The Rise and Tactics of Movie Monopolies
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Which term best describes the practice of requiring viewers to pay a monthly fee to access all content from a streaming service?

  • Hollywood monopoly (correct)
  • Block booking
  • Film Theory
  • Golden era of Hollywood
  • What is the main focus of the YouTube channel mentioned in the text?

  • Film Theory (correct)
  • Watching movies
  • Film history
  • General fund discussion
  • What is the author's hope regarding the path of the streaming service mentioned in the text?

  • To provide free access to movies
  • To create a Hollywood monopoly
  • To avoid becoming a Hollywood monopoly (correct)
  • To lead to block booking
  • Who was the French film critic and director who published the manifesto 'The Birth of a New Avant-Garde'?

    <p>Alexandre Astruc</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the business model used by Hollywood studios to have control over movie theaters?

    <p>Block booking</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the main reason for the decline of the studio system in Hollywood?

    <p>Lawsuits filed by the United States Department of Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which artistic movement emerged in France in the late 1950s as a result of the ideas put forward by the manifesto 'The Birth of a New Avant-Garde'?

    <p>French New Wave</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which film was the first to incorporate synchronized music, singing, and dialogue?

    <p>The Jazz Singer</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is considered one of the most significant figures in filmmaking history and created techniques that are still used today?

    <p>Alfred Hitchcock</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which country became a filmmaking hotspot during the Golden Age of Hollywood with directors such as Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu?

    <p>Japan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the term used to describe the American films that incorporated synchronized music, singing, and dialogue?

    <p>Talkies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which photographer is widely considered to have created the first ever moving image?

    <p>Eadweard Muybridge</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who wrote a groundbreaking essay outlining five methods of montage in film editing?

    <p>Sergei Eisenstein</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the combination of connected images cut together to create complex ideas in film?

    <p>Soviet montage theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which artists were known for pushing the limits of performative comedy in cinema during the 1920s?

    <p>Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which movement in Hollywood began in the mid-1960s and involved hiring a new generation of young filmmakers?

    <p>The New Hollywood movement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which film marked the end of an era in American cinema in the late 1990s?

    <p>The Matrix</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Mexican filmmakers are known for their ultra-long camera shot filmmaking style?

    <p>Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Emmanuel Lubezki</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which film became the first foreign language film to win Best Picture at the Oscars in 2020?

    <p>Parasite</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Soviet montage was a filmmaking technique that focused on fast-paced editing and gritty realism.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Golden Age of Hollywood lasted until the 1980s.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The studio system in Hollywood was known as the Big Five.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Alfred Hitchcock is considered one of the most significant figures in filmmaking history.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Lumiere brothers were filmmakers who played a significant role in the development of film in the early 20th century?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The new Hollywood movement began in the 1980s.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Soviet Russia was one of the most important players in film history, particularly in terms of film montage?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: CGI became prominent in the early 90s with movies like Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Soviet montage theory proposed that cutting in film is just as important as the images themselves?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Matrix marked the end of an era in American cinema in the late 2000s.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Kuleshov effect is an example of how different shots can be compiled to create complex ideas in film?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The future of film is uncertain, but streaming services and the internet are expected to play a significant role.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The only way to watch the mentioned streaming service is by paying a monthly fee?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: Block booking is the modern-day equivalent of studios requiring viewers to buy all of their movies to watch a specific film?

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The author hopes that the streaming service mentioned in the text will lead to another Hollywood monopoly?

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The Hollywood studio system, which involved block booking and monopolistic control over movie theaters, was deemed illegal by the United States Department of Justice in the Paramount case.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The French New Wave was an artistic movement that emerged in France in the late 1950s and was influenced by the ideas put forward in the manifesto 'The Birth of a New Avant-Garde'.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The American studios took notice of the changes happening in French filmmaking during the French New Wave.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    True or false: The decline of the studio system in Hollywood was primarily due to changing audience preferences and the emergence of the baby boomer generation.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

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