Revision - German Expressionism

Question 1

Which director was influenced by his parents' profession?

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Wiene

Question 2

Expressionist acting was deliberately heightened & exaggerated to match the style of the entire

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Mise-en-scene

Question 3

Roger Ebert 'a jagged landscape of sharp angles and tilted walls and windows...' which film?

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Caligari

Question 4

Cinematography, Editing and sound were

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Functional

Question 5

This lighting technique influenced Film Noir.

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Chiaroscuro lighting

Question 6

Which director said ' I am an eye man, not an ear man.'?

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Lang

Question 7

Non-realistic, geometically bizarre sets, anglular, visually skewed architectures are common

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In all GE films

Question 8

The theme of this film explored insanity and mind control.

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Caligari

Question 9

Of all the movements to emerge during the 1st century of world cinema, few have a particular

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look

Question 10

Who said 'The film image must become graphic art.'?

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Hermann Warm

Question 11

Expressivity associated with the human figure extended into

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every aspect of the mise-en-scene

Question 12

GE reflect political unrest & seething anger that resulted from Germany's loss in WW1

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True

Question 13

Which two people wrote Caligari?

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Carl Mayer and Hans Janowitz

Question 14

Composition in GE films were

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emphasised to exceptional levels

Question 15

The most obvious and pervasive trait of Expressionism is the use of

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distortion and exaggeration

Question 16

Biomechanical acting, symbolism and exaggeration were part of the

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Stylistic expression of the GE

Question 17

Scandinavian films influenced GE films because they were ...

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Atmospheric - mise-en-scene to promote psychological states

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