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
Violent 1920s comedy involves hitting, falling down, and throwing things.
slapstick
100
What was the first full-length animated film?
Snow White
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
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
200
Pixar is famous for making what type of animation (in cooperation with Disney Studios)?
computer animation
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
For those Americans who do NOT like violent films, they have come up with two solutions to limit the exposure of American audiences to violence: ____ films and _____ films.
rate; censor
300
What was the first animation with sound?
Steamboat Willie
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
What is it easy for the rebel to get, bard hard for "Mr. Nice Guy to get?
a girlfriend
400
Most Americans (even those who criticize violent films) accept violence in films if the purpose is ____________________
to correctly/accurately portray historical events
400
Stop-motion animation made with clay figurines is called ___________, and was popular in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.
claymation
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
For what reasons does the rebel/"bad boy" archetype act out?
Secret troubles (home life, private tragedy, etc)
500
What 1967 film changed the way filmmakers used violence in their stories?
Bonnie and Clyde
500
This clear plastic helped animators reduce the amount of time they spent making cartoons, because they didn't have to redraw all the parts.