Film and Society Review Questions

Course Introduction

Film and Society explores the dynamic relationship between cinema and the social, political, and cultural landscapes in which films are created and consumed. This course examines how movies reflect, influence, and shape societal attitudes, values, and identities, covering topics such as representation, ideology, censorship, and the role of film as a medium for social commentary and change. Students will analyze a diverse selection of films from various genres and historical periods, engaging in critical discussions about their impact on contemporary issues and their role as both artistic expressions and social documents.

Recommended Textbook

Film A Critical Introduction 3rd Edition by

Maria T. Pramaggiore

Available Study Resources on Quizplus

15 Chapters

711 Verified Questions

711 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/study-set/2212

Page 2

Chapter 1: Introduction

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

15 Verified Questions

15 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44029

Sample Questions

Q1) Explain the Kinetograph and the Kinetoscope.

Answer: They were,respectively,a camera that recorded motion pictures on rolls of film,and a machine with a peep-hole viewer that an individual looked through to see those films.

Q2) Discuss why Maxim Gorky called the cinema a "kingdom of shadows."

Answer: Because audiences immerse themselves in the lives of fictional characters and story worlds that are created by the artistic combination of color,light and sound.

Q3) Alternative modes of filmmaking and spectatorship,including independent art cinema,experimental films and documentaries,have only come into existence in the last 10-20 years of film history.

A)True

B)False

Answer: False

Q4) One of the goals of the textbook is to teach students that their emotional response to a film isn't as important as their intellectual engagement with the text.

A)True

B)False

Answer: False

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.

Chapter 2: An Approach to Film Analysis

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

46 Verified Questions

46 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44030

Sample Questions

Q1) A parallel is when a film emphasizes the similarities between characters,events or locations through the use of a:

A) narrative element

B) visual device

C) sound device

D) any of the above could establish a parallel

Answer: D

Q2) Aesthetically successful films will work to avoid upsetting audience expectations.

A)True

B)False

Answer: False

Q3) In the film Notorious,Alfred Hitchcock uses a ________ motif to suggest the change and development of a "party girl" character.

A) dress

B) dancing

C) drinking

D) musical

Answer: C

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 4

Chapter 3: Writing About Film

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

48 Verified Questions

48 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44031

Sample Questions

Q1) In The Big Heat,gangster's moll Debbie redeems herself by ________.

A) saving Bannion's life

B) committing herself to charity

C) deciding not to go through with the planned heist

D) committing murder

Answer: D

Q2) The following might serve as a good thesis because it is a good example of an interpretive claim: "Inception is utterly compelling thanks largely to its unconventional narrative structure,and its dynamic editing."

A)True

B)False

Answer: False

Q3) Many of the gags in Steamboat Bill,Jr..center on the father's fear that his son is too ________.

A) effeminate

B) snobby

C) masculine

D) obese

Answer: A

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.

Page 5

Chapter 4: Narrative Form

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

42 Verified Questions

42 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44032

Sample Questions

Q1) Briefly describe the dramatic shift in narrative perspective that occurs a third of the way through Psycho?

Q2) The ________ is a series of events in the third act of the film that resolves the conflicts that have arisen.

A) denouement

B) conclusion

C) exposition

D) climax

Q3) The narrative technique used in The Cabinet of Dr.Caligari in which a character narrates an embedded tale to someone onscreen is called ________.

A) frame narration

B) layered narration

C) denouement

D) episodic

Q4) Identify a moment from a film that has been discussed in class or in your textbook when the narration shifts from restricted to omniscient. What are some of the effects that this shift has on the film? On the audience? What might filmmakers' intentions be in creating such a shift?

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 6

Chapter 5: Mise en Scène

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

45 Verified Questions

45 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44033

Sample Questions

Q1) In silent films,subtlety of expression and movement was the primary style actors used to convey the story to the audience.

A)True

B)False

Q2) French Poetic Realist films are known for their extensive use of on-location filming.

A)True

B)False

Q3) Named after a classical painting technique,the term ________ refers to the use of contrasting areas of lightness and darkness to create compositional effects.

A) fresca

B) chiaroscuro

C) focaccia

D) cinecitta

Q4) One setting,such as a beach or a national monument,can produce very different meanings when placed in the context of individual films.

A)True

B)False

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.

Chapter 6: Cinematography

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

99 Verified Questions

99 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44034

Sample Questions

Q1) ________ is achieved in the camera by exposing film frames then rewinding the film and exposing them again.

Q2) Film stock is composed of ________.

A) emulsion and a base

B) a base and grain

C) emulsion and grain

D) none of these

Q3) Any shot not used in the final cut of a film is called a(n)________.

Q4) Study this image (to be decided by the instructor). What type of lens is used in this shot? Describe one characteristic of the image that supports your assertion.

Q5) A ________ lens dramatically distorts images so that most straight lines appear to be curved.

Q6) ________ "bend" the light coming into the lens,blurring the image and creating a soft visual look.

A) Diffusion filters

B) Polarizing filters

C) Telephoto lenses

D) Neutral-density filters

Q7) How does Ratcatcherdefy traditional coming of age stories?

Page 8

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.

Chapter 7: Editing

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

57 Verified Questions

57 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44035

Sample Questions

Q1) The Hollywood standard for editing is called ________ editing.

Q2) Shots that focus the audience's attention on precise details are ________.

Q3) Which of the following is NOT an attribute of editing?

A) tempo

B) collage

C) timing

D) scale

Q4) The standard shot pattern that directors use to film conversations between two characters is ________.

A) shot/reverse shot

B) dialogue shot

C) cross-cut shot

D) back-and-forth shot

Q5) The tempo in editing can be effected by which factor?

A) the length of each shot

B) the type of shot transition

C) the musical accompaniment or score

D) A and B

E) A and C

Q6) Briefly explain the historical significance of The Gay Shoe Clerk.

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 9

Chapter 8: Sound

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

59 Verified Questions

59 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44036

Sample Questions

Q1) Analyze an example of how collage establishes the idea that the infant isn't the only one getting baptized: Michael is also being baptized in blood.

Q2) Identify two common functions of sound effects.

Q3) The use of Wagner's "The Ride of the Valkyries" during a helicopter attack on a Vietnamese village in Apocalypse Now is an intertextual reference to ________.

A) Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will

B) the Ku Klux Klan's triumphant charge in Birth of a Nation

C) John Wayne's favorite song in The Green Berets

D) F.W. Murnau's expressionist classic Faust

Q4) Sounds that are not part of the story world (those which characters cannot hear)are called ________.

A) non-diegetic

B) sound effects

C) conceptual

D) ADR

Q5) Almost all commercial films use dialogue re-recorded in post-production.

A)True

B)False

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 10

Chapter 9: Alternatives to Narrative Fiction

Film:Documentary and Avant-garde Films

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

46 Verified Questions

46 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44037

Sample Questions

Q1) ________ documentaries rely on cause-and-effect logic and present subjects who seem like characters.

A) Talking heads

B) Narrative

C) Compilation

D) Visionary

Q2) A technique commonly used in avant-garde film is super-imposition.

A)True

B)False

Q3) Phenomenologist film critics like Vivian Sobchack has studied how some moments in fiction films might evoke audience responses similar to what people experience when they watch documentaries.

A)True

B)False

Q4) What is the difference between an abstract film and a surreal film? Use examples drawn from class screenings and/or the textbook to illustrate your answer.

Q5) Films made with the sole intent of persuading viewers of the rightness of a single view are referred to as _______________.

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 11

Chapter 10: Film and Ideology

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

42 Verified Questions

42 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44038

Sample Questions

Q1) Explain why some,like Rupert Everett,argue that contemporary film industry is still biased against openly gay actors,despite the proliferation of gay characters on film and television.

Q2) Using a film that has been screened in class,articulate an ideology that you feel it presents. In what ways does it do this overtly? In what ways does it do this implicitly?

Q3) When someone analyzes a film in light of its ideological content,the criteria used may be biased by the critic's own political values.

A)True

B)False

Q4) The most important conveyers of a country's ideologies are its laws and its constitution.

A)True

B)False

Q5) The events of the communist "witch hunt" of the late 1940s and early 1950s illustrate that Hollywood strives to be immune to politics.

A)True

B)False

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.

Page 12

Chapter 11: Social Context and Film Style:National,

International, andTransnational Cinema

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

42 Verified Questions

42 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44039

Sample Questions

Q1) From the early 1920s on,Hollywood practiced self-censorship to ensure that subversive content was kept in check.

A)True

B)False

Q2) Fourth Cinema is a term coined by Maori filmmaker and theorist Barry Barclay to describe the filmmaking practices of

A) independent filmmakers, regardless of nationality

B) aboriginal people

C) French filmmakers

D) Russian films after the collapse of the Soviet empire

Q3) Explain the concept of "compartmentalization," and discuss how this manufacturing concept shaped Hollywood.

Q4) Hollywood's reliance on the star system is symptomatic of how studios developed a system of filmmaking practices that encouraged efficiency.

A)True

B)False

Q5) Identify one reason why filmmakers ventured to California in the early 1900s,establishing Hollywood as the United States' filmmaking center.

Page 13

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.

Chapter 12: Film Stardom As a Cultural Phenomenon

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

40 Verified Questions

40 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44040

Sample Questions

Q1) For audiences of all ages,James Dean has become synonymous with modern angst and youthful rebellion.

A)True

B)False

Q2) ________ explores how stardom attracts audiences and affects what audiences respond to on screen.

A) Media studies

B) Cinema of attraction studies

C) Publicity studies

D) Star studies

Q3) The star phenomenon relies on collapsing the distinction between

A) an actor's most successful films and his best performances

B) actor and audience

C) an actor's professional and personal lives

D) high art and low art

Q4) Describe Indian star Lata Mangeshkar's unusual star persona.

Q5) Occasionally writers,directors,and producers design a project specifically with a particular star in mind,hoping to capitalize on audience expecta?tions.What are these projects called and why?

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 14

Chapter 13: Genre

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

47 Verified Questions

47 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44041

Sample Questions

Q1) Describe how the "monsters" of the horror genre changed during the 1960s .

Q2) Identify two characteristics of the Western narrative.

Q3) In a sentence,explain Robert Warshow's argument about the Western's relationship to the status quo.

Q4) Most film critics didn't value genre films until the 1960s because ________.

A) they associated these films with mass-production practices

B) they were turned off by the often gory violence

C) this was the era when sophisticated revisionist films became popular

D) all of these

Q5) The origin of the term "genre" can be traced back to ________.

A) ancient Greek Philosophy

B) post-war French film criticism

C) 19th century American literary theory

D) Shakespeare

Q6) Identify and explain two approaches a film scholar might adopt when studying a genre.

Q7) In a sentence,explain why most film critics didn't value genre films until the 1960s.

Q8) Using the horror film as an example,explain how a genre might be studied as a culturally responsive artifact.

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 15

Chapter 14: Film Authorship

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

41 Verified Questions

41 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44042

Sample Questions

Q1) Wes Anderson's obsession with carefully dressing his characters in distinctive clothing is part of his artistic signature.

A)True B)False

Q2) François Truffaut feared that French cinema of the 1950s was in danger of becoming dull and trite,like American cinema.

A)True B)False

Q3) Describe (in 1-2 sentences)ONE of the commonly used arguments against the auteur theory.

Q4) Fantastic Mr.Fox marked a dramatic departure for director Wes Anderson.How?

Q5) When they were marketing United 93 (one of the first films to tackle the terrorist attacks on September 11,2001),why did studio heads try to hide the fact that director Paul Greengrass had directed two entries in the extraordinarily popular Bourne trilogy?

Q6) What two directors have had a profound influence on Kathryn Bigelow's work,including her film The Hurt Locker?

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 16

Chapter 15: Cinema As Industry: Economics and Technology

Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper

42 Verified Questions

42 Flashcards

Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/44043

Sample Questions

Q1) The term "bubble" refers to ___________________________________.

A) inflated value of DVDs in the 1990s

B) the inflated budget for the average summer blockbuster

C) the amount of time between a film's theatrical release and the time when it's available for home viewing

D) the marketing strategy of using websites and viral marketing to advertise a film

Q2) Aligning complementary businesses and allowing companies to expand across the entertainment industry is known as ________.

A) expansion integration

B) negative integration

C) horizontal integration

D) diagonal integration

Q3) Which of the following was NOT an effect of the studios' decline in the 1960s?

A) Studios began investing in smaller, independently produced films.

B) Studios limited their investments to a handful of big-budget releases.

C) American filmmaking began to address challenging social and political issues.

D) American filmmaking began to experiment with style.

Q4) Explain how Hollywood's production of ideas has been "creatively centralized."

Page 17

To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.