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OCC Film 100 Exam #1
Part 2
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 1
10/01/2014

Additional Film, Theatre & Television Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term

Chaplin

 

 

Richard Attenborough

Definition

 

 

 

 

Who was the director of Chaplin?

Term

Chaplin

 

 

After his mom got kicked off

Definition

 

 

 

Under what circumstances did Chaplin First appear on stage?

Term

Chaplin

 

 

Syd, His older brother

Definition

 

 

 

The relative who helped Chaplin get into vaudeville with the Fred Karno Company was____?

Term

Chaplin

 

 

The Drunk

Definition

 

 

 

The act Chaplin did for Fred Karno's vaudeville company was that of a ___?

Term

Chaplin

 

 

Mack Sennet

Definition

 

 

 

What was the name of the producer who let C.C. direct his first film?

Term

Chaplin

 

 

J. Edgar Hoover

Definition

 

 

 

Who was the man that said " to my way of thinkung motion pictures are potentially the most influential form of communication ever invented"?

Term

Chaplin

 

 

J. Edgar Hoover

Definition

 

 

 

At the dinner party hosted by Mr. Hearst, C.C. was told " he had just made an enemy", That enemy was?

Term

Chaplin

 

 

Ship heading to London (boat)

Definition

 

 

Where was C.C. when he found out that he was being "thrown out" of America?

Term

Chaplin

 

 

44th Academy Awards

Definition

 

 

 

After many years of exile, C.C. finally returned to America. What was the occasion?

Term

Chaplin

 

 

88, Christmas Day

Definition

 

 

 

Charlie Chaplin Died, Age __ on ___.

Term

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

 

 

1919

Definition

 

 

 

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Term

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

 

 

1919-33
Definition

 

 

 

German Golden Era

began with the end of WWI & ends with the rise to power of Adolf Hitler

Term

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

 

 

1919
Definition

 

 

 

Vladimir Lenin nationalized soviet film industry

Term

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

 

 

1924
Definition

 

 

 

The Last Laugh

(Director F.W. Murnau, Camerman Karl Freund)

Term

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

 

 

1927
Definition

 

 

 

Metropolis 

( Director Fritz Lang)

Term

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

 

 

Expressionism (in film)
Definition

 

 

A cinematic style that started in Germany that provides a distorted perspective on reality. Main characters were exaggerated sets, dramatic shadows, unnatural makeup and stylized acting. Movement was influenced by painting, literature, and music. Had the greatest influence on the horror film genre. 1913-1933

 

Term

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

 

 

UFA
Universum Film Aktien Gesellschaft
Definition

 

 

Group of small film companies were brought together to help the support the German WWI effort by producing propaganda films. After the defeat of German military, UFA was sold in 1918 to private investors. At the height of UFA, facilities were the best in all of Europe, rivaling even the major studios in Hollywood.

Term

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

 

 

Film Noir
Definition

 

 

A french term that means black film. Dark, brutal and violent look at urban life. Crime, corruption, sadism, bleak surroundings, dark shadows, contrastive lighting. 

Term

German Golden Era/ Russian Silent Cinema

 

 

Montage
Definition

 

 

 

French term applying to early Russian editing experiments of creatively assembling various film scenes together to heighten or reinforce meaning or feeling in a scene.

 

 

 

 

Term

F.W Murnau

 

 

Last Laugh

Definition

 

 

 

F.W Murnau made the most admired film to come out of the German film revolution, The ____.

 

 

Term

Birth Of Soviet Cinema

 

 

Lumiere Brothers 

Definition

 

 

 

In 1895, the _____ brought the silent films from France to Russia.

Term

Birth of Soviet Cinema

 

 

Unloaded Camera

Definition

 

 

 

The talented director Lev Kuleshov trained his pupils in exercises using an ______.

Term

Birth of Soviet Cinema

 

 

Battleship Potemkin

Definition

 

 

 

(Sergei) Eisenstein created a hymn ti tge failed revolution (of 1905) in the film The_____.

Term

Birth of Soviet Cinema

 

 

Great Films

Definition

 

 

 

The Battleship Potemkin was nevertheless hailed instantly for what it was, one of the ____ of all time. 

Term

The Coming of Sound

 

 

Warner Brothers 

 

Definition

 

 

 

Was the studio that was to bring the silent era to an end.

Term

The Coming of Sound

 

 

Radio
Definition

 

 

 

Something extra ordinary was happening to the mvies, they suddenly found they had a rival ____.

 

Term

The Coming of Sound

 

 

5 %, 95%
Definition

 

 

 

Griffith soon stoped it (sound film production) because he said it was suicide, only __% of the world speaks English, why should I lose __% of my audience.

Term

The Coming of Sound

 

 

Vitaphone/Don Juan 
Definition

 

 

 

In August, 1926 (Warner's) held a gala premiere for ____.

Term

The Coming of Sound

 

 

Don Juan
Definition

 

 

 

But the main event of the evening was the feature film made in the Vitaphone process ____.

Term

The Coming of Sound

 

 

Jazz Singer
Definition

 

 

 

When they were showing ____ in the Warner Brother's theater, you had to wait hours to get in.

Term

The Sound Era

 

 

1886

Definition

 

 

 

First recorded movie sound on disc in France

Term

The Sound Era

 

 

1895- 1927

Definition

 

 

 

The silent era in film

(32 years)

Term

The Sound Era

 

 

1927
Definition

 

 

 

Jazz Singer: First feature film to use sync singing

First feature film w/ singing and title cards

Term

The Sound Era

 

 

1929
Definition

 

 

 

Busby Berkeley

Top choreographer fro hollywood musical

Term

The Sound Era

 

 

1930- 1945
Definition

 

 

 

Studio Years (aka The Studio System)

Film factories -> Studio system

Term

The Sound Era

 

 

1937
Definition

 

 

 

500 Feature films produced each year in USA

Term

Singin' In The Rain

 

 

Stunt man

Definition

 

 

 

Don Lockwood got his break in the movies when he placed a ____.

Term

Singin' In The Rain

 

 

Talking picture
Definition

 

 

At his party, the producer, Mr. Simpson, had a little surprise for his guests, it was?

_______

 

 

Term

Singin' In The Rain

 

 

The Jazz Singer/ Make It Into Talking Picture
Definition

 

 

 

What was the reason Mr. Simpson stopped production of the Dueling Cavalier?

Term

Singin' In The Rain

 

 

Microphone (placement)
Definition

 

 

 

While trying to shoot his first sound scene with Lina Lamont, Dexter, the director, has a prblem with a piece of recording equipment, it was ___.

Term

Singin' In The Rain

 

 

Musical w/ Kathy singing for Lina
Definition

 

 

 

In order to "fix" The Deuling Cavalier Cosmo presents a solution. What was it?

Term

Singin' in the Rain

 

 

Kathy

Definition

 

 

 

Who was the person asked to replace Lina Lamont's voice?

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