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