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1COM 221: Introduction to Film Sample Final Exam #1Dr. NeuendorfPRINT NAME:_____________________________Worth 70 points (35% of CSU ID#:____________________________________ your course grade) SIGNATURE:______________________________ NOTE: There are 70 questions. Please print your name and CSU ID# above. Multiple Choice/T-F--Indicate one letter on your optical scan form:1. Our ability to use the auteur theory, as well as to analyze genre and conduct formalisticanalyses of the mise-en-scene, is largely due to the work of six young men writing in a film journalin the 1950's. They all studied films of all types at their local cinematheque before trying to makefilms themselves. When they finally did make films, the works were heralded as being inventiveand eclectic. These men have been called:a. the French New Waveb. the French Dadaistsc. the Italian Neorealistsd. the German Expressionists2. The animation in American Splendor clearly is:a. cel animationb. stop-motion photographyc. rotoscopedd. all of the above3. Singin' in the Rain is/was:a. a backstage musicalb. produced outside of the Hollywood studio systemc. a genre filmd. all of the above4. During the heyday of the Hollywood Studio Era (1930s and 1940s), film roles for AfricanAmericans:a. were non-existent--whites played all such roles in blackfaceb. were readily available, because of the groundbreaking work of such performers as Sidney Poitierc. included a range of roles from shuffling servant to beautiful singers and fabulousdancersd. were limited entirely to appearances in Race Films25. In Shoot the Piano Player, French New Wave director Francois Truffaut took the basestructure of film noir, and elaborated upon it by introducing some humor, often in the form ofsurreal "ironic ruptures," and other plot and character developments not typical of the genre. Taking this perspective, to what stage has Truffaut taken the genre?a. classical b. parodic c. revisionistd. primitive6. Which of the following films would be an example of what our book calls the“antinarrative” tradition?a. Last Year at Marienbad, the French New Wave classic, because of its deliberatelydisorganized and confusing set of eventsb. The Searchers, John Ford’s great Western, because of its main line of action and atleast one subplot tied to itc. Hitchcock’s Psycho, because of the union of real and implied authorsd. Woody Allen’s Annie Hall, because of its extended first-person narrative7. For years, I’ve been hearing about plans to shoot a narrative film called The Mayor of Castro Street,based on the life and death of Harvey Milk, and it sounds like director Bryan Singer is finally poised to dothe project. The planned film:a. will be a documentary, because it is based on real eventsb. will not be a documentary, because it will be comprised of performances by actors and staged events c. will be cinema verited. will be a mockumentary8. Which of the following films could be considered a midrange documentary?a. Experiment #138 (the Mentos/Diet Coke online “film”)b. Visions of Light: The Art of the Cinematographerc. Man with the Movie Camerad. all of the above9. The 1937 film The Awful Truth (U.S., D: Leo McCarey) features Cary Grant and IreneDunne as a battling couple in the process of divorcing. They are fabulously wealthy, with servantsand multiple homes; neither holds a job. Their fast-paced arguments are witty and biting. Whatgenre is this?a. film noirb. horrorc. screwball comedyd. dark comedy10. The 1970 film Catch-22, based on the Joseph Heller book, examines the “insanity of war”with satiric humor. The comic points arise in situations of war, hospitalization, death, and madness. What genre is this?a. film noirb. horrorc. screwball comedyd. dark comedy311. Paisan (D: Roberto Rossellini, 1946) was the director’s second post-WWII film (after OpenCity). In it, he presented six separate episodes, each dealing with a different aspect of interactionbetween liberated Italians and liberating Americans. He used primarily non-professional actors andauthentic settings. What movement is this film a part of?a. Italian Neorealismb. French New Wavec. Hollywood Studio Systemd. German Expressionisme. New German Cinema12. The 1922 film Nosferatu, an early version of "Dracula," was groundbreaking in its use ofhigh-contrast black and white photography, shocking makeup, and stark, geometric set design. What type of film is this?a. Italian Neorealismb. French New Wavec. New German Cinemad. German Expressionisme. New German Cinema13. The course definition of an “indie” is a film that is shot outside of the Hollywood StudioSystem.a. trueb. false14. A surprising number of "cult" films have been black/dark comedies. This may be becausecult films:a. always use audience participationb. always involve some type of banned or censored contentc. have a specific loyal following of fans, a group which in this case apparently enjoys “sick” humor so much that they watch it repeatedlyd. all of the above15. An article in the journal Camera Obscura analyzes how even very early ethnographic,realist documentary films emphasized an inferior role for women ("Those who squat and those whosit: The iconography of race in the 1895 films of Felix-Louis Regnault" by Fatimah Tobing Rony). In emphasizing how the camera was used to subjugate women, while elevating men, the authorconducts a(n):a. feminist analysisb. semiological analysisc. historiographic analysisd. auteur analysis16. According to the texbook:a. the domestic theatrical market is only a small part of total box office earnings forU.S.-produced filmsb. box office revenues have been falling in recent yearsc. revenue from home video and cable is greater than revenue from box office earningsd. all of the above417. During the Hollywood Studio Era, the studios enjoyed oligopolistic control over the U.S.film industry. . . meaning:a. there was free and aggressive competition among the 50 or so film companiesb. each studio agreed to produce a quota of all genre typesc. only eight main production companies produced nearly all feature films in theU.S.d. the federal government oversaw all filmmaking operations18. Why were Italian filmmakers in a better position to make meaningful films right after WWIIthan were the Germans?a. they were able to practice their craft on "white telephone" films, sanctioned byMussolinib. they were funded by the government, something the German government has never donec. the major


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