Midterm 2023

This exam will have 2 parts:

PART 1: Multiple Choice Questions based on

• Chapter 1(Photography)

• Chapter 2(Mise En Scene)

• Chapter 3 (Movement)

•PAGES 395-403 (POINT OF VIEW & ADAPTATIONS)

• THE LOG LINE

• THE BEAT SHEET

• 10 Movie Types

PART 2: Matching Movie Clips to shots, angles, proxemic patterns and camera movement.

After competing Part 1, Go to Google Classroom and click on the lMidterm Part 2 Assignment and follow the directions.

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Realism tends to do the following :

stylize and distort raw materials

call attention to itself

be mostly found in fictional films

preserve the illusion that the film world is unmanipulated

The style of cinema that deliberately stylizes life is known as:

formalism

documentary

realism

classicism

Lighting that has harsh shafts of lights and dramatic streaks of blackness is called:

painterly

high key

low key

high contrast

This shot angle can reduce the importance or power of a subject:

high angle

eye-level

oblique

Low angle

This shot angle suggests tension or impending movement :

birds-eye

high angle

low angle

oblique

This long shot needs a wide angle lens to be taken:

extreme long shot

full shot

deep focus

medium shot

This shot shows very little background or surrounding area:

full shot

extreme close-up

medium shot

close-up

All are true about the use of color in film except:

color is strongly emotional in its appeal

color is symbolic

color is expressive and subconscious

color is an intellectual element

What type of lenses are referred to as “short lenses”:

telephoto

fish-eye

wide-angle

anamorphic

10.

Digital images are made up of thousands of :

filters

points

celluloid

pixels

11.

Which of these is not an aspect of digital technology in film:

traditional animation is being replaced by computer generated animation

digital technology has revolutionized special effects in movies

digital video production is much more expensive than traditional film

digital editing is also much easier than traditional methods

12.

Who selects the style of photography that is used in a film?

Producer

Director

Cinematographer

Set Designer

13.

What is the arrangement of objects and people within a given three-dimensional space?

cinema

staging

mise-en-scéne

framing

14.

The aspect ratio for widescreen is :

2.35:1

4.3.1

1.33:1

1.85:1

15.

Where would you place someone in frame if you wanted to convey subservience, vulnerability, and powerlessness?

off-frame

center-frame

bottom-frame

top-frame

16.

When would a director place someone off-frame?

to convey powerlessness

to convey power

to convey insignificance

to convey mystery

17.

When the eye is drawn to a specific area on screen this is called:

subsidiary contrast

visual interest

dominant contrast

harmonious equilibrium

18.

taking into account the analysis of Territorial space in film, which way of photographing a character would make him/her more dominant?

profile

three-quarter turn

quarter turn

full front

19.

Which proxemic pattern would medium or full shots indicate?

personal

social

public

intimate

20.

How far away does the camera have to be to capture personal proxemic distance?

twelve feet

two feet

eighteen inches

four feet

21.

Which attribute is not indicative of Open Form in a film?

objects and figures seem to have been found rather than deliberately arranged

. the camera seems to know what will happen even before it occurs

the dramatic action generally leads the camera

objects and figures are more precisely placed within the frame

22.

Which part of the frame is reserved for the most important elements in the film?

edges

top

center

bottom

23.

Cinema is derived from the Greek word for :

dance

movement

motion

vision

24.

The art of motion is called:

cinematography

movement

kinetics

choreography

25.

Movements in this direction often suggest aspiration, joy, power, and authority:

upward

downward

left to right

right to left

26.

Which movement on the screen emphasizes speed and efficiency?

departing the camera

downward

lateral

toward the camera

27.

Which type of movie tends to have longer shots in comparison to the others?

epic

comedy

psychological

documentary

28.

A major problem when deciding what movements to make with a camera is :

time

space

equipment

lighting

29.

Which moving camera shot creates vertical movements of the camera around a stationary horizontal axis?

handheld

dollying

tilting

panning

30.

Which moving camera shot is also known as a tracking shot?

zooming

panning

tilting

dollying

31.

Which moving camera shot does not actually involve moving the camera?

tilting

handheld

zoom

crane

32.

Which moving camera shot was is used primarily in documentaries to be able to film in multiple locations?

panning

crane

zoom

handheld

33.

Which moving camera shot is able to catch a more free and swooping vantage of a scene?

dolly

zoom

aerial

crane

34.

The optical illusion of movement caused when still images are projected and mixed by the human eye is known as:

Optical Illusion

Mechanical Distortion

Persistence of Vision

35.

In this distortion thousands of frames are photographed separately; each frame differs from its neighbor only to an infinitesimal degree.

slow motion

animation

reverse motion

fast motion

36.

This distortion is achieved by having events photographed at a slower rate than twenty-four fps.

reverse motion

animation

slow motion

fast motion

37.

With this distortion a single image is selected and reprinted for as many frames as is necessary:

reverse motion

animation

freeze frame

slow motion

38.

When a character moves in or out of the depth of a scene the effect is one of :

slowness

quickness

chaos

efficiency

39.

Which moving camera shot can suggest a change in psychological nature of a character?

tilting

dolly

zoom

panning

40.

How many frames per second is a typical film?

41.

What point of view impartially reports events from the outside without getting into the conscience of any one character?

objective

first person

third person

omniscient

42.

Which Point of View uses an all-knowing narrator who provides the spectator with all necessary information?

third person

objective

omniscient

first person

43.

Which Point of View involves an anonymous narrator tells about the background of a single character?

objective

first person

third person

omniscient

44.

Which Point of View is taken from the vantage point of a character in the film, showing what the character sees?

omniscient

first person

objective

third person

45.

A film based on a stage play, in which the dialogue and actions are kept mostly intact:

Loose Adaptation

Literal Adaptation

Faithful Adaptation

46.

A film based on a literary original that captures the essence of that original.

Loose Adaptation

Literal Adaptation

Faithful Adaptation

47.

A film based on another medium in which only superficial resemblance exists between the two versions:

Literal Adaptation

Faithful Adaptation

Loose Adaptation

48.

Which of these movies that we watched was a Literal Adaptation?

Run Lola Run

No Country for Old Men

13 Sins

49.

What 3 things must the Log Line include ? Check all that apply.

the antagonist and/or antagonistic force

the protagonist

the protagonist’s goal

specific details of the ending

50.

A film can have one or more Save the Cat Movie Types.

True

False

51.

Which Movie Type deals with an underdog who goes up against an establishment.?

Fool Triumphant

Buddy Love

Institutionalized.

52.

Which Movie Type deals with a Heroes journey to find a prize then finds himself.

Golden Fleece

Out of the Bottle

Whydunit

53.

Which Movie Type deals with an extraordinary person saving the world or a part of it?

Fool Triumphant

Superhero

Golden Fleece

54.

Which Movie Type deals with a person in crisis who has yet to grow and learn from experience?

Fool Triumphant

Golden Fleece

Rites of Passage

55.

Which Movie Type deals with sin, monsters or demons?

Out of the Bottle

Dude with a Problem

Monster in The House

This exam will have 2 parts:

PART 1: Multiple Choice Questions based on

• Chapter 1(Photography)

• Chapter 2(Mise En Scene)

• Chapter 3 (Movement)

•PAGES 395-403 (POINT OF VIEW & ADAPTATIONS)

• THE LOG LINE

• THE BEAT SHEET

• 10 Movie Types

PART 2: Matching Movie Clips to shots, angles, proxemic patterns and camera movement.

After competing Part 1, Go to Google Classroom and click on the lMidterm Part 2 Assignment and follow the directions.

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