This agency gained enough power to take over Universal Studios.
What is MCA?
100
The film industry decided on this visual structure to differentiate itself from TV.
What is Widescreen?
100
400 Blows is an example of this European movement in filmmaking that involves disjointed narratives and non-goal oriented characters.
What is the French New Wave?
100
This film is the second highest grossing rated "R" film of all time and began the blockbuster era.
What is The Godfather?
100
In an attempt to differentiate itself from television the film industry produced many types of these films throughout the 50's and early 60's?
What are Historical Epic/Sword and Sandal films?
200
These two periods are the most profitable film "seasons"
What are Holiday and Summer?
200
This technology lost a format war to VHS.
What is SONY Betamax?
200
This film starring Dustin Hoffman exemplifies the post WW2 baby boomer era with its inclusion of popular music and influences from foreign film movements.
What is The Graduate?
200
This subgenre of film developed in the early part of the decade by catering to male urban audiences.
What is blaxploitation?
200
This is an industry term for a film with a straightforward, easily pitched, and easily comprehended story. These often include “what if scenarios” and typically do not include character driven narratives.
What is High Concept?
300
This is an agreement arranged by an agent involving the potential talent for a film. This technique is used to enhance studios and advertisers to finance the film.
What is a package?
300
This company was at the forefront of digital technology beginning in the 1970s...
What is Industrial Light and Magic?
300
Scorpio Rising is an example of this type of avant garde filmmaking.
What is social?
300
Laura Mulvey wrote this essay about the perception of women in film...
What is "Visual Pleasure and the Narrative Cinema"?
300
This genre of films were extremely popular in the 1980's creating numerous stars and sequels.
What are action films?
400
This is a concept involving the cross media promotion of a product through all levels of a corporation.
What is Synergy?
400
The belief that all data on the internet available to consumers should be accessed equally.
What is net neutrality?
400
This personal art film dealt with feelings of depression and despair and involved a mysterious cloaked figure.
What is Meshes of the Afternoon?
400
This is a method of film release that opens to a large number of theaters at one time accompanied with a marketing campaign.
What is Saturation Booking?
400
The rise of digital technology led to the proliferation of these types of films in the 2000s
What are Comic Book/Fantasy films?
500
This act introduced the internet into communications law, allowing cable companies to purchase media companies.
What is the Telecommunications Act of 1996?
500
This former Lucasfilm company's first film was Luxo Jr....
What is Pixar?
500
Italian Neorealism is exemplified in this film.
What is The Bicycle Thief?
500
This film follows a mentally disturbed man and his desire to clean up New York City.
What is Taxi Driver?
500
The 1970s marked the end of the New Hollywood "Director's Cinema" and the beginning of attempting to produce these types of films.