Film Unit Review

Direct lighting from below or from one side, often dangerous or evil-looking

The year The Jazz Singer wasfirst feature-length movie with synchronized sound

The year the MPA adopted its current rating system

____ have asked Hollywood to reduce displays of violence

When the foreground and background are equally in focus

Frequent moviegoers are between ____ years old

Which one is NOT one of Michael Medved’s three big lies that Hollywood tells about society

Up until this decade, black and white movies were common

Coordinated interaction to create an effect that is greater than the results they’d have alone

When the director shifts the focus from one object to another in the same shot

Which was NOT a cause of unrest that caused the portrayal of government in film to be negative

Stationary camera moves left or right

Harsh contrasts in lighting with dramatic streaks of lights and darks

First movie to tell a complete story

Violence for the sake of violence

This amendment protects filmmakers from being sued for the film’s content, except for obscenity

By this year, half of American homes had televisions

A shot of a person looking, then cut to what he saw, followed by a cut back for a reaction

Neither bright nor dark—even lighting throughout the shot

The technique and process of telling a story

Comedy that makes fun of other movies or entertainment (Hot Shots)

Sound that could be heard logically by the characters within the film

How many theater chains own more than half of the 34,000 movie screens in the U.S.?

Year the first motion pictures were shown to public

Stationary camera moves up or down

When this became popular in 1950’s, the demographics of movie viewers changed

More violent movies appeal to males with a ___ level of education

Comedy based on social or political commentary (South Park)

The image being shot takes up at least 80 percent of the frame

We watched film clips from which movie to see how directors establish setting

1. Male actors represent over _________% of characters in movies

An image fades into another, can create a connection between images

When a director intentionally puts his or her object slightly out of focus

Shot that is tilted sideways on the horizontal line, adds tension

Scene that is flooded with light, creates bright and open-looking scene

In 1934 she directed Triumph of the Will. She became known as Hitler’s filmmaker

Words the actors speak

About ______% of movies do not earn a profit

Camera is even with the key characters’ eyes, most natural shot

We watched film clips from which movie to see how directors create irony

Smoking has actually increased among movie characters (especially those in __ economic groups)

Cut to action that is happening simultaneously, also called parallel editing

Physical or visual humor (Three Stooges)

Frederick Turner argued that __ allowed us to see America as a place with endless possibilities

Sets the scene or shows the space of a scene, often a long shot or series of shots

Scene slowly goes to black or white, often implies that time has passed

The camera itself is moving with the action—on a track, on wheels, or held by hand

Scene is flooded with shadows and darkness, creates suspense/suspicion

This movie studio, founded by brothers, made many propaganda pieces

We watched film clips from which movie to see how directors establish point of view

We watched film clips from which movie to see how directors establish character.

Camera shoots subject from below, effect of making the subject look larger

In 1942 the U.S. Army Air Force created this unit to make movie propaganda

Movement into action that has happened previously

The series of events that tell us a story

Camera is above the subject, effect of making the subject look smaller

In 1930, the Motion Picture industry adopted this set of standards for movies

They refused to say if they were involved in communist activities & were imprisoned/blacklisted

In between long shot and close-up, people seen from waist up

Anything disseminated to influence specified groups in order to benefit the sponsor

The hero of a movie

If a person is routinely exposed to violence, he always needs more violence to be entertained

Soft, direct lighting on face or back of subject, creates halo effect

Sound that cannot be heard by characters; sound given directly to the audience by the director

Shot taken from some distance, shows the full subject and perhaps the surrounding scene as well

Symbols, images, or things that represent themes

Camera is stationary but the lens moves, Makes the objects appear to grow larger or smaller

We watched film clips from which movie to see how directors create symbolism

The icon of the ______ is common in American films

Congress formed this committee amid the fear of the Cold War