B2

Question 1

Birth of cinema ?

Answer 1

France
Auguste & Louis - lumière «arrival of train» — it’s a footage = une vue

Question 2

The kinetoscope

Answer 2

Developed in New York
You could find it at fairground

Question 3

The paraxinoscope

Answer 3

French invention

Question 4

Zoetrope

Answer 4

Optical illusion toy in the 17th century

Question 5

The first narrative film ?

Answer 5

Edwin. S Porter - the great train robbery 1903

Question 6

The vaudeville

Answer 6

A form of entertainment, it was a review show or a variety show. A quick succession of shorts acts.

Vaudeville was like a form of live spectacle - people went there to see short play

Question 7

The 1st movie theater ?

Answer 7

The Nickelodeon - in Pittsburgh

Question 8

What happened in 1910 ?

Answer 8

Movie industry went to West Hollywood

Question 9

Give the name of 1 or 2 silent movies?!

Answer 9

1. Charles chaplin : humorist skit
   Slapstick comedy
2. Buster Keaton in Sherlock :
   Different form Chaplin
   Known as a stone face
   From vaudeville performers

Question 10

1st sound movie ?

Answer 10

1927— Alan crosland’s - the jazz singer

Question 11

Studio system :
The majors ?

Answer 11

• Paramount
• Metro-Goldwyn-meyer
• Warner Bros
• 20th Century Fox
• RKO

Question 12

The minors ?

Answer 12

• Columbia
• Universal
• United Artists