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