Film History
The film movement that uses dream-like imagery to make a point.
Surrealism
The earliest form of TV shows.
Theater style variety shows
The main conflict storyline
A Storyline
Hulu was the first one of these.
Streaming services
This is what you would see in the first ever moving picture.
Known for creating the first commercial film.
The Lumiere Brothers
This is what Nickelodeon and Disney shows were centered around starting in the 90s.
Kids/Teens
Every show starts with this Act.
This is the name and/or acronym of the organization that regulates what can and cannot be shown on Television.
The FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
sound that can be heard by the characters and the audience
diegetic sound
A style of film that is defined by its high contrast and mysterious plots that were inspired by detective fiction.
Film Noir
The thing that started in the late 70s/early 80s that threatened TV Networks the most and is the reason we have a lot of variety on TV.
Cable TV
The difference between serialized and episodic shows
Serialized shows continue the story each episode and have to be watched in order, while episodic shows have the same characters every week, but there is a new story each time that can be watched out of order.
One advantage to single-cam shows over multi-cam shows.
Can be filmed in multiple locations. Free moving.
A recurring music piece or sound that is associated with a particular person, idea, setting, or situation
A Leitmotif
This ended the New Hollywood era of movies.
The Blockbuster
Escapism and the Relevance Movement
Where most multi-cam shows are filmed.
On a soundstage.
The amount of acts for a half-hour show.
5 Acts
The French New Wave started this: the idea that director was the author of the movie.
the auteur theory
A style of film that highlighted lawlessness and allowed people to live vicariously through the characters
Westerns
These are the most popular type of sitcoms in the 60s and the 90s respectively. (name both) Hint: they are opposites
Rural Comedy and Urban Humor
A "Case of the week" style of show
Procedural
What would be the formula for the following show:
24 is a show in which each episode takes place in real time and depicts one hour of the day for each episode. It follows counter terrorism agent Jack Bauer as he deals with assassination attempts, nuclear attacks, bioterrorism, torture, traitors, sleeper cells, other bad guys. The show is mostly shot on location. In the first episode, Jack is called because there is a threat on the life of a US senator who is running for President. He has to protect him and find the people responsible of the threat throughout the season.
(One-Hour / Half-Hour) + (single-cam / multi-cam / procedural) + (comedy / drama / crime drama) with a (Premise / Non-premise) pilot
24 is a One-Hour, single cam, crime drama with a premise pilot
A filmmaker from the start of film who help pioneer special effects and made over 500 films.
Georges Melies
The Golden Age of film began after which other period of film AND started what? Hint: We still have them today and they control most of the major movies we see.
After Pre-Code Hollywood; big studios like Paramount, Warner Bros., etc.
The era of Television when Film Studios started to pair with TV networks.
The Golden Age
The difference between a premise pilot and a non-premise pilot.
Premise = catalyst to the show; other episodes could not exist without it.
Non-Premise = Typical episode; could be any episode in the season.
What would be the formula for the following show:
The Nanny is a sitcom about a retail store clerk from Queens, New York who becomes a nanny in a rich family with 3 kids. The show is shot in front of a live studio audience. The first episode the main character: Fran Fine, gets fired from her retail job and dumped by her fiancé. She then unintentionally gets the job of a nanny while she is selling cosmetics door to door.
(One-Hour / Half-Hour) + (single-cam / multi-cam / procedural) + (comedy / drama / crime drama) + with a (Premise / Non-premise) pilot
The Nanny is a half-hour, multi-cam, comedy with a premise pilot.
Name All Three: The first film with synchronous sound. The first film with technicolor. The first blockbuster.
The Jazz Singer (1927); The Wizard of Oz (1939); Jaws (1979)