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CHAPTER 1
ENCOUNTERING FILM: FROM PREPRODUCTION TO EXHIBITION
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Preproduction is
2. In the 1990s, independent films were typically financed
3. A location scout’s job is to
4. When did the practice of identifying which actors would work best for which roles emerge?
6. Releasing a film in as many locations as possible as soon as possible is called
7. Which of the following is an example of an ancillary market?
8. In which of the following locations can a movie be exhibited?
9. Which film does your textbook give as an example of a film that found a greater audience after its original
10. A film can be brought to the attention of a potential audience through
1. The _____________ selects the cameras, film stock, lighting, and lenses to be used, as well as the camera setup or
2. The score and all of the film’s soundtracks are adjusted to their final levels and combined in the _____________.
3. A _____________ is a company or an agency that acquires the rights to a movie from the filmmakers or
producers (sometimes by contributing to the costs of producing the film) and then makes that movie available to
4. _____________ involves releasing a film in gradually widening markets and theaters so that it slowly builds its
reputation and momentum through reviews and word of mouth. (Platforming)
SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS (3–4 SENTENCES)
1. What are the consequences of the evolving patterns of video distribution? Give two examples of how video
distribution might affect local responses, tastes, and expectations.
2. How did D. W. Griffith’s three-hour epic, The Birth of a Nation (1915), create new distribution and exhibition
patterns and attract new audiences?
3. Explain how the timing of movie exhibition can vary and how that can influence other considerations about the
movie being watched.
4. What effect might be created for the film viewer when two promotional tactics create different sets of
expectations about a movie?
5. Explain two major differences between film exhibition as leisure time and film exhibition as productive time.