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978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 1
Chapter 01: Origins MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The phenomenon by which a series of still images projected in rapid succession creates the illusion of motion is a. persistence of vision. d. stroboscopic effect. b. the phi phenomenon. e. all of the […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 10
Chapter 10: Orson Welles and the Modern Sound Film MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The studio where Orson Welles was first hired as a director was a. RKO. d. Columbia. b. MGM. e. Universal. c. Paramount. f. none of the above 2. […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 11
Chapter 11: Wartime and Postwar Cinema: Italy and the United States, 1940-1951 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The effect on World War II on the national film industries of Western Europe was a. complete devastation. b. widely different from country to country. […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Hollywood, 1952-1965 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In the period from 1952 to 1965, Hollywood a. produced primarily sanitized versions of traditional genre films. b. experienced unprecedented box-office growth. c. made many controversial films dealing with serious social issues. d. […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 13
Chapter 13: The French New Wave, or Nouvelle Vague, and Its Native Context MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. During the German Occupation of France a. a new generation of filmmakers emerged. b. film production stopped almost completely. c. the major prewar directors […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 14
Chapter 14: New Cinemas in Britain and the English-Speaking Commonwealth MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. All of the following are true of the British cinema before and during World War II EXCEPT a. the British industry produced many important narrative films. b. […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 15
Chapter 15: European Renaissance: West MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following film industries experienced a significant decline in the 1950s? a. Great Britain d. United States b. Italy e. all of the above c. France f. none of the […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 16
Chapter 16: European Renaissance: East MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. After World War II, the countries of Eastern Europe a. almost all started national film schools. b. all had strong national film industries. c. gained independence for the first time in decades. […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 17
Chapter 17: The Former Soviet Union, 1945-Present MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. During World War II, the Soviet cinema a. relocated its production center from Moscow to central Asia. b. sent documentary cameramen to the front to get authentic war footage for […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 18
Chapter 18: Wind from the East: Japan, India, and China MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The great Japanese stylist noted for his use of color and widescreen in such films as 47 Ronin, The Makioka Sisters, and his 1985 remake of his […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 19
Chapter 19: Third World Cinema MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Third world cinema a. operates independently of established national film industries. b. is produced entirely for entertainment purposes. c. attempts to mimic the film style and syntax of Hollywood. d. generally operates […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 2
Chapter 02: International Expansion, 1907-1918 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. By 1908 a. there was widespread creative experimentation in the film industry. b. demand for films remained relatively low. c. film budgets were nearing the $5,000 range. d. the cinema had emerged […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 20
Chapter 20: Hollywood, 1965-1995 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In the 1960s, Hollywood a. still led the world in all aspects of film production, aesthetics, and technology. b. was still technologically innovative but failed to keep up with foreign industries aesthetically. c. […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 21
Chapter 21: The Digital Domain MULTIPLE CHOICE a. it can be copied with no loss of image resolution. b. it is an analog medium. c. it records light bouncing off objects. d. it relies on a photosensitive emulsion to produce […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 22
Chapter 22: A Global Cinema MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Between 1990 and 1995, all of the following were true of the Hollywood studios EXCEPT a. their marketing costs rose by over 90 percent. b. star salaries doubled. c. box-office revenue decreased […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 3
Chapter 03: D. W. Griffith and the Development of Narrative Form MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. D. W. Griffith a. did more than any other individual to establish the language of cinema. b. was considered “the man who invented Hollywood.” c. turned […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 4
Chapter 04: German Cinema of the Weimar Period, 1919-1929 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which of the following countries had the LEAST developed film industry prior to World War I? a. Italy b. Great Britain c. the United States d. France e. […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 5
Chapter 05: Soviet Silent Cinema and the Theory of Montage, 1917-1931 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Dziga Vertov began his career as a. a cinematographer filming the civil war. b. an editor compiling footage into newsreels. c. a writer primarily focusing on […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 6
Chapter 06: Hollywood in the Twenties MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. By the end of World War I a. the Motion Picture Patents Corporation still had control over film production. b. there were no significant independent producers in Hollywood. c. the motion […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 7
Chapter 07: The Coming of Sound and Color: 1926-1935 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The earliest sound synchronization in the cinema was achieved by a. W. K. L. Dickson in 1889. b. Georges Demeny and Auguste Baron in 1900. c. Oskar Messter […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 8
Chapter 08: The Sound Film and the American Studio System MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The most significant genre to emerge from the coming of sound to the American cinema was a. the gangster film. d. the melodrama. b. the screwball comedy. […]
978-0393920093 Test Bank Chapter 9
Chapter 09: Europe in the Thirties MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The European response to the availability of American sound recording technology was a. a coordinated effort by several countries to develop a competing system. b. to immediately adapt the American system. […]