anthology Dramas
Radio Plays
Family Sitcoms
Variety Shows
38
How did the film industry try to compete with television in the 1950s?
Movie theaters were encouraged to broadcast live television.
The Edison Trust sued NBC.
Movies became more spectacular (color, epics, musicals).
Hollywood studios invented the 3D film.
39
Which of the following is NOT associated with radio history?
Jack Benny
sponsor-driven content
seriality
pre-recorded show
40
Which event occurred in the 1920s?
The U.S. stock market crashes on "Black Tuesday."
FDR addresses the nation in a "fireside chat" on the radio.
D.W. Griffith directs The Lonedale Operator.
Newton Minow laments the "vast wasteland."
41
Which is true of Classical Hollywood era films?
All of the above
had neat, logical, and linear narratives
tended to have happy endings
were made in a factory like production style
42
Which of the following was a goal of the New American Cinema?
Support the Production Code
Reclaim film as the right of any artist with a camera
Tell the stories of only the wealthy class
Make films with excessive budgets
43
Which is a feature of "quality television"?
includes a social or cultural critique
follows traditional genre conventions
storylines focus on one or two main characters
targets a broad audience
44
Picture question:
Who is this
character
and what show did she star in?
Joan Ganz Cooney; The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Gloria Stivic; All in the Family
Mary Tyler Moore; The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mary Richards; The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
45
Blockbusters are
typically released during the winter
made for mass audiences
not franchisable
narratively and structurally more complex than other films
46
Picture Question
Who is this, and what program is he known for?
John Charles Daly + Sesame Street
Allen Funt + Sesame Street
John Charles Daly + Candid Camera
Allen Funt + Candid Camera
47
Blaxploitation was a popular film movement influenced by all of the following except:
Civil Rights Movement
The Watergate Scandal
Historic Misrepresentation of African Americans in Hollywood
Hollywood's Financial Troubles
48
All of following describe
El Norte
except:
tells story of Guatemalan siblings fleeing violence
was released by major studio
Mixed documentary and third cinema aesthetics with melodrama
funded by PBS' American Playhouse
49
An unintended consequence of the 1934 Motion Picture Production code was that
the film industry did not prosper
banning sex led to creatively implying physical romance
less films were produced
banning alcohol consumption led to prohibition
50
Nickelodeons were important in all of the following ways except...
mom and pop run theaters
were cinema palaces
were a form of popular entertainment for women and children
used flashy lights and movie posters to attract patrons
51
Which event occurred in the 1960s?
The quiz show scandals rock the U.S.
Saturday Night Live premieres on NBC.
The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Rush Limbaugh begins his political radio show.
52
Which event occurred in the 1980s?
Sesame Street debuts on PBS.
Hollywood adopts the MPAA rating system.
Good Times & All in the Family usher in "era of relevancy."
El Norte is released.
53
FCC Chair Newton Minow called broadcast television a “vast wasteland.” Which shows did he mean?
all of the above
quiz shows
westerns & variety shows
The Beverly Hillbillies
54
Historically women stand-up comics have performed using
all of the above
physical humor
unruly mannerisms
self-deprecation
55
Scholar Henry Jenkins is most associated with which theory?
Narrative theory
Media conglomeration
Feminist media studies
Media convergence
56
In the episode of
Good Times
screened in class, this character got
suspended for calling slave owning George Washington racist
first place in the school science fair
painting lessons from his brother J.J.
a pet dog
57
Which of the following was NOT a major impact of the coming of sound to motion pictures?
Actors with accents were pushed out of the industry.
"Mom and pop" nickelodeon theaters went out of business.
For a period, cinematography became more static.
The industry issued new regulations on obscene content.
