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What era is referred to as the "Age of Modernity"?

Late 19th century, marked by industrial revolution, electricity, trains, and urban migration.

Who developed the Zoetrope in 1834?

William Horner

What is chronophotography?

A technique using sequential photos to capture motion, developed by Pierre Janssen in 1874.

Who studied bird flight using animated photography in the 1880s?

Etienne Marey

What did Eadweard Muybridge prove with his horse gait experiment?

What was Edison’s camera called?

The Kinetoscope

What was the name of Edison’s first film studio?

The Black Maria

What was the first film made for Edison’s Kinetoscope?

Fred Ott’s Sneeze (1894), directed by W.D. Dickson.

What was the Lumière brothers’ invention that combined camera, projector, and printer?

The Cinématographe

What was the first paid film projection by the Lumière brothers?

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895).

What were popular early film subjects?

War, royalty, disasters (fires, earthquakes)

Why was early cinema considered “low-brow”?

Its roots in vaudeville and perceived lack of sophistication.

What theatrical elements influenced early cinema?

Spectacle, dramatic lighting, sound effects, panoramic scenery, star system.

Who is considered the “Mother of Cinema” and directed La Fée aux Choux (1896)

Alice Guy Blaché

Which magician-turned-filmmaker pioneered special effects and directed A Trip to the Moon (1902)

Georges Méliès

Who directed Birth of a Nation (1915) and what was its original title

D.W. Griffith; The Clansman

Which African American filmmaker directed Within Our Gates (1919)

Oscar Micheaux

Who gained notoriety in 1938 for War of the Worlds and later directed Citizen Kane

Orson Welles

In what year was A Trip to the Moon released

1902

What are the three filmmaking traditions

Realism, Formalism and Classicism 

Which film movement emphasized distorted visuals to express psychological truths

German Expressionism

What does mise-en-scène literally mean

Placement in a scene

Name three visual elements included in mise-en-scène

Actors, Lights, Props, Costumes, Special Effects, Make-up, Sets 

Which film is an example of expressive mise-en-scène in German Expressionism

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Thomas Vinterberg directed the first Dogme 95 film

The Celebration (1998)

Sergei Eisenstein’s Collision Theory

Editing is motivated by ideas—Shot A + B = C

Dziga Vertov’s real name

Denis Kaufman

Dziga Vertov’s montage style

Associative montage aimed at capturing “life unawares”

Which editing style uses close-ups for psychological emphasis?

Continuity editing

What is the purpose of the 180-degree rule?

To maintain screen direction

Who directed The Idiots (1998)?

Lars Von Trier 

Which filmmaker emphasized montage as intellectual editing?

Sergi Einstein

What is the Kuleshov Effect?

Editing creates emotion

Which film by Pudovkin is based on a novel by Maxim Gorky?

Mother

What does montage mean in French?

Assembly

Which editing style uses eyeline matches to maintain continuity?

eye line match

Which film features the Odessa Steps sequence?

Battleship Potemkin

Which Dogme 95 rule bans special lighting?

Rule 4

Which editing technique constructs geography through juxtaposition?

Creative geography

Which filmmaker influenced Stanley Kubrick through his book?

Sergei Eisenstein

Which editing pattern uses diagonals and symmetry to convey meaning?

Graphic montage

Which editing technique distorts story chronology?

Temporal editing

Which editing style uses close-ups for psychological emphasis?

Continuity editing

What is the purpose of the 180-degree rule?

To maintain screen direction

Which Dogme 95 rule prohibits genre films?

Rule 8

Who directed The Idiots (1998)?

Thomas Vinterberg

Which editing technique ensures continuity of movement between shots?

180 degree rule

Which film is cited as establishing continuity editing?

Birth of a Nation

Which filmmaker emphasized montage as intellectual editing?

Dziga Vertov

What is the Kuleshov Effect?

Editing creates emotion

Which film by Pudovkin is based on a novel by Maxim Gorky?

Battleship Potemkin

What does montage mean in French?

Movement

What is the goal of associative montage?

To create psychological drama

Which editing style uses eyeline matches to maintain continuity?

Eye line match

Which filmmaker formed the Kino-Eye group?

Dziga Vertov

Which editing style is used in chase sequences to show simultaneous action?

Crosscutting

Which film features the Odessa Steps sequence?

Mother

Which Dogme 95 rule bans special lighting?

Rule 4

Which editing technique constructs geography through juxtaposition?

Creative geography

Which filmmaker influenced Stanley Kubrick through his book?

Sergei Eisenstein

Which editing pattern uses diagonals and symmetry to convey meaning?

Graphic montage

Which editing technique distorts story chronology?

Temporal editing

Three components of film sound

Voice, music and sound effects

Synchronous sound

Sound that matches the image on screen

Asynchronous sound

Sound that does not match the image on screen

Diegetic sound

Sound within the film’s story world

Non-diegetic sound

Sound outside the story world

Role of silence in film

Creates tension and emotional depth

Edison’s 1895 sound experiment

Kinetophone

W.K.L. Dickson’s role in Edison’s experiment

Played violin in synchronous sound test

First feature-length film with synchronized dialogue

The Jazz Singer (1927)

Star of The Jazz Singer

Al Jolson

Significance of Hallelujah! (1929)

First major film with all-Black cast

Years marking transition to synchronized sound

1927–1930

Greek origin of “diegesis”

Means “telling”

Japanese benshi

Narrators who voiced and personified characters

Somei Saburo’s contribution

First benshi to imitate characters onscreen

Impact of sound on cinematography

Restricted camera movement

Impact of sound on directing

Staging dictated by microphone placement

Impact of sound on acting

Shift to vocal performance

First British talking picture

Blackmail (1929)

Why Anny Ondra was dubbed in Blackmail

Strong Czech accent

Sound system used in Blackmail

RCA Photophone

Director of Blackmail

Alfred Hitchcock

Genre of His Girl Friday

Screwball comedy

Director of His Girl Friday

Howard Hawks

Director of Roma

Alfonso Cuarón

Sound in Roma

Establishes space and emotional tone

Three components of film sound

Voice

Synchronous sound

Sound that matches the image on screen

Asynchronous sound

Sound that does not match the image on screen

Diegetic sound

Sound within the film’s story world

Non-diegetic sound

Sound outside the story world (e.g.

Role of silence in film

Creates tension and emotional depth

Edison’s 1895 sound experiment

Kinetophone

W.K.L. Dickson’s role in Edison’s experiment

Played violin in synchronous sound test

First feature-length film with synchronized dialogue

The Jazz Singer (1927)

Star of The Jazz Singer

Al Jolson