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

realism

classicism

documentary

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

high contrast

painterly

low key

high key

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

Low angle

eye-level

oblique

high angle

This shot angle suggests tension or impending movement :

high angle

oblique

birds-eye

low angle

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

deep focus

full shot

medium shot

extreme long shot

This shot shows very little background or surrounding area:

medium shot

extreme close-up

full shot

close-up

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

color is symbolic

color is strongly emotional in its appeal

color is an intellectual element

color is expressive and subconscious

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

wide-angle

fish-eye

anamorphic

telephoto

10.

Digital images are made up of thousands of :

points

filters

celluloid

pixels

11.

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

digital editing is also much easier than traditional methods

digital video production is much more expensive than traditional film

traditional animation is being replaced by computer generated animation

digital technology has revolutionized special effects in movies

12.

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

Set Designer

Director

Producer

Cinematographer

13.

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

mise-en-scéne

staging

cinema

framing

14.

The aspect ratio for widescreen is :

1.33:1

4.3.1

2.35:1

1.85:1

15.

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

bottom-frame

top-frame

off-frame

center-frame

16.

When would a director place someone off-frame?

to convey power

to convey mystery

to convey insignificance

to convey powerlessness

17.

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

harmonious equilibrium

visual interest

subsidiary contrast

dominant contrast

18.

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

full front

quarter turn

profile

three-quarter turn

19.

Which proxemic pattern would medium or full shots indicate?

social

public

intimate

personal

20.

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

twelve feet

eighteen inches

four feet

two feet

21.

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

. 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

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

22.

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

bottom

edges

top

center

23.

Cinema is derived from the Greek word for :

vision

movement

motion

dance

24.

The art of motion is called:

kinetics

cinematography

choreography

movement

25.

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

right to left

upward

left to right

downward

26.

Which movement on the screen emphasizes speed and efficiency?

toward the camera

departing the camera

lateral

downward

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 :

equipment

time

lighting

space

29.

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

tilting

handheld

dollying

panning

30.

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

panning

dollying

zooming

tilting

31.

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

zoom

handheld

crane

tilting

32.

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

crane

zoom

handheld

panning

33.

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

crane

zoom

dolly

aerial

34.

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

Optical Illusion

Persistence of Vision

Mechanical Distortion

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.

fast motion

slow motion

animation

reverse motion

37.

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

reverse motion

slow motion

animation

freeze frame

38.

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

chaos

efficiency

slowness

quickness

39.

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

tilting

zoom

panning

dolly

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?

first person

third person

objective

omniscient

42.

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

objective

omniscient

third person

first person

43.

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

first person

omniscient

third person

objective

44.

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

first person

omniscient

third person

objective

45.

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

Literal Adaptation

Faithful Adaptation

Loose Adaptation

46.

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

Faithful Adaptation

Literal Adaptation

Loose Adaptation

47.

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

Literal Adaptation

Loose Adaptation

Faithful Adaptation

48.

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

No Country for Old Men

13 Sins

Run Lola Run

49.

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

the protagonist’s goal

specific details of the ending

the protagonist

the antagonist and/or antagonistic force

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.?

Buddy Love

Fool Triumphant

Institutionalized.

52.

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

Golden Fleece

Whydunit

Out of the Bottle

53.

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

Superhero

Fool Triumphant

Golden Fleece

54.

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

Fool Triumphant

Rites of Passage

Golden Fleece

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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