Oui, Oui!
Tinseltown
Film History 101
(that might save your life)
(that might save your life)
Exhibition
Roll the film, roll the dice.
100
Magician, filmmaker, director of A Trip to the Moon, and the inspiration for Martin Scorsese's film Hugo.
Georges Melies
100
Before Hollywood existed, where was the American film industry mainly located?
New York City
100
What is my UWM email address?
kwiatk52@uwm.edu
100
These smaller theaters only cost a nickel to attend. 
Nickelodeons
100
What is the name of this character?
Cesare
200
Film history's potential first mystery. He disappeared on a trip to Washington, DC with a suitcase full of patents for film instruments. Afterwards, Edison filed for virtually the same patents.
Louis LePrince
200
What is the name of the contemporary Hollywood director known for his German Expressionist-style films?
Tim Burton
200
What was the nickname of Thomas Edison's production studio?
the "Black Maria"
200
This is an example of what type of 1920s exhibition venue?
Movie palace
200
Fill in the blank:
Sergei Eisenstein said, "Film is first and foremost, _______ ."
Montage
300
True or False? France’s film industry in the 1930s through World War II was structured quite similarly to Hollywood, with vertically integrated major studios and a number of minor studios.
False!
France's film industry mainly consisted of artisan filmmaking.
300
True or False? In the 1930s, Loew’s/MGM was known for its monster movies, which starred Bela Lugosi (Dracula) and Boris Karloff (Frankenstein).
False,
Universal Studios was known for its monster movies.
300
What is the name of this actor's most famous silent-film era character?
the Tramp
300
What is the name of this peephole device developed by Thomas Edison?
kinetoscope
300
What are the five elements that compose a film? We can break each down and analyze how different filmmakers utilize them.
Narrative, Cinematography, Sound, Mise-en-scene (set design), Editing
400
True or False? After World War I and into the 1920s, French films were by far the most numerous films distributed within France.
False
400
Known for his historical epics, this classic Hollywood director utilized hundreds of extras for his elaborate sets.
Who is Cecil B. DeMille?
400
Known for his cinematic studies of motion, he is most famous for his The Horse in Motion series.
Eadweard Muybridge
400
What is the standard frame rate for motion pictures?
24 frames per second
400
In his essay "Beyond the Shot," Sergei Eisenstein mentioned his love and appreciation for this type of Japanese theater that is known for its highly stylized gestures and bold makeup.
What is kabuki theater?
500
What was the name of France's version of the "Roaring Twenties"? (French name only)
"Annes Folles" – English translation, "The Crazy Years"
500
In the 1930s, five Hollywood production companies made up what was known as "The Majors" studios.
(100 pts per correct studio. Hint: You've heard of these.)
Paramount, Loew’s/MGM, Fox, Warner Bros., RKO
500
What are the first and last names of the two brothers who invented the Cinematographe?
Louis & Auguste Lumière
500
What was the name of the vehicles used by the Soviets to distribute political propaganda, such as newspapers, leaflets, and film, to educate the rural population
Agit-vehicles
500
This is a still from which French 1916 crime serial?
Les Vampires by Louis Feuillade