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What are "B" Movies? |
Super low-budget productions |
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Why is Nanook Of The North an important documentary? |
Because it was the first feature length documentary that exhibited real commercial potential (1922) |
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Who directed Triumph of The Will? Why is it an important film? |
Leni Riefenstahl; It is significantly important because it is seen by many critics as the most powerful propaganda film ever made. |
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Who is Pare Lorentz? |
He was a filmmaker that was commissioned by Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration to make a series of documentary films promoting the positive effect of his New Deal programs. |
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What is film noir? Name some examples. |
Literally it means "black film," it is a term used to describe a type of highly stylized Hollywood film that was popular in the early 1940s through the late 1950s; The Gun for Hire (1942), Double Indemnity (1944), A Touch of Evil (1958), and The Big Heat (1953). |
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Why was the film industry important during WWII? |
This was because Hollywood was seen as a great propaganda machine, and the Federal government declared film production vital to the war effort. |
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What was the Consent Decree of 1948? |
This was the case United States v. Paramount, which concluded in declaring, by the Supreme Court, that movie studios could no longer own their own theaters. |
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What new MPAA rating was added in the 1980's? |
In 1984, MPAA understood that they needed a new rating system and responded with PG-13. This was implemented because of the increased violence and sexuality being portrayed in movies of the time. The content was considered too "adult" to be PG but not enough to be rated R which would cost the studios large amounts of money due to cutting out the majority of their market. |
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Who directed the Why We Fight series of films? |
Frank Capra |
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Rebel Without A Cause made a star of what actor? |
James Dean |
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What was the most successful widescreen format? |
PanaVision |
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What was the new and radical editing technique used in Breathless? |
Jump Cuts
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Who initiated the cinema verité movement? |
Robert Drew |
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Eastman color film stock increased the production of what? |
Color Films |
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What was auteur theory? |
It states that one person is the creative force behind a film. |
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Why was Hitchcock's Psycho made on a low budget? |
Because the studios wouldn't approve of it |
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Who directed Easy Rider? |
Dennis Hopper |
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When did the 3-D craze end and why? |
It was short lived because that the theater owners sabotaged it because 3D required exhibitors to buy expensive projection equipment, and was therefore universally hated. |
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Why was the Wild Bunch a controversial movie? |
The film was controversial because they used slow motion photography to create a "ballet" of violence. |
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Besides ticket sales, what made Star Wars a huge success? |
Merchandising |
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Who originated the 2 thumbs up/down waiting for movies? |
Robert Ebert and Gene Siskel |
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What are five films that Stanley Kubrick directed? |
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Barry Lyndon (1975), A Clockwork Orange (1972), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Eyes Wide Shut (1999) |
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What was the French New Wave? |
It was a challenge of traditional filmmaking because France was for the most part a stagnant imitation of Hollywood. |
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Who is Ingmar Bergman? |
Generally regarded as the world's foremost film artist. He was most famous for dealing with sexual relationships and death but he was the first to come to international prominence. |
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Who is Robert Drew? What genre did he create? |
Drew was the start of the "fly on the wall" type of documentary; he essentially created the documentary genre. |
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In what genre did the Maysles Bros create films? |
Documentary |
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Why is Spike Lee an important filmmaker? |
He is known to make thought provoking films about challenging topics |
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Steven Spielberg got his start by directing what? |
Amblin |
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What type of theatre was made popular in the 1950's? |
Drive In's |
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On what date did MTV launch? |
August 1st, 1981 |
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Robert Redford established what film festival? |
Sundance Film Festival |
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Why was the National Film Registry formed by the Library of Congress? |
IT is to protect and preserve America's film heritage. Every year, 25 films are honored as national treasures based on their status as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films." |
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What movies is Gordon Parks famous for directing? |
Shaft |
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What does the Blaxploitation mean? |
Exploited audiences using black filmmakers and black actors |
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Who is Roger Corman? |
Renowned "King of the Bs", producing over 200 features starting in the early 50s. He also established his own film school and gave the opportunities to most of today's most successful directors and filmmakers. |
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Who was the first studio to sell off their entire film library? |
RKO |
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Was the Hays Code formed by the government, or the studios themselves? |
The studios because the Catholic Legion of Decency began to pressure producers. |
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What film is Orson Welles most famous for directing? |
Citizen Kane |
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What was the controversial film that Scorsese directed in the 1980's? |
The Last temptation of Christ |
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Who started the Spaghetti Western genre? |
Sergio Leone |
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What movie started the American New Wave? |
Easy Rider |
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What is the longest running film franchise? |
James Bond |
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What genre of films did Kurosawa direct? |
Western |
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What is Direct Cinema? |
they are documentaries that show stories as “truthful” as possible. By not using camera equipment, editing, or scripts to alter the story. its more life experiences to show the public what is actually happened, or what happened in the past. |
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What year was the MPAA rating system established? |
1968 |
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What were some of the films made by David Lean? |
Bridge of River Kwai (1957), Lawerence of Arabia, and A Passage to India (1984). |
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Edwaerd Muybridge was a photographer hired by the governor of California to prove that ___________. |
All 4 of a horses hooves leave the ground in mid-gallop |
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The Lumière brother's camera, which was not only a camera but also a projector was called ____________. |
Cinematographe |
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What was the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC)? |
An illegal trust (monopoly) that Edison tried to institute |
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Where did most Americans get their first look at the movies? |
Vaudeville |
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D.W. Griffith's original occupation was ____________. |
Actor & Playright |
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The Nickelodeon provided an entrance into the film business for _____________. |
The first generation of Movie Moguls |
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The American motion picture business was originally based in ______________. |
New York |
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George Méliès original occupation was _____________. |
Magician |
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Edison awarded the contract to manufacture motion picture film stock to ___________. |
Eastman Kodak |
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Edison's camera was called the ____________. |
Kinetograph |
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Keystone Studios was most famous for making these types of movies. |
Comedies |
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The concept of crosscutting (aka: parallel editing) was 1st introduced by ___________? |
Edwin S. Porter |
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The first commercially available photograph was __________. |
The Daguerreotype |
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Who is credited with popularizing the motion picture in France? |
The Lumiere Brothers |
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The first feature film shot in Australia was ____________. |
The Story of The Kelly Gang |
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Louis Le Prince patented a motion picture camera prior to Edison's claim. (True or False) |
True |
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Thomas Edison opened the first movie studio called Black Maria. (True or False) |
True |
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D.W. Griffith Was the first filmmaker to shoot in Hollywood. (True or False) |
True |
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World War I increased film production in Europe. (True or False) |
False |
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Camera Obscura is Latin for dark chamber. (True or False) |
True |
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UFA, the largest film studio in Europe was located in which country? |
Germany |
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The first year Academy Awards were given out was _____. |
1927 |
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The "ASC" is the following organization |
American Society of Cinematographers |
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The montage style of editing, popularized by Lev Kuleshov originated in which country? |
Russia |
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The highest paid actress of the silent era was __________. |
Mary Pickford |
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In what year was The Jazz Singer released? |
1927 |
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Movietone News was produced by this studio. |
Fox |
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German expressionist cinema __________. |
Thought that how a story is told (FORM) was more important than the story itself (CONTENT) |
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Charlie Chaplin's character was called_________. |
The Tramp |
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How were Klieg Eyes prevented? |
Putting a sheet of window glass in front of the arc light |
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Who created the Hollywood Star System? |
Carle Leammle |
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Warner Bros. sync sound system that used lacquer records was called ________. |
Vitaphone |
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During the early sound era, cameras made so much noise that they had to be _________. |
Enclosed in a small room called an Ice Box |
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The Production Code, a censorship code put in place by the studios, is also known as_______. |
The Hays Code |
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Large capacity, single screen movie houses were called Movie Palaces. (True or False) |
True |
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RKO Studios was created by RCA around a sound system none of the other studios wanted. (True or False) |
True |
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Laurel and Hardy did not successfully make the transition from silent to sound pictures. (True or False) |
False |
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Prior to World War I, the French film industry seriously challenged the UnitedStates. (True or False) |
True |
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The French New Wave was founded by this person. |
Andre Bazin |
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John Ford was most famous for directing which film genre? |
Westerns |
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Who was the director of the top grossing documentary of all time? |
Michael Moore |
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Cinéma vérité was made possible by technology developed during WWII. (True or False) |
True |
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Disney's first animated feature length film was "Fantasia". (True or False) |
False |
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John Grierson is responsible for making large scale Hollywood movies. (True or False) |
False |