Survey of Motion Pictures Exam 1 Practice

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• Who created the permanent photographic negative?
• The feature of the Black Maria that allowed daylight into the studio is called what?
• What is the term for the resolution after the climax?
• Which was used for home entertainment and horror effects?
• Which site is cited as an early filming location in the material?
• Stop motion film in the list is which title?
• Which event describes film companies leaving New York to escape patent control?
• Spirited Away is cited as an example of which type of animated film?
• Which film style focuses on character?
• Which Griffith film features four stories?
• Early stop motion film is which title?
• What label is given to a long, large-scale motion picture?
• Which device is an early projector using painted glass slides?
• The concept of multiple cameras triggered by trip wires is known as which?
• What term refers to criminal influence within the film industry?
• Animating real people frame by frame is called?
• What is the first synchronized sound cartoon?
• Which event is cited as a public reaction to the Birth of a Nation?
• Which statement best describes an Epic Film?
• What process develops a negative into a positive image?
• Which term marks the visual cue signaling the film's end?
• What is the main problem of a story commonly called?
• Which device allowed viewing films individually?
• What is the term for the main character of a story?
• Which Méliès film features a rocket hitting the Moon?
• Which early photographic process involves creating a negative on a silver-coated copper plate using mercury vapor?
• Which was an early filming location?
• What marks the end of the film's on-screen life?
• What was used for transporting film copies in early cinema?
• Who is the Greek god associated with theatre?
• Which artist is associated with showing motion by placing images side by side?
• Which technique involves applying color to frames by hand?
• Which location is linked with Tarzan filming?
• Which term describes the use of marionettes in animation?
• Which term refers to studios that used sunlight rather than artificial lighting?
• Which ancient Greek god is associated with theatre and wine in mythic tradition?
• Which term describes devices used in schools to display motion pictures before modern projectors?
• Which factor would filmmakers rely on to capture authentic outdoor settings across different climates?
• Early photographs required subjects to sit still for minutes due to which technique?
• What term describes animation that uses hand-drawn images?
• Which device uses light to display an image from film?
• Which statement correctly matches Birth of a Nation and its impact?
• Moving objects frame by frame relates to which technique?
• Which term is described as showing two people?
• Images flipped rapidly in sequence represent which technique?
• Which experiment used multiple cameras triggered in sequence to study motion?
• Which place served as a temporary hub for film production in the early era?
• Which term describes the sequence of events after the climax intended to resolve subplots?
• Who is commonly linked to motion picture technology in its early history?
• Who developed the improved photographic gun?
• Which shot shows the face or detail?
• What term refers to a 5-cent movie theater?
• Which film on the list is a stop-motion film?
• Photographing real-world objects frame by frame to create motion is typically called what?
• Which film was the first animated feature to be nominated for Best Picture?
• Which film by Martin Scorsese portrays the life of Georges Méliès?
• Which shot shows a large area?
• Where was Tarzan filmed?
• Which name is used for animation that uses cut-out paper shapes?
• Who is the renowned Japanese animator mentioned in the material?
• Painted film frames were created by which group?
• The term 'Actualities' refers to what type of cinema?
• The material uses which label to describe the concept of early visual devices?
• What is a dark room where outside images project onto the opposite wall?
• Who created a camera that films and projects?
• Which location used sunlight for filming?
• What is the term for drawings on transparent sheets in traditional animation?
• The first close-up shot appears in which film?
• What term marks the opening of a film?
• What term describes color added manually to individual frames in early cinema?
• What was Edison's monopoly organization called?
• Which term describes the process of converting a film negative into a positive print?
• Which technique was used to add color for mood in early films?
• The phrase "Optical Instruments as Toys" best describes what concept in the material?
• Which format represents a beginning, middle, and end?
• Who is described as a major animation pioneer?
• What describes events after the climax in a narrative?
• The standard film frame rate is commonly described as which term?
• The Birth of a Nation Impact: revival of which organization?
• Director using stop motion is which person?
• Which term describes the concept of capturing images by recording light?
• Which device allows viewing three-dimensional images?
• What are the visual planning drawings called?
• Which term is associated with both real estate and the film center in historical references?
• Which term is described as showing face or detail?
• The material states early visual devices were marketed as children's toys because they were easier to sell and more profitable. Which phrase expresses this marketing rationale?
• What editing transition blends one image into another?
• Cutting between multiple events is called?
• The material implies the primary audience for those products was which group?
• What timing concept uses 30-60-30 minutes?
• Which early film inventor developed motion picture technology?
• Which shot shows the subject waist-up?
• Frame-by-frame motion is characteristic of which animation category?
• Who theorized the 'dark chamber' concept and the early camera obscura idea?
• Clay models are associated with which animation style?
• Which work used a three-color process?
• Which topic would the marketing approach described for toys aim to promote?
• Created Dynamation is associated with which figure?
• Which statement about early film editing terms is true?
• Which device represents an early motion-picture projector capable of displaying images in sequence?
• The main idea behind marketing early visual devices as toys is best described as which?
• Which film by Martin Scorsese tells the life of Georges Méliès?
• Hand-drawn images correspond to which animation category?
• Which title is associated with animated food and romance?
• Which editing method gradually transitions from one shot to another by fading through a dissolve?
• Which film title suggests a paradoxical state of lighting and darkness?
• Which device category encompasses devices used to present motion pictures in classrooms during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
• Which instrument captured motion of birds in early photography?
• Civil War photographer used for realism is which?
• Which device is primarily used for projecting moving pictures in the 18th–19th centuries?
• What term denotes the peak emotional moment of a narrative?
• Which artifact exemplifies ancient images showing movement similar to animation?
• Tinting scenes for mood is best described as which concept?
• Which work is linked to the three-color film technology?
• Griffith's film about the Civil War is which?
• Dynamation is a technique that merges live action with animation. Which pair of words best describes it?
• Animating people is described by which term?
• Early film production sometimes took place in studios that used natural sunlight. What term describes these studios?
• Which technique is defined by using clay figures to create movement?
• The material suggests that early entertainment practices involved which combination?
• Which statement does the material explicitly support?
• Who created celluloid film stock?
• Spirited Away illustrates which category of animation?
• Which Méliès film features a rocket hitting the Moon?
• Which film style emphasizes action?
• Who directed The Squaw Man?
• Which term describes creating animation with drawings?
• Which statement accurately describes US Film Structure Timing?
• Which technique involves turning the camera off and on to produce a disappearance?
• Which was the early projector that used spinning discs?
• Which early device displayed moving pictures by revealing images through slits in a rotating disk?
• Which choice best matches European Film Style?
• The Lumière Brothers are credited with what achievement?
• Which term refers to the first movie studio associated with Edison?
• Which filmmaker is associated with making the camera that can both film and project?
• Which scientist created the first working camera obscura and wrote about optics?
• Which phrase serves as the direct label for the early visual devices in the material?
• The line "Early entertainment displays" is connected to which associated term in the material?
• Early documentary-style films are called what?
• The feature of the Black Maria that turned to follow sunlight is called what?
• Early attempts to capture movement are exemplified by which artifact?
• In ancient Greek theatre, the performers commonly limited to a maximum of how many actors?
• What term describes the central opponent or villain of the protagonist?
• Which film centers on a clay man assembled?
• What term describes Edison copying Méliès films?
• Which device served as an early 3D viewing mechanism?
• Which entity controlled patents in the early film industry?
• Which served as a temporary film center?
• Which term is described as showing the subject waist-up?
• Who was the railroad president who made the horse bet?
• In the material, the clue '19th-century Russian woman' corresponds to which animation concept?
• Which term describes spaces with abundant natural light used for filming?
• What advantage arises from access to many landscapes for filming?
• Which shot shows two people?
• Which term describes the use of clay figures in animation?
• What is the term for events before the main story begins?
• Which statement about The Great Train Robbery is correct?
• Which film is recognized as an early narrative film?
• Digitally filmed stop motion is which film?
• The material's pairings identify which category as an example of early entertainment displays?
• Turning the camera off and on to make objects disappear is known as what?
• Which practice involved unauthorized copying of works in early cinema?
• An image produced using silver and mercury is called which process?
• Cut-out animation is also known by which name?
• Which figure is associated with advancing optics and the camera obscura concept in early science?
• Who attempted to show motion by placing images side by side?
• The metal skeleton inside a puppet is called?
• What is recognized as the first movie studio?
• The first American epic film is which title?
• Which work features clay figures interacting?
• Which statement is true?
• The Zoopraxiscope is best described as which of the following?
• Which instrument is credited with capturing rapid motion, including motion of birds?
• Which inventor is associated with creating the first permanent negative in photography?
• Which camera is powered manually?
• What phenomenon explains why moving pictures appear to move when images are shown in rapid succession?
• What genre was created by Méliès?
• Escaped crime and patent control led to what action by film companies?
• Clay figures animated refer to which technique?
• What term describes events before the main narrative begins?
• Which term denotes sound that matches movement?
• What opened in New York City in 1905?
• The work Dimensions of Dialogue demonstrates which animation technique?
• The material suggests Carnival Film Exhibitions are a form of which category?
• Which Griffith film has four stories?
• What is the name of the spinning toy that combines two images?
• Which work is about animated food?
• Which concept uses color to convey emotion in film?
• Who invented the daguerreotype camera?
• Which element starts the main action of a narrative?
• Which pairing is accurate?
• Which film on the list is digitally filmed stop motion?
• Live actors combined with animation is called?
• Which of the following terms best captures the public reaction to early cinema and its portrayal of race?
• Which term designates the standard frame rate used in cinema?
• Which invention projects painted glass slides for storytelling and entertainment?
• Which technique is used to animate real objects?
• The marketing rationale is summarized as which of the following?
• Which magician pioneered film special effects?
• Which title is not a work by the Czech stop-motion animator?
• Which filmmaker is identified as a Czech stop-motion animator?
• Which scientist proved that horses lift all four legs when running?
• Which technique involves applying color to film directly by hand?
• In the material, the term used for early entertainment displays is which of the following?
• What term describes the technique of animating everyday objects?