ENG225 Week 2 Quiz Introduction to Film (100% Correct)

Question1 Films such as Evil Dead II and Rogue One are good examples of which of the following?

 films that cross genres

 films that have no genres

films that must be categorized under a single genre

films that introduced new genres

Question2 Which of the following films might be considered an example of how westerns branched out beyond their traditional trappings while remaining true to the spirit of the genre?

 Dances With Wolves

 The Covered Wagon

Romeo Must Die

The Public Enemy

Question 3 Why do many theorists doubt the existence of genres in films?

 because all films are personal, individual visions of artists

because studios invented the idea of genre films as a cynical marketing tool

 because genre films are not defined by audience expectations

because the definitions of categories are fluid at best and meaningless at worst

Question 4 Which of the following is true of gangster films?

They always ask the audience to identify and sympathize with the forces of good.

They are limited to stories of the Italian, Jewish, or Irish-American mafia.

 They are a subgenre of the broader genre of crime film.

They usually have the audience sympathizing with police protagonists.

Question 5 Which of the following factors led to the fading of the traditional “cowboy and Indian” westerns by the late 1960s?

public sentiments about the depiction of Native Americans in such films

a government ban on such movies

a lack of Native American artists

popular opinion that Native Americans and Indian cowboys should be depicted truthfully as evil savages

Question6 Into which genre might you categorize a film that includes a rugged landscape against which a lone hero must uphold the law against uncivilized elements?

 science fiction

 western

 musical

romantic comedy

Question 7 Which term refers to an object that is critical to the characters in a film but

may be insignificant to the viewing audience?

 prop

icon

 MacGuffin

 film noir

Question 8 Into which genre might you categorize a film that includes two young people who meet through friends and find that sparks fly even as their careers conspire to keep them apart?

 science fiction

western

musical

 romantic comedy

Question 9 Color can be an element of the mise-en-scène or a function of cinematography, and its use can shape the mood and uncover the symbolism in a film. Which of the following films best demonstrates the use of color?

Citizen Kane

Battleship Potemkin

 Little Miss Sunshine

 Nebraska

Question10 What is the importance of the effect created when a cinematographer uses deep focus for a scene?

Both the foreground and the background are connected to each other spatially or thematically.

Certain characters or props may be in sharp focus, whereas others may be blurred.

 The distance between a character and his/her goal is clearly stated.

The foreground is more important than the background.

Question11 The principle of dividing the screen into three equal parts to create balance and symmetry is referred to as what?

the golden rule

 the rule of thirds

 the rule of grounding

The Sixth Sense

Question12 The rule of thirds applies to which dimension of a cinematographer’s work?

 color

casting

 framing

 sound quality

Question13 What is the term used for a camera’s view from a single position?

 a shot

 a scene

coverage

animation

Question14 Contemporary horror films posing as found footage commonly use which camera technique to achieve a documentary-style feel?

 handheld camera

 three camera

the long take

short focal length

Question15 If you were the director of a film and wanted to achieve a documentary look and feel, what camera technique might you use?

 handheld camera

 Steadicam

 drone footage

medium close-up