Film Studies Final Exam Chapter 7

30 August 2022
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1.Which of the following is most likely to draw an audience to a movie?
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A famous actor
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8.In the very first movies, people on the screen were _____.
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ordinary people playing themselves
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11.Who was responsible for inventing the art of screen acting?
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Lillian Gish, under D. W. Griffith's guidance.
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13.How did Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly satirize the film industry in Singin' in the Rain (1952)?
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It poked fun at the difficult transition from silent to sound production.
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14.Which of the following did NOT pose a challenge for the transition from silent to sound production in films?
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Lighting equipment.
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18.Unlike actors performing in the Golden Age of Hollywood, today's superstars:
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may choose their roles and negotiate earnings
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21.Which of the following is NOT one of the powers the studio typically exercised over its stable of actors?
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Studios locked actors into ten-year option contracts.
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24.The Stanislavsky system of acting trained students to:
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bring their own experiences and feelings to their roles
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27.Which of the following best characterizes a naturalistic style performance?
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The behavior is believable and recognizable.
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30.Today's actors' earnings are most influenced by their _____.
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popularity with audiences
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34. Directors/Screenwriters Joel and Ethan Coen enjoy an unusually close collaboration with their actors and are able to elicit exceptional performances because:
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they write parts specifically for the actors they hope to cast.
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36.When actors are repeatedly given particular kinds of roles based on their looks rather than their talent or experience, they are _____.
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typecast
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46.Without _____, Travis Bickle would not say, "You talking to me?" in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976).
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improvisation by Robert De Niro
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51.Experienced screen actors know their most essential relationship is with the _____.
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camera