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What is Cinema? Quiz 1
What is Cinema? Quiz 1
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1
____
is an editing device of omitting an event, allowing the audience to fill in the narrative gap.
Montage
Jumpcut
Dissolve
Ellipsis
2
Why do filmmakers like Vittorio De Sica and Hou Hsiao-hsien use deep focus in their films?
To give equal importance to all characters and plane of focus
It is hard to focus in black and white film and under low light environment
They do not have star actors so they have to focus on real locations
They can't afford a focus puller
3
French New Wave filmmakers like François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, began as critics for _____.
Hollywood Reporter
Screen
Cahiers du cinéma
Variety
4
A “long take” is a shot taken with the camera at a considerable distance from the subject.
False
True
5
Which is the German Expressionist film that influenced Gotham City in Tim Burton’s Batman?
Psycho
Trip to the Moon
Metropolis
Birth of a Nation
6
Which of the following is NOT a trait of a neorealist film?
a background populated mostly by real people
filmed with non-professional actors
shot almost exclusively on location
well known actors were cast playing strongly against types
7
Which of the following is a non-diegetic sound?
Music played by actor in film
Dialogue between actors
Voice over by narrator
Sound effects of crickets at night
8
Which of the following is NOT a film style of a neorealist film?
Long takes and deep focus shots
Shoot according to script
Documentary-approach
Hand-held cameras
9
Neorealism started in Italy in which period?
1944 – 1952
1939-1945
1955-1965
1920-1939
10
Alfred Hitchcock: Cinema is essentially ___ and key is montage. All moviemaking is pure montage
emotion
poetry
beauty
power
11
Unlike Eisenstein, Vertov (Man with a Movie Camera) proposed to make films based on rhythm of…?
machines
music
life
people
12
Diegetic sound includes dialogue, music or sound effects coming from within the film world.
True
False
13
Classical Hollywood Cinema focuses on
Auteur-driven films
Continuity editing and linear storytelling
Non-professional actors in documentary style
Telling story in an interesting and non-linear way
14
Soviet Montage is an approach to understanding and creating cinema that relies heavily upon…?
shooting
directing
acting
editing
15
Two genres that were especially influenced by Expressionism are horror film and _____.
romance
film noir
tragedy
comedy
16
German Expressionism (1917 – 1930s) is developed by using symbolism and _______.
mise en scène
painting
art
cinematography
17
Who is considered the most influential theorist of Soviet Montage?
Sergei Eisenstein
Dziga Vertov
Alfred Hitchcock
Lev Kuleshov
18
What is the German Expressionist film influenced Edward Scissorhands (1990)by Tim Burton?
Bicycle Thieves
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
Metropolis
Battleship Potemkin
19
When a filmmaker refer to his films or pay homage to other films, it is a filmmaking that is...
Reflexive
Copycat
Critical
Intelligent
20
Which of the following is NOT an element of mise en scène?
Lighting
Editing
Set decoration, props, make up and costume
Performance
21
Neorealism films always emphasise ______.
children
povery
naturalism
realism
22
____ is so influenced by Jean-Luc Godard that he named his production company after his films.
Fritz Lang
Wong Kar-wai
Steven Spielberg
Quentin Tarantino
23
Auteur theory holds that the ____ is the "author" of his movies, with a personal signature.
director
cinematographer
producer
actor
24
In a narrative film, plot duration is always equal to story duration.
True
False
25
______ is one of the forefront filmmakers from the French New Wave.
Roberto Rosselini
Alfred Hitchcock
Jean-Luc Godard
Dziga Vertov