Untitled Quiz

The continuity system developed in Hollywood subordinates staging to editing.

Subtle choreography, flexible centering, use of architecture to plot action zones.

<p>Lyrical intimacy, downplayed acting, and generating a clear center towards which moments converge.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It draws on national history and mythology, utilizes depth staging, and showcases its distinctive landscape.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An arsenal of cultural tools used by a national cinema to claim a place in international filmmaking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An art form should adhere to the specific stylistic properties of its own medium.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quick cutting</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The nature of art, cinema as a unique art form, and photogenie.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Photogenie refers to the captivating aura that everyday objects obtain through film techniques.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Radical distortion of reality to express emotion and inner realities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>German Expressionism</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A psychological drama set in an enclosed space, focusing on character crises.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He criticized cinema as filmed theatre, being too plot-driven.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It was controversial in the US.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It serves as an anti-authoritarian horror story reflecting on universal conscription.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Editing and cinematography</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It implies a vicarious pleasure in acting out suppressed desires.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Screenwriters Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer, directed by Robert Wiene.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>National cinemas outside the USA, or national cinemas outside the western world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1890s until roughly 1905-1910, a time of invention and experimentation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Many films were tinted or toned</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The socioeconomic and cultural transformations around the turn of the 19th to the 20th century.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Technologies that contributed to modernization and the culture of modernity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Optical toys, novelties, amusements, and scientific technologies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An early animation device with a spinning disk and a series of pictures to create the illusion of movement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An early animation device that produces the illusion of movement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A device that creates an impression of depth and solidity by viewing two photographs taken at slightly different angles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An early type of image projector employing painted pictures or photographs on sheets of glass.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An early photography technology using a sheet of silver plated copper.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A photographer known for analyzing motion through photography during the 19th century.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A scientist who created a chronographic gun that could take 12 consecutive frames in a second.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thomas Edison</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An early motion picture exhibition device.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Blacksmithing Scene' in 1893 and 'Trapeze' in 1901.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Auguste (1862-1954) and Louis (1864-1948).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An elegant and ingenious camera that is lightweight and portable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>December 28, 1895, at the Grand Café in Paris.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>By hiring camera operators to travel and shoot footage all over the world.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A filmmaker known for major contributions such as trick films and stagecraft.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Adding color to black-and-white film by soaking it in dye.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Replacing silver particles in the emulsion with colored salts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A variety program that included cinema as one module.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Provided stability for film screenings</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It presents a series of views to the audience, focusing on exhibitionism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Films that focus on technological attractions and aim for sensational or psychological impact.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1908-1915, marked by industrialization and changes in production, distribution, and exhibition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The period from 1905-1907 characterized by cheap, small theaters showing films.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Changes in distribution, high demand for product and film exchanges.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Film exchanges began renting films by length leading to multi-reel films.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It increased film's status and attracted wealthier audiences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They could not sustain operations due to increased budgets and higher production costs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A turn to movies as big business with standardized practices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Paramount, Warner Bros., Fox/Twentieth Century Fox, Metro, and RKO.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A company controls production, distribution, and exhibition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ability to produce films quickly with uniform characteristics and quality standards.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Creating something unique to separate one's film from others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system where feature films motivated the signing of stars to lucrative contracts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An 'international style' of film that focuses on clarity and narrative effectiveness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An editing technique where action alternates between two locales.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Breaking down a single space into separate framings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When a character looks and we see what they see, but not from their perspective.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Editing technique where two characters look at each other offscreen.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The playing space is kept coherent within a 180-degree layout.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>America gained a foothold in the European market as Hollywood filled the production gap.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The large U.S. market allowed Hollywood to invest in higher-quality films at lower prices.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rapid expansion marked by three major companies: Pathé, Gaumont, Film d'Art.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Founded in 1896, it was the largest film production company in the world by 1905-1906.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Pathé's biggest star during the early years of cinema.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A film production company founded in 1895 known for its important directors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Action-oriented thrillers that are released in multiple episodes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Founded in 1908, it aimed to establish cinema as an upper-class art form.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Clarity and expressivity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A prolific filmmaker who made at least 500 films for Gaumont.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A 1915 film known for its poetic quality and juxtaposition of everyday life with fantastical elements.</p> Signup and view all the answers