What was the subject of the first movie ever made?
a sneeze
100
What is a stereotype?
Something that you believe about a person, based on how they look.
100
What is an archetype?
a model/pattern on which other things are based
100
This type of comedy involves hitting, falling down, and throwing things.
slapstick
100
What is the difference between genre and subgenre?
Genre=type of movie
Subgenre=smaller type within a genre
200
Why important change is shown by the opening of film studios in Hollywood?
Showed that films can make money
200
What stereotype did Americans have about blondes BEFORE World War 2?
Blondes are "bad."
200
This archetype WANTS glory, power.
the leader
200
In this type of comedy, someone from the country might move to a city, or a man might need to pretend he is a woman.
Fish out of water
200
This subgenre involves ghosts and vampires.
supernatural
300
What was the first cartoon with sound?
Steamboat Willie
300
What war had a huge impact on the development of plastic surgery?
World War I
300
This archetype has perfect hair, even in the middle of a gun fight.
the gentleman
300
These comedies became popular in the 1970s; before the 1970s, these movies would have been too shocking or upsetting for people.
gross-out comedies
300
In this subgenre, plants/animals turn against humans!
natural
400
Why were the film studios worried about Mary Pickford's relationship with Douglas Fairbanks?
They both were married to other people, and he was a father.
400
What effect does seeing super-thin movie stars sometimes have on teenage girls in America?
Girls eat less, and sometimes try not to eat at all, which leads them to develop eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia.
400
Gangster movies from the 1930s and Westerns from the 1940s and 1950s were similar because even though both showed guns and death, neither one showed much ______.
blood
400
A comedy about murder or death would be this type.
Dark/black comedy
400
This subgenre involves dead bodies that come back to life to eat humans.
zombie
500
What two innovations did filmmakers create, as a reaction to the invention of the television?
3D, smell-O-vision
500
Name one of the 2 famous blonde actresses we talked about in class (one is from the 1920s/1930s; the other is from the 1950s).
Jean Harlow
Marilyn Monroe
500
What 1967 film changed the way filmmakers used violence in their stories?
Bonnie and Clyde
500
A comedy that makes fun of another movie would be this type.
spoof/parody
500
This subgenre involves a killer who stalks and murders people.