The following online lectures are required.
The Beginning Trip to the Moon & The Great Train Robbery
mms://Burbank.dvc.edu/MAC/KWhite/Video/Show1.wmv
The Studio System /Casablanca
mms://Burbank.dvc.edu/MAC/KWhite/Video/Show10.wmv
Hollywood Rebel /Citizen Kane
mms://Burbank.dvc.edu/MAC/KWhite/Video/Show11.wmv
Classical Hollywood Style / Rear Window
mms://Burbank.dvc.edu/MAC/KWhite/Video/Hitchcock.wmv
Camera and Editing
mms://Burbank.dvc.edu/MAC/KWhite/Video/KineticsOfFilm.wmv
Those are the links of short movie for the quiz.
(The file that I update is questions)
1.Which film was made while the United States was actively fighting during WWII ?
Question 1 options:
a Rear Window
b Casablanca
c Citizen Kane
d all of these
e none of these
2.The main reason for the tightening of censorship codes was
Question 2 options:
a the threat of legal action
b the threat of economic boycotts
c industry concerns for national values
d congressional action
e all of these.
3.The Hollywood studio system implies control of
Question 3 options:
a the methods of production
b the means of distribution
c the means of casting
d all of these
e none of these
4.In the Hollywood studio system the person with the most power was usually the
Question 4 options:
a producer
b writer
c director
d star
e none of these
5.The Hollywood studio system implies
Question 5 options:
A control of theaters
B long term contracts for stars
C product designed to appeal to a broad market
D all of these
E none of these
6.Most of the financing for the major studios came from a few New York financial concerns
Question 6 options:
A True
B False
7.American film dominated the world market
Question 7 options:
A from the beginning
B after World War I
C through the development of features
D through the Patent Companies
E none of these
8. The reason for the demise of the studio system was?
Question 8 options:
A labor unrest
B the consent decrees banning theater ownership by the studios
C television
D changing demographics
E all of these
9. The demise of the studio system meant a great deal more power for?
Question 9 options:
A writers
B agents
C stars
D directors
E all of these
10. The leading women have strong assertive roles in
Question 10 options:
A Rear Window
B Casablanca
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
11. Which film is famous for the use of deep focus and mise en scene to establish powerful spatial relationships between characters?
Question 11 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
12. Orson Welles was the director of
Question 12 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
13. Jigsaw puzzles are an important symbolic motif in
Question 13 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
14. An epic film versus a melodrama would likely have more
Question 14 options:
A long shots
B medium shots
C close ups
D open framed shots
E dolly shots
15. The film that was shot mostly on a studio sound stage was
Question 15 options:
A Rear Window
B Citizen Kane
C Casablanca
D none of these
E all of these
16. The film that borrows heavily from German expressionistic lighting and set design is
Question 16 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D a & c
E none of these
17. The quest for Rosebud is an important element in the narrative structure
Question 17 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
18. The narrative structure of which film is made up almost entirely of flashbacks?
Question 18 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
19. Box office success came very late to Hitchcock in his career
Question 19 options:
A True
B False
20. Box office success came very late to Orson Welles in his career.
Question 20 options:
A True
B False
21. The Production Code and censorship in Hollywood was mostly self imposed and regulated by the industry.
Question 21 options:
A True
B False
22. Just from the story and setting, decide which film was based on a play?
Question 22 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
23. The director’s concerns about women’s ability to control the men in their lives provides an important subtext in the films of
Question 23 options:
A Hitchcock
B Curtiz
C Welles
D all of these
E none of these
24. Which of the following is typical of a Hitchcock film?
Question 24 options:
A an innocent man wrongly accused of a crime
B heroes flawed by psychological peculiarities
C somewhat sympathetic villains
D cool blonde heroines
E all of these
25. Which film was directed by Alfred Hitchcock?
Question 25 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
26. A duel between the national anthems of France and Germany is an important scene in
Question 26 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
27. Genre films quickly become boring and predictable.
Question 27 options:
A True
B False
28. Nazis are the villains in
Question 28 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E a & b
29. A crooked police chief is an important character in
Question 29 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
30. American film dominates the world market today.
Question 30 options:
A True
B False
31. A domineering mother is an important character in
Question 31 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
32. Feature films quickly followed the invention of film, projectors and cameras.
Question 32 options:
A True
B False
33. Which film was directed and written by a woman?
Question 33 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
34. Movie palaces of the 1920s and 1930s were grand and large, seating thousands of spectators
Question 34 options:
A True
B False
35. A little dog is murdered in
Question 35 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
36. A wife disappears in
Question 36 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
37. The hero solves a murder from his wheel chair in
Question 37 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
38. A freelance photographer is an important character in
Question 38 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
39. A wedding ring is an important prop in
Question 39 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
40. It is suggested off camera that a wife was dismembered by her husband in the bathtub in
Question 40 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
41. Most films communicate primarily through the visuals images rather than the dialogue.
Question 41 options:
A True
B False
42. Which film supports U.S. involvement in WWII ?
Question 42 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
43. According to the book, the Hollywood style is easily duplicated around the world.
Question 43 options:
A True
B False
44. Most Hollywood studios were pleased to finally be able to make films that included sound.
Question 44 options:
A True
B False
45. Though the population of the United States has almost doubled in the last 50 – 60 years substantially fewer people go to the movies today than during the 30s and 40s.
Question 45 options:
A True
B False
46. Mise en scene is simply just everything as it is arranged in the frame.
Question 46 options:
A True
B False
47. A piano player is an important character in
Question 47 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
48. Which film ends unhappily with the mystery of human motivations left unanswered?
Question 48 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
49. Which film ends at an airport?
Question 49 options:
A Casablanca
B Rear Window
C Citizen Kane
D all of these
E none of these
50. The studio system can easily be described by the term, “vertical integration.”
Question 50 options:
A True
B False