Cinema 107 - Understanding Motion Picture » Summer 2022 » Unit 12 Quiz

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Question #1
The film is narrated by a dead character:
A.   ‘Apocalypse Now’
B.   ‘She Done Him Wrong’
C.   ‘Sunset Boulevard’
D.   ‘The Usual Suspects’
Question #2
A sense of tension in the film audience can be produced by:
A.   soft, low-pitched sounds
B.   high-pitched sounds
C.   slow, plodding sounds
Question #3
A type of film music that is purely descriptive, a literal sound equivalent to the visual image is called:
A.   sound montage
B.   nonsynchronous sound
C.   a score
D.   mickeymousing
Question #4
In ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’, Orson Welles perfected the use of:
A.   cinema verite
B.   sound montage
C.   mickeymousing
D.   abstract cutting
Question #5
The filmmaking style which employs natural noises recorded during filming and avoids simulated or re-created sounds is:
A.   formalism
B.   experimental
C.   avant-garde cinema
D.   cinema verite
Question #6
The overhead sound boom was designed to:
A.   simulate interior monologues
B.   provide harmless, loud explosions on the set
C.   create nonsynchronous sound on the set
D.   record synchronous sound without restricting the actors
Question #7
Sergei Eisenstein believed that synchronous sound would allow more flexibility in editing.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #8
In formalistic musicals, production numbers are presented as dramatically plausible.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #9
The cardinal rule in using monologues in documentary films is to avoid duplicating the information presented visually.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #10
Sound can be used to expand the image beyond the confines of the frame, bringing off-screen space into play.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #11
Combining music with drama is a practice extending back at least to ancient Greece.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #12
The use of sound in film forced acting styles to become more natural.
A.   True
B.   False

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