Basic
Terminology
Terminology
"The art or process of producing images by the capturing of light on a sensitive surface"
Photography
"Motion pictures without recorded spoken dialogue, relying instead on visual acting, physical comedy, and written title cards to tell a story"
Silent Films
"A major entertainment company that finances, produces, and distributes motion pictures."
Film Studio
"A series or collection of films that share recurring characters, or a connected story / universe"
Film Franchise
What are the two main colors that dogs are able to see? (They're not totally colorblind)
Blue and Orange
(Like Bluey and Bingo)
"A visual art that tells a story using moving images and sound"
Film
"A famed English filmmaker, actor, singer, and composer of the silent era, famed for his comical screen persona, The Tramp."
Charlie Chaplin
What made the "Big Five" and "Little Three" film studios so powerful in their day?
They owned everything: The films, lots, actors, and specifically, theaters.
"Visual manipulations added in post-production"
What is the title of the latest Minecraft Update?
Wilderness Bound
"A sequence of a film containing one or more shots that takes place in one continuous location or time"
Scene
"A series of cabinet cards displaying the phases in the movement of a horse"
The Horse in Motion
"A legal enforcement of censorship for motion pictures until 1968. It prohibited things like interracial relationships, certain depictions of love & romance, and any sympathetic depiction of criminals."
The Hays Code
The New Hollywood Era was partially defined by high-budget, high-profit films that were commonly known as...
Blockbusters
What date is Mr. Berg's birthday?
Sept. 26th, 2000
"A series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time"
Shot
"The first feature-length film that had synchronized recorded music and lip-synchronous dialogue; considered the catalyst for the end of the silent age."
The Jazz Singer
"A Supreme Court decision that ended the major studios’ monopoly by preventing them from owning theater chains, giving smaller studios more opportunities to show their films."
The Paramount Decree
What are two of the three things that helped define the change into the Modern Age of film?
Use of Digital Technology
Presence of Film Franchises
Advancements in Home Video
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is the first full sentence of the Bee Movie script?
"According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly."
"The practice of photography within a visual medium such as movies, television, or video games"
Cinematography / Cinema
"A famous predecessor to film; a photographic technique which captures a number of phases of movements"
Chronophotography
What are at least three of the "Big Five" Film Studios of the Golden Age?
+50 for each extra one
MGM
20th Century Fox
Paramount
Warner Bros
RKO
Who were all three of the acclaimed directors we discussed in class?
George Lucas
Steven Spielberg
Martin Scorsese
What battery percentage is my phone currently at? (you may be 1% off, no grace otherwise)
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