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.   schweiber theory
B.   auteur 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.   tracking characters with a moving camera
B.   transferring a television image to 35mm film
C.   placing a mask over the camera lens
D.   actors performing in front of a translucent screen with rear projection of a moving image
Question #4
According to the French term mise en scene, the director is responsible for the:
A.   the shot
B.   fund raising
C.   script
D.   lighting
Question #5
Film directors have more freedom than stage directors in which area(s):
A.   technology (CGI, etc)
B.   outdoors vs. indoors
C.   all of these
D.   high degree of stylization
Question #6
MGM studios had a characteristic visual style of:
A.   poetic
B.   glamour
C.   cheap
D.   gritty
Question #7
Which of the following is NOT a type of realism found in films:
A.   studio realism
B.   documentary realism
C.   poetic realism
D.   dramatic 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.   realistic
B.   expressionistic
C.   surrealistic
D.   formalistic
Question #10
The declared aim of most German Expressions of the post=World War 1 era was to
A.   eliminate nature for a state of absolute abstraction
B.   temper formalism with a realistic sets and acting styles
C.   replace nonsynchronous sound with synchronous sound
D.   minimize the distortion of reality caused by editing

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