Animation/Black Face
Studios
Vocab
Advances
Foundations
100
What is animation
The use of drawings to create a moving picture.
100
In what year was Warner Bros. Pictures incorporated?
What is 1923
100
What is a silent film?
A film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially no dialogue
100
Which was the first cartoon with synchronized sound?
What is Steamboat Willie
100
In what decade did film blossom as a love and pastime for many Americans?
What is the 1920s
200
Which studio devoted itself to animation, becoming incredibly successful in the process?
What is Disney Bros. Studio
200
What was the line of poor studios all lined up on one street called?
What is Poverty Row
200
What is an Audion Amplifier Tube?
A tube used to amplify sound in order to create usable dialogue in films
200
What is a talkie?
What is a film with synchronized dialogue
200
Where did film production occur if it was not in Hollywood?
What is New Jersey or Long Island
300
True or False: Animation is sometimes created by many different people all drawing different parts of each picture
What is True
300
Which "Little 3" studio fell into obscurity and now produces only B-films?
What is United Artists
300
What is the Vitaphone system?
What is the first sound-on-disc system used for feature films.
300
How was color added to film in the earliest years of film-making?
What is by hand
300
How many film studios were there in the 1920s?
What is 20
400
What did actors use when acting in black face to make their skin dark?
What is burnt cork, shoe polish, or greasepaint
400
What organization kept the studios in line and worked to create a good public image?
What is the MPPDA - Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America
400
The functions of the studios becoming integrated under one directorship (in order to make more money) is called what?
What is vertical integration
400
What two colors were included in Technicolor Motion Picture Corporations two color additive system?
What is red and green
400
How many films did the studios create in a year in the 1920s?
What is 800
500
Why did actors perform in black face?
What is to represent African Americans without allowing them to become actors themselves.
500
MGM was formed through the merge of which three companies?
What is Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Meyer Pictures
500
What were some problems with the early talkies?
What is actors losing jobs, actors not being able to move, clunky equipment, crude productions, or noisy cameras
500
What was the first feature film talkie to be released?
What is The Jazz Singer
500
How many major studios were there in the 1920s?
What is 8 - The Big 5 and The Little 3
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