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1
Which is not a trend to look for in motion pictures?
Renting Movies
Hi-Def Camcorders
Indie Films
Interactive Movies
2
Which is not one of the 12 genres that reflect a society’s cultural values?
Cartoon
Comedy
Romance
Crime
3
Who is the most famous silent film star?
Tom Holland
LeBron James
Charlie Chaplain
William Dafoe
4
What was the first 3D film shown to a paying audience?
Peter Pan
The Power of Love
Harry Potter
Jaws
5
Early in the history of movies, filmmakers exploited what?
sound, color, and lighting
aesthetic, political, and economic advantages
scenery, money, and actors
editing, payroll, and staff
6
What were the names of the two early sound systems available to filmmakers back then?
Phonofilm
Vitaphone
Vexasound
Wavefilm
7
George Melies’s most famous work is?
Jaws
A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Stars
Titanic
8
Motion pictures reflect the archetypes and myths that are popular within a particular culture at a particular time
False
True
9
Who invented the first motion picture camera, the kinetograph?
George Melies
Thomas Edison and William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
Steven Spielberg
George Mueller
10
What was one of the early movie projectors called?
zooplexiscope
zoopraxiscope
zoojectiscope
zootopia
11
What was/is an ethical issue in motion pictures?
Stereotypes
Smoking in theaters
Violence
Copyright Infringements
12
Which was not one of the major technical innovations made in motion pictures?
Widescreen
2D Presentations
Sound
Color
13
The basic unit of a movie is called “the shot”
True
False
14
The history of motion pictures can be summed up in one word: “Journey”
False
True
15
How many motion pictures have been made from 1895-2012?
650,812
506,890
900,789
605,128
16
The opening scene of Citizen Kane was a metaphor for the entire picture
False
True
17
Why was Citizen Kane so well received?
It was the first colored film
It brought sound into motion pictures
It broke all the rules and invented new ones
It gave motivation for younger filmmakers
18
Which is not true about George Orson?
At age 10, he memorized a majority of Shakespeare‘s work
He was born on May 6, 1915
He was praised as a “boy genius”
At age 2, he could read fluently
