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Humanities Test 2 Study Guide

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Why does Dudamel say the Verdi Requiem is like a drama? a. death is the greatest drama b. it is an opera seria c. it unleashes a tsunami of emotion d. No answer text provided.
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c. it unleashes a tsunami of emotion
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In the film of Dudamel conducting at the Hollywood Bowl, the very first selection he conducts is a. the overture to Verdi's Requiem b. the Star-Spangled Banner c. the theme to the Beverly Hillbillies d. none of the above
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b. the Star-Spangled Banner
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The original site of the Hollywood Bowl was a. a popular picnic site b. a lumber mill c. a former gold mine
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a. a popular picnic site
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Dudamel says his first connection to the Hollywood Bowl came from a. The Beatles b. His grandfatther c. Cartoons, like Bugs Bunny
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c. Cartoons, like Bugs Bunny
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What's Granny's concern when the Beverly Hillbillies are shown the Hollywood Bowl? a. the kitchen must be really big b. its all too new-fangled c. too many seats to white-wash
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c. too many seats to white-wash
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The Hollywood Bowl is special to Dudamel because a. he debuted there with the orchestra b. he proposed to his wife c. he was first inspired to sing
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a. he debuted there with the orchestra
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Which is a group of movements loosely related and played in succession? a. sonata b. suite c. cantata
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a. sonata
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Which is a composition for a solo instrument with accompaniment ( often an orchestra)? a. Sonata b. Concerto c. Cantata
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b. Concerto
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Which of the following is a large-scale composition using chorus, soloists, and an orchestra? a. Oratorio b. Cantata c. Mass
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a. Oratorio
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Which physical phenomena is measurable in vibrations per second? a. Tone color b. duration c. pitch
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c. pitch
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How are dynamics measured in music? a. decibels b. amplitude c. vibrations per second
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a. decibels
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Which is NOT a property of rhythm? a. tempo b. beat c. meter d. structure
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d. structure
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Which term indicates very slow and broad tempo? a. Grave b. Andante c. Largo d. Vivace
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c. Largo
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Which term indicates a fast and lively tempo? a. Lento b. Andante c. Allegro d. Vivace
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d. Vivace
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Which term indicates a slow tempo? a. Andantino b. Lento c. Andante d. Allegretto
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b. Lento
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Which term indicates a slow, leisurely tempo? a. Largo b. Adagio c. Moderato d. Allegro
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b. Adagio
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Any organization of musical tones occurring one after another constitutes a _____________. a. polyphony b. tempo c. melody d. consonance
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c. melody
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A central musical idea which may be restated and varies throughout a musical work is called______. a. disjunct b. consonance c. theme d. movement
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c. theme
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In music, ___________ has three characteristics: monophony, polyphony, and homophony. a. melody b. harmony c. texture d. tone
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c. texture
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A _________ texture occurs when two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest are performed at the same time. a. tonall b. monophonic c. homomphonic d. polyphonic
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d. polyphonic
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A __________texture is characterized by chords accompanying one main melody. a. tonal b. monophonic c. homophonic d. polyphonic
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c. homophonic
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We have a ____________ texture when there is only a single musical line without accompaniment. a. tonal b. monphonic c. homophonic d. polyphonic
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b. monphonic
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Which of the following means a polyphonic development of several short themes? a. binary form b. ritornello c. variation form d. fugue
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d. fugue
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Which is NOT one of the three types of opera? a. opera buffa b. opera libretto c. opera seria d. operetto
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b. opera libretto
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What is the text of an opera called? a. an aria b. a libretto c. a scipt d. recitative
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b. a libretto
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Which composer is the leitmotif best associated with? a. Verdi b. Wagner c. Mozart d. Puccini
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b. Wagner
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Which is a style of singing emphasizing the beauty of sound? a. verismo b. leitmotif c. bel canto d. seque
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c. bel canto
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What is "classical music?"
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music written in the European tradition during a period lasting approximately from 1750 to 1830, when forms such as the symphony, concerto, and sonata were standardized.
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properties of musical sounds:
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pitch, dynamics (loudness or softness), tone color, and duration.
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Tone color
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Tone color is described by words like bright, dark, brilliant, mellow, and rich.
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allegro
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fast
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vivace
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lively
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presto
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very fast
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prestissimo
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as fast as possible
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allegretto
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moderately fast
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moderato
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moderate
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andante
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moderately slow, a walking pace
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adagio
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slow
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grave
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very slow, solemn
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largo
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very slow, broad
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Melody:
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melody is a series of single tones which add up to a recognizable whole. A melody begins, moves, and ends; it has direction, shape, and continuity.
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Harmony:
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refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other.
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In theater, types of plays such as tragedies and comedies are called which of the following? a. conventions b. genres c. dynamics d. none of the above
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b. genres
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In his Poetics, Aristotle described in great detail the characteristics of which of the following? a. comedy b. melodrama c. farce d. tragedy
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d. tragedy
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What was the most popular dramatic form of the 20th century? a. comedy b. farce c. melodrama d. tragedy
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c. melodrama
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In this type of play, the plot usually unfolds as a series of trials instigated by a villain that the hero must overcome. a. low comedy b. high comedy c. tragedy d. melodrama
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d. melodrama
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The word theatre comes from the word __________, which means "place for seeing." a. thanatos b. theatron c. theos d. thearchon
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b. theatron
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What is the term for a play structured in such a way that it rises to a peak and falls to a conclusion? a. foreshadowed b. pyramidal c. episodic d. causal
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b. pyramidal
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Which of the following terms describes the part of a play's structure in which the playwright gives the audience background information? a. complication b. denouement c. crisis d. exposition
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d. exposition
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Which of the following terms describes the part of a play's structure in which the playwright twists the events of the plot and the subplot? a. complication b. denouement c. crisis d. exposition
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a. complication
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Which of the following terms describes the part of a play's structure in which the playwright resolves the issues of the play? a. complication b. denouement c. crisis d. exposition
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b. denouement
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The central personage of a play is called the_________. a. focal point b. protagonist c. person of interest d. motivator
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b. protagonist
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Which of the following terms is applicable to a situation such as a peasant jumping to the upper class? a. thematic reorder b. reversal c. crisis d. denouement
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b. reversal
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Which of the following is a theatre form in which the audience totally surrounds the playing area? a. arena form b. thrust form c. proscenium arch d. open form
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a. arena form
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Which of the following is a theatre form in which the audience views the action through a frame? a. arena form b. thrust form c. proscenium arch d. open form
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c. proscenium arch
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Which of the following is a theatre form in which the audience surrounds the action on three sides? a. arena form b. thrust form c. proscenium arch d. open form
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b. thrust form
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Items that are like those we see in everyday life are called________. a. true b. theatrical c. lifelike d. false
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c. lifelike
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Items that are not as we find them in daily life are called__________. a. true b. theatrical c. lifelike d. false
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b. theatrical
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Which of the following terms means mental and physical involvement in situations not directly participated in? a. sympathy b. sensibility c. empathy d. aesthetic distance
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c. empathy
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Which of the following is a type of theatre in which elements from fields in the humanities and arts may be combined? a. Mime b. Performance Art c. Tragicomedy d. none of the above
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b. Performance Art
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What is the main channel of communication between the playwright and the audience? a. exposition b. denouement c. scenery d. actors
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d. actors
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Which of the following is the theatre for which Shakespeare wrote? a. The Odeon b. The Lord Chamberlain's c. The Globe d. The Bear
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c. The Globe
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According to Aristotle, one of the attributes of tragedy is that it produces _________, or the purging of the emotions of pity and fear. a. mood b. dynamics c. catharsis d. all of the above
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c. catharsis
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Which of the following si the basic picture unit of a film? a. reel b. shot c. frame d. cut
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c. frame
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Which type of film attempts to record actuality using primarily a sociological or journalistic approach? a. Absolute film b. Narrative film c. Documentary film d. Silent film
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c. Documentary film
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In many ways, this type of film uses the techniques of theatre. a. Narrative film b. Documentary film c. Absolute film d. None of the above
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a. Narrative film
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This type of film exists solely as movement or form and tends to be very short a. narrative film b. documentary film c. absolute film d. none of the above
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c. absolute film
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According to legend, who discovered the optical phenomenon called "persistence of vision?" a. Aristotle b. Ptolemy c. D.W. Griffith d. Steven Spielberg
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b. Ptolemy
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Which of the following is a cinema technique similar to third-person narrative in literature? a. montage b. Subjective viewpoint c. objective viewpoint d. cutting within the frame
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c. objective viewpoint
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Which of the following describes how a film is recorded? a. in the order its scenes appear in the final work b. beginning with the climax and working backward c. beginning with close-ups and moving to cover shots d. none of the above
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None of the above
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The magnitude of a television film relies more heavily on which of the following, as compared to a film made for theater viewing? a. long shots b. medium shots c. close-up shots d. cutting within the frame
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c. close-up shots
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Which of the following terms means the joining together of shots during the editing process? a. montage b. cutting c. persistence of vision d. camera viewpoint
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b. cutting
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Which of the following is the technique and effect resulting from the use of natural or outdoor lighting and a hand-held camera? a. chiaroscuro b. cinema verite c. cinema concrete d. journalism
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b. cinema verite
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Which of the following is a technique that breaks the continuity of time? a. cut b. form cut c. jump cut d. montage
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c. jump cut
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Which of the following is a technique that moves from one image in a shot to another that has a similar shape? a. cut b. form cut c. jump cut d. montage
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b. form cut
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Which of the following is the term for what is recorded by the camera over a period of time? a. cut b. shot c. dissolve d. crosscut
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b. shot
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Which of the following creates the interrelationship of details in cinema? a. master shots b. long shots c. bridging shots d. establishing shots
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d. establishing shots
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Which of the following is edited into a scene to cover a brief brake in continuity? a. Master shots b. long shots c. bridging shots d. establishing shots
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c. bridging shots
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Which of the following is a technique that allows a filmmaker to avoid the editing process? a. Dissolving b. camera movement c. pan d. cutting within the frame
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d. cutting within the frame
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Which of the following means the technique of fading out one scene and fading in the next? a. wipe b. lap dissolve c. iris-out d. iris-in
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b. lap dissolve
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Which of the following is the technique of keeping images in the background and foreground in equal focus? a. depth of focus b. rack focus c. differential focus d. omnifocus
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a. depth of focus
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Which of the following is the technique of moving the camera away from or toward the subject? a. pan b. dolly shot c. track shot d. tilt shot
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b. dolly shot
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Which of the following is the technique of rotating the camera horizontally while keeping it fixed vertically? a. pan b. dolly shot c. track shot d. tilt shot
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a. pan
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Which of the following is the technique developed by silent film comedians to allow them to make direct contact with the audience a. aside b. direct address c. soliloquy d. camera look
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d. camera look
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In the cinema, _________ has the function of converting the mise-en-scene from three-dimensional to two-dimensional space. a. actor b. editor c. director d. set designer
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c. director
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According to the ___________ theory,whoever controls the mise-en-scene is its true author. a. actor b. auteur c. anterior d. attache
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b. auteur
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Which director created Birth of a Nation? a. Fernand Leger b. D.W. Griffith c. Alfred Hitchcock d. John Ford
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b. D.W. Griffith
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The director _____________ is noted for his film based on the life of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. a. Ridley Scott b. Orson Welles c. Sergei Eisenstein d. George Lucas
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b. Orson Welles
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What is melodrama? Explain and discuss a specific example of the form from theater or cinema.
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Melodrama was the most popular dramatic form of the 20th century. In a melodrama, the plot usually unfolds as a series of trials instigated by a villain that the hero must overcome. Melodramas deal with sensational and romantic topics that appeal to the emotions of the common audience and are often exaggerated, overwrought emotionally, sentimental, dependent of sensation and simplistic conflict resolution. The Wizard of Oz is an example of a melodrama from cinema. The villain is the wicked witch of the West. After defeating the wicked witch of the west, Dorothy and her friends are rewarded by the Wizard of Oz with their hearts' desires.
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Describe the four (4) basic genres of theater and three (3) genres of film.
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THEATRE: 1. Tragedy- A play in which the protagonist is overcome by a combination of social and psychological circumstances. 2. Comedy- A play of light and humorous character with a happy or cheerful ending 3. Tragicomedy- A dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy. 4. Melodrama- expresses conventional morality stereotyped characters—often exaggerated, overwrought emotionally, sentimental, dependent of sensation and simplistic conflict resolution. FILM: 1. Horror- A film genre seeking to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's primal fears 2. Action- A film genre in which characters are thrust into a series of challenges that involve physical feats, extended fight scenes, violence, and frantic chases. 3. Drama- A film genre with settings or life situations that portray realistic characters in conflict with either themselves, others, or forces of nature. A dramatic film shows us human beings at their best, their worst, and everything in-between.