Exam 9: Film and Television

The invention of the motion picture is credited to

Noises that come from the outside, such as voice-over narration and musical score, are part of

Directors who choose their own projects and write screenplays that reflect their signature styles and their personal philosophies are called

Why is D. W. Griffith considered a brilliant but controversial film innovator?

According to many, the work that epitomizes Hollywood musicals is

Why is Alfred Hitchcock considered an important auteur?

Choose three criteria from the section "A Word on Critical Viewing." Select one film for each criterion that was not mentioned in the text. Justify how that film is appropriate for that critical area. I. Identify three criteria. II. Select one film for the three chosen criteria. III. Justify how each film is appropriate for that critical area.

What is a sitcom?

The film genre where both heroes and villains are cynical and disillusioned is

Godard and Truffant are both French

The criterion for critical viewing that distinguishes the features of film from the features of other fictional genres, such as novels and plays, involves whether the

Romantic comedies of the 1940s such as Bringing Up Baby, It Happened One Night, and His Girl Friday

Breaking Bad, Orange Is the New Black, and Mad Men are all part of

The technique whereby the camera shows the perspective of characters or the audience is

The name for what an audience actually sees on the screen is

Why is Humphrey Bogart considered a prominent early actor?

The term for when the camera follows a subject as she or he moves through a landscape is

A filmmaker whose innovative camera work played a large part in creating political propaganda is

The art of being human is as much about an approach to human creativity as it is about the products humans make. The criteria for critical viewing represent one such approach. Nominate a film not mentioned in this chapter for inclusion as significant and worth viewing. Justify its inclusion using three of the criteria for critical viewing. I. Nominate a film. II. Explain why this film was chosen in terms of its significance. III. Name three criteria and justify the film's choice by explaining how it meets those criteria.

Alfred Hitchcock's famous shower scene in Psycho represents his technique of