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A Level Film Recap Quiz - Component 1 Section A - Hollywood 1930-1990 (Vertigo and Apoc. Now)
A Level Film Recap Quiz - Component 1 Section A - Hollywood 1930-1990 (Vertigo and Apoc. Now)
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1
Why did America, 'officially', got to war in Vietnam?
They didn't; Apocalypse Now makes the war up
As a way of protecting economic interests
To stop the spread of communism
To rescue American hostages
2
What was the Hays Code replaced by in 1968?
The Hays Code 2.0
The Film America censorship scheme
The MPAA film rating system
The BBFC rating plan
3
Which actor in Apoc. Now was notoriously severely overweight and incapable of learning his lines; a constant disruption?
Marlon Brando
Harisson Ford
Martin Sheen
Laurence Fishbourne
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What is Auteurism?
Artists achieving a personal style in the way that they shoot a film
A type of expressionistic cinema that influenced Hitchcock
Hitchcock's signature style of flimmaking
A sense that films are the work of groups of people working collaboratively
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Which technique is used in this sequence and at other points during the film to create the Vertigo effect?
Tracking shot
Camera slide
Dolly Zoom
An 'In'N'Out'
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Who is responsible for the vouyeristic visuals in Vertigo's title sequence?
Robert Burks
Tom Helmore
Saul Bass
Alfred Hitchcock
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In the exam, which are the two key areas of study that the questions will test for this section? (Advance Information)
Critical Approaches to Ideology and Narrative
Political Contexts and Social Contexts
The key elements of film form and Filmmakers' Theories
Representation (Ethnicity and Gender) and Auteur
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Which country was Apocalypse Now filmed in?
Vietnam
The Philippines
Malaysia
Thailand
9
Whose song 'The End' is used in Apocalypse Now's opening sequence that contrasts the destruction of war with nature?
The Doors
Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix
The Rolling Stones
10
What is the twist in Vertigo, which is revealed through a letter that is written and subsequently torn up by Judy?
Gavin Elster hired Judy to play Madeleine in a plot to murder his wife
Judy used the guise of Madeleine to attempt to murder Johnny
Johnny is suffering with PTSD from the police force and imagined Madeleine
Madeleine was pretending to be in love with Johnny to get revenge for Midge
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Which key mise-en-scene technique is used in this sequence to communicate character identities and themes?
Depth of field
Romantic Iconography
Associative Colour
Low-key lighting
12
Major studios had numerous ways to control the early Hollywood period; one was block booking - what does this refer to?
Studios used an assembly line approach towards the production of films
Selling mutiple films to cinemas as a unit
Film stars were contracted to studios for a long period
Purchasing all the land around Hollywood so no new studios could be built
13
What is the name of the soldier on Willard's boat who is the first member of the crew to die? (Ethnic Representations)
Chef
Lance
Kilgore
Clean
14
How does the Ride of the Valkyries sequence show the influence that the New Hollywood period had on the films produced?
The removal of censorship (The Hays Code)
Technological Advancements
An emphasis on metaphorical filmmaking to imply what could not be shown
The use of classical music to accomapny contemporary action
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What is the editing technique used here to make the comparison between the murder or Kurtz and the bull sacrifice?
Continuity Editing
Iris
Intellectual/Metaphorical Montage
Shot Reverse Shot
16
The Hays Code (1934) was the censorship method through which the content of movies was controlled - when did it cease?
1968
1965
1960
1962
17
MGM, Warner Bros, Fox, RKO and which other studio comprised the 'Big 5' of the early Hollywood period?
Columbia
Paramount
United Artists
Universal
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Define 'Male Gaze'; which is an important term to consider when assessing gender representations in Vertigo
The way in which the camera follows what the male protagonist is looking at
Gaining pleasure from watching without being looked at
A cinematographic approach that focuses on the eyes of men
Women are represented from the POV of men; projects male fantasy onto them
