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Film Art: An Introduction, 12e (Bordwell)

Chapter 3   Narrative Form

 

1) In a narrative film, an element is nondiegetic if it

1.   A) does not contribute to the cause-effect flow of the events.

2.   B) is off-screen rather than on-screen.

3.   C) is not part of the world of the depicted narrative.

4.   D) is not directly presented in the plot but can be inferred.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  narrative

Learning Objective:  Explain how restricted story information affects viewers.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

2) As defined by FilmArt, a film’s “plot” is

1.   A) everything visually and audibly present in the film.

2.   B) the most important action made by the protagonist.

3.   C) the events as viewers mentally reconstruct them.

4.   D) a brief summary of the film’s action.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  plot

Learning Objective:  Define plot.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

3) The opening scene of PulpFiction is an example of

1.   A) expansion of temporal duration.

2.   B) a manipulation of temporal order.

3.   C) an imbedded narrative.

4.   D) unrestricted narration.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  time

Learning Objective:  Explain how filmmakers challenge viewers with unpredictable orderings.; Define duration.

Bloom’s:  Apply

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

4) Christopher Nolan created a unique manipulation of time in his film Memento by structuring the story in which of the following ways?

1.   A) in three alternate cause-and-effect situations

2.   B) in reverse chronological order

3.   C) in random order

4.   D) through five separate character perspectives

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  time; unrestricted story information

Learning Objective:  Explain how filmmakers challenge viewers with unpredictable orderings.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

5) “Depth” of narration refers to

1.   A) how quickly story information is provided to the audience.

2.   B) how many lines of action the plot weaves together.

3.   C) how much information is presented by a nondiegetic narrator.

4.   D) how much the spectator learns about the characters’ psychological states.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  depth of story information

Learning Objective:  Explain why filmmakers manipulate depth of knowledge.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

6) Which of the following statements is NOT true of the narration in CitizenKane?

1.   A) The multiple flashbacks narrated by different characters yield restricted, generally objective information about Kane.

2.   B) For much of the film, the information presented by the narration is largely limited in range to the reporter Thompson’s knowledge.

3.   C) At the beginning and ending of the film, the narration moves outside the range of knowledge of any of the characters.

4.   D) The flashbacks are used both to reveal and to conceal story information.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Explain how plot develops in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

7) The chains of actions that make up the narratives of classical Hollywood films typically depend on

1.   A) psychological causes.

2.   B) social causes.

3.   C) natural causes.

4.   D) restricted causes.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  classical Hollywood cinema

Learning Objective:  Describe causal motivation in a story.; Explain how characters in a story create causes and register effects.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

8) Which of the following genres does NOT provide conventions used in CitizenKane?

1.   A) the musical

2.   B) the detective story

3.   C) the newspaper story

4.   D) the Western

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Describe narrative expectations in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

9) In CitizenKane, the event that causes the reporter Thompson to write a story on Kane is Kane’s

1.   A) second divorce.

2.   B) inheritance of a mine.

3.   C) death.

4.   D) first divorce.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Describe the plot and story in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

10) FilmArt‘s segmentation of CitizenKane shows that the film’s narrative is built around

1.   A) a brief story duration.

2.   B) a series of lengthy flashbacks.

3.   C) the reporter Thompson’s interviews with Kane.

4.   D) Kane’s series of successful political campaigns.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Describe the plot and story in Citizen Kane.; Explain how chronology works in Citizen Kane.; Explain how plot develops in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Apply

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

11) The newsreel sequence in CitizenKane

1.   A) provides the only presentation of the events in Kane’s life in perfect chronological order.

2.   B) presents a brief version of narrative events in roughly the same order as the film does.

3.   C) summarizes events spectators have already seen in flashback and provides a crucial clue to the narrative’s resolution.

4.   D) finally gives the spectator an explanation of Kane’s mysterious final word, “Rosebud.”

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Explain how chronology works in Citizen Kane.; Describe the importance of the “News on the March” newsreel in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

12) The ending of CitizenKane is notable for

1.   A) leaving the central mystery of the story partially open.

2.   B) thoroughly resolving an unusually large number of plot lines.

3.   C) suddenly introducing a newsreel that summarizes and clarifies the narrative causality.

4.   D) daringly presenting unmotivated causes that finally allow Thompson to achieve his goal.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Describe the plot and story in Citizen Kane.; Explain how plot develops in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

13) Ambiguity in CitizenKane arises in part from

1.   A) the reporter Thompson’s concealment of what he learns about Kane’s childhood.

2.   B) the refusal of Susan to cooperate with Thompson.

3.   C) the lack of clarity of some of the characters’ motivations.

4.   D) the crucial lies told by the characters to Thompson.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Describe motivation in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

14) FilmArt argues that the search for the meaning of “Rosebud” in CitizenKane is more than a gimmick because

1.   A) Thompson’s discovery of “Rosebud” is what permits the narrative to achieve complete closure.

2.   B) the “Rosebud” motif creates parallelisms among all the flashbacks.

3.   C) the search provides a cause that motivates an investigation into character traits.

4.   D) “Rosebud” provides vital motivation about why Kane’s mother sent him to live with Thatcher.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Describe the plot and story in Citizen Kane.; Explain the use of parallelism in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

15) CitizenKane creates a narrative parallel between Kane’s political campaign and

1.   A) his attempt to promote Bernstein despite Thatcher’s objections.

2.   B) the montage sequence of Kane’s first marriage deteriorating.

3.   C) his attempt to make Leland into a famous drama critic.

4.   D) his attempt to foster Susan’s operatic career.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Describe the plot and story in Citizen Kane.; Explain the use of parallelism in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

16) Which of the following statements is NOT true of the narration in CitizenKane?

1.   A) The multiple flashbacks narrated by different characters yield restricted, generally objective information about Kane.

2.   B) For much of the film, the information presented by the narration is largely limited in range to the reporter Thompson’s knowledge.

3.   C) At the beginning and ending of the film, the narration moves outside the range of knowledge of any of the characters.

4.   D) The flashbacks are used both to reveal and to conceal story information.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Explain how plot develops in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

17) What is the term for a chain of events linked by cause and effect and occurring in time and space?

1.   A) narrative

2.   B) plot

3.   C) causality

4.   D) parallelism

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  narrative

Learning Objective:  Define narrative.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

18) In a narrative, the sum total of all events in chronological order is the

1.   A) plot.

2.   B) range.

3.   C) story.

4.   D) outcome.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  narrative; story

Learning Objective:  Define story.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

19) A “point-of-view shot” is taken from

1.   A) the filmmaker’s optical standpoint.

2.   B) a character’s optical standpoint.

3.   C) a remote location.

4.   D) a point above the action.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  restricted story information; space

Learning Objective:  Define point-of-view (POV) shot.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

20) Which of the following is NOT an example of a way in which mental subjectivity might be portrayed in a film?

1.   A) an internal voice that reports a character’s thoughts

2.   B) images of a character’s memories

3.   C) the use of slow motion to suggest hallucination

4.   D) dialogue spoken between characters

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  restricted story information

Learning Objective:  Define mental subjectivity.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

21) “Restricted” narration is commonly used in

1.   A) mystery films.

2.   B) documentaries.

3.   C) classical films.

4.   D) biographical films.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  restricted story information

Learning Objective:  Explain how restricted story information affects viewers.; Define perceptual subjectivity.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

22) Classical filmmakers prefer that the end of a film

1.   A) set up the possibility for a sequel.

2.   B) bring closure.

3.   C) leave some degree of mystery.

4.   D) pose a question to spectators.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  classical Hollywood cinema

Learning Objective:  Describe how a film ends.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

23) The agent who tells the story in a film is called the

1.   A) protagonist.

2.   B) commentator.

3.   C) antagonist.

4.   D) narrator.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  the narrator

Learning Objective:  Define narration.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

24) The process of narration involves

1.   A) presenting story information in a clear chronological order.

2.   B) providing information that spectators would not otherwise have.

3.   C) distributing story information to achieve specific effects.

4.   D) interpreting events and actions for spectators.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  narrative

Learning Objective:  Define narration.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

25) In a film, the high point of the action that increases tension for the spectator is called the

1.   A) climax.

2.   B) resolution.

3.   C) closing.

4.   D) conflict.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  climaxes and closings

Learning Objective:  Recall common patterns of development in a film.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

26) “Setup” refers to

1.   A) preparation for shooting.

2.   B) the first quarter of a film’s plot.

3.   C) the buildup just before the climax.

4.   D) a plot twist.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  plot; openings; development sections

Learning Objective:  Recall common patterns of development in a film.; Describe how a film starts.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

27) Action that takes place before the plot begins is called the

1.   A) exposition.

2.   B) setup.

3.   C) opening.

4.   D) backstory.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  plot

Learning Objective:  Recall common patterns of development in a film.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

28) At what point in a film does most of the exposition usually take place?

1.   A) just before the climax

2.   B) during the resolution

3.   C) near the beginning

4.   D) immediately following the climax

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  plot; openings

Learning Objective:  Describe how a film starts.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

29) A complex character typically

1.   A) possesses a variety of traits.

2.   B) faces multiple conflicts.

3.   C) has difficulty making decisions.

4.   D) overcomes obstacles.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  development sections

Learning Objective:  Recall common patterns of development in a film.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

30) What is the term for how often a story event is presented in a plot?

1.   A) parallelism

2.   B) repetition

3.   C) frequency

4.   D) exposition

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  plot; story

Learning Objective:  Define frequency.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

31) Narrative form can be used in documentary films.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  narrative

Learning Objective:  Define narrative.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

32) The opening scene of NorthbyNorthwest contains no nondiegetic elements.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  restricted story information

Learning Objective:  Explain how restricted story information affects viewers.

Bloom’s:  Apply

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

33) Howard Hawks’sTheBigSleep is an example of objective, highly restricted narration.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  restricted story information

Learning Objective:  Explain how restricted story information affects viewers.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

34) In a narrative film, plot duration is always equal to story duration.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  plot; time; story

Learning Objective:  Define duration.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

35) A point-of-view shot is an example of perceptual subjectivity in narration.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  restricted story information

Learning Objective:  Define point-of-view (POV) shot.; Define perceptual subjectivity.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

36) Plots based on searches might be considered examples of goal-oriented plots.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  depth of story information; cause and effect

Learning Objective:  Define plot.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

37) Films such as Run, Lola, Run by Tom Tykwer and Peter Howitt’s SlidingDoor distort story time by providing alternative futures to the viewer.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  time; story

Learning Objective:  Define duration.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

38) Alfred Hitchcock’s approach to narration is to withhold as much information as possible from the spectator in order to create surprise.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  narrative; unrestricted story information

Learning Objective:  Explain how restricted story information affects viewers.; Explain why filmmakers manipulate depth of knowledge.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

39) The plot duration of CitizenKane consists of roughly 65 years of Kane’s life plus the length of Thompson’s investigation.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  time; narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Explain how duration and frequency work in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

40) In CitizenKane, the pattern of plot development is consistently to move between flashbacks of Kane as an old man progressively back to flashbacks of him as a child.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  time; narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Explain how chronology works in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

41) Noncharacter narrators are common in documentaries.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  the narrator

Learning Objective:  Explain how space is a factor in a film narrative.; Define narration.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

42) A classical narrative usually involves a blocking element, or an opposition that creates conflict for the protagonist.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  openings; development sections

Learning Objective:  Describe causal motivation in a story.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

43) In classical films, characters rarely achieve their goals through changing their situations or attitudes.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  climaxes and closings; cause and effect

Learning Objective:  Describe causal motivation in a story.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

44) A common pattern of plot development involves a character gaining knowledge as the film progresses.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  plot; development sections; cause and effect

Learning Objective:  Explain how characters in a story create causes and register effects.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

45) The onset of the conflict is the part of the plot that introduces the backstory and initial situation.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  plot; development sections

Learning Objective:  Define plot.; Recall common patterns of development in a film.; Describe how a film starts.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

46) Characters are the most common source of causes in a narrative.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  cause and effect

Learning Objective:  Explain how characters in a story create causes and register effects.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

47) GroundhogDay is an example of a film with a “what-if” plot.

 

Answer:  TRUE

Topic:  time

Learning Objective:  Explain how filmmakers challenge viewers with unpredictable orderings.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

48) The locale of the plot is always the same as that of the story action.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  space

Learning Objective:  Explain how space is a factor in a film narrative.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

49) An “omniscient” narrator usually has very little information about plot and characters.

 

Answer:  FALSE

Topic:  the narrator

Learning Objective:  Explain how space is a factor in a film narrative.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

50) Explain the distinction made in FilmArt between “plot” and “story” in narrative films. Use specific examples from FilmArt, the lecture, and [title of film shown in class].

 

Answer:  Answers will vary

Topic:  plot; story

Learning Objective:  Define plot.; Define story.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

51) An “omniscient” narrator usually has very little information about plot and characters.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary.

Topic:  the narrator

Learning Objective:  Explain how space is a factor in a film narrative.

Bloom’s:  Remember

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

52) Explain why it is often useful to compare the opening and closing of a film in analyzing its narrative. Give some specific examples from FilmArt, the lecture, and any of the narrative films shown for this course.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary

Topic:  narrative; climaxes and closings; openings

Learning Objective:  Describe how a film ends.; Describe how a film starts.; Explain how space is a factor in a film narrative.; Recall that narration can start with credit sequences.

Bloom’s:  Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

53) Explain the term narration, making reference in the course of your discussion to the concepts of range and depth. Use specific examples from FilmArt, the lecture, and any of the narrative films shown for this course.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary

Topic:  depth of story information

Learning Objective:  Explain how space is a factor in a film narrative.; Define narration.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

54) Discuss how causality operates in two or three scenes from [title of film shown in class]. Be sure to describe how specific events motivate other events.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary

Topic:  cause and effect

Learning Objective:  Describe causal motivation in a story.; Explain how characters in a story create causes and register effects.; Explain the reasons for withholding effects in a story.

Bloom’s:  Apply

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

55) Define the terms order, duration, and frequency as they apply to narrative time. Give specific examples of each from FilmArt, the lecture, and any of the narrative films shown for this course.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary

Topic:  time

Learning Objective:  Define order in a story.; Define duration.; Define frequency.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

56) Describe at least two basic narrative traits of the classical Hollywood cinema, and give examples of each from FilmArt, the lecture, and films shown in class.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary

Topic:  classical Hollywood cinema

Learning Objective:  Describe the narrative form in classical Hollywood filmmaking.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

57) [The following question can be used if you show your class a film that presents a distinct alternative to the classical Hollywood cinema.] Describe two significant ways in which the narrative of [film title] departs from the classical Hollywood cinema’s tradition. Be as specific as possible in giving examples from the film.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary

Topic:  classical Hollywood cinema

Learning Objective:  Describe the narrative form in classical Hollywood filmmaking.

Bloom’s:  Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

58) Discuss at least two ways in which CitizenKane‘s narrative adheres to conventions of classical Hollywood narrative and some of the ways in which it departs from that tradition.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary

Topic:  classical Hollywood cinema; narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Describe the narrative form in classical Hollywood filmmaking.; Describe narration in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Understand

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

59) Discuss at least two ways in which CitizenKane‘s plot differs from its underlying story. Be as specific as you can in giving examples of manipulations of temporal order, duration, and frequency.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary

Topic:  time; narrative form in Citizen Kane

Learning Objective:  Describe the plot and story in Citizen Kane.; Explain how plot develops in Citizen Kane.; Explain how duration and frequency work in Citizen Kane.

Bloom’s:  Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

60) Explain how CitizenKane‘s narrative fails to achieve complete closure and discuss some of the effects this has on the spectator’s understanding of the film.

 

Answer:  Answers will vary

Topic:  narrative form in Citizen Kane; climaxes and closings

Learning Objective:  Describe the plot and story in Citizen Kane.; Describe how a film ends.

Bloom’s:  Evaluate

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

Film Art: An Introduction, 12e (Bordwell)

Chapter 5   The Shot: Cinematography

 

1) Technicolor was notable for

1.   A) its soft, warm pastels.

2.   B) its ease of use during shooting.

3.   C) its sharp, saturated hues.

4.   D) its need for less light than earlier color processes.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  tonalities: contrast

Learning Objective:  Define contrast.

Bloom’s:  Remember; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

2) Tinting and toning are

1.   A) printing techniques used to correct flaws in an image’s color.

2.   B) makeup used to adjust skin tones to suit the color balance of the film stock.

3.   C) methods of using filters to change the color of the light on the set.

4.   D) methods for using dyes used to add color to black-and-white film.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  changing tonalities

Learning Objective:  Recall how tonalities are changed after filming.

Bloom’s:  Remember; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

3) The projection speed for sound films was first standardized at

1.   A) 24 frames per second.

2.   B) 50 feet per minute.

3.   C) 36 frames per second.

4.   D) 30 minutes per reel.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  speed of motion

Learning Objective:  List the factors that determine the speed of motion presented onscreen.

Bloom’s:  Remember; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

4) Which of the following is NOT affected by the focal length of the camera lens?

1.   A) magnification

2.   B) depth

3.   C) scale

4.   D) aspect ratio

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  framing: aspect ratios

Learning Objective:  Define aspect ratio.

Bloom’s:  Understand; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

5) A zoom lens is a

1.   A) lens with an extremely long focal length.

2.   B) lens that can change focal length while a shot is being filmed.

3.   C) lens with a special mount that can be changed quickly between shots.

4.   D) short lens used for rapid camera movements.

 

Answer:  B

Topic:  the lens: focal length

Learning Objective:  Describe a zoom lens.

Bloom’s:  Remember; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

6) “Depth of field” refers to

1.   A) the distance the actors have to be from the camera to prevent their heads from going out of the frame.

2.   B) the distance from the camera to the back wall of the set.

3.   C) the range of distances from the lens in which objects filmed will be in focus.

4.   D) how large objects appear within the frame.

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  the lens: depth of field and focus

Learning Objective:  Define depth of field.

Bloom’s:  Remember; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

7) Deep-focus cinematography was popularized in 1940s in part by

1.   A) GonewiththeWind.

2.   B) TheCrimeofM. Lange.

3.   C) TheWizardofOz.

4.   D) CitizenKane.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  the lens: depth of field and focus

Learning Objective:  Define deep focus.

Bloom’s:  Remember; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

8) Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning Peter Jackson’s use of computer-generated imagery in TheLordoftheRings trilogy?

1.   A) It was used to create portions of the mise-en-scene.

2.   B) It was used to create characters with individual artificial intelligence.

3.   C) It was used to create digital stunt doubles for actors.

4.   D) It was used mainly to create vast crowds of soldiers.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  special effects

Learning Objective:  Explain how special effects function.; Explain the use of computer-generated imagery.

Bloom’s:  Understand; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

9) “Contrast” refers to

1.   A) the difference between the darkest and lightest parts of a frame.

2.   B) the darkest part of a frame.

3.   C) a mixture of black-and-white frames and color frames.

4.   D) the use of color to emphasize images in a frame.

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  tonalities: contrast

Learning Objective:  Define contrast.

Bloom’s:  Remember; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

 

 

10) Which of the following is NOT a type of composite filming?

1.   A) matte

2.   B) rear projection

3.   C) racking

4.   D) front projection

 

Answer:  C

Topic:  framing: masks and multiple images

Learning Objective:  Define matte work.

Bloom’s:  Remember; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

11) Slices of glass or gelatin placed in front of the lens of a camera to prevent certain frequencies of light from reaching the film are called

1.   A) toners.

2.   B) blockers.

3.   C) exposures.

4.   D) filters.

 

Answer:  D

Topic:  special effects

Learning Objective:  Explain how special effects function.

Bloom’s:  Remember; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation

 

12) Which of the following describes a type of widescreen image?

1.   A) hard matte

2.   B) composite image

3.   C) full-frame

4.   D) academy ratio

 

Answer:  A

Topic:  framing: masks and multiple images

Learning Objective:  Define matte work.; Explain methods of creating a widescreen image.

Bloom’s:  Understand; Analyze

Accessibility:  Keyboard Navigation