FILM UNIT

Question 1

When did the Golden Age of Hollywood begin?

Accepted Answer

Late 1920s

Question 2

A documentary is a broad term to describe a non-fiction movie that in some way "documents" or captures reality.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

During the Great Depression people stopped going to the movies because of the economic hardship

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Salvador Dali and Luis Bunuel made the movie Un Chien Andalou, and it is associated with Impressionism

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

Which of these was not one of the Big 5 Studios?

Accepted Answer

Universal

Question 6

How was "a trip to the Moon" different than other movies at that time?

Accepted Answer

it had a plot unlike other movies at the time

Question 7

A musical has songs by the characters that are interwoven into the narrative, often accompanied by dancing.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

What were some of the Lumiere Brother's first films about?

Accepted Answer

simple movement and action

Question 9

Vertical Intergration allowed the studios to own all aspects of production, distribution, and exhibition of their films

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

What was MGM's Motto?

Accepted Answer

Art for Art's sake

Question 11

Who created the movie A Trip to the Moon?

Accepted Answer

George Méliès

Question 12

Stan Brackage made the movie Mothlight w/ insects, leaves, and other detritus sandwiched between tape and used no camera

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

The Kientograph was heavier and harder to move than the Lumiere’s Cinematographe

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

What studio was most famous for producing musical films?

Accepted Answer

MGM

Question 15

In what country did Cinema Pur originate?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 16

Thomas Edison and his assistant William Dickson invented the Cinématographe.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

What type of documentary is this: the filmmaker is the focus- is about the relationship b/t the filmmaker and subject

Accepted Answer

Performative

Question 18

The Musical and what other genre of film are thought to be most characteristically American?

Accepted Answer

Western

Question 19

Which of the following is not one of the little 3 studios?

Accepted Answer

RKO

Question 20

Why did people enjoy going to the movies during the great depression?

Accepted Answer

red and yellow

Question 21

The First "talkie" movie was 'The Broadway Melody"

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

In the 1920s what made Europe ready for the emergence of experimental film?

Accepted Answer

Red and Yellow

Question 23

Which type of documentary is more about conveying a feeling rather than depicting the truth.

Accepted Answer

Poetic

Question 24

What type of films were involved in the Cinema Pur movement?

Accepted Answer

movies with interesting visuals and no plot

Question 25

the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Many experimental films, especially early ones, related to arts in other disciplines like painting, dance and poetry

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

what changed about musicals in the 1970s from the previous decades of musicals?

Accepted Answer

they became more socially conscious

Question 28

The Hays Code was enforced by the government to keep the movie studios from producing violent, suggestive or lude movies

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

What brought the Golden Age of Hollywood to an end?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 30

In what year did the Supreme Court decide that Free Speech did not extend into motion pictures?

Accepted Answer

1915

Question 31

What were some con's of the studios holding so much power over the actors under contract

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 32

When the filmmaker takes more of a fly-on-the-wall approach to documenting their subjects it’s known as

Accepted Answer

observational

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FILM UNIT

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