Introduction to film studies

Upward or downward rotation of the camera while mounted on a stationary tripod is known as?

Contemporary films that borrow stylistically from film noir

Sounds that have their source in the narrative world of the film are know as what? 

The left or right rotation of the camera while on a tripod is known as what?

n 1947 the HUAC subpoenaed nineteen studio employees as a part of an inquiry into what?

Block booking is when. . .

A supreme court decision declaring vertical integration was illegal

Early movie theaters where short films were shown were know as what?

A voice that originates from a speaker who is inferred to be present but not visible onscreen.

Many contemporary filmmakers use this practice that calls attention to how stories are told

Framing that shows clear details of a person or object is an example of what? 

The 1951 the Miracle case,overturned the 1915 Mutual Case which did what to the film industry?

Mise-en-scène is what?

this type of editing interposes shots of two or more actions or locations.

Some film scholars argue that Jaws best represents the beginning of what type of film? 

A “canted frame” is where. . .

A big-budget film intended for wide release that attracts large audiences and economic profits 

Shots or scenes that are unified with action or motif, regardless of changes in space and time.

A shot directed at a downward angle is called what?

This editing style constructs a coherent time and space and tells stories efficiently

An accepted list of essential great films is know as what?

Bonnie and Clyde is an example of what Hollywood era

A genre of low-budget films made in the early 1970s targeting urban, African American audiences

The first movie studio where Thomas Edison began making movies

A dramatic change in focus from one objet to another is known as what?

A Trip to the Moon is an example of who’s work?

A camera technique in which all objects in a frame are in focus is know as what?

A shot that depicts a character’s response to something shown in a previous shot is what?

A shot of a human subject from the waist up.

Blaxploitation is an example of what large type of cinema  

The Great Train Robbery is an example of one of the first films to use what technique

Films set in the criminal underworld and typically use stylized black and white cinematography 

The first African American director was who?

During World War 2 Hollywood studios supported the war effort by creating propaganda films like