Silent Films
Name the directors of The General and The Great Dictator
Buster Keaton & Charlie Chaplin
This director of Citizen Kane got his start in radio.
Orson Welles
What war helped form the genre of Neo Realism?
WWII
Pioneered by the French New Wave, this abrupt style of editing ran counter to the seamless style of Golden era Hollywood editing
Jump Cuts
Which famous director, who started his career during the New Hollywood era, is also partly responsible for killing this era?
Steven Spielberg
Widely considered the first science fiction movie ever, it was released in 1902. What was it called and who directed it?
A Trip to the Moon, George Meliers
Name 3 of the "big five" film studios
Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, MGM, Paramount, RKO
Italian Neo Realism served as a precursor and influenced what other important Film movement.
The French New Wave
What is the theory called which states that a film's director should be the sole creative force and should write, shoot and edit his own film.
Auteur theory
Name two elements of the New Hollywood era
Graphic violence, overt sexuality, taboo subject matter, character driven, complicated characters/antiheros, heavy subject matter/themes, etc
Before the industry shifted to Hollywood during the silent film era, where were most films shot?
New York
What juror number was Henry Fonda's character in 12 Angry Men
Number 8
What was Antonio's job in The Bicycle Thieves?
Plastering posters
Name two of the 5 "Young Turks", the French directors who helped start the French New Wave movement.
Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Goddard, Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer
Name 3 of the many famous directors who got there start in the New Hollywood era
Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Cimino, Arthur Penn, Mike Nichols, Terrence Malick, etc
What was the first ever film camera called and who made it?
Cinematograph (the lumiere bros.)
Name 2 of the "little three" film studios
Columbia, Universal, United Artists
Who directed The Bicycle Thieves?
Vittorio De Sica
The 400 Blows is a French expression that means what?
To run wild or to act wild
Name the 2 films that are credited as starting the New Hollywood era.
The Graduate (Nichols, 1967) and Bonnie & Clyde (Penn, 1967)
What was considered the first ever film and who made it?
The Horse in Motion (Eadweard Muybridge, 1878)
Classics such as Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, Mr Smith goes to Washington, Ninotchka, Wurthering Heights, Goodbye Mr. Chips and Of Mice and Men were all released during this year, widely considered to be the greatest year in cinematic history
1939
Name 4 elements of Neo Realism
Real Locations, Non actors, Natural lighting, on location sound, characters on the fringes of society, themes of struggle and poverty, long takes, black and white photography, etc.
What was the French magazine that many of the French New Wave directors wrote for?
Cahiers du Cinema
George Lucas is best know for the Star Wars franchise, but what was his first film, known as a classic of the New Hollywood era.
American Graffiti (Lucas, 1973)