Looking at Movies 6th Edition

Chapter 1: Looking at Movies MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In what ways that extend far beyond the multiplex have movies permeated our lives? a. We watch movies on cable and satellite channels, online, and on our iPads and cell phones; we buy them at video stores and through

Chapter 10: Film History MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The four traditional approaches to film history are a. aesthetic, technological, economic, and social. b. technological, historical, financial, and international. c. pre-cinema, aesthetic, neo-cinema, and contemporary. d. geographical, social, cultural, and political. e. domestic, international, technological, and social.

Chapter 11: How the Movies Are Made MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. If a movie cost $150 million to produce, how much additional money will normally be spent on marketing and distribution? a. $50 million d. $150 million b. $75 million e. $225 million c. $100 million

Chapter 2: Principles of Film Form MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Usually, each of the systems that becomes the complex synthesis of a movie is a. largely haphazard and accidentally arranged. b. highly organized and deliberately assembled. c. strangely careless and shoddily produced. d. awkwardly thought-out and hastily conceived.

Chapter 3: Types of Movies MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following is one of the meanings of the word narrative in regard to movies? a. a nonsequential organization of events in a movie b. the topic that a particular film tells c. a character who narrates

Chapter 4: Elements of Narrative MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Narratives are fiction films, as opposed to a. other movie genres, like horror and the musical. b. other movie techniques, like chiaroscuro lighting. c. other movie modes, like documentary or experimental. d. other movie terms, like mise-en-scne. e. other

Chapter 5: Mise-en-Scne MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In film analysis, the term mise-en-scne refers to a. everything the audience sees in every shot. b. the technique of editing from shot to shot. c. a method of determining the length of each scene. d. only those objects and people

Chapter 6: Cinematography MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The cinematographer is also known as the a. visual director. d. lighting director. b. filmographer. e. director of photography. c. video recordist. ANS: E DIF: Easy REF: Page 188 TOP: What Is Cinematography? MSC: Remembering ANS: E DIF: Easy

Chapter 7: Acting MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following is most likely to draw an audience to a movie? a. an established director d. special effects b. a blockbuster screenwriter e. a cinematographer c. a famous actor ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Page 236

Chapter 8: Editing MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. What is the basic building block of film editing? a. the sequence d. the Kuleshov effect b. the scene e. montage c. the shot ANS: C DIF: Easy REF: Page 282 TOP: What Is Editing? MSC: Remembering ANS: C

Chapter 9: Sound MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which film, whose sounds were almost all produced in the studio, is memorable for its richly textured sound design and multilayered sound mixing? a. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2006) b. Inception (2010) c. Alien (1979) d. You, the