The first films made in the United States in the 1890’s were produced by the motion picture company founded by _________.
A. Thomas H. Ince
B. Thomas Edison
C. Eadward Muybridge
D. Edwin S. Porter
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
In 1924 and ’25, _________, competing against larger movie studios, decided to try the novelty of sound to see if it would help them compete.
A. Warner Bros.
B. Paramount
C. Fox Film Corporation
D. Viacom
Who is Warner Brothers?
100
All three major technological additions to the film, sound, color, and wide screen, happened more because of ___________ considerations than on technical innovation.
A. Entertainment
B. Quality
C. Technical
D. Economic
What is Economic?
100
Wedding Singer shirts, Little Mermaid Happy Meals, and Austin Powers talking key chains are examples of movie ______________________.
A. Merchandising
B. Art
C. Times
D. Places
What is Merchandising?
100
Titanic
Who is James Cameron?
200
In the early days of film making, the moving picture was no more than ________ extended into motion.
A. Film
B. Shots
C. Photographs
D. Scenes
What are Photographs?
200
Experiments with techniques to develop full-color film culminated in the invention of ________ in the 1930s.
A. Ready-Color
B. Technicolor
C. Television
D. The Color Spectrum
What is Technicolor?
200
The ________________ mentality of the 1960s and ‘70s created a climate in which film maker’s ambitions for making films went beyond entertainment. An example of this mentality are the “Underground Filmmakers” of the period.
A. Counter-culture
B. Hippy
C. Communist
D. Democratic
What is Counter-culture?
200
Manufacturers will sometimes pay to have their products featured within a film itself. This “product placement” phenomenon in which companies are able to make movies into two hour long commercials is known as ______________________.
A. Word of Mouth
B. Branding
C. Spot Shots
D. Clever Money Makers
What is Branding?
200
Star Wars
Who is George Lucas?
300
Thomas Edison would capture on film what had already been offered on stage, such as Vaudeville and circus acts. This is referred to as a(n) _______ approach to early film
making.
A. Artistic
B. Realistic
What is Artistic?
300
During the Depression, movies were seen more as a form of ______ than as a work of art.
A. Entertainment
B. Learning
What is Entertainment?
300
Name the movie that is considered to be the very first Blaxploitation film, which was
directed by Melvin Van Peebles and ushered in an era of movies that gave voice to
a culture that had otherwise been silenced in the film industry.
A. Sweet Sweetbacks Badass Song
B. Shaft
What is Sweet Sweetbacks Badass Song?
300
Widespread availability of feature films for home video began in 1981, and by the turn of the century, _________ players could be found in 70% of American households, making it the fastest growing technology in history.
A. Xbox
B. VCR
C. DVD
D. Blu-Ray
What is DVD?
300
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and Letters from Iwo Jima.
Who is Clint Eastwood?
400
Because of this War, the United States was in a position to pursue the developments of motion picture like no other country during the early 1900's.
What is World War I?
400
The earliest films that used sound were referred to as “_________”. The first successful example of these films was The Jazz Singer.
What are "Talkies"?
400
By the late 1940’s, the United States was locked into fierce struggle with the U.S.S.R. and international ____________. Films of the time reflected this anti-communist sentiment.
What is Communism?
400
All of Hollywood’s top-ten-grossing films of all time have been released since the 1970’s following the extraordinary success of __________ (1975), Hollywood’s first Blockbuster, as a model.
What is Jaws?
400
La Bamba
Who is Luis Valdez?
500
He is the Father of Slapstick Comedy
Who is Mack Sennett?
500
At its onset, _______ was thought to be just another fad in the movie industry. However, by the end of 1929, over 20,000 theaters across the U.S. were equipped for _________ reproduction.
What is sound?
500
Name the first major American director to have graduated from a university.
Who is Francis Ford Coppola?
500
Some of his most famous movies are Reservoir Dogs (1991), Pulp Fiction (1994), and Blaxploitation re-make Jackie Brown in (1997).