Final

Question 1

Who was the director of It Happened one Night?

Answer 1

Frank Capra

Question 2

When did ‘It happened one night’ come out?

Answer 2

‘34

Question 3

What genre did ‘it Happened one night’ fall under?

Answer 3

An extension of Screwball Comedy

Question 4

Who was the Director of ‘The 39 Steps’? and what year did it come out?

Answer 4

Hitchcock, ‘35

Question 5

Who was the director of Grand Illusion, and what year did it come out?

Answer 5

Jean Renior, ‘37

Question 6

What genre what ‘Grand Illusion’?

Answer 6

French Poetic realism

Question 7

Who was the director of the ‘Grapes of Wrath’ and what year did it come out?

Answer 7

John ford, ‘40

Question 8

What genre was ‘The Grapes of Wrath’?

Answer 8

Literary Adaption

Question 9

Who was the director of citizen kane and what year did it come out?

Answer 9

Orsen wells, ‘41

Question 10

Who was the director of The maltese falcon, what year did it come out?

Answer 10

Huston, ‘41

Question 11

What were the two key problems in relation to the coming of sound?

Answer 11

Synching and Amplification

Question 12

What solved the problem of amplification?

Answer 12

Vacuum tube

Question 13

Which synchronous sound system won out?

Answer 13

Vitaphone/ optical soundtrack

Question 14

Why did the vitaphone/optical sopundtrack win out?

Answer 14

it synchronized a record player with the projector which solved a major problem

Question 15

What film is generally considered the first synch sound film?

Answer 15

The Jazz singer

Question 16

What year did the Jazz singer come out/ what studio produced the movie?

Answer 16

1927, warner bros

Question 17

What is the Tri-ergon (optical sound) system

Answer 17

using photocells to convert sound into light beams , recording beams on one side of the strip of film and then built a reader onto the projector that could translate light beams into sound

Question 18

What is Diegetic sound?

Answer 18

sound that is attributed to the context of the stories like a gunshot, or dialogue

Question 19

What is Non Diegetic sound?

Answer 19

Sound not attributed to the con text of what’s happening in the scene of the film, ie music, narrator

Question 20

What is Post Synchronous sound?

Answer 20

sound effects dubbed in after the film has been shot

Question 21

Why is Oscar Micheaux so Important in American Cinema?

Answer 21

He was the father of African American cinema, and first independent director/ race folms

Question 22

What were the main problems plaguing African American producers/studios in the 20s-30s?

Answer 22

Discriminated against by major studios

• Low budget films
• Didn’t have large audiences (many blacks couldn’t afford to go to the movies)

Question 23

What was the Lincoln Film Co?

Answer 23

Oscar Micheaux’s independent film studio

• First film company organized by black film makers
• Founded in LA
• Wouldn’t let Micheaux direct first film so he wouldn’t let them use his book

Question 24

Who was Alice Guy/ What was Solax?

Answer 24

French women filmmaker, first woman to own a studio. and solax was her film company which started in flushings and moved to new jersey

Question 25

What year was the PCA created/ what was the first year it was enforced?

Answer 25

Created in 1930, enforced in 1934 when Joeseph breen took over

Question 26

What were the key issues addressed in/ enforced by the PCA

Answer 26

sex, violence, making illegal or immoral life pleasant, and marriage as a sacred institutions.

Question 27

What Genre did the PCA specifically effect?

Answer 27

Gangster films

Question 28

How did the PCA effect the gangster film? name one way?

Answer 28

Gangsters had to die or have a tragic fall to make the illegal life look less appealing

Question 29

What were the three major studios/ genres of the 1930s?

Answer 29

MGM- studio of stars, wizard of oz, Warner bros- gangster film/ musicals, and RKO- citizen kane

Question 30

What Genres were popular in the early 30s?

Answer 30

Gangster film, screwball comedy, musicals, western, melodrama, horror movies

Question 31

What are the three phases of film production?

Answer 31

1. Pre production 2. production 3. Post Production

Question 32

What is Pre Production?

Answer 32

Planning phase of filmmaking

Question 33

What is Production?

Answer 33

Activity of making a film, ie shooting the film

Question 34

What is Post Production?

Answer 34

Film is edited to it's final form

Question 35

What is a Genre?

Answer 35

A particular type of variety of motion picture. Certain category

Question 36

What is a Motif?

Answer 36

A distinctive feature that influences the theme. reoccurring theme subject idea

Question 37

What is a Theme?

Answer 37

Underlying remise/ the subject matter being addressed.

Question 38

What is an Icon?

Answer 38

A visual symbol telling us what kind of film

Question 39

What are the three ways genres are discussed?

Answer 39

Origin, definition, and function.

Question 40

What is the definition of Origin?

Answer 40

Where do they come from, Ie, expressionism- Germany, realism- france

Question 41

What is Definition?

Answer 41

It's inner form- what was the underlying meaning, and it's outter form- ie mise-en-scene.

Question 42

What is function?

Answer 42

What feelings is it eliciting from the audience

Question 43

What is meant by Pro-social?

Answer 43

Reaffirming he status quo, everything ends up ok and goes back to normal

Question 44

What 4 genres emerged out of the American Experience?

Answer 44

Western, Gangster, Screwball, and hardboiled detective

Question 45

Why is Hawks Scarface considered the urban gangster cycle?

Answer 45

was able to use sound to introduce audiences to the hard hoitting slang, and vioelence of gangsters

Question 46

What were the years associated with the first cycle oif American sound ganagster film?

Answer 46

1930-35, or because of scarface

Question 47

How is Screwball Comedy Defined?

Answer 47

romance between rich v small little guy, romantic comedy, the two shot. A screwball comedy(Columbia minor studio) is a comedy which typically included a quick witted, humorous battle of the sexes. Sometimes had themes of social classism

Question 48

What are the approximate years of the cycle of screwball comedy

Answer 48

1930's to early 1940's (I think 34-40)

Question 49

What is the importance of Frank Capra's it happened one night?

Answer 49

it was the prototype of screwball comedy

Question 50

In relation to Hitchcock what two aesthetic traditions does he use in his films?

Answer 50

Montage and Mise-En-Scene

Question 51

How is the thriller Genre elevated under Hitchcocks direction?

Answer 51

The thriller genre form elevated under his direction from the process of sound and creating tension through both ambient noises and silence. spy, espionage story involving a chase; double pursuit; charming villain

Question 52

What other directors has Hitchcock been compared to?

Answer 52

DW Griffith, and Eisenstein

Question 53

What are the Notable themes in Hitchcocks films?

Answer 53

Hitchcockian universe, Voyuerism, and Knowledge= danger, fear of authority, black mail, double chase

Question 54

What is an auteur and why is Hitchcock often referred to as one?

Answer 54

Someone who has distinctive style and thematic vision throughout their films

Question 55

What kind of film was the Grapes of wrath/ who directed it/ who was the DOP?

Answer 55

Literary adaption, John ford, and Greg Tolland.

Question 56

Grapes of Wrath although a Literary adaption is also a _______ film?

Answer 56

road

Question 57

GOW and Citizen Kane proved that Film Is a ______ effort?

Answer 57

Collaborative

Question 58

What was the main structure of GOW Grand Illusion, and It happened one night?

Answer 58

Linear

Question 59

What was the Structure of Hawks scarface?

Answer 59

Rise and fall

Question 60

What wasthe structure of Citizen Kane?

Answer 60

Cyclical

Question 61

Renior's style made great usage of Mise-en-scene, the _____ shot, and _____ focus

Answer 61

Sequence shot, deep focus

Question 62

What was the sequence shot?

Answer 62

A shot that enploy's a long take.

Question 63

Who were the four main charecters in Reniors Grand Illusion?

Answer 63

Rosenthal, Miracheaux, Boldieu, Rolfenstein

Question 64

In Grand Illusion what charecters represented the old Europe, and the upper class/ aristocrats?

Answer 64

French- Boldieu | German- Rolfenstein

Question 65

In Grand Illusion what charecters represented the new Europe/ the middle class andf and poorer individuals?

Answer 65

Rosenthal- mechantile class and marachael- working class

Question 66

What might the Illusion be referring to in Grand Illusion?

Answer 66

Oh the war will be over soon

Question 67

How did Renior use sound in his film?

Answer 67

Naturalistically/ diegetic

Question 68

What are some of the principle problems facing the director/ screenwriter when adapting films?

Answer 68

Figuring out how to condense a novel and figuring out what to omit (parts in the book/ minor charecers)

Question 69

When adapting novels how do directors and screenwriters handle inner monologue that was used in the book?

Answer 69

Turn it into dialogue

Question 70

How does John Ford handle the realistic and artificial aspects of production?

Answer 70

By shooting both indoors and on location, outdoors

Question 71

What are some of the conventions of a road film?

Answer 71

The road, the car, the journey

Question 72

Why is Citizen Kane considered to be the first modern sound film?

Answer 72

It was the first film that had sound design

Question 73

On what levels can the film, Citizen Kane be discussed?

Answer 73

formal, biographical, Technical Advancement Structural complexity Complicated narrative Controversy as biography of famous person

Question 74

What is the formal level Kane can be discussed?

Answer 74

Art sound camera

Question 75

What is the Biographical level in which Kane can be discussed?

Answer 75

Biography of William Hearst and welles himself

Question 76

How does Kane signal a departure Thematically from Hollywood films of the 30s?

Answer 76

starts with death, ends with death, and states theres no way to know the private life of a person, doesn't re establish the status quo

Question 77

How does Kane signal a departure aesthetically from Hollywood films of the 30s?

Answer 77

Considered the first film noir film. usage of mise-en-scene lighting

Question 78

What are the 5 main characters in Kane's Life?

Answer 78

1. Thatcher- Kane's guardian 2. Bernstein 3. Leland 4. Susan Alexander 5. Raymond the Butler

Question 79

What was the Original title of Citizen Kane?

Answer 79

The American

Question 80

What was Alfred Hitchcock's signature shot?

Answer 80

Birds eye view

Question 81

What was Rosebud?

Answer 81

the sled that Kane had as a child

Question 82

Who was Lois Weber?

Answer 82

Most highly paid woman director in the world - Like Griffith, was one of the first "auteur" film makers involved in all aspects of production - Screenwriter for Universal

Question 83

In Grand Illusion Marachael was ______ (religion) ____ class and Rosenthal was _____ (religion) and _____ class

Answer 83

catholic, working class jewish, merchantile class

Question 84

Marachal and Rosenthal represaent...?

Answer 84

Seperation by religion and the new Europe

Question 85

In citizen Kane what kind of lighting is Charoscuro lighting?

Answer 85

use of strong contrasts between light and dark in a singular scene or setting(Deep, dark shadows mixing with bright light) (meant to make a shot ominous powerful, or invoke an emotional response from a viewer)