Exam 6: Film

Studios financing their own films with their own money are called

The control of a film's production,distribution,and exhibition by a movie studio is called

In 1873,former California governor Leland Stanford employed which photographer to help him win his bet about running horses?

Briefly describe the contributions of these people to the development of photography: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce,Louis Daguerre,William Henry Fox Talbot,Hannibal Goodwin,and George Eastman.

Explain today's movie distribution industry.

The linking of consumer products,such as toys and hamburgers,with popular movies is called

The first all-sound movie,released in 1928,was

William Henry Fox Talbot's photographic system,_____________,was superior to the daguerreotype because it permitted shorter exposure times,among other reasons.

What is the blockbuster mentality?

What is meant by merchandise tie-ins? Give an example.

The first director to utilize editing,intercutting of scenes,and a mobile camera to tell a story was

Edison,jealous of the Lumières' success,bought the patent for an advanced film projector from U.S.inventor

Are critics making too much of the negative impact of the blockbuster mentality of contemporary moviemaking? After all,the film industry is making record profits,meaning the people are getting what they want.What do you think this means for the future of filmmaking either way?

Celluloid roll film was developed in 1887 by

Thomas Edison sought profit from Eadweard Muybridge's discovery of how to make motion pictures.He gave the task of improving the process to his top scientist

Edison's first films were not projected but instead run through a "peep show" device called a

The three primary activities of the film industry are production,distribution,and promotion.

_____________ and _____________ were two economic innovations that helped the movie industry survive the Great Depression.

Buffeted by scandal,Hollywood established a self-censoring board,the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America,and installed a former postmaster general as its head.The MPPDA was often simply called the

The process of photography was first invented around 1816 by