Exam 11: How the Movies Are Made

Which of the following is an important job in the last weeks of postproduction?

Which of the following best describes MGM?

By the mid-1930s, the five major studios were

The size of the crew ultimately depends on

The largest foreign consumer of Hollywood films is

What is the main reason the U.S. box office made more money in 2013 than in 2012?

You are a movie producer making a blockbuster production with a budget of $200 million. Which studio are you most likely to be affiliated with?

What takes place in the preproduction phase of cinema?

As a director in the process of production, your job might generally include which of the following?

When a director consults with her cinematographer, it is primarily to

As a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927, your adopted mission is to

Vertically integrating your business operations allows you to

How have movie franchises fed off TV franchises?

In 2015, almost 90 percent of the top 100 U.S.-grossing films were shot digitally and 100 percent of those films were edited and otherwise prepared for release digitally. However, there is a small but significant opposition to shooting digitally on the creative side from directors and cinematographers, in particular. Which directors are resisting the conversion to digital and what solution did the Hollywood studios come up with to address this issue?

Which of the following innovations was met with predictions that it would be the end of cinema?

How did the post-1931 film industry organize its filmmaking process?

As a historian studying the first twenty years of the U.S. film industry, what is the main business trend you notice?

Which of the following statements are correct about digital technology?

Which of the following best describes the rating system implemented by the Motion Picture Association of America?

In traditional film production, the cinematographer controls the photographic image in which of the following ways?