Exam 11: Social Context and Film Style:National, International, andTransnational Cinema

Which of the following was prohibited by the MPPDA's "Don'ts and Be Carefuls" list (which preceded the Production Code)?

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Explain the concept of "compartmentalization," and discuss how this manufacturing concept shaped Hollywood.

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Responses should discuss the rapid output of film and the standardization of film style.

Explain how Hollywood dominates international cinema,not just in terms of profitability but in terms of style as well.

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Responses should touch on the idea Hollywood's textual norms have informed the expectations and viewing experiences of most viewers.

The international success of Pather Panchali surprised those in the Indian film industry because insiders didn't expect the so-called masala film to have any appeal outside India.

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The term "Third Cinema" loosely refers to cinema movements emerging from Europe's former colonies in Africa,Asia,and Latin America.

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Pather Panchali was a ground breaking art film from ____________________.

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Fourth Cinema is a term coined by Maori filmmaker and theorist Barry Barclay to describe the filmmaking practices of

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Question 7

Since the 1920s ________ has dominated the international film market.

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Question 8

The Production Code linked Catholic doctrine to Hollywood's formula.

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Question 9

Hollywood studios would rely on the Production Code to justify cutting out content that might be controversial overseas.

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Question 10

Classical Hollywood films privilege ________ over other sounds.

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Question 11

Explain how either Whale Rider or Smoke Signals reflects Fourth Cinema's interest in the "tension between competing national allegiances."

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Question 12

Filmmakers ventured to California in the early 1900s because ________.

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Question 13

In BreathlessBreathless,director Jean-Luc Godard uses ________ to visibly interrupt time,even though the song the character is singing remains intact and unaffected on the soundtrack.

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Question 14

Bicycle Thieves depicts the story of ________.

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Question 15

Because many of the international film productions received government financing,the filmmakers were not influenced or motivated to make a profit as their counterparts in Hollywood were.

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Question 16

Cinematography in classical Hollywood style often uses exaggerated angles or flamboyant movement that draw attention to the films' glamorous,epic sensibility.

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Question 17

New York City was the center of commercial filmmaking until the 1950s.

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Question 18

The only element of classical Hollywood style films that the international art cinema movement kept was the goal-oriented central character.

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Question 19

________ signaled the end of the studio era in Hollywood.

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Which of the following was prohibited by the MPPDA's "Don'ts and Be Carefuls" list (which preceded the Production Code)?

Explain the concept of "compartmentalization," and discuss how this manufacturing concept shaped Hollywood.

Explain how Hollywood dominates international cinema,not just in terms of profitability but in terms of style as well.

The international success of Pather Panchali surprised those in the Indian film industry because insiders didn't expect the so-called masala film to have any appeal outside India.

The term "Third Cinema" loosely refers to cinema movements emerging from Europe's former colonies in Africa,Asia,and Latin America.

Pather Panchali was a ground breaking art film from ____________________.

Fourth Cinema is a term coined by Maori filmmaker and theorist Barry Barclay to describe the filmmaking practices of

Since the 1920s ________ has dominated the international film market.

The Production Code linked Catholic doctrine to Hollywood's formula.

Hollywood studios would rely on the Production Code to justify cutting out content that might be controversial overseas.

Classical Hollywood films privilege ________ over other sounds.

Explain how either Whale Rider or Smoke Signals reflects Fourth Cinema's interest in the "tension between competing national allegiances."

Filmmakers ventured to California in the early 1900s because ________.

In BreathlessBreathless,director Jean-Luc Godard uses ________ to visibly interrupt time,even though the song the character is singing remains intact and unaffected on the soundtrack.

Bicycle Thieves depicts the story of ________.

Because many of the international film productions received government financing,the filmmakers were not influenced or motivated to make a profit as their counterparts in Hollywood were.

Cinematography in classical Hollywood style often uses exaggerated angles or flamboyant movement that draw attention to the films' glamorous,epic sensibility.

New York City was the center of commercial filmmaking until the 1950s.

The only element of classical Hollywood style films that the international art cinema movement kept was the goal-oriented central character.

________ signaled the end of the studio era in Hollywood.

Introduction

An Approach to Film Analysis

Writing About Film

Narrative Form

Mise en Scène

Cinematography

Editing

Sound

Alternatives to Narrative Fiction Film:Documentary and Avant-garde Films

Film and Ideology

Film Stardom As a Cultural Phenomenon

Genre

Film Authorship

Cinema As Industry: Economics and Technology

Filters