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• Preproduction encompasses all of the following EXCEPT
• when the camera starts rolling.
• when location scouting occurs.
• when funds are raised.
• when a crew is assembled.

ANSWER: a

• In the 1990s, independent films were typically financed
• with leftover money from the major movie studios.
• through presales of distribution or broadcast rights.
• with the director’s personal funds.
• by working with large financial institutions.

ANSWER: b

• A location scout’s job is to
• decide on the location and position of each section of the production team.
• determine the places that provide the most suitable environment for the movie.
• construct and rent out soundstages to filmmakers.
• suggest to the screenwriter where the movie should be set.

ANSWER: b

• When did the practice of identifying which actors would work best for which scripted roles emerge?
• in the 1920s
• in the 1800s
• in the 1940s
• in the 1910s

ANSWER: d

• After 1915, most films were distributed with running times of
• 200 to 215 minutes.
• 90 to 120 minutes.
• 15 to 30 minutes.
• 10 to 20 minutes.

ANSWER: b

• Releasing a film in as many locations as possible, as soon as possible, is called
• block booking.
• an engagement.
• saturation booking.

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• a limited release.

ANSWER: c

• Which of the following is NOT an example of an ancillary market?
• small local theaters
• internet streaming
• Blu-ray
• video on demand (VO

ANSWER: a

• Which film is given as an example of a film that found a greater audience after its original theatrical release?
• The Matrix
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Reservoir Dogs
• It’s a Wonderful Life

ANSWER: d

• The timing of exhibition affects
• the profit a movie makes in its initial run.
• the critical reception a movie receives.
• the audience’s attitude toward that movie.
• whether or not that movie is likely to receive a sequel.

ANSWER: c

• Film trailers and billboards are examples of which stage of the moviemaking process?
• production
• marketing and promotion
• distribution
• movie exhibition

ANSWER: b

• Discuss how the three very different films Ryan Coogler released between 2013 and 2018 illuminate how

film production, distribution, and exhibition shape our encounters with movies.

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• What are the consequences of the evolving patterns of video distribution? Give two examples of how video

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the movie being watched.

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• Explain two major differences between film exhibition as leisure time and film exhibition as productive

time.

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• What effect might be created for the film viewer when two promotional tactics create different sets of

expectations about a movie?

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• The “Biograph Girl” was
• Florence Lawrence.
• Birt Acres.
• D. W. Griffith.
• Mary Pickford.

ANSWER: a

• For many historians, cinema history began with the first screening of which film?
• The Derby
• Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
• Fred Ott’s Sneeze
• The Lonedale Operator

ANSWER: b

• Which statement accurately describes German expressionist cinema?
• It focused on the unconscious and irrational sides of the human experience.
• It avoided making any political statements that might alienate viewers.
• It celebrated the excesses of human life though big musical productions.
• It emphasized historical and documentary subjects.

ANSWER: a

• Germaine Dulac’s The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928) is an example of
• Third Cinema.
• an impressionist film.
• dialectical montage.
• Italian neorealism.

ANSWER: b

• Which of these was a “Big Five” studio?
• Universal
• Disney
• 20th Century Fox
• Columbia

ANSWER: c

• The Motion Picture Production Code had all of these effects on the film industry EXCEPT
• averting the threats of local censors.
• keeping censorship efforts within the industry.
• decreasing profits for compliant cinemas.
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