FILM Genres Quiz

What soundtracks will you hear in a melodrama?

What comedy are these characters connected to: Charlie Chaplin, keystone cops, Buster Keaton

What are some elements of visual style? All except...

The topic of melodrama was

What is a screwball comedy? All except

Which genre has claustrophobic style, urban underworld, dark streets, speakeasies, cheap hotel?

What genre is the harmonica connected to?

Chinatown, Body Heat, Blue Velvet, Basic Instinct and Fargo are examples of

Genre films are cheaper to make when

Traditional musicals followed the formula of

Casablanca is an example of which film genre?

Genres serve to stabilize

What are the icons of a musical?

Citizen Kane is an example of which film genre?

What are the icons of a western?

What caused the decline of the silent movies and slapstick movie?

What are some elements of film genre? All except...

What genre reflected anxieties of the cold war and fear of the nuclear age?

In the 1990's, film makers attempted to revise the western by

What visual acoustic effects is associated with film noir?

What are other types of comedy?

What is the experimental stage of genre evolution?

We have seen a small resurgence of the musical in the

The genre system, like the star system, is a function of

During the silent period, which comedy was popular?

Westerns are a useful genre to study because

A play accompanied by music is a

Putting on a show was also popul in the 1940's under MGM in this genre.

Actors like Edward G Robinson and James Cagney starred in these types of films.

What genre came to life in the 30's with the arrival of sound films and prohibition?

What is a common gangster film plot?

What visual and acoustical style is associated with screwball comedy?

When examining movie genre, what questions do you consider? All except...

What goes hand in hand with a genre's standard characters?

Which genre has long shots of wide open spaces, one street town, saloon, jailhouse, brothel?

What common plot line is in a western?

Actors like Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin starred in these films.

Emphasized the anxieties of men coming back from war; troubled by women who joine the workforce

How do genres evolve?

What did Sci-Fi oven have in the 80's?

What happened to the Western in the 70's and 80's?

What occurs during the refinement stage?