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Unit 1 Film History Quiz
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Unit 1 Film Review Fun Quiz
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1
What technique did the Soviet Union create?
Montage
Chiaroscuro lighting
Cinema verite
Cahier de Cinema
2
What are two reasons why Mrs. Canino loves The New Hollywood movement in the 60's and 70's?
cinematography and high budgets
soundtracks and costumes
rebellion and low budget
quality of films and how they challenged society
3
What was shocking about Midnight Cowboy winning Best Picture?
It used a soundtrack instead of a score
Dustin Hoffman was one of the lead actors
It was X-rated
It had homosexuals in it.
4
Which of the following movies is a famous example of French New Wave?
Freaks
Breathless
The Hidden Fortress
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
5
What famous movie is this image from?
Alien
2001 A Space Odyssey
Tommy Boy
Interstellar
6
What is "persistence of vision"?
brain receiving too much info- merges images together
nitrate film type used in the old days
The push from film companies to watch their films
series of photographs using glass plates
7
Who are the famous brothers who were the first to premiere a film in a cinema house?
The Lumiere Brothers
The Coen Brothers
The Wachowski's
The Ringling Brothers
8
What is the following image?
A Kinetoscope
telescope
The Black Maria
May Irwin Kiss
9
How would you explain "continuity style"?
the actors costumes are in black and white
the director has the actors look into the camera
movie flows in an easily understandable fashion
the characters disappear every so often
10
What is considered the first movie Western?
A Trip to the Moon
Birth of a Nation
The Great Train Robbery
Stagecoach
11
Who is often mistakenly credited with inventing the film camera?
The Lumiere Brothers
George Eastman
Charlie Chaplin
Thomas Edison
12
Who was the first female producer/director who made over 1000 films?
Jane Campion
Mary Pickford
Leni Riefenstahl
Alice Guy-Blache
13
Which of the following film stills is from a Stanley Kubrick movie?
Top right
bottom right
bottom left
Top left
14
Which of these directors is part of the group known as "The Movie Brats"?
James Cameron
Clint Eastwood
John Cassavetes
Francis Ford Coppola
15
Which of the following images is a tribute scene to Battleship Potemkin?
top right
bottom right
top left
bottom left
16
Which of the following best describes German Expressionism?
jump shots
Exaggerated set angles, acting and makeup
deep focus photography
colourful costumes
17
Which of the following best describes French Impressionistic style?
Superimpose images over characters to show inner life
major theme os bitterness and disillusionment
lingered longer in scenes to show the "extras"
a filmmaker "should use camera like a novelist uses a pen"
18
Which of the following people were NOT known for their comedy in the silent era?
Alan Smithee
Harold Lloyd
Charlie Chaplin
Buster Keaton
19
Which of the folllowing film stills are from a famous surrealist movie?
bottom left
top left
bottom right
top right
20
What were some of the negative effects of sound being introduced?
audience didn't want it
made the films too long
too expensive
silent actors voices not great
21
What is Mrs. Canino's favourite film?
Star Wars
The Royal Tenenbaums
The French Connection
A Woman Under the Influence
22
The word "film" literally means which of the following?
truth
skin
surface
lip
23
What is considered the first documentary?
Birth of a Nation
Nanook of the North
Le Chien Andalou
Easy Rider
24
What is significant about this film image?
First film ever
Inspired many future romance movies
First film banned by Church
They weren't really kissing
25
What is the name of Francis Ford Coppola's film company?
Magic Lantern
California Obscura
England's Thaumatrope
American Zoetrope
26
What does the following represent an image of?
The Kuleshov Effect
Kitchen Sink Realism
Surrealism
The Odessa Steps sequence
27
What is an "Auteur"?
George Melies' editing style
a director who has his own style and vision
Edison's studio which turned on a wheel
The name given to Lumiere's "factual" films
28
What movie is considered to have started off the era of the "Blockbuster"?
Rosemary's Baby
Bonnie and Clyde
Jaws
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
29
What was one of the main factors of the film industry losing money in the 60's?
war
television
economy
bad acting
30
What is the most famous example of Italian Neo-Realism?
Seven Samurai
The Untouchables
La Dolce Vita
Bicycle Thieves
31
Which director from French Poetic Realism influenced Orson Welles?
Jean Luc Godard
Jean Renoir
Francois Truffeaut
Sergei Eisenstein
32
What famous cartoon character is this?
Betty Boop
Little Lulu
Jessica Rabbit
Bindy Bop
