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Film 104 Practice Final
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What is the Kuleshov effect?
A method of editing where two shots are juxtaposed to create meaning.
A type of camera movement used to track a character’s emotions.
A technique for creating a seamless blend of sound and visuals.
A lighting effect used to emphasize shadows and contrast in a scene.
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What is Diegesis?
The arrangement of characters and objects within the frame.
Of or relating to the story world.
The synchronization of sound and visuals in a film.
The use of non-linear storytelling techniques.
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What is the purpose of cutting and editing?
To synchronize the sound with the actor’s dialogue.
To enhance the performance of the actors through retakes.
To mold the viewer’s experience.
To create continuity and smooth transitions between scenes.
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Who are the two key figures of French New Wave?
Jean-Pierre Melville & Louis Malle
Jean-Luc Godard & Louis Malle
Jean-Pierre Melville & Francois Truffaut
Jean-Luc Godard & Francois Truffaut
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What is a Prop?
A technique for creating realistic sound effects.
A type of camera movement used to follow action.
A lighting setup used to enhance mood in a scene.
Piece of the setting that stands out and has a particular action.
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What element of film was added to film at the turn of the century that turned cinema from a sideshow attraction to art?
Special Effects
Synchronized Music
Color Grading
Narrative
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What is a shot?
The smallest, uninterrupted portion of a film.
The act of editing two scenes together to create continuity.
The movement of the camera across a scene.
A specific type of film lighting.
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Who is the originator for the term “Male Gaze?”
Laura Mulvey
Jean Baudrillard
Bell Hooks
Judith Butler
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Which film movement took its cues from French New Wave?
British Kitchen Sink Realism
Italian Neorealism
New Hollywood
German Expressionism
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What is the name of the case that broke apart studio monopolies and horizontal integration?
The Hollywood Antitrust Ruling
The Paramount Case
The United Artists Case
The Columbia Case
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What technologically innovative visual technique became popular in the 90s and 00s?
Stop-motion
CGI
Matte painting
Practical effects
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What is the name of the film process that first used dye-transfer to create cinematic color?
Technicolor
Kodachrome
Agfacolor
Autochrome
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What are the four relationships of continuity?
Action, Graphic, Spatial, and Temporal.
Action, Space, Color, and Pace.
Time, Sound, Color, and Space.
Graphic, Rhythmic, Spatial, and Temporal.
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What Soviet filmmaker created the editing technique of “montage?”
Andrei Tarkovsky
Dziga Vertov
Sergei Eisenstein
Lev Kuleshov
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What is a sequence?
A segment of film made up of scenes linked together in some way.
A specific type of camera angle used in action scenes.
A series of shots that are edited together.
A method of sound mixing.
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What nineteenth century novel is the origins of Sci-Fi?
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
The War of the worlds by H.G Wells
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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What is a key characteristic new to the Golden Age of Hollywood?
Real-time audience interaction
Experimental storytelling
Improvised dialogue
Movie stars
18
What psychological concept did Freud coin?
Behaviorism
Oedipus Complex
Collective Unconscious
Cognitive Dissonance
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What is independent cinema?
Film produced by small, niche studios with limited distributions.
Films produced outside the major studio system.
Films made by international studios with high artistic ambition.
Films produced by major Hollywood studios with high budgets.
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What is psychoanalysis in film?
A theory focused on the relationships between characters and environments.
A technique for analyzing the historical context of a film’s production.
A theory of how the unconscious supports the reception of film.
A method for studying a film’s visual style and cinematography.
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What is the 180 degree rule?
A guideline for maintaining consistent lighting in a scene.
A rule dictating the maximum camera angle for wide shots.
A standard for positioning actors to balance the frame visually.
A guideline that establishes the spatial relationships between characters.
22
What describes the theory of “Object of Desire?”
The theory that characters’ actions are driven by their economic status.
The idea that film’s characters are symbols or societal structures.
The concept that characters’ desires are shaped by cultural influences.
Theory of character motivation: what a character has lost or does not have.
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What are the three types of film sound?
Dialogue, sound effects, and music.
Diegetic, non-diegetic, and ambient.
Background, music, and editing.
Voice-over, score, and special effects.
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What is genre?
The method of organizing scenes based on their chronological order.
The specific dialogue style used by characters in a film.
The unique camera techniques used in a particular movie.
A category that organizes movies based on shared characteristics.
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Is Film Dead?
Nah
Hell no
Cap
No
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What is the name of the 1943 seminal, American Experimentalist film?
Meshes of the Afternoon
The Man with a Movie Camera
Fireworks
Un Chien Andalou
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What is the goal of experimental cinema?
To convey realistic narratives through unconventional acting techniques.
To explore new ways of enhancing commercial film appeal.
Place the viewer in a more active and thoughtful relationship to the film.
To develop genre-specific storytelling methods for mainstream audiences.
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What is a tentpole film?
A high-budget movie successful enough to entirely support its studio.
A film that serves as the opening act for a larger film franchise.
A film released exclusively in select theaters for awards consideration.
A low-budget film designed for niche audiences.
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What cinematic movement does Horror get its roots from?
French New Wave
Italian Futurism
Soviet Montage
German Expressionism
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What method of film viewing could be described as the marker for the contemporary cinematic era?
Streaming
3D
VR
Interactive cinema
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What film from 1927 was the first to incorporate sound?
Battleship Potemkin
The Great Train Robbery
The Jazz Singer
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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What is semiotics?
The examination of lighting and color to create emotional responses.
The study of sign processing.
The study of how films reflect social and political issues.
The analysis of narrative structures and storytelling techniques.
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What does the first moving picture depict?
A man riding a horse.
A train pulling into a station.
A city street with horse-drawn carriages.
A group of workers leaving a factory.
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What type of lens is this shot?
Wide Angle
Telephoto
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What does it mean for a piece of art to be “avant garde?”
To break tradition.
To emphasize commercial success through popular themes and styles.
To replicate historical artistic trends to preserve cultural heritage.
To follow traditional artistic methods of appeal to wider audiences.
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What is a cut?
A change in the lighting to signify a shift in time.
A type of camera lens used to create depth of field.
A technique used to synchronize sound with on-screen action.
An instantaneous change from one image/camera set-up to another.
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What is sound design?
The use of silence to emphasize visual elements.
The process of synchronizing sound with dialogue.
The creation and manipulation of audio elements in a film.
The craft of combining every piece of audio in a film.
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What does HSB stand for?
Highlight, Shadow, Brightness
Hue, Saturation, Brightness
Hue, Saturation, Balance
Hue, Sharpness, Blur
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What is a motif?
A specific genre of film characterized by recurring themes.
A musical score that changes based on the scene’s mood.
A type of camera lens used for close-up shots.
A significant element that recurs and is repeated almost exactly.
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What is a “Final Girl?”
The female character who is first to die in a horror film.
The female character who is the sole survivor and confronts the killer.
The female character who leads the group but sacrifices herself.
The female character who becomes the villain by the end of the film.
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What shot length is this image?
Extreme Wide Shot
Full Shot
Cowboy Shot
Wide Shot
42
What is the name of the largest independent film festival?
Tribeca Film Festival
South by Southwest
Telluride Film Festival
Sundance
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What is auteur theory?
The theory that the director of a film is also as the “author” of the film.
A style of editing focused on rapid cuts and fast pacing.
A theory emphasizing the importance of a film’s production studio.
A method of analyzing only the visual elements of a film.
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What shot length is this image?
Full Shot
Wide Shot
Close Up
Extreme Close Up
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What new type of film came in the 70s with "Jaws" as the very first?
The Summer Hit Film
The Prestige Drama
The Blockbuster
The Midnight Movie
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What is a dissolve?
When one image gradually disappears while the next image gradually appears.
A lighting technique used to create high contrast.
A camera movement that follows the subject throughout the scene.
A sudden and abrupt transition between two scenes.
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What is Mise en Scene?
All of the elements that comprise a single shot.
The technique of blending multiple camera angles into one shot.
The specific use of dialogue and script writing in a scene.
The study of sound and music in film.
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What are the four key elements of film form?
Genre, Structure, Pace, Mood
Setting, Plot, Lighting, Costume Design
Theme, Style, Dialogue, Characters
Mise en scene, Cinematography, Sound, Editing
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What is the Male Gaze?
The portrayal of men as passive objects in a narrative.
The way a film frames women as the primary protagonists.
Depicting women and world from a masculine, heterosexual point of view.
The depiction of men as emotionally vulnerable and dependent.
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What is Film Style?
The process of selecting actors for specific roles.
The Classification of a film into a specific genre.
The value in the patterns of cinematic techniques used by a filmmaker.
The chronological order of events in a film’s narrative.
