Cinema 107 - Understanding Motion Picture » Summer 2022 » Unit 5 Quiz

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Question #1
The theory that stresses the dominance of the director in film art is:
A.   auteur theory
B.   schweiber theory
C.   poetic theory
D.   relative theory
Question #2
Which star often uses makeup to submerge his personality:
A.   Russell Crowe
B.   Clint Eastwood
C.   Johnny Depp
D.   Tom Hanks
Question #3
A process shot involves
A.   transferring a television image to 35mm film
B.   actors performing in front of a translucent screen with rear projection of a moving image
C.   tracking characters with a moving camera
D.   placing a mask over the camera lens
Question #4
According to the French term mise en scene, the director is responsible for the:
A.   script
B.   fund raising
C.   the shot
D.   lighting
Question #5
Film directors have more freedom than stage directors in which area(s):
A.   outdoors vs. indoors
B.   all of these
C.   high degree of stylization
D.   technology (CGI, etc)
Question #6
MGM studios had a characteristic visual style of:
A.   poetic
B.   gritty
C.   cheap
D.   glamour
Question #7
Which of the following is NOT a type of realism found in films:
A.   documentary realism
B.   poetic realism
C.   dramatic realism
D.   studio realism
Question #8
Color symbolism in costuming is most important in which film:
A.   ‘Greed’
B.   ‘Romeo and Juliet’
C.   ‘On the Waterfront’
D.   ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
Question #9
The set design of ‘The Birth of a Nation’ would be considered:
A.   formalistic
B.   realistic
C.   expressionistic
D.   surrealistic
Question #10
The declared aim of most German Expressions of the post=World War 1 era was to
A.   temper formalism with a realistic sets and acting styles
B.   replace nonsynchronous sound with synchronous sound
C.   eliminate nature for a state of absolute abstraction
D.   minimize the distortion of reality caused by editing

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