Film and Politics: Exploring Socially Reflective Movies

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What is the primary theme of 'Triumph of the Will' according to critics?

The importance of camera angles in filmmaking

The impact of propaganda on Canadian society

The role of film in shaping historical narratives

The celebration of fascist unity and ideology (correct)

What effect does a low-angle shot have on the subject being filmed?

It creates a sense of detachment from the subject

It highlights the subject's surroundings

It makes the subject appear weak and helpless

It makes the subject appear powerful and important (correct)

What is the primary purpose of a close-up shot in filmmaking?

To show the relationship between characters

To create a sense of distance from the subject

To help viewers get into the 'head' of the subject (correct)

To establish the setting of the scene

What is the significance of the high-angle shot in filmmaking?

It makes the subject appear weak, helpless, and small Signup and view all the answers

What is the title of the film being screened in the next class of the POL128 course?

Shameless Propaganda Signup and view all the answers

What was the dominant tone of the movies in the early 1930s?

Political Signup and view all the answers

Which filmmaker emerged as America's leading filmmaker during the 1930s?

Frank Capra Signup and view all the answers

What was the theme of the film noir movies in the 1940s?

Social breakdown and dislocation Signup and view all the answers

What was the characteristic of Frank Capra's films during the 1930s?

Infusing Depression-era despair with optimism Signup and view all the answers

What was the impact of Frank Capra's films on national morale?

It boosted national morale, like Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chats Signup and view all the answers

What was the background of Frank Capra's family?

A working-class immigrant family Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the content within the slides for the POL128 Politics and Film course?

To educate enrolled students and facilitate scholarly research Signup and view all the answers

What is the title of the chapter that covers the topic of 'Hollywood goes to war'?

Chapter 6: Projecting Politics Signup and view all the answers

Under what principle can copyrighted material be used without explicit permission?

Fair Use Signup and view all the answers

Who is the instructor teaching the POL128 Politics and Film course?

Dr. Hudson Moura Signup and view all the answers

What is the title of the film screened in Class 6?

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Signup and view all the answers

What is the title of the next class in the POL128 Politics and Film course?

Propaganda II: Communists and Nazis Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason studios practiced self-censorship during the 1930s?

To avoid government censorship Signup and view all the answers

What is the underlying theme of the gangster films produced during the Great Depression?

Despair and desperation of the Depression Signup and view all the answers

What is the main idea conveyed in the film 'Our Daily Bread' (1934)?

Faith in collective action and rural values Signup and view all the answers

Who is portrayed as a fascist sympathizer in the 1930s?

William Randolph Hearst Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of political films during the 1930s?

They were explicit and critical of political corruption Signup and view all the answers

What is the theme of political films in the 1930s, according to the POL128 course?

Politics is dirty and redeemable only by a miracle Signup and view all the answers

What was the primary focus of the Code Hays in terms of film censorship?

Sex, violence, and political offence Signup and view all the answers

What is the central theme of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, according to the text?

Democracy in action and the power of public opinion Signup and view all the answers

What is the key flaw in the message of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, according to the text?

It shows faith in one man, but not in the public Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of Ford's films, according to the text?

Conservative faith in the common man and nostalgia for the past Signup and view all the answers

How does the text describe the portrayal of 'the people' in some films?

As a dangerous and ignorant mob Signup and view all the answers

What is the main theme of the films Gone with the Wind and Birth of a Nation, according to the text?

The romanticization of the Old South and the entrenchment of American racism Signup and view all the answers