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12/13/2011

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In Psycho, what is the name of the motel run by Norman Bates?
Definition
D. the Bates Motel
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In Psycho, which character steals money from his/her employer?
Definition
Marion
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In Psycho, what is the name of the detective who is hired to find the thief and the missing money?
Definition
Arbogast
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In Psycho, the character Sam Loomis runs what kind of business?
Definition
B. hardware store
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In Psycho, what kind of creature is seen crawling over Norman’s hand in the final scene?
Definition
Fly
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In District 9, what is the name of the military leader sent into District 9 to kill the protagonist?
Definition
D. Koobus
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In District 9, what is the name of the father of the young alien?
Definition
Christopher
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13. In District 9, Wikus vomits black fluid on what kind of food?
Definition
cake
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14. In District 9, what is the name of the company that Wikus works for?
Definition
MNU
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15. In District 9, what is Wikus seen sculpting out of metal at the end of the film?
Definition
flower
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16. Which of the films we watched in class was originally shot in color?
Definition
District 9
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18. Which of the films we watched in class had the fewest scenes shot “on location”?
Definition
Psycho
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21. What term is used to refer to the width of the film used in shooting a movie?
Definition
film gauge
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22. Which of the following is not identified by our text as a force that shapes our viewing experience?
Definition
marketing
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23. What term was defined as the “implied agreement between artists and audiences to accept certain ways of communicating meaning
Definition
convention
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24. What term is used to refer to a film that combines characteristics of multiple genres?
Definition
hybrid
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25. Which term refers to the executive who secures funding and oversees the production process?
Definition
producer
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26. Which of the following is not a common width for film used in shooting movies?
Definition
28mm
Term
28. “Looping,” “foley,” and “sound mixing” are terms most related to what phase of the production process?
Definition
post production
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29. What term most specifically refers to the process of “making people want to see the film”?
Definition
promotion
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30. Which of the following is not one of the four common schemes of character development?
Definition
ancillary
Term
31. What dramatic structure term is used to refer to the “highpoint of physical or emotional action”?
Definition
climax
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32. Which of the following elements of dramatic structure most often occurs between 15-20 minutes into a film?
Definition
inciting incident
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33. Which of the following is not one of the aspects of characterization we discussed in class?
Definition
historical
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34. Which of the following is not one of the Six Elements of Drama?
Definition
Diegesis
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35. Which of the following is not another name for the Element of Drama known as “theme.”
Definition
plot
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36. The type of narrative in which all elements of plot are presented from many or all potential angles is called ___?
Definition
omniscent
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37. What term is used to describe what a character wants or pursues in a film?
Definition
objective
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38. What “release strategy” refers to gradually increasing the number of theatres in which a film is exhibited?
Definition
platforming
Term
39. What month is widely considered the “dumping ground” for weaker films not expected to do well in theatres?
Definition
January
Term
40. What year is widely considered to mark the end of the dominance of “the studio system”?
Definition
1948
Term

Which of the following genres does our text say is characterized by dark, urban settings; increasing mystery;

often ambiguous resolution; and “characters who live on the edge of a mysterious or violent society”?

Definition
crime
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42. Which of the following genres is often divided into subgenres including slapstick, romantic, and screwball?
Definition
comedy
Term
43. Which type of narrative is most likely to focus on a single, heroic protagonist and a chronological plot?
Definition

classical hollywood

 

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44. Which of the following is not a type of non-diegetic information in films?
Definition
setting
Term
45. Non-theatrical venues such as DVDs, Netflix, cable television, and airlines are considered ________ markets?
Definition
ancillary
Term

What is the name for the process used to transfer a widescreen film to a standard TV aspect ration by cropping off

the sides of an image?

Definition
pan and scan
Term

What is the name for the approach to film production where the agent, producer, and casting director assembled a

script, stars, and other personnel as a key first step in a major production?

Definition
package unit approach
Term

What is the name for a category or classification of a group of movies in which the individual films share similar

subject matter and ways of organizing the subject through narrative and stylistic patterns?

Definition
genre
Term

What is the name for the type of narrative structure that accelerates the action and plot toward a central event or

action that must be accomplished by a certain time?

Definition
deadline structure
Term

What is the name for the process by which formerly distinct media (e.g. film, the internet, and video games) and

viewing platforms (e.g. tv, cell phones, computers) become interdependent?

Definition
media convergence
Term

In the 180-degree rule, the line that bisects the space of the scene and indicates on which side of the

actors the camera should be placed is called the

Definition
axis of action
Term

Which of the following terms is NOT used to describe an editing style that emphasizes the breaks

and contrasts between images joined by a cut?

Definition
Continuity editing
Term

What editing term is used to describe an initial long shot that orients the viewer in space and

introduces the setting?

Definition
establishing shot
Term

What term describes the editing effect when one image is superimposed over another briefly and one

fades in while the other fades out?

Definition
dissolve
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What term refers to a technique using real figures and action as a basis for digitally painting

individual animation frames?

Definition
rotoscoping
Term
44. Which type of shot is typically used to show a scene from a very high or overhead perspective?
Definition
crane shot
Term
43. “Compositional stress” is introduced when what “rule” of cinematography is broken?
Definition
rules of third
Term
42. What term describes moving the frame from side to side without changing the camera placement?
Definition
panning
Term
41. What term is used to describe “a continuous exposed piece of film without stops or edits”?
Definition
a shot
Term
40. The rain storms created in Singin’ in the Rain and The Bicycle Thieves are part of what design area?
Definition
visual effects
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39. Which term describes elements that are part of the world of a film experienced by characters?
Definition
diegetic
Term
38. Which of the following is NOT something design elements are typically used to do in a film?
Definition
identify subgenre
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37. Architectural elements, furniture, and décor are all part of what element of visual design in film?
Definition
scenery
Term
36. Hair, make-up, and accessories are usually considered part of what film design component?
Definition
costume
Term
35. What is the name of the character type who exists to provide a rational, moderate viewpoint in a film?
Definition
raisneur
Term
34. Which of the following types of actors typically have the fewest lines in a film?
Definition
extras
Term
33. What term refers to the planned movement of actors in relation to each other and the set?
Definition
blocking
Term
32. “Method Acting” was adapted from the “System” of acting developed by what Russian actor/director?
Definition
Konstantin Stanislavski
Term
31. Which of the following terms or phrases is NOT associated with “stylized acting”?
Definition
smaller, “hyper-realistic” performances
Term
30. In The Bicycle Thieves, which of these characters steals a bicycle?
Definition
Antonio
Term
29. In The Bicycle Thieves, what is depicted on the posters Ricci is hired to put up around town?
Definition
an actress
Term
26. In The Bicycle Thieves, what does the main character sell at a pawn shop to raise money for a bike?
Definition
bed sheets
Term
sound bridge
Definition
the term for sound carried over a picture transition, or a sound belonging to the coming scene playing before the image changes
Term
spotting
Definition
the process of determining where music and effects will be added to film
Term
looping
Definition
an image or sound recorded on a lopp of film to be replayed or layered
Term
Dziga Vertov
Definition
Russia
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